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A contest of writing scientific stories for children

The Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK (SRUK/CERU) would like to invite you to participate in the 2nd edition of our contest Science me a story, an initiative sponsored by Lilly Foundation and with the collaboration of The University of Liverpool. The aim of the contest is to promote science using stories as a […]

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ABSW Science Writers’ Awards

Have you written, edited or produced great content about science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the environment or biomed research in 2018? If so, enter the ABSW Science Writers’ Awards for Britain and Ireland. The prizes for most of the awards have gone up this year and we have new categories for editor, innovation, and local or regional reporting. […]

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Education resource writer (Oxford)

Oxford Sparks are looking for someone who could write a set of teaching resources to support and upcoming Oxford Sparks animation on an Earth Sciences Topic. Oxford Sparks is the University of Oxford’s online science engagement project. We create informative and appealing short animations in collaboration with researchers about their research, as well as podcasts […]

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Free, online ‘Science Writing’ course

While we’re on the subjects of free courses, has anybody noticed this one on Futurelearn? Discovering Science: Science Writing Without science writing, science could not really exist. By recording experiments and publishing the results of studies and discoveries, scientists can share their important work, and find an engaged audience. Science writing takes many forms: from press […]

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Science & Medical Freelance PR Writers

Taylor & Francis is inviting applications from science and medicine freelance writers with experience of writing press releases for the mainstream media. They are currently looking for writers with a scientific and/or medical background to write approx. 5-7 press releases a month on such topics within Science and Medicine, as: Toxicology Clinical Immunology Oncology Medical Physics […]

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Science Writing Competition ’16

The UWE Bristol SCU Science Writing Competition 2016 is now open. Aimed at non-professional science writers, entrants are invited to write a 700-word article about “the next big thing in science.” The closing date is 24 June 2016. For more information go to http://www.uwe.ac.uk/sciencewriting There is a separate category for writers aged under 18, and […]