PR Diploma: Classroom Accelerator
CIPR Professional PR Diploma London
About this course
Join us in London for an intensive day of classroom, face-to-face tuition and accelerate your learning! Follow up with full access to the online blended learning course and benefit from resources including our extensive online library, podcasts and videos plus live online sessions and tutorials.
The classroom day led by our founder Ann Pilkington will get you ready to tackle the first assignment and feel confident about the next assessments.
Studying for the CIPR Professional PR Diploma will enable you to operate as a more strategic and confident communicator. Equip yourself with the advanced knowledge you need to design effective PR strategies. Learn more about communication and how to influence behaviour in today’s digital world. Examine the role of PR and ethics.
Autumn start: Course opens online on 8 September 2025 for classroom date Friday 19 September 2025
Spring start: Course opens online on 6 April 2026 for classroom date Friday 17 April 2026
Please note that once booked we can’t swap the classroom date.
Don’t need face-to-face time? Join our online blended learning course and start anytime.
Course detail
Study Support Package
Full day of face-to-face learning
Live interactive online workshops
One to one tutorials
Online library with all the books you need
Individual feedback on assignment ideas
Full access to the online blended learning course on our Study Hub
Networking via our LinkedIn Group
Easy tutor contact
A copy of the PR Diploma Reader
Pay monthly
Initial fee: £577.80 (incl. VAT)
10 monthly instalments: £265 (incl. VAT)
A one-off initial fee is taken when you enrol. Instalments are collected monthly from the date you enrolled.
How we calculate your fee
PR Academy tuition: £1,599 (+ VAT)
CIPR fees: £1,309 (no VAT)
Total: £2,908.00 (+ VAT)
VAT is calculated upon enrolment and is dependant on your location and situation.
VAT inclusive fee is £3,227.80
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Who is this course for?
PR and communication practitioners. You are working in any field of public relations (e.g. media relations, internal communications or public affairs), you want to learn about the strategic role and functions of the public relations practitioner. Maybe the time is right for a more senior position.
Underpin what you do. You’ve got quite a bit of PR experience, perhaps as PR manager, hold a first degree or maybe another professional qualification. You feel the time is right to underpin what you do with some theory and learn the models and concepts that inform your practice.
Flexible learning. You want to be able to study at a time and pace that works for you but with classroom time too. The course must be completed within two years, but can be done comfortably in around ten months or even less.
Master’s level. This is a Master’s level course so make sure that you are ready to study and be assessed at this level.
Learning outcomes
Come away from the classroom day feeling confident about course assignments and ready to tackle the first one.
You’ll know how to put communication theory into practice through advanced PR planning, able to deliver campaigns that will wow clients and colleagues.
Learn how to engage audiences and create effective thought leadership. Reflect critically on practice and improve processes.
Invest in your personal development. Studying this Master’s level PR Diploma is personally rewarding, encouraging you to become a more reflective practitioner and take time out to learn and grow.
Apply what you learn. Be assessed on real life or work related projects which is great for employers, showing the practical relevance of the course.
Reviews from our graduates
Discover how our courses work
Ann Pilkington, co-founder of PR Academy explains how our courses work, demonstrates our Study Hub and explains the resources and support you will receive. Also hear from members of the PR Academy alumni.
Meet your course leader Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker calls herself a news junkie. “Sky News is constantly on in the background after, of course, BBC Radio Four’s Today programme. The development of the new news ecosystem meshing on and offline media is something that fascinates me. It’s certainly an enormously exciting time to be working in PR.”
Signing up to the London Accelerator course for the PR Diploma is one of the best decisions I’ve made because it ultimately resulted in me getting a new job – even before I submitted my first assignment.
It was great to meet the other students in-person. It was a real boost to my learning and an opportunity to build vital connections. The food provided was also brilliant! Afterwards, someone set up a LinkedIn group to help support each other through our studies. One of my classmates knew I had been trying to make the switch from journalism to communications and mentioned there was a job vacancy where she worked. It was the role I’d been looking for. I got the job so now we’re colleagues, friends and study pals.
Emma Pietras
Your questions answered
It's great news that your employer is investing in your development.
The quickest and easiest way to pay is with a company card. (We can provide a receipted invoice after payment.)
If your employer wants to pay by bank transfer on receipt of an invoice - no problem! The first thing to do is get a purchase order - you will need to upload it when you enrol. This is really important as without it we aren't able to raise an invoice.
(If your company doesn't operate a PO system, just get in touch and we'll explain what we need to get the invoice raised correctly.)
Allow plenty of time. We need payment before you can join the course and we know that sometimes company payment processes can take a while. So act now to get it all sorted in time.
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For CIPR courses, your course fee is a combination of the PR Academy tuition fee and the CIPR awarding body fee (like an exam fee), a CIPR registration fee and since 1 June 2025, CIPR Professional Student membership.
For the tuition fee, PR Academy provides all your tuition via our bespoke online learning centre - our Study Hub. It includes an extensive online library with around 60 books, all the resources you need for your course, tutorials, assignment idea feedback, live online sessions, plus we mark your assignments. Check out our Study Support Package.
You don’t really need to buy any books unless you would like to.
We offer plenty of support. Many courses offer individual tutorials that can be booked. The course leader is easily contactable and there is always someone in the office who can help with day to day queries.
The PR Diploma Classroom Accelerator course provides a full day of intensive tuition plus full access to the online blended learning course including any online activities and tutorials.
You'll come away from the day confident about what is required for the assignments and ready to tackle the first one.
You still have one year to complete your studies but you can complete it much more quickly.
There may be funding available in your area, so it is always a good idea to do some research as there may be schemes that we aren’t aware of.
The CIPR occasionally has funding schemes and we'll update here when the next one is announced.
