Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc

Links with business and industry

Studying this course means you'll have opportunities to be involved with organisations outside the university — you can find out about them here.


Our links with professional practice provide a real-world base for our courses. They also help us to ensure your studies are kept up-to-date and relevant to the workplace.

 

Visiting lecturers

Visiting lecturers have included:

  • Charlie Beckett, former editor of Channel 4 News and now director of Polis
  • David Bradshaw – special adviser to the Prime Minister and formerly deputy political editor of the Daily Mirror;
  • Nick Comfort – former special adviser and author of How to Handle the Media;
  • Mark Gill – head of Political Research at MORI;
  • Julian Grice – managing director of brand consultancy The Team;
  • Lis Howell – former Managing Editor of Sky News;
  • Ivan Mowse – documentary-maker;
  • Jo Philips – former media advisor to Lord Ashdown and director of Know Comment (part of Ten Alps Plc);
  • Nick Jones – former BBC correspondent and author of Sultans of Spin; and
  • Peter Riddell – associate editor of The Times.

 

You also benefit from the professional expertise of in-house staff members. Read more in the Who teaches this course? section.