FAQs

Head to our Write for Us page where you can submit an idea pitch through the contributor form. If you’re under 16, we’ll also need a quick confirmation from a teacher or school admin before we get started. Full details are in our contributor guidelines.
We’re always looking for university students to join as editors, illustrators, networkers and much more. Get in touch via our contact form on our Become a University contributor page and let us know what you’re interested in.
Not at all. Skopiem is open to students wherever you’re based. Our founding team is at the University of Bath, but contributors and team members from anywhere are welcome.
Skopiem is currently aimed at students aged 11-18. If you’re younger than that, we’d still love for you to read our articles, but we’re not able to accept submissions from under-11s at this stage.
To see our specific dates for each submission round, see our Contributor Guidelines page . This will tell you how long is between each stage of the application process. And yes, you’re welcome to submit more than one article in the same round or future ones.

We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch via our contact form, and let us know whether you’re interested in promoting Skopiem to students, connecting us with a science department, or something else.
Get in touch via our contact form. We’re always interested in academic advisors, guest contributors, or professionals happy to answer questions from student writers.
Reach out via our contact form with a bit of detail about the opportunity, and we’ll get back to you.

We try to respond as promptly as we can, but as a small student-run team, replies can occasionally take a little longer than expected. If it’s been a while, feel free to follow up with us directly as hello@skopiem.org.

Skopiem articles are written by students and fact-checked by our student editors, but they're not peer-reviewed or written by professional scientists. Therefore, they shouldn't be cited as a source in school or academic work, just as you wouldn’t reference another student’s essay. If an article covers something useful for your project, take a look at the sources listed at the bottom of it and go to those instead.
Thank you for flagging this. Please let us know at hello@skopiem.org with a link or details of where you’ve seen it, and we’ll look into it.
Every article goes through an editorial review process, including a fact-check by one of our student editors, before publication. See our Contributor Guidelines for more on our editorial process.

Take a look at our About page for more on our missions, or get in touch via our contact form with any specific questions.
Our About page is a good place to start, and our Contributor Guidelines explain how the writing and editing process works if you’re thinking of getting involved. you can also get in touch via our contact form for more specific questions.

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