Student studying Public Relations
Last Wednesday I went on a public relations university trip to London, we went to visit Splendid Communications and then visited the museum of brands. Ultimately I learnt a lot from the day, and it opened my eyes about the possibility of working in an agency. This was the first time I had visited an…
In my second year at University, I undertook a Campaign Components and Structures module in which we learnt different and unique elements to putting a campaign together. The assignments encouraged us to be creative in designing a leaflet, putting together a press conference and writing an ambush marketing pitch. The latter earned me 85 marks,…
While I've only been studying PR for the last two years, we've recently entered into a new decade and it is interesting to see what moments are on the top of people's minds. For me, these are some of the biggest things that have happened with some thanks going to PR. #MeToo It was such…
In 2017 I embarked on my first holiday - without the parents - to Paris with my friend, and had the most wonderful time while feeling amazingly grown up. It was when I came back and had the holiday photos, that I decided putting them in a photo album wasn't enough and I wanted to…
This week at University we began our plans for our group work, and interestingly our tutor set us the task of compiling a list of 10 rules that we should follow during that time. While creating the list I realised that they were pretty much the standard rules, sometimes unspoken ones, of how we should…
Continue reading ➞ The Ethical Code of Working With Each Other
I put off going into the world of studying PR because I though it was an extrovert's job and I identify more as an introvert. I remember my mum telling me one day that I would have to be more confident to go into that line of work, and while she was right in some…
I had a complete flashback to my Media A Level yesterday when I had a lecture on textual analysis. I don't think I've ever been so happy to see Roland Barthes be mentioned and immediately think about my old media teacher, who first introduced me to the world of media. I never thought about how…
Continue reading ➞ The semiotics of learning about Public Relations early
