Stempra newsletter - Autumn 2011
From the Chair
News:
Upcoming events
New committee and AGM report
Sci Comm news
Event Reports:
Twitter – a black hole for time OR a great tool for engaging?
Some love it, some hate it, but either way it's getting increasingly hard to avoid it! At this well attended event we invited a stellar panel to debate the merits and pitfalls of engaging with the public through Twitter.
Summer Drinks in Scotland
With the sun shining and the drinks flowing, this year's summer networking event in Edinburgh was a roaring success.
Feature:
Working with journals
Many of us promote research as it is published, and this means trying to find publication dates from a range of journal titles. We know why we want this information, and we know the common complaints, but many of us are unaware of what it’s like on the ‘inside’. At this year’s British Science Association Science Communications conference a session organised by Stempra tried to peel back the veil with Wiley-Blackwell’s Alexa Dugan, Nature Publishing Group’s Rachel Twinn and Imperial College’s Laura Gallagher.
Last Word:
Silly Season
In the latest of this new section for the Stempra newsletter, we find out just how far some of our members will go for a few column inches.
This newsletter is edited by James Lush, with help from Jen Middleton
and Ruth Francis. For feedback, comments or suggestions of topics to
cover, please contact newsletter@stempra.org.uk |
