We receive some 300 applications a year for 30 places. Our objective is to educate and train you to become proficient all-round journalists, able to be productive immediately in the regional and national press. The Course THE course is widely recognised by editors as providing the ideal transition between undergraduate life and the pressures of journalism.
Candidates usually apply during their final year at university.
While we are always interested in academic excellence, the class of degree and subjects studied may be less important than other qualities. In the second term, you operate bi-weekly production days, creating your own full colour newspaper. You must be able to type as a preliminary to writing on computer keyboards, and you must master TeeLine shorthand during the course. You undertake all the main newsroom tasks, tackling real stories in the heart of a busy capital city. You undertake active Easter attachments on national and regional newspapers, testing your newly-acquired skills in the real world.