events

Now I’m a belieber

Public relations student Jazz Chappell was tweeting at a Justin Bieber concert last week. When she woke up next day, she was part of a global news story.

The glitz and the glamour

Until I started looking for internships and jobs in the event industry I didn’t realise the range of positions there were to choose from.

Job vacancies (August update)

Opportunities for graduates and PR account executives.

The music or the money?

There’s no Glastonbury this year, and a number of prominent music festivals have failed. Mark Grainer asks what’s wrong with the live music business?

PRs win placements

Students have the chance to win prestigious placements at a PR conference held in Birmingham this week.

Oh we do like to be beside the Shoreditch-on-Sea

The PR Prom fundraiser for BrightOne in London on Thursday 23 February 2012 was well supported by PR students.

What shall we do with the drunken Facebooker?

A law firm and a PR consultancy have teamed up to offer employers a session on managing the risk of staff being on social media.

Event to open doors for creative talent

Students and freelancers are to be given the chance to showcase their talent to the media and digital sector at a special event in Leeds this Thursday.

Hunt for The Student Apprentice begins in Leeds

Alex Epstein, star of BBC show The Apprentice, will join a panel of business professionals for an entrepreneurial event launched by Leeds-based creative agency, Two Birds One Stone.

Aberdeen hosts careers in communication event

Four university students have held an event promoting careers in public relations and communications to their classmates, at a jointly sponsored Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Grampian Public Relations Group (GPRG) event in Aberdeen.

We think about the wedding every ten seconds

According to search specialists Greenlight, the Royal Wedding gets a social media mention every ten seconds.

Working in-house at Macmillan

Macmillan cancer support offers a number of internships throughout the year. In this article Stephen Nunes and Ed Thornton, both currently interning at Macmillan, take a look at the work they do for the charity.

Students put on ‘art for the heart’ exhibition

Public relations students from Leeds Metropolitan University are holding an art exhibition for heart research.

How to break into PR

This CIPR Yorkshire and Lincolnshire networking event for young practitioners will help you break into the competitive and exciting world of public relations.

Male models, blindfolds, and a gorgeous rugby player

Working for Manchester-based ‘events and live communication’ agency Ear to the Ground is the seventh placement I have completed since the start of my degree in public relations, writes Emma Fawcett.

Brick Lane Takeover music festival offering 6 month internship

Macmillan’s music festival for charity, Brick Lane Takeover, is looking for a recent graduate wishing to gain valuable experience in Events PR on a 6 month internship.

Life-changing event

‘I never expected that being a CIPR student rep could be such a big turning point in one’s career’, writes Katerina Aleksandrova. ‘Yet my CIPR student event has already started to open doors in the industry.’