My role as a Public Relations Student has come to an end and instead I shall be working for Microsoft for the next year before returning to University to complete the final year of my studies. I cannot express how overwhelmed, fortunate and pleased I am to have landed myself a “dream placement”. As part of my internship year I am required by the University to keep a diary or a blog. Personally... 

Found out a couple of days ago that I have been made runner-up CIPR Student Rep of the Year. All my thanks go to those who made my role such a pleasure to carry out. Much of what I did was heavily weighted upon those students who offered me their time and talent, the generosity of the University and CIPR West of England. Just goes to show that the education I have received from the University of... 

I’m not usually one to complain about the various ways people use language. When venturing into the realm of linguistics I am wholly relativist. I fully understand that language is in a constant state of flux, forming around the way we live our lives, largely dependent on the activities of our era and most importantly integral to who you are – unique. Over the last couple of months a single acronym... 

Goodness… what a year it has been. Of course I connote year in the most student way possible which equates to roughly 8 months. Let’s be cheap about this – a University year for some does average out to about 2 weeks of solid work. Oh, who seriously believes that drivel? The majority of people I know at University work very hard, probably harder than some adults in the so-called “real world”. For... 

Have you ever marvelled over an MP’s wardrobe? I have. With the amount of support for the Liberal Democrats I wouldn’t be surprised if clothes shops start releasing the “Lib Dem Summer Range”. If I were to go into politics in the future then the only way I could decide which party to join would be by colour. I fear red is just a bit too sensually saucy, yellow would not look good against my... 

Michael White introduces the #AddMe Conferences before handing over to David Phillips’. His talk is titled “The World, the Internet and Everything and why cavemen would have loved it too”. David will explore why the internet has so much appeal; How far can the internet reach into our daily lives and is there another ‘big thing’ after Facebook? The #AddMe Conference was arranged by the CIPR... 

Alex Sass spoke about “Necessary change – why digital PR is killing Web 2.0”. This will cover methods of digital PR, social media marketing and a warning to the industry. The #AddMe Conference was arranged by the CIPR Student Representative for the University of Gloucestershire, Michael White. The conference took place 10th March 2010 with talks from David Phillips, Alex Sass and Aren Grimshaw. Podcasts... 

It is strange how the passing of a single remark can change the perspective you have of a person. To put bluntly that even at this early stage of a career in Public Relations some become increasingly competitive to gain attention. Usually in the childish manner of barking out remarks in class that really were not necessary in the first place. There is no doubt that the stresses of recent tasks at University... 

I fear it may take at least another night’s sleep before my body is in fully working order again. Although what a good time I have had at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Being a part of a very large team for Jazz Town 87.7FM will be one of the moments I look fondly upon for many years to come. My main role for Jazz Town FM was to present. Over the course of the weekend I managed to total around 9 hours...