What is the Course about?

This course provides graduates with the knowledge and skills to step into an exciting communications career.Public Relations (PR) helps maintain lines of communications between an organisation and its publics. The BA (Hons) Public Relations and Media shows students how to work as thoughtful professionals, using personal skills and media technologies to influence and persuade audiences and publics. Media' is a collective term for the platforms used to send messages to mass audiences. Media is recognised as a powerful messenger in all our lives that tells us what and how to think about local and global events. We need and use media to help us communicate who we are to the world.

 

Course Structure

The course runs over a four-year period and contains a mix of practical and theoretical media and PR subjects.

 

Is this course for you?

Do you have the following skills and interests?

• Great interpersonal skills
• An ability to write and tell stories
• An interest in media and business - celebrities, politics, investigations, crises, local and global events
• A hands-on approach to creating content - photography, video editing, media writing, digital design, podcasting and journalism
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience working with social media - Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter etc.

 

Special Features:

• Industry level skills to work in media or public relations
• Modern television and radio studios
• Highly qualified and experienced lecturers and staff
• Excellent employment opportunities in media, public relations and creative industries