UCF names first Chartered Institute of Public Relations student representative
Monday, 01 November 2010
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Following its formal recognition by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) in 2010, BA(Hons) Public Relations at University College Falmouth has named third year student Harry Laflin as its first ever CIPR student representative.
Harry will be responsible for raising awareness of the CIPR's work with students across all levels of the course through presentations, lectures and use of social media, helping them to understand the real nature of working within public relations.
Harry commented "I'm really proud to have been elected to the position; I hope to be able to bring students at UCF closer to the CIPR to enhance their professional prospects upon graduation."
Working with other CIPR student representatives from across the country, Harry will also be organising a ‘student into industry' event at UCF, providing students with an opportunity to meet and network with industry professionals during the spring term 2011.
For further information about BA(Hons) Public Relations at University College Falmouth, visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/publicrelations, email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 213856.
UCF is the only independent Higher Education institution in Cornwall with the right to award degrees in its own name. The University College has two campuses - at Woodlane in Falmouth and Tremough in Penryn (which it owns and jointly manages with the University of Exeter).
UCF's merger with Dartington College of Arts in 2008 created a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Dance, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The Dartington-based courses have now relocated to an impressive, high-specification £19M Performance Centre at the Tremough Campus, which launches this October. The ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence Programme invested £12,266,667 in this development which will prepare performance students for success within the creative industries. The South West Regional Development Agency's Single Pot Fund contributed a further £3M, with the remainder being invested by the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Strategic Development Fund.
The Performance Centre is the latest phase in UCF's ambition to create a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall by 2013/2014 that will be unrivalled in the South West.
UCF is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One and Convergence), the South West Regional Development Agency and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall Council.
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For further information about University College Falmouth, please contact Jilly Easterby Dip CIPR MCIPR, Head of Public Affairs, Telephone: 01326 213792, or email: jilly.easterby@falmouth.ac.uk
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