Hi. This is my first post so I guess I should provide a bit of background. I'm a senior lecturer in public relations at the University of Wolverhampton and I'm hoping that this blog will serve as a means of sharing some of my thoughts and ideas with my students and other like-minded people!

In addition to teaching, I am completing my PhD at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. My research interests are mainly in the area of professionalism in public relations, although I'm also interested in health and risk communications and have just completed a research project with Insignia Communiations on the elements of a good interview in the context of the swine flu outbreak.

My University is in the middle of redesigning the curriculum so that is a current preoccupation of mine. I'm responsible for the redesign of the undergraduate degree in public relations and I want to make sure that I'm getting it right so I'm open to suggestions and comments from students and those of you in the PR industry!

I will mostly write about these interests and other academic and PR related issues that interest or vex me. Although I suspect my love of latin american dancing and my kids will make it on here from time to time too!

That's all for now. Will check in again later. ttfn.