Public Relations in Higher Education

NU Focus - the Magazine

 

NU Focus is a glossy, intended to be of "broader interest", with a wider mailing list 

(40 000+). It is sponsored by advertising, the University, and NUDF. The magazine 

was designed as a PR effort to open up new constituencies outside of the immediate 

constituency. Graham Howe - a member of the NU Focus editorial committee and 

editor of Indicator South Africa - said that it is geared around a series of campaigns - 

schematic foci of the personal engagements of the University in various fields. This is 

aimed at bringing together the seemingly disparate works of various departments 

(Interview 6/2/92).