Congratulations to our 2022 SPA National Award winners. You can find the full details below: BEST PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD Sponsored by News UK Special Mention: Zo Wu Highly Commended: Antonio Ross, The Mancunion Winner: Abigail Mason, The Saint BEST ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE AWARD Highly Commended: Pui Kuan…
Between now and mid-July, the Student Publication Association will be electing a new Trustee to join our Board. This is an incredibly important election, and the successful candidate will serve a term of four years. However, Trustee positions can sometimes be a bit vague, and it’s not quite clear what…
The Student Publication Association has renamed one of its eight regions, in the spirit of recognising growing diversity amongst student journalism in that region, and a commitment to ensure all members of the region are fairly represented. The ‘Ireland and Northern Ireland Region’ replaces the former ‘Ireland Region’, and covers…
Welcome to the all-new Student Publication Association monthly round-up – designed to give you a chance to find out a bit more about what the Executive Committee have been getting up to on a day-to-day basis throughout the month, and ensure we are a transparent, accountable organisation. We’ll aim to…
Half of the UK’s student newspapers at the forefront of scrutiny of universities and colleges face closure within the next year as universities use COVID-19 funding pressures as an excuse to cut lifeline funding, research from the Student Publication Association (SPA) has shown. Just over half (52%) of publications surveyed…
Each year, the Student Publication Association appoints a few Project Officers, who join our team to help out with specific initiatives, from advocacy to assisting with our digital output. As we’ve just entered the 2020/21 year for the SPA, with a new Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, we’re recruiting…
A fresh opportunity to get involved with the Student Publication Association has opened up, as we are recruiting three Trustees to join our growing charity. We’re looking for three new faces to join our team, to widen the base of skills we can draw upon in our work, and ensure…
The work the Student Publication Association does locally, within our eight regions, is some of our most important, and the Regional Officers we appoint each year are a huge part of this. They allow us to give more detailed, targeted support to our publication members from around the country, no…
Don’t try to tell me you don’t want to be like the cool people at that photo. Everyone wants to win an award at #SPANC17 – after all, it is the biggest and best annual student journalism awards.
Are you a journalist looking to break into the industry? Brighton Journalist Works is offering SPA members the chance to win one of three bursaries for an NCTJ Diploma in Journalism. First prize: £3,000 off course fees Second prize: £2,000 off course fees Third prize: £1,000 off course fees How…