About this course
Join us in London for an intensive two-days of face-to-face tuition and accelerate your learning! Follow up those days with full access to the online course to top up your learning and benefit from online resources and activities
Studying for the CIPR Professional PR Diploma will enable you to operate as a more strategic and confident communicator. Equip yourself with the advanced knowledge you need to design effective PR strategies. Learn more about communication and how to influence behaviour in today’s digital world. Examine the role of PR and ethics.
Classroom dates: Friday 6 and Saturday 7 October 2023
(Dates for a Spring 2024 start to be published in the autumn.)
Course detail
Study Support Package
Two days face-to-face learning
One-to-one tutorials
Feedback on assignment ideas
Full access to the online course
Online library with all the books you need
Easy tutor contact
Your investment
PR Academy tuition: £1,549 (+ VAT)
CIPR Awarding body fees: £1,111 (no VAT)
Total: £2,660 (+ VAT)
VAT inclusive price is £2,969.80
Pay in easy instalments
If you are paying for the course yourself, you can pay in easy instalments. Initial payment of £569.80 then ten monthly payments of £240.
Who is this course for?
PR and communication practitioners. You are working in any field of public relations (e.g. media relations, internal communications or public affairs), you want to learn about the strategic role and functions of the public relations practitioner. Maybe the time is right for a more senior position.
Underpin what you do. You’ve got quite a bit of PR experience, perhaps as PR manager, hold a first degree or maybe another professional qualification. You feel the time is right to underpin what you do with some theory and learn the models and concepts that inform your practice.
Flexible learning. You want to be able to study at a time and pace that works for you but with classroom time too. The course must be completed within two years, but can be done in around ten months or less.
Master’s level. This is a Master’s level course so make sure that you are ready to study and be assessed at this level.
Learning outcomes
Come away knowing how to put communication theory into practice through advanced PR planning, able to deliver campaigns that will wow clients and colleagues.
Learn how to engage audiences and create effective thought leadership. Reflect critically on practice and improve processes.
Invest in your personal development. Studying this Master’s level PR Diploma is personally rewarding, encouraging you to become a more reflective practitioner and take time out to learn and grow.
Apply what you learn. Be assessed on real life or work related projects which is great for employers, showing the practical relevance of the course.
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- Full syllabus
- Assignment details
- Key dates
- Reasons to study

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I’ve enjoyed how the course has been very practical. There is obviously an academic side to things, but the models, theories and frameworks we’ve learnt about have been very easy to translate into practice.
Meet your course leader Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker calls herself a news junkie. “Sky News is constantly on in the background after, of course, BBC Radio Four’s Today programme. The development of the new news ecosystem meshing on and offline media is something that fascinates me. It’s certainly an enormously exciting time to be working in PR.”
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