About us
Campus PR is a specialist agency providing strategic science communications and public relations services to leaders in research and higher education.
We use our extensive expertise across this sector to help clients connect their research with specific target audiences and stakeholders, to deliver new partnerships and funding opportunities, and to raise their profile across the media.
Dedicated to high-quality, targeted, and trusted research communications
Campus PR was formed in 2000 with a strong vision to provide high-quality communications for the higher education and research sector. Today, we have a team of senior-level consultants working across the UK who provide an expert service to our continually growing list of satisfied clients.
We have a collective background and a wealth of experience in PR and strategic science communications, journalism, and copywriting. We’ve worked for and with organisations in higher education, healthcare and the public sector.
We combine this with a friendly, down-to-earth approach that achieves real results for our clients.
Our team
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Dan Richards-Doran
Director & Senior Consultant
Dan is a strategic communcations practitioner with 20 years’ experience across UK science and innovation. He has worked with industry, higher education, policymakers and the NHS.
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Jo Kelly
Founder & Senior Consultant
Jo founded Campus PR in 2000 after many years working in a university press office. She has established the agency as a leader in communications for higher education, research and innovation.
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Abigail Chard
Senior Consultant
Abigail most enjoys getting to the heart of research to tell a story. She has broad experience across the public sector, including universities, local government, health trusts and fire and rescue services.
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Ruth Francis
Associate - Media Relations Specialist
Ruth is a strategic communications consultant with experience in achieving global coverage and creating targeted campaigns for scientific research.
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Richard Horsman
Associate - Trainer
Richard helps deliver Campus PR’s ‘Broadcast your research’ training course. He is a radio journalist with more than 30 years’ experience and teaches postgraduate journalism.
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Rich Gray
Associate - Science Writer
An experienced science journalist, Richard has worked for the national media since completing a degree in biochemistry, including the Telegraph and BBC. Rich also works as a freelance science writer.
An expandable team of specialists
Depending on the support your project needs, we’ll put together and project manage a dedicated team from across our handpicked network of writers, media relations specialists, animators, graphic designers, web designers, video editors and other technical experts.
What motivates us
We love what we do
Whether it’s the dynamism and enthusiasm of your students or the fascinating research taking place in your laboratories, we feel privileged to work in this sector and to help promote your strengths and successes far and wide.
We get inspired by results
What really gives us a buzz is when we see concrete results from our work – not just headlines in the national news, a beautiful publication or a slick website – but real outcomes for the researchers and students we work with.
We’re fiercely proud of our reputation
Not many communications specialists could feel equally comfortable writing about molecular biology, social anthropology or electrical engineering, but switching between diverse disciplines is all in a day’s work for us. And we thrive on it.
We don’t just do PR
We carry out communications audits to help clients identify what’s working and what’s not; we plan, craft and project manage new publications and marketing materials; and develop communications strategies for organisations of all shapes and sizes. We also brief and organise stunning photos and videos; plan creative, integrated PR campaigns; and provide a range of training workshops for both academics and PR officers.
Small is beautiful
Our size means we can be agile and flex to our client’s needs. We’re as happy filling short-term skills gaps and adding capacity when in house resources are stretched as we are taking on full strategic campaigns and stand-alone projects.
We give something back
While we’re always busy, we also give pro-bono support to an incredibly deserving research charity – the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
Who we work with
