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.