by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR Without intending to evangelise, PR is needed for the BME community, not just for diversity but for the industry – despite the current debate. PR could be used to alleviate the overly saturated careers, which the BME community is drawn to. Law is just one example [...]

by Mohammed Waheed, Intern at Northern Lights PR Student with high expectations When you attend university you think you are the “bee’s knees” and you will learn everything you need to know to be very successful in your future profession, however, not everything is what it seems. University PR At university I was taught all [...]

by Liane Clarke, Intern at Northern Lights PR The final week of the Internship and as we prepare for our final presentations to Northern Rail, Hallmark, Bradford School of Management and Northern Lights, each of us is reflecting upon the internship and our experiences. From the beginning we have encountered a schedule filled with workshops [...]

It is Northern Lights PR’s 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate we wanted to do something new and different that reflected our values – had heart, made a difference and shared our PR skills. When Heather McGregor of Taylor Bennett told me about their Brunswick Internship we knew this was it.  We wanted to run [...]

by Shaheeb Tanwir, Intern at Northern Lights PR PR & Communications- It’s a lot of things to a lot of people, but seldom accurately described. It’s a highly important, charismatic, and dynamic industry that demands the utmost respect from the world as any self respecting industry would. Similarly, any self respecting industry is constantly at [...]

by Nafisa Shafiq, Intern at Northern Lights PR Another week of the internship has passed and this week the session that has interested me most was based on networking. I’ve not had any ‘real’ experience of networking, and Victoria Tomlinson’s do’s and don’ts have all been useful. In general, like many others I believed networking [...]

by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR My first week as a PR & Marketing intern with Northern Lights has just ended and WOW!!! My Student Brain is fried. I have learnt so much but it can all be summarised into one theme- getting it right for the other person is necessary in [...]

The possible beginning of a career…. by Mohammed Waheed, Intern at Northern Lights PR The Northern Lights PR internship intrigued me and I felt it was an opportunity that was not to be missed.  The interview went well, however, I expected rejection as I wasn’t a Bradford University student but hey presto, I was accepted!! [...]