The Executive Committee, alongside the Trustee Board, are what make up the Student Publication Association (SPA). In the upcoming elections we will be looking to fill 3 new roles on our committee, one of these being the role of Conference & Events Officer. If you’re into organising events, be that…
We are currently in the midst of one of our most important elections. We’re looking to fill three positions on our Executive Committee, along with a Trustee to guide the SPA to its best potential so we can keep helping student journalists across the UK and Ireland. Our work encompasses…
Nominations are now open for the election to fill our Exec committee and join our wonderful team. This is an incredibly important election, as it will form the team that will be serving incredible student journalists across the UK and Ireland. For this election, we’re looking to elect a Communications…
We spoke to Dan Falvey about how he went from being a student journalist to political correspondent for The Daily Express. What made you want to become a journalist? I first realised I wanted to become a journalist amid the fallout from the 2008 financial crash. I remember thinking it…
We spoke to Emily Townsend about how she went from being a student journalist to investigations correspondent for Archant. What made you want to become a journalist? When I started my degree in English Literature, I had no clue where I wanted to be in five years. I had always…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Maurice Alexander. Maurice is our Scotland Regional Officer and is also the Founder of his own publication, the Journal of Matters Relating To Felines. Every year at the Student Publication Association Awards, the best publications awarded for their outstanding…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Jacob Fleming. Jacob is Head Opinion Editor for The Indiependent, a national platform for aspiring journalists. It’s not so much what you think, but why you think it! Opinions: we’ve all got them; some of them are spicy and…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Maurice Alexander. Maurice is the SPA’s Regional Officer for Scotland and the Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Aberdeen University’s student publication Journal of Matters Relating to Felines. A fruitful lifestyle section of any newspaper or magazine is replete with a multitude of…
The following SPA Guide has been kindly written by guest author Tom Moorcroft. Tom is the SPA’s Regional Officer for The North and current Head of Sport for The Courier, Newcastle University. Writing for sport might seem a bit narrow to the average writer. Some people think that us sports…
From 1st-6th March this year, the UK are marking their National Careers Week! So, it seems like the perfect time to publish a guide about how to be more employable as a student journalist. After all, if you’ve found yourself drawn to this guide, I’m guessing you want to get…