Program Overview

Our course has been designed to offer professional insight and hands-on experience in industry standard TV and radio studios4 as we aim to provide you with top-level writing and social media skills.

• You will get extensive time in our TV and radio studios as well as learning from our team of industry practitioners4. This is designed with the aim of you developing a wealth of transferable skills including self-confidence, excellent written and verbal communications and technical skills that can be applied in all areas of the communications industry.
• As well as our team of industry practitioners, you can benefit from opportunities to hear from our Industry guest speakers, recent examples include a Channel 4 documentary producer/director, a BBC6 Music DJ, the diplomatic correspondent of The Times, a producer for Sky Sports, the head of Instagram and Snapchat for LADbible and a literary agent (subject to availability).

Why you should study this course

If you have a passion for writing, producing or presenting and a nose for a story, this course will prepare you for a career in journalism and related areas. We aim to provide opportunities and benefits for you along the way:

• As this course is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC)1, we consider it to be a forward-looking degree offering a multi-platform approach to journalism to prepare you for this dynamic industry. It is supported by outstanding TV and radio studios, a wireless newsroom, camera hire, podcasting booths and video editing suites.
• We also encourage you to get outside the classroom - we’ve previously taken past students to Amsterdam and New York, where we’ve produced live content and visited world-famous media companies, as well as carrying out projects in Spain, London, Cardiff and Bristol2 (trips in the UK and abroad are subject to availability, meeting applicable visa requirements and additional fees apply).
• The course is designed to prepare you for an exciting and evolving environment that increasingly expects workers to display entrepreneurial innovation and respond to the emerging needs of both audiences and industry - while still offering traditional journalism opportunities. You will have opportunities to learn and work on projects with students from other courses in the School of Media and Performing Arts. These collaborative opportunities are a defining feature of your learning experience and have the potential to place you in an advantageous position in developing your skills and employability on graduating.
• Between your second and final years, you have the opportunity to either take a work placement for a year, or study abroad2.
• Our graduates can be found working for Sky, the BBC, ITV and a range of websites and magazines, as well as careers beyond traditional journalism in digital fields such as social media management and content creation.