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MSc Science Communication

I'm currently in my 4th year studying Physics at Oxford and am interested in the MSc Science Communication course at Imperial with a view to go into science journalism. I've had a brief read through about the course on the Imperial website and I've visited Imperial before when I applied there for my undergraduate course. But I was hoping there might be someone on here that has first hand experience of the course and could give me a bit of an insight that the prospectus and website can't provide me with!

Thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

ashy

Welcome to the Imperial subforum. I'm afraid most people who use TSR are 1st and 2nd years although there are some higher years as well. I don't know of anyone doing MSc Science Communication though, I'm afraid. Good luck with it though.

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Reply 2

Hoofbeat

Thanks ashy for replying. I was hoping there might be some grads around as we often get them popping up in the Oxford subforum asking about postgrad courses, but obviously not.

Reply 3

ashy

Well you might get lucky, you never know. I honestly didn't realise we have a Science Communication MSc :redface:

sounds like the kind of thing I'd want to do in a few years! Hope we have a grad student around who can help.

Reply 4

Shushi

Maybe you should private message Edders...

Reply 5

ashy

Shushi

Maybe you should private message Edders...

Edders is doing Physics (4th year?)

Reply 6

ashley.brown

I've not done the course but have come into contact with lots of people who do it, via media and fire engine activities.

They seem to have quite a lot of fun, quite often getting involved with the ICRADIO (www.icradio.com) or stoic tv (www.stoictv.com) and running around with cameras/microphones.

They also do a monthly podcast for the college, seen here: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/aboutimperial/pressoffice/podcasts. They interviewed Brian May when he handed in his thesis (slightly further up the queue than I was!)

"The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on Imperial's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Digital Planet on the BBC World Service."

The people on the course seem very energetic - my gut feeling is that it's an excellent and useful course where you can also have a good time. They all seem very on the ball too.

Reply 7

Shushi

ashy

Edders is doing Physics (4th year?)

Yeah. Just like us.. don't even know that course existed. I think the physicists are not very well informed about things that are available out there in the world :p:

Reply 8

ashy

Shushi

Yeah. Just like us.. don't even know that course existed. I think the physicists are not very well informed about things that are available out there in the world :p:

I'm only second year :p:

But yes, we need to be a lot more well informed, at the moment all I know about is: Phys degree then career in Phys or some soul selling City thing (or maybe engineering). Joy. Anything else I can do? I'd love to be the guy in charge of BBC Horizon...that would be so much fun.

Reply 9

tuppatopbrer

Edders is finished IIRC, going to Oxford to read Eco.

Reply 10

ashy

tuppatopbrer

Edders is finished IIRC, going to Oxford to read Eco.

I'd like to add my dislike of the forum to this thread too, if that's ok :p:

Reply 11

tuppatopbrer

yeh it is quite ****e.

Reply 12

ashy

I don't want a retarded pacman telling me who's online next to their name. Grr.

Reply 13

Shushi

tuppatopbrer

Edders is finished IIRC, going to Oxford to read Eco.

yeah lucky him :p:

well actually not lucky he did get a rather impressive degree classification so he deserves it ^^

*I beg of whoever it is.. can you dim the background down, my eyes are hurting me*

Reply 14

Shushi

ashy

I don't want a retarded pacman telling me who's online next to their name. Grr.

What happened to my settings..
I set it to not show when I am online :s-smilie:

Reply 15

ashy

You should see the shoutbox, the amount of slander being thrown at the admins is truly hilarious...go there.

Reply 16

Shushi

Haha after looking at the screen, when I look else where.. other places appears to be white blotches as well. This amount of brightness is bleaching my cone cells :s-smilie:

Reply 17

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