From our annual national conference to training days and conferences around the country, we aim to present a range of affordable and useful events for student journalists.
We organise everything. To give you a flavour of what we offer in the past year we’ve put together:
- National Conferences: The highlight of our year, #SPANC descends on one university a year for a weekend full of workshops, speakers, awards and networking.
- Regional Conferences: Our regional SPA events aim to make top-class speakers and workshops affordable and accessible to everyone.
- Socials: Up and down the county we hold regular pub meet-ups so that everyone can get to know each other a bit better.
- Masterclasses: Want to become an overnight expert? We host one-off classes in popular topics.
- Online Streams: Live web seminars to get you up to speed on a range of topics.
Here are our upcoming events:
- 27 October 2022 – ‘Breaking News’ Workshop with Lucy Dyer from News Associates, Virtual (sign up here)
- 3 November 2022 – Covering Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis with On Road Media, Virtual
- 10 November 2022 – Reporting on Children’s Pallative Care with On Road Media, Virtual
- 20 November 2022 – An Introduction to Substack with Keynote Speaker Farrah Storr, Virtual
Here are our most recent events:
- 16 November 2019 – SPA Northern Conference, University of York
- 16 November 2019 – SPA South West Conference, University of Exeter
- 23 November 2019 – SPA Midlands Conference, University of Warwick
- 23 November 2019 – SPA South East Conference, University of Southampton
- 23 November 2019 – SPA Scotland Conference, University of Dundee
- 23 November 2019 – SPA Wales Conference, Cardiff University
- 3-4 October 2020 – SPA National Conference, Virtual
- 8-10 April 2022 – SPA National Conference, University of Sheffield