media – Research Development @ Northumbria

July 13, 2017

Public Affairs and Media Training Opportunity for EPSRC-Funded Researchers

EPSRC is currently advertising an opportunity to apply for a place on a Public Affairs and Media Training course to run on 3rd – 4th October 2017:

https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/risemakingconnections/

RISE: Making Connections will:

Provide the opportunity for EPSRC researchers to make connections across a range of Stakeholders to help promote EPS to a wider audience
Support individuals in maximising their potential and making their own connections
Provide political awareness training and media training

The opportunity is open only to researchers currently supported via EPSRC grants. The deadline for applications is 31^st July 2017.

Application is via a web-form at the link above but you also need to include a signed statement which includes a signature from the University Research Office to confirm the grant, so please get in touch with your Faculty RFPM as soon as possible if you’re interested in applying.

April 20, 2017

Interested in training on the University’s Globelynx media system?

Northumbria’s Marketing Department is holding a series of workshops in May on the Globelynx media system that the University recently acquired. This is a high definition camera on campus allowing academics to be interviewed easily and quickly by national and international broadcasters.

The workshops will be held in the Globelynx room – Lipman 014, City Campus – and will last 2 hours. If you would like to take part please email media.communications@northumbria.ac.uk stating which day and which session you would like to attend from the below as places are limited. There will be 3 workshops per day and 5 spaces available for each workshop;

Thursday May 11: 09:00am – 11:00am, 12:30pm – 14:30pm and 15:00pm to 17:00pm

Tuesday May 23: 09:00am – 11:00am, 12:30pm – 14:30pm and 15:00pm to 17:00pm

Wednesday May 24: 09:00am – 11:00am, 12:30pm – 14:30pm and 15:00pm to 17:00pm

Thursday May 25: 09:00am – 11:00am, 12:30pm – 14:30pm and 15:00pm to 17:00pm

For further information, please contact Rik Kendall, PR and Media Manager: +44 (0)191 227 3598, rik.kendall@northumbria.ac.uk

April 7, 2017

Royal Society – Media Skills Training

Royal Society are offering a one day Media Skills Training Day.

The writing and media skills courses are designed for individuals at late-stage PhD/post-doc level and above, who have experience in conducting independent research.

Forthcoming course dates:

18 May 2017
12 October 2017

This course is held at the Royal Society, London from 9.00am – 5.00pm.

On this one-day course you will work with an experienced TV production team, a top voice coach, and a leading science communicator to prepare and practice media interviews.

During the course you will discover how the media works, and how to use that knowledge. You will be shown how to interrogate your work into a story the media will be interested in, and what to expect when the media calls. The tutors will work with you to prepare your story for interview, and you will learn techniques so that you, and your message, come across as well as possible.

For further details see the Royal Society website.

November 29, 2013

Round 3 of the NIHR New Media Competition

Round 3 of the NIHR New Media Competition was launched on 27th November 2013.

If you are involved in NIHR Research (as a researcher, a patient or a member of the public) the NIHR New Media Competition enables you to:

Communicate the clinical/applied health/social care research that you are involved in
Enthuse audiences about the research that you are involved in (the target audience may be for example patients, researchers, colleagues, your friends and family, children, the elderly, the general public)
Get creative and use your media skills to get the NIHR message about research out.
Win prizes

Eligibility:

In this round, there are two categories of the competition:

Researchers You should be a member of the NIHR Faculty or have recently completed your NIHR research and the research should meet the remit below.
Patients and the Public You should be involved in NIHR funded research, either as a participant in research studies and trails, or through being a member of a committee or panel, or advising NIHR funded researchers on ways to improve their research proposals.

To enter you need to make a video, a short one, up to a maximum of 6 minutes and upload it to YouTube

Closing date – midnight on 30th March 2014

The research should be clinical or applied health research, including social care research. It could also be research into medical education.
The research should have clear potential for benefiting patients and the public within 5 years of its completion.
The research can involve: patients; samples or data from patients; people who are not patients; populations; health technology assessment; or health services research.
NIHR does not support basic research or work involving animals or their tissue

For full details of the competition see the NIHR website.

November 6, 2012August 8, 2013

FameLab UK 2013: Newcastle Heats

The Newcastle heats are taking place on November 17th at the Centre for Life

The search is on for the new voices of science communication. FameLab has become arguably the world’s leading science communication competition, and is designed to help people communicate science and engineering to a wider audience, whether in schools, at public events or through the media. Over the autumn heats will be taking place across the country from Aberdeen to London, Cardiff to Cambridge.

If you’re currently working in science. technology, engineering or maths, and think you can explain a science or engineering concept in an engaging way to non-scientists in just three minutes, FameLab wants to hear from you!

The winner of the heats will get the chance to take part in a weekend MasterClass with experts in media & communication skills, before vying for the title of FameLab UK champion at the National Final in March 2013 where they will have the chance to take home £1,750 to further their career.

So if you think you have what it takes visit http://famelab.org/uk to register.

Eligibility

To enter FameLab you must be:

Over 21 years old
Working in or studying science, technology, engineering, medicine or maths in the UK. This includes private and public sector employees.

We welcome:

Lecturers and researchers in science, engineering or mathematics subjects, including specialist science teachers with a science degree.
People who work on applying science, engineering technology or mathematics (e.g. patent clerks, statisticians, consultants to industry)
University students of science, mathematics or engineering (21 or over)
People who apply science, mathematics or engineering in the armed forces or government bodies
People who apply science, engineering or mathematics in industry or business

However, we can’t accept people who are already working professionally in public engagement with science, including:

Press or PR officers, even for science-related organisations
Artists who work on science-related themes
Performers whose shows are about science or engineering
Science centre staff who work exclusively or mainly with the public
Journalists and broadcasters (as their main or only job)
Non-specialist teachers

2pm: Registration, 2.30pm-6pm: Regional heats and final

February 29, 2012

British Science Association: Media Fellowships

If you’re a scientist, social scientist, clinician, or engineer and you want to spend time over the summer understanding the way media works you’ve still got time to apply for the British Science Association’s Media Fellowships.

This year the media hosts include BBC News Online, BBC Radio 4, Financial Times, The Guardian, Times Higher Education, and the Times. The scheme will improve Fellows’ public engagement skills, give increased confidence when dealing with the media, and enhance understanding of how to pitch a story to media organisations.

Here’s more about the aims of the scheme from the BSA:

Media Fellowships aim to bridge the communication gap between scientists and journalists and give space for a dialogue between the two. They reflect the British Science Association’s committment to increasing the accessibility of the sciences and providing opportunities for discussion and debate. The Media Fellowships aim to give scientists and their colleagues, the confidence and willingness to engage with the media and tackle issues of mistrust and misrepresentation and to give journalists access to new scientific expertise.

The deadline for applications is 15th March 2012. Full details of how to apply are available on the BSA’s website.