MA PUBLIC RELATIONS AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

HERE’S WHERE OUR STUDENTS GO FOR PLACEMENTS OR FOR THEIR CAREER:

/ Weber Shandwick

/ National Broadcasting Commission

/ Golin

/ JD Sports

/ Scottish Parliament

/ UK Government Cabinet Office

/ Refresh PR

/ ICS Digital

/ Rebellious Fashion.

MEET YOUR PROGRAMME LEADER: DEBORAH MANLEY

Debbie is an award-winning journalist (British Press Awards) with experience working with local, national and international media and she’s had an impressive career working in public relations. Add text: You can see Debbie pictured on the left with Simon Cowell who is an English TV personality/ entrepreneur/record executive.

Find out more about her at salford.ac.uk/our-staff/debbie-manley

Modules You Will Study

/ Public Relations and Journalism

/ Content Creation

/ Understanding Public Relations Campaigns

/ Professional Public Relations Practice

/ Major Project (either Practical or Dissertation)

TO MAKE AN APPLICATION YOU WILL NEED TO...

/ Meet our entry criteria: IELTS 6.5 overall with a written element of 7.0 and no element below 6.0 and a secondclass honours degree, 2:2 or above.

/ Write a personal statement detailing your experience, motivations and knowledge of PR and digital communications and why the University of Salford, and this course is right for you.

WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU:

/ Get work experience, for example in the media on a local TV/Radio station, or write for a local magazine, newspaper or website.

/ Engage with TV, radio, online and print news features to develop your understanding of what stories the media are interested in. How do they make stories? Talk about this in your video.

/ Volunteer to create social media for a charity or sports team.

/ Send us a short, 3-minute video responding to set questions – treat it like an interview and talk about your work experience and why you want to study PR/digital communications.

/ Send us your portfolio.

/ Set up a LinkedIn profile to give examples of your work - include a link on your application.

/ Set up social media accounts- Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube. You will be creating content on these as part of the course. Include links on your application.