There are a number of reasons why there is a distinct lack of ethnic diversity in the PR industry, including the use of unpaid internships.  Unpaid placements stifle social mobility and while companies continue to employ graduates without paying them, they prevent those unable to support themselves without pay from gaining the vital work experience [...]

It’s been an interesting week for diversity. One of the main issues that came up in the recent diversity research, that of unpaid interns, was featured in PR Week.  Practitioners were scathing about the performance of Modus PR’s CEO, Julian Vogel, on the BBC, as well as about his ethics in using interns as a [...]

This month has seen a fair amount of media coverage on the fact that David Lammy MP has discovered more than twenty Oxbridge colleges made no undergraduate offers to black students, last year. There are many reasons why I find this statistic disappointing – although not necessarily surprising. However, what it has really made me [...]

I read a story recently about internships in the PR industry . The story debated whether internships were a form of exploitation or if they were actually useful for the people who undertook them.   Having undertaken various internship positions myself I can actually argue both sides. Across the creative industry there is sadly quite [...]