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September is PR ethics month, apparently

Posted in Ethics, Teaching, tagged on September 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Will re post series of blogs from PRSA concerning teaching and practice of ethics in US.

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Observation that PR students accept lying as norm is interesting. Remember it being seen as quite OK for students on placements to pretend to be researching for the university when it was for the agency  – their first experience of PR work involved misrepresentation, damaging them, the university and the agency/employer. All without comment or censure. This experience, several years ago, and the sense that to complain would jeopardise student opportunities,  started my research. Wonder whether it will come up in Australia?

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New job in Australia

Posted in Australia, Teaching, tagged , , , , on July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

In the final stages of sorting new 2 year appointment as Senior Lecturer in PR at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW (http://www.csu.edu.au/). Due to start in November 2011, with particular goal of increasing research outputs of self and team. Already know and like Dr Peter Simmons, who runs the PR section, and have just met his warm and welcoming wife Bernie and loads of wonderful women in Australian/NZ PR education – made strong connections with Barbara Walsh and Kay Weaver – I already know Christine Daymon and re-connected with Judy Motion in Australia, plus  Margolit Toledano and her lovely husband David Mckie in NZ, so feel sure of good antipodean welcome.

Looking forward to teaching again – probably first year UG module/course, plus DBA and PhD supervision – a lot of online teaching, which will be a new experience.

Great deal to sort out logistically, renting out my home in Leeds, then finding and furnishing a home in Bathurst, plus tax, pensions etc. May start a new blog about the ups and downs of the trip or use this one as base? Whole thing is a massive adventure, unexpected and deeply exciting.

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