CIPR students receive qualification results
Christmas celebrations can officially start early today as 185 PR professionals receive the good news that they have graduated from CIPR qualifications. The successful candidates include 83 gaining the CIPR’s premier Diploma qualification; 64 receiving the Advanced Certificate; 16 gaining specialist qualifications in internal qualifications, public affairs and crisis communications; and 22 passing the Foundation Award. A further 45 students receive assignment grades today as part of their studies and will graduate next year.
Applications are open for CIPR qualifications starting in January and February 2013 and details are available on the CIPR website. Face-to-face and online study options are available.
Alison Steel, CIPR Director of Professional Development, said:

Warm congratulations to all those who have worked so hard to achieve CIPR qualifications and to enhance their careers.
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About the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)Founded in 1948, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is the Royal Chartered professional body for public relations practitioners in the UK and overseas. The CIPR is the largest membership organisation for PR practitioners outside of North America. By size of turnover and number of individually registered members, we are the leading representative body for the PR profession and industry in Europe.
The CIPR advances professionalism in public relations by making its members accountable to their employers and the public through a code of conduct and searchable public register, setting standards through training, qualifications, awards and the production of best practice and skills guidance, facilitating Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and awarding Chartered Public Relations Practitioner status (Chart.PR).