Leeds Met

Sorry Twitter, this election will be won on the doorstep
Though the election has only just started officially, candidates have been campaigning for months. Clare Siobhan Callery follows a Conservative candidate round a rural West Yorkshire constituency and discovers that elections are fought on the doorstep, not on the internet. PR Students raise awareness of SADS
PR students from Leeds Metropolitan University have launched a campaign try and raise awareness of SADS (sudden arrhythmic death syndrome.) which claims the lives of at least 12 apparently “fit and healthy” young people a wek in the U.K. The students recently held a SADS awareness day at their university.  The students set up an information stand [...] Ptarmigan Academy secures first client
Ptarmigan Academy has been appointed to provide PR support for Leeds-based design company Tag pac. The student agency, part of PR consultants Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger is made-up of Leeds Metropolitan University BA (Hons) PR students, Adam Burns, Steph Holloway, Lois Ackerley, Katherine Hasselby and Clare Callery New council and university communications partnership
Leeds City Council and Leeds Metropolitan University have teamed up to help public relations students get on the job training, assist with their studies and boost their employment chances once they’ve graduated. Winner of the Claire Mascall Public Relations Prize announced
Katie Brown, a final year PR student at Leeds Metropolitan University, was named as the winner of the prestigious Claire Mascall PR Prize at the final C.I.P.R guest lecture last week. Students leave classroom for class war
Forget Paris 1968 and the Kent State anti-Vietnam war protests. The face of student protest in 2009 involves web tools and a heavy dose of irony. Big boys should cry
Male students leave seeking help until it’s too late, according to the Leeds Met Students’ Union which has launched a new campaign to raise awareness amongst men of the university’s counselling service. Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger sets up student consultancy
Leeds-based Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger has set up a student consultancy to work on a range of public relations and social media campaigns for national brands. Why I’m leaving PR
Behind the Spin’s news editor Laura Smith tells why she’s leaving public relations. Death by Chocolate
A PR student was assigned the unusual task of organising a murder mystery party for charity, Kirkwood Hospice this month. Survey identifies new challenges for PR
Professor Ralph Tench at Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University has produced a report on the findings from the largest research project into European Communication Managers’ perceptions of the practice in 2008. Gloucestershire recruits Leeds Met talent
Senior lecturer, Richard Bailey is resigning from Leeds Metropolitan University to join the University of Gloucestershire’s PR subject team. 60 Ideas in 60 Minutes
60 Ideas in 60 Minutes was the most anticipated guest lecture to be given at Leeds Metropolitan University this year, as part of the CIPR guest lecture series. Journalism’s place in business
A new course sets journalism alongside public relations and places it within a business faculty. Death and taxes
Karl Milner’s guest lecture at Leeds Metropolitan University was on the subject of stories. Save lives (and win a thousand pounds)
Six final year PR students beat off competition from more than 100 others to win the annual competitive pitch prize awarded by PR consultancy Trimedia.