Mr John Brissenden
John is deputy course leader for BA Digital Media. He was involved in the design and validation of the programme, and has helped introduce the programme since the first students joined it in 2021. John joined Westminster in 2018 from Bournemouth University, where he was a Senior Lecturer in Public Relations. Prior to joining Bournemouth in 2004, John had a distinguished career in PR, working in agencies in London from 1988 to 1992 and then holding a series of senior client-side roles in the broadcast television sector from 1992 to 1999. From 1999 to 2003, John was Director of Publicity at Sky.
John is a graduate of the University of Westminster (BA Hons Media Studies 1982-85), and his doctoral research uses psychosocial methods to explore how the British military understood domestic (UK) public support for the war in Afghanistan.