WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN

SCIENCE JOURNALISM

Must be free forrehearsals onSaturday mornings

Vodcast careerstories from

women in sciencejournalism

In-depth analysis ofthe job market: Science Writer,Feature Editor

or Nature blogger?

“A Day in the Life”activities with

feedback on writingtasks: press releases,

blogs, governmentbriefings

Applicationwriting, Reviewingyour CV, Building

networks

Sun 5th to Tues 7th March, 2017 at IISER Pune

Focus on confidence-building, motivation and skillsdevelopment for those in or considering a career in

science journalismApplications are invited from women with MSc degree orpursuing PhD/Post-doc. Those who fulfill any of these criteria andare already employed in a scientific organisation may apply too.Upper age limit is 40 years.

Selection for the workshop will be made based on qualification,prior experience, statement on their future career choice, andcurrent job (if employed) profile.

Please apply via google form https://goo.gl/forms/eFxfpoPZkhnj4nKL2 on or before February 4, 2017

For further queries, please write to us atwomeninscience@iiserpune.ac.in

This 3-day workshop will be delivered by:Dr. Rebekah Smith McGloin andDr. Heather Sears, Coventry University, UK

Dr. Smith McGloin has expertise in sciencecommunication training and teachingresearchers to write for a variety of audiences.Rebekah has a track record in workingspecifically with doctoral and early­careerresearchers to develop science writing skills.She has led successful projects to train morethan 200 doctoral students and early­careerresearchers in science communication, in 

partnership with the London Science Museum, and science outreachprogrammes at the Sanger Institute and Wellcome Trust.  More generallyshe has worked extensively on programmes to support advanced writingskills in doctoral and early­career researchers, including writing for thepublic, for government and writing press releases.   She has overallresponsible for researcher development programmes at CoventryUniversity and chairs the UK national Doctoral Training Alliance trainingcommittee.  She is a member of the UK Biotechnology and BiologicalSciences Research Council national skills and employability strategy paneland the UK Council for Graduate Education.

Dr. Heather Sears is a microbiologist andresearcher development professional with anexceptional track record in training design andworkshop facilitation.  She is particularlyexperienced in delivering professional andcareer development and women’sdevelopment programmes.  She has extensiveexperience of delivering sciencecommunication programmes internationally, including science journalism workshops to research students in Malaysiaand Indonesia (European‘TRANSLINK’ project) and ‘Communicating andpresenting ideas effectively across disciplines and cultural domains’(British Council RENKEI researcher development school) in China.