Some courses in PR

Looking for some PR training after your degree? Here are some master degree and professional courses it might be worth considering.

By Emily Morrison

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PR Degree Courses

Leeds One-year Masters in Communication Studies

Designed to provide multidisciplinary understanding of contemporary communications for students regardless of first-degree background. It allows students to pursue advanced study in the way in which selected areas of mass communications media operate.

What you study

1. Mass media and society, the communications revolution, research methods.
2. Also offers international communications, international journalism, political communications or science communications.

check: www.leeds.ac.uk

University of Stirling one year MsC/Postgraduate diploma

The programme will help you understand and apply communication theory in a variety of contexts, analyse organisational cultures and communicate effectively to a range of audiences.

What you study

1. PR Contemporary Practice.
2. PR Critical Concepts and Debates.
3. Media Relations.
4. Professional Skills for Research.
5. Strategic Management.
6. Marketing Communications.
7. PR and Technology Sports PR.
8. Health PR.

check: www.stir.ac.uk

Professional courses

CIPR

Perhaps the most distinguished of the bunch, it’s very highly regarded. It offers a huge array of workshops on everything to do with PR; you can pick and choose what you want to do. The courses are around £400 depending on how long it is for, but is generally good value for what you get out of it.
www.ipr.org.uk

The PR Training Centre

Very thorough with a lot of choice but is very pricey. It does, however, have very good feedback from all of its courses.
www.theprtrainingcentre.com

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