News and Resources
FEBRUARY 2012
Our annual trend survey is published here. Read the press release here.
Our annual course awards are a great success! Read the press release.
DECEMBER 2011
BPP University College chooses PR Academy to deliver the public relations module within its new MSc in Professional Marketing (Public Relations).
OCTOBER 2011
We announce the 2011 winner of our bursary for the CIPR Advanced Certificate. Read the press release.
SEPTEMBER 2011
We launch the first stage of exciting new research into the internal communication profession. Read the press release:
Are internal communicators being held back from work that facilitates employee engagement?
Register for a copy of the full report available end October. Register
AUGUST 2011
TASTER WEBINARS – we ran ‘taster’ webinars for all our courses in July and August - find out more about the course that interests you by checking out the recording:
Digital communication certificate: click here
PR diploma: click here
Advanced certificate in PR: click here
Internal communication certificate or diploma: click here
Public affairs diploma: click here
JULY 2011
Communicate magazine feature by Kevin Ruck on evaluating internal communication.
Former internal communication diploma studnet Laura Smith presents the research from her course at Bledcom academic conference in Slovenia. Kevin Ruck was among other presentations on internal communication.
Kevin Ruck of PR Academy goes head to head with communication consultant Angela Sinickas on whether ROI (Return on Investment) is the best way to measure internal communication. Read the full feature article published in Strategic Communication Management, published by Melcrum.
JUNE 2011
PR Academy launches its own Digital Communication course delivered online, starting in Autumn 2011. Read the press release. More about the course here.
We announce that the CIPR PR Diploma is to be available to study one unit at a time – PR Academy is the only centre to offer it this way. Read the press release.
Our Alumni Bites series draws to a close with a great evening on managing personal reputation online, delivered by Paul Armstrong from Mindshare. PR Academy donated £400 to Kids Company - £10 for everyone attending. Paul’s Prezi is here: http://bit.ly/pracademypb
Our good friend Tracy Playle writes on social media for the Guardian with a mention for us – thanks Tracy!
MAY 2011
PR Academy achieves ISO 9001 accreditation through BSi. According to BSi, ISO 9001 is by far the world’s most established quality framework, currently being used by 1,064,000 organizations in 178 countries worldwide, and sets the standard not only for quality management systems, but management systems in general. We’re very chuffed!
Kevin Ruck is made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Congratulations Kevin! Read the CIPR press release.
Ellen Hake, visiting lecturer on our internal communication courses and chapter author in Exploring Internal Communication writes about cross cultural communication for Simply Communicate.
PR Academy announces that it will be the first CIPR centre to offer the PR Diploma on a unit by unit basis. It means that students can spread the learning and the cost over up to two years.
Read Kevin Ruck’s conference paper on valuing employee communication, prepared for Bledcom.
MARCH 2011
Project and programme managers are increasingly recognising the important of good communication. The Association of Project Management (APM) magazine asked Kevin Ruck for his ‘big idea’ and very kindly said that we could publish it here. Read how Kevin argues for communication to be seen as a ‘hard’ skill, not a soft one:
“The Big Idea” Project magazine feature
Read Kevin Ruck’s paper on critical and ethical approaches to internal communication published on Scribd. It got 100 views on the first day of publication!
Our latest results by our fab students are published.
Announcement of first PR Academy training course on social media: “Social media for internal communication“. The first one happens in April.
Communication Director carried the results of our survey on qualifications. (Scroll down to the second article)
Ellen Hake, guest lecturer and chapter author in Exploring Internal Communication features in Simply Communicate with top tips on achieving goals through communication.
FEBRUARY 2011
17 February: Kevin Ruck, PR Academy co-founder, comments in PR Week on the link between internal communication and HR. Read the feature.
Then on 22 February, Kevin went head to head with Jane Saunders of HR consultancy Orion Partners, again on the relationship between HR and internal communication in Communicate Magazine.
JANUARY 2011
January 27, 2011: PR Academy announces Course Award winners
January 2011: New PR Academy survey confirms link between professional qualifications and career progression. Read the full report:
……and read some of the coverage: Communicate Magazine 14 January 2011 and from Simply Communicate.
January 2011: PR Academy’s Kevin Ruck features in Simply Communicate discussing change communication – if you aren’t already a member, you may need to sign in to read, but it is free and there are lots of resources and other interesting stuff there.
DECEMBER 2010
Top source of the latest thinking on internal communication – Strategic Communication Management published by Melcrum - carries a feature from Kevin Ruck on evaluating internal communication.
November 2010: Our book – Exploring Internal Communication – prompted Professional Manager magazine – the magazine of the Chartered Management Institute – to carry an indepth feature on social media for internal communication.
