Nic Mitchell produces ‘the kind of specialist journalism, with a thoughtful analysis, that people really want’, said BBC online education news editor Sean Coughlan, while University World News co-founding editor Karen MacGregor described his writing style as ‘reliable, accurate, independent and insightful.’
Honoured by EUPRIO Nic Mitchell, left, with Ulrike Reimann and Chris Coe
It’s an approach to writing about international higher education that works equally well in media outlets as it does when European and UK universities want to revitalise their English-language publications and online communications.
Nic worked in university communications for over two decades years before launching his own public relations consultancy De la Cour Communications in 2012 and his reports and features appear in University World News, Times Higher Education supplements, EducationInvestor Global and other specialist media and websites, including our blogs here.
Our team of freelance journalists writers provide English-language copy-writing and editing services to university marketing and public relations departments on the European mainland.
Higher education clients have included:
Charles University, Prague in the Czech Republic – English-language copy editor of the magazine, Forum
Durham University, UK – interviews and features for the Alumni Association Dunelm magazine
Oslo Metropolitan University (previously Oslo & Akerhus University of Applied Sciences) in Norway – interviewing EU-funded researchers for English language magazine and website
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen – revitalising marketing copy on English language master’s degrees
Linköping University in Sweden – advice and support for the International recruitment strategy
Parthenon-EY management consulting group in India
Nic also writes and conducts interviews for the website and YouTube channel of EUPRIO – the Europe-wide association of university public relations and communication professionals – and was recently made an honorary life member.
He won the Outstanding Higher Education Journalism Award from the UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) in 2015 for his report for BBC news online on the brain drain from countries such as Lithuania since the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe.
Three of his articles were selected for a new book Understanding Higher Education Internationalization – insights from key global publications published by the Center of International Higher Education at Boston College, USA, in 2017
Here’s a flavour of our work:
Quantum leaps in computing – Times Higher Education special supplement on UNSW, Australia’s global university
Open to the world – Interview Czech rector for Times Higher Education first summit in Central Europe special supplement
What is so attractive about extremism? – Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway, now OsloMet
So, do get in touch if you need fast, speedy and reliable support for your University’s marketing and communication activities aimed at international students, academics and other stakeholders.
Mobile: +44 7582166727
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Nic Mitchell
Founder
De la Cour Communications
* Nic is a member of the National Union of Journalists’ Public Relations and Communications Council and writes a Cancer-talk blog about his fight against and survival from bowel cancer, with tips and advice that others might find helpful.
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