PARTNER UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
1. Guest Speakers
The PRCA is dedicated to finding member practitioners who are available to lecture at the partner universities on a variety of topics within the PR and communications industry.
2. Free Unlimited Online Training
Students and all the members of staff have unlimited access to the PRCA online webinars courses. All of the webinars a series of highly interactive 90 minute live sessions taught by our certified trainers. Delegates attend these sessions live online in a virtual version of a face-to-face training course.
3. A Free Online Certificate
Students are eligible to gain free access to the recognised PRCA online certificate, which includes 18 webinars covering the following areas:
A) PR IN CONTEXT
B) PITCHING AND PRESENTING
C) CREATING, WRITING AND SELLING NEWS
D) DIGITAL
E) PERSONAL SKILLS
F) CRISIS MANAGEMENT
4. Free Group Events
Grow your professional network and increase your industry knowledge! The PRCA runs over 30 Sectoral, National and Regional specialist interest groups enabling members to collaborate on areas of common interest and share best practice. These groups cover areas such as Digital, Public Affairs, Crisis Communication, Technology and Diversity. Students can sign up to any of the groups they wish and attend all of their events for free.
5. Writing skills
In addition, students are encouraged to take part in discussions by submitting blogs in the PRCA blogs section. Students can email their blog posts to
Housekeeping
We encourage you to use the ‘PRCA Partner University’ logo on your university website. The academic staff are also encouraged to use the designated letters MPRCA after their name in email signatures (ex. Paul Jackson MPRCA, MBA, PhD. Etc.). This demonstrates professionalism and commitment to operate to the highest standards.
Students are encouraged to use the designated letters SPRCA in their email signatures and CVs for future job applications.
Please feel free to join the conversation on Twitter by using @PRCA_UK.
To access all the partner university benefits, all students and members of staff must register:
1. Go to: www.prca.org.uk
2. Click the tab ‘Membership’ and ‘join today’
3. Type in your university email address.
4. The system will recognise the partner university email and will ask you to complete with your registration.
5. You will then receive a welcome email. From then on just click ‘login’ on the right hand corner.
6. Code for free webinars for students only – PartnerStudent
A complete list of the PRCA Partner Universities:
PRCA Partner University MembersSouth East and East Anglia
Goldsmith's University
London College of Communications
University of Greenwich
University of Westminster
Richmond the American International University
South West
Bournemouth University
University of the West of England
Midlands
University of Leicester
Wales
Cardiff University
North East
Leeds Becket Business School
Northumbria University
Sheffield Hallam University
University of Lincoln
North West
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Central Lancashire (Uclan)
Scotland
Queen Margaret University
What we do?
The PRCA promotes all aspects of public relations and communications work, helping teams and individuals maximise the value they deliver to clients and organisations.
The Association exists to raise standards in PR and communications, providing members with industry data, facilitating the sharing of communications best practice and creating networking opportunities.
How we apply it and make a difference?
All PRCA members are bound by a professional charter and a code of conduct, as well as benefitting from exceptional training. The Association also works for the greater benefit of the industry, sharing best practice and lobbying on the industry's behalf e.g. fighting the NLA's digital licence.
Who we represent?
The PRCA represents many of the major consultancies in the UK and currently has over 400 agency members from around the world including the majority of the top 150 UK consultancies.
The PRCA also represents over 270 in-house teams, including many of Europe's leading corporations and UK public sector organisations, as well as individual and freelance PR and communications practitioners.
Mary Davoudi, Engagement Officer