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Emma Leech, Director of Marketing and Communications at Nottingham Trent University, former President and current Vice-President of CIPR joins us for this episode of Disrupting The Degree. We discuss the importance of positive PR for brand, managing crisis communication effectively and how she's created high performing marketing and communication teams.
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