TikTok star visits City Centre Campus

University News Last updated 18 July 2023

Senior Lecturer in Public Relations and Media Kelly O'Hanlon and Rob Mayhew.

BCU recently hosted the Midlands conferences of two PR bodies in Parkside - the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA).

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CIPR is the world's only Royal Chartered professional body for public relations practitioners, with nearly 10,000 members, and PRCA is the world’s largest professional PR body.

The conference was an opportunity for professionals to network and hear from a variety of talented speakers.

The full-day event was packed with an array of workshops, talks and short presentations spanning a variety of sectors to empower businesses, teams and individuals to grow in 2023. The day included a variety of voices, with a keynote talk from PR guru and rising TikTok sensation Rob Mayhew.

It was an honour to host the third Midlands PR conference at BCU, having also hosted the first and second in 2018 and 2019.

This was an opportunity to showcase our students, the School of Media, and the University, with an amazing opportunity for current students to be a part of the event. On Thursday, we welcomed over 180 delegates from across the PR and communications industry, from the region and beyond, for a full agenda of keynote speakers and breakout workshops on the most critical topics, opportunities, and issues facing our industry.

Even more rewarding than the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received from attendees was how many BCU Media and PR alumni were there, with their employers, having started their own PR careers soon after leaving us. They were able to provide valuable insights to our current BA and MA students and help them build their network so they too can excel in the professional world after completing their studies.

We successfully put PR, and BCU’s School of Media, on the map and did our part to show how we are growing PR in the Midlands.

Kelly O'Hanlon, Senior Lecturer in Public Relations and Media at BCU.

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