{"id":2649,"date":"2020-11-09T05:36:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T05:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:13:10","slug":"post-graduate-diploma-in-public-relations-policy-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/post-graduate-diploma-in-public-relations-policy-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations &#8211; Policy Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Specialisation in Policy Communications prepares you for roles in public and government affairs teams.\u00a0In this specialisation you will learn how to create and run campaigns where the primary stakeholders are governments, policy makers, and citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"button_align align_middle\"><a class=\"button  button_size_2 button_blue button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scoreindia.org\/NCAT\" target=\"_blank\"    ><span class=\"button_label\">Apply Now<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/post-graduate-diploma-in-public-relations-policy-communications\/#What_is_Policy_Communications\" >What is Policy Communications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/post-graduate-diploma-in-public-relations-policy-communications\/#Career_Prospects_in_Policy_Communications\" >Career Prospects in Policy Communications<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/scoreindia.org\/blog\/post-graduate-diploma-in-public-relations-policy-communications\/#How_this_Specialisation_works\" >How this Specialisation works<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Policy_Communications\"><\/span>What is Policy Communications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Policy Communications or Public Affairs refers to the communicating efforts between organisations, governments and citizens. This practice of communications relies on your understanding of policy apparatus of a market, the key policy and opinion makers\u00a0therein, and citizen motivations. Policy Communications specialists often help private and public sectors understand each others&#8217; points of views, sometimes with the aim to create policies in a way that is\u00a0beneficial for all. It regularly involves liaising with government officials, think tanks, media and civil society groups.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Career_Prospects_in_Policy_Communications\"><\/span>Career Prospects in Policy Communications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Policy communications is a relatively narrow, but high stakes\u00a0subset of communications. Success of policy communications campaigns can be crucial for not just the organisations that they are meant to serve, but the sector in general. PR professionals working within this field get opportunities to\u00a0work with and influence bureaucrats, politicians and civil society, and build networks there in. Largely, the work of policy communicators is not discussed in public because of the sensitive nature of information and objectives therein. So you may not often hear\u00a0about policy communications campaigns, but the influence they are able to create is incredible.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_this_Specialisation_works\"><\/span>How this Specialisation works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Students complete the following for to earn this specialisation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Internship<\/strong>: Two-month internship in a\u00a0policy communications team<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0Live Project:\u00a0<\/strong>Live project with a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>policy communications team<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Immersion:<\/strong>\u00a0Two week shadowing with a government affairs team\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Dissertation:\u00a0<\/strong>10,000 word dissertation on a topic related to\u00a0public affairs<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Electives:\u00a0<\/strong>Take three electives in the final term (Civic Apparatus,\u00a0Media &amp; policy, Case study Series)<\/p>\n<div class=\"button_align align_middle\"><a class=\"button  button_size_2 button_blue button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scoreindia.org\/apply.php\" target=\"_blank\"    ><span class=\"button_label\">Apply Now<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations - Policy Communications<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Policy Communications specialisation prepares you for roles in public affairs, &amp; 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