Alenka Jelen-Sanchez wins a prestigious ECPR Cora Maas Award

Alenka Jelen-Sanchez has won Cora Maas Award for the best-evaluated course at the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) Summer Methods School for her course Expert Interviews for Qualitative Data Generation. ECPR Summer Methods School, hosted by the Central European University in Budapest, offers over Read More …

What Happens Inside the ‘Brussels Bubble’? Students Find Out at the ‘Public Affairs in the EU’ Seminar in Brussels

University of Stirling’s postgraduate students in public relations, public policy and gender studies have spent two days in Brussels at the annual Public Affairs in the European Union seminar. The event introduces students to public affairs, advocacy, public policy, lobbying and communication practices as well Read More …

European Awareness Day

  The Division of Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling is organising a European Awareness Day, which will take place from Tuesday 13 – Wednesday 14 June 2017. There will be two showings of a free music recital ‘Europe: What a Passion!’ at the Read More …

Postgraduate CMC Students Visit Brussels for Public Affairs in the EU Seminar

  Brussels, 3-4 November 2016 Postgraduate public relations and gender studies students spent two days visiting Brussels for a series of specialist public affairs seminars organised by Dr Alenka Jelen-Sanchez. The annual event aims to introduce students to public affairs, advocacy, public policy and communication Read More …

Sam Black Prize awarded to Dagur Skírnir Óðinsson

We are proud to announce that Sam Black Prize for Best Public Relations student in 2014/15 went to Dagur Skírnir Óðinsson, who has successfully completed and will graduate from MSc in Strategic Communication and Public Relations (Joint Degree with University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) on 27 Read More …

The Brussels Bubble and the Holyrood Hub – Stirling Public Relations & Public Affairs Field Trip

Masters students from the Stirling Public Relations and Strategic Communications programmes participated in two bespoke fieldtrips in the Autumn semester 2015. The first leg involved a two-day fieldtrip in Brussels, meeting communications staff working within the institutions, and public affairs professionals trying to influence EU Read More …

CMC team covers Scottish independence referendum for Slovenian TV news Svet

It is fair to say that the eyes of the world, including the eyes of Slovenian media, were on Scotland last week, closely watching how Scotland will decide at the independence referendum. As a free-lance British correspondent for Slovenian TV news Svet on Kanal A Read More …

Postgraduate Public Relations Students Visit Brussels for Public Affairs and Lobbying in the EU Seminar

Postgraduate Public Relations students spent two days (14 – 15 November 2013) visiting Brussels for a series of specialist public affairs and lobbying seminars organised by Dr Alenka Jelen, Division of Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling. The annual event aims to introduce students to Read More …