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#SPANC18 Information Pack
The 2018 Student Publication Association National Conference is just DAYS away, and we are, if you couldn’t tell, extremely excited. We’ve got a few bits of important information to pass on to you. To anyone who isn’t attending this year, we hope to see you there in the future. So… What do…
SPANC18 tickets avaliable to buy online now
We’re pleased to announce the moment everyone has been waiting for… SPANC Tickets are now on sale! We’ve put together a range of ticket options for SPANC18 to make sure everything you need is covered and you have a great weekend without worrying about any added extras. There are three…
Five Free Places to The Media Society Awards Dinner
The SPA is delighted to partner with The Media Society and Cision Gorkana to offer an exclusive opportunity to our members.
The SPA Awards 2018 are now open for submissions
The highlight of the student journalism calendar, the SPA Awards aim to recognise the very best in student media across both the UK and Ireland. The shortlist will be announced on Monday, March 20th at 7pm. Students and recent graduates are able to submit work across 19 categories, which will…
Splash Sunday – 11/02
We’ve taken a bit of a sabbatical over here at Splash Sunday HQ (after communications officer Jess began her NCTJ and realised how time consuming Teeline is… FYI) But we haven’t forgotten you, and we’ve been collating the very best of student media while we’ve been away. We hope you enjoy…
How to cope with Facebook’s news feed changes
The very name of Facebook’s news feed has begun to feel slightly ironic in recent weeks as the presence of news articles has noticeably diminished. This is the result of major changes to Facebook’s algorithms, which now prioritise posts from friends above those from pages, and particularly above those from…
What makes a good postgraduate journalism application?
So you want to do a masters in Journalism to get you that dream job in the media. The ideal University looks set to get you there: great connections, networking events, thorough grounding in all aspects of Journalism. The final hurdle? Getting into that University course. City, University of London…
How to make international news relevant to a student audience
Student journalism often works best when it focuses on issues at the heart of its readership and when the stories can’t be read elsewhere. The most successful stories in the news section of a student publication are those which are original and have a clear focus on the institution at…
Splash Sunday – 21/01
We’ve got six more Sunday reads for you this week: from coverage of criticism of UEA sportspark over branding perceived as racist, to not one, but two, winter in Scotland specials. (Sensing a theme here.) And pieces from Glasgow University Magazine, The Boar, and Redbrick also impressed our committee members this week.…