Month: December 2024

PRCA Africa highlights successes and challenges in South Africa’s PR internships

Stuart Mitchell

New research from PRCA Africa reveals both the strengths and challenges of internship programmes within South Africa’s public relations (PR) industry, based on insights from agency leaders and current interns. The findings highlight successful components of PR internships and areas requiring strategic improvements to ensure these programmes benefit both interns and agencies. According to the report, 92% of interns rated their internships as valuable for developing essential PR skills, with practical experience in media relations, client communications and event management standing out. Agencies also acknowledge the importance of these programmes,…

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Over 100 companies fulfill IPA People First Promise

Stuart Mitchell

A total of 103 companies have now been awarded the IPA People First Promise for demonstrating their commitment to the positive mental health and wellbeing of their people. The publication of this additional wave of 36 successful companies, which adds to the 67 announced earlier this year, coincided with National Stress Awareness Day. The People First Promise initiative was launched by IPA President Josh Krichefski this year to encourage those active in this space to use this badge of honour to assert their duty of care to their current employees,…

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New £10m centre to tackle the health impacts of climate change

Stuart Mitchell

A new Centre focused on delivering research on climate change and its impacts on health that will address climate-environment-health inequalities across each life stage is being created by the University of Exeter. Together with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the National Trust, Forest Research, the Met Office and other partner organisations, the £10m Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The centre will focus on finding net positive solutions to the well-established negative impacts of the climate crisis and associated…

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ACEVO’s Pay & Equalities 2024 survey highlights little meaningful change

Stuart Mitchell

The ACEVO Pay and Equalities 2024 survey has once again highlighted that little meaningful change has been made on some of the key issues which continue to affect our sector’s leadership. This includes a highest hitting gender pay gap, a lack of investment in learning and development opportunities, and a lack of diversity across leadership and boards. The gender pay gap has risen from 8.3% last year to 14.4% this year, reaching its highest since the 2014 survey. Women continue to be overrepresented in the leadership of smaller charitieswhilst male…

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ACLU Names Cecillia Wang as New National Legal Director

Stuart Mitchell

The American Civil Liberties Union announced recently that it has appointed Cecillia Wang as the organization’s next National Legal Director. Wang succeeds David Cole, who departs the organization after seven years to return to Georgetown Law. An ACLU lawyer since 2004, Wang currently serves as an ACLU deputy legal director and director of the ACLU Center for Democracy, which works to strengthen American democratic institutions and values, promote human rights, and ensure government accountability. She will become the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as the…

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