The CIPR-accredited BSc (Hons) Business and Media Communications at Liverpool John Moores University is the ideal preparation for a successful career in public relations and offers exciting placement opportunities.

The Business and Media Communications degree will prepare you for a career in a public relations role within corporate communications, internal communications, event management or areas relating to online public relations, such as search engine optimisation and social media strategy development.

This Chartered Institute of Public Relations accredited degree gives you an appreciation of traditional business functions which work closely with aspects of media communication functions in organisations such as marketing, combined with the study of the tactics, tools and strategies of PR and communication management.  Practitioners deliver sessions and guest lectures so you have the opportunity to learn about real issues and to make the link between theory and practice which you can apply if you choose to take a placement.

Liverpool Business School has partnerships with business schools at universities and colleges across Europe, in the USA and in China.  Students can also choose to spend an additional year of study at one of our partner universities between the second and third years.  All study abroad opportunities are in English.  There are also many supported opportunities for activities at partner universities during summer vacations and Liverpool Business School provides places on language skills courses.

You could find yourself working in a wide variety of PR settings, from PR departments in large multi-national organisations, to PR agencies, search engine optimisation companies and specialised event management companies. Some of our students have graduated with the confidence and ideas to set up their own successful businesses.