Graduate Diploma in Communication (Public Sector)

Southern Institute of Technology

The Graduate Diploma in Communication Public Sector aims to provide those people working in middle management at territorial authorities the opportunity to formalise their practical communications skills into a qualification and to gain a sound theoretical base on which to structure regular tasks. They may already be working in the communications field or another area within the council supported by an undergraduate degree which requires recognition of higherlevel communication knowledge.Graduates will be mediasavvy communication practitioners who know the local government environment and understand how it works. They will be able to plan for internal and external change or crises utilising new media as well as traditional means.