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Journalism, What Have You Done?

Hannah Brooks | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Press Regulation, Free Press, Professionalism, Hugh Grant, Ethics, Media Ethics, Journalism, Journalism Students, Leveson Inquiry, UK News
Hannah Brooks

Obviously I'm not saying that we should enforce a major crackdown on the press in the form of regulation, but I do think something needs to be done and fast, especially if we are ever going to gain the public and the celebrities faith back.

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Your Personal Brand And Your Personal Style Are Inextricably Linked

Malcolm Levene | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK Business, Makeover, Style, Professionalism, Got the Look, Personal Branding, Assertiveness, Clothes, Fashion, Charity Shopping, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Malcolm Levene

Taking care of your personal style is integral to authentically communicating your personal brand. When we neglect our outer brand, that's to say, our attire, grooming and physical appearance, we come across as unprofessional.

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Wrong Flags, Unpronounceable Names, and Backwards Letters: The Olympics and Cultural Sensitivity

B.J. Epstein | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: London Olympics, 2012 Olympics, Professionalism, Olympics, Translation, Multiculturalism, Bad-Translations, 2012 London Olympic Games, Olympics News, UK Sport News
B.J. Epstein

The 2012 games have scarcely begun and they've already started revealing the UK to be less respectful, careful and thoughtful towards other cultures than one would like to think.

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Anyone Can Teach (Fingers Crossed!)

Bansi Kara | Posted 29.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Department for Education, Unqualified Teachers, Academies, Education, Teaching, Professionalism, Qualified Teachers, UK Teachers, UK Schools, Qts, UK Universities & Education News
Bansi Kara

Devaluing QTS at this time will only serve to hammer home what many people have thought for a long time - anyone can do it, and so they do. Anyone who remembers the government call for parents to fill in for teachers on strike will understand just how ridiculous the notion is.

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Everything You Do or Say is Public Relations

Katy Campbell | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Sex and the City, Public Affairs, The West Wing, London, Professionalism, Abfab, Public Relations, UK News
Katy Campbell

Right, I can't remember the last time I 'socialised' for my job, 80% of my time is at my desk, 20% is with my clients. As much as I would love to spend my time having liquid lunches and calling everyone 'Sweetie Darling' like Eddie, sadly - this does not happen!

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Cameron's Britain: The Age of the Amateur

Jeremy Cliffe | Posted 12.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Education, Teachers, Free Schools, David Cameron, Michael Gove, Professionalism, Sweden, UK Politics News
Jeremy Cliffe

Britain is experiencing the Age of the Amateur. Qualified experts, specialists, practitioners operating within established, well-regulated trades; these professionals have had their day. True integrity and nous belong to the volunteer, the have-a-go hero. At least, this seems to be the accepted wisdom of the Cameroons. And the result is a crisis of professionalism that threatens to undermine Britain's public and private sectors.

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Putting ‘On A Front’ Perfectly Healthy, Say Psychologists - Plus How To Tell If Someone’s Lying

Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Conduct, Lying, UK News, Professionalism, Signs-of-Lying, Honesty, Gps-Soul, Slideexpand, Honest at Work, UK Wellbeing, Slidepollajax, UK Health News, UK Lifestyle News

Ever wondered what that fake smile you pop on as your boss walks by might be doing to your mental health? Well, according to psychologists, how authen...

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Only Professionals Should be Trusted to Lobby

Jane Wilson | Posted 29.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Pr, Professionalism, Lobbying, Public Relations, Lobbyist, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Jane Wilson

The Sunday Times party funding investigation is being wrongly conflated into a lobbying scandal by leader writers and others who see this as a good opportunity to keep up the pressure on the public affairs profession, which they either misunderstand or don't like.

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