How long does the BA in Corporate Communication take to complete?

The BA in Corporate Communication runs for three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. A year-two placement with a London agency or in-house team is built in.

Can I take the BA in Corporate Communication fully online?

Yes. The BA in Corporate Communication is offered on-campus near the City, fully online with live newsroom-and-comms seminars, or as distance learning with mentored deadlines.

Is the BA in Corporate Communication recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The BA in Corporate Communication is a UK honours degree aligned with CIPR and PRCA content, recognised by UK agencies, in-house teams and public-sector press offices.

What are the entry requirements for the BA in Corporate Communication?

Applicants to the BA in Corporate Communication need three A-levels at BBC or equivalent (IB 28, BTEC DMM), GCSE English at grade 5, IELTS 6.5 for international students and a short writing task.

What does the BA in Corporate Communication cost and are scholarships available?

Tuition for the BA in Corporate Communication varies by route and domicile. CIPR-pathway and merit scholarships are reviewed each intake — contact LSCT admissions for current details.

BA in Corporate Communication (London) — UK Honours | LSCT | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BA in Corporate Communication at the London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a three-year UK honours degree (part-time and accelerated routes available) for students moving into press, internal-comms and PR account-management roles across UK corporates, agencies and the public sector from 2026. It is taught on-campus a short walk from the City, fully online with live newsroom-and-comms seminars and through distance learning with mentored deadlines.

You will move beyond marketing-adjacent communications knowledge into the actual practice of UK corporate communications — managing a Companies House announcement, drafting a regulator-readable line, handling an issue before it becomes a crisis. The capstone is a live communications brief with a London-based corporate or public-sector client.

Key Features

CIPR- and PRCA-aligned syllabus mapping onto UK corporate-communications competencies.
Three study modes — on-campus near the City, fully online with live newsroom-and-comms seminars, or distance learning with mentored deadlines.
Live media-handling simulations using current UK news cycles.
Internal-comms module aligned to UK CIPD employee-engagement practice.
Year-two placement with a London agency, in-house communications team or public-sector press office.
Capstone live communications brief from a real London client.

What You Will Learn

The degree is structured around three communications territories — external, internal and reputation — repeated each year and rising in complexity. You will graduate able to draft a press release that a national reporter will read, brief a CEO for a regulator interview, and write an internal note that lands with frontline staff.

Foundations of UK corporate communications.
Media relations and press-office practice.
Internal communications and employee engagement.
Crisis and issues management.
Investor relations and Companies House announcement practice.
Public-affairs basics — Whitehall, Westminster and regulators.
Digital and social communications for corporates.
Capstone live communications brief.

Who This Course Is For

School leavers planning careers in UK PR, press and corporate comms.
Junior PR agency staff seeking a formal UK honours degree.
Career changers from journalism, marketing or HR moving into comms.
International students seeking a UK-recognised corporate-communications degree.

Career Pathways

LSCT corporate-communication graduates enter press-officer, account-executive and internal-comms-executive roles across UK agencies, in-house teams and public-sector press offices. Many continue onto CIPR Chartered Practitioner status; others move onto an MSc in strategic communications or political communication.

PR Account Executive
Press Officer
Internal Communications Executive
Corporate Communications Officer
Investor Relations Assistant
Public Affairs Executive

The BA is also a recognised foundation for postgraduate study in strategic communications, political communication or PR.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass).
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent); a short writing task is set at admission.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement; mature applicants (21+) may apply with a portfolio and short interview.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. Our corporate-communications students hold a weekly media simulation in which a serving senior reporter calls a student spokesperson for a tough quote, with three minutes' notice — a useful and very honest fortnight.

Industry Context for the BA in Corporate Communication

The BA in Corporate Communication is sequenced against the working conditions of UK employers from 2026 onwards. Media, journalism and communication employers in the UK are recruiting across both technical and managerial tracks, and decision-makers consistently report that the gap between a strong CV and a weak one is the presence of documented project work rather than only a transcript. Tutors translate sector trends — from regulatory change to platform consolidation — into the way coursework is briefed, so that the artefacts you assemble across modules are directly recognisable to a hiring manager. Reading lists and case material are refreshed each intake so the programme tracks the contemporary picture rather than a generic textbook chapter.

Cohorts include UK and international students from a wide range of starting points, and the mix is treated as an asset in seminar discussion. Group projects deliberately cross experience levels so that each student practises the kind of cross-functional collaboration that defines working life in the sector. The single annual intake means every cohort moves through the calendar together — building the kind of peer network that, in practice, opens many of the first job conversations after graduation.

Assessment Approach for the BA in Corporate Communication

The BA in Corporate Communication is assessed continuously across the year rather than weighted entirely on a final examination. Each module produces a portfolio artefact — a short report, a worked case, a presentation, a reflective journal entry or a defended project — and these accumulate into a working evidence set you can take to an interview panel. Tutors mark to UK employer expectations and give written feedback within published turnaround windows. Reasonable adjustments and English-language support are available, and the personal academic tutor signs off the assessment plan at the start of each term so the workload is visible from week one.

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