The output for the Master’s degree in Science Communication at SISSA of Trieste (Italian original version)

What professional future awaits those who have attended a school in science communication? This has become an ever more urgent question, when you consider the proliferation of Masters and post-graduate courses that provide on different levels a training for science communicators in Europe and all ov...

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Main Authors: Donato Ramani, Nico Pitrelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2007-03-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/06/01/Jcom0601%282007%29L01/Jcom0601%282007%29L01_it.pdf
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Summary:What professional future awaits those who have attended a school in science communication? This has become an ever more urgent question, when you consider the proliferation of Masters and post-graduate courses that provide on different levels a training for science communicators in Europe and all over the world. In Italy, the International School for Advanced Studies of Trieste has been for fourteen years now the seat for a Master’s degree in Science Communication that has graduated over 170 students. This letter illustrates the results of a survey carried out in order to identify the job opportunities they have been offered and the role played in their career by their Master’s degree. Over 70% of the interviewees are now working in the field of science communication and they told us that the Master has played an important role in finding a job, thus highlighting the importance of this school as a training, cultural and professional centre.
ISSN:1824-2049