Ramona Anna Slusarczyk
School of Communications & Creative Industries

Ramona Anna Slusarczyk

Ramona Anna Slusarczyk

Ms. Ramona Anna Slusarczyk is an international PR practitioner and academic with extensive experience teaching British, Australian, and American curricula across the UK, Vietnam, and the UAE. She has held senior academic leadership roles at Newcastle University, including Senior Lecturer in Corporate Communication and PR, Head of Learning and Teaching, Chair of the Board of Studies, and Degree Programme Director for the MA Media and PR.

A Chartered Practitioner and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, she has worked as a PR consultant in England and a PR Account Manager in Dubai, managing strategic communication campaigns for diverse organisations.

Her teaching, curriculum leadership, and industry engagement focus on PR, branding, media strategy, and student‑centred, digitally enhanced learning.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning (Distinction) RMIT International University, Vietnam (2013–2014)
  • MA in Media and Public Relations (Merit) Newcastle University, UK (2008–2012, part‑time)
  • BA in Journalism and Communication (2.1) University of Wroclaw, Poland (2002–2005)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS    

  • British University Vietnam (BUV)
    Senior Teaching Fellow (2026 – Current)
  • Newcastle University (UK)
    Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Corporate Communication & PR (2017/2022–2025)
    Chair of Board of Studies for Media, Culture, Heritage (2024–2025)
    Head of Learning & Teaching for Media, Culture, Heritage (2023–2024)
    Degree Programme Director, MA Media & PR (2021–2023)
  • Southampton University, UK
    Pre‑sessional Tutor, English for Academic Purposes (2017)
  • Total Communications, UAE
    PR Account Manager (2016–2017)
  • The Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
    Lecturer in Public Relations (2015)

RESEARCH AREAS / FIELDS

  • Tertiary Teaching and Learning (Senior Fellow at the Higher Education Academy)
  • Nation-building and nation-branding
  • Cross-cultural communication and global PR

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  • Slusarczyk, R., Ward, J. (2021)

Media Relations. In Exploring PR and Management Communication (5th ed.), Tench & Waddington (Eds.), Harlow, England: Pearson Education. ISBN: 9781292321745

  • Slusarczyk, R., Dib, A. (2020)

You Must Obey the King. In Women in PR, Adi & Ayme-Yahil (Eds.), Berlin, Germany: Quadriga University. ISBN: 9783942263573

  • Markham, K., Mason, R., Slusarczyk, R. (2019)

Situating Belonging at the Intersection of Multi-scalar, Multi-dimensional, and Multi-directional Heritage: the Case of Post-industrial Communities in Gdańsk. In Dimensions of Heritage and Memory: Multiple Europes and the Politics of Crisis, Whitehead, Eckersley, Daugbjerg & Bozoğlu (Eds.), Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 9781138589469

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Senior Fellowship (2025)

The Higher Education Academy

‘In recognition of attainment against the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.’

  • Fellowship (2024)

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)

‘In recognition of outstanding work in public relations, notable service to the Institute, and significant personal achievements in the profession’

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