This course gives the technical and journalistic skills you need to boost your chances of landing that all important first job. This is the ideal course for recent graduates committed to a career in broadcast news and for those with some experience of newspaper journalism who want to move into radio or television. We place equal emphasis on both media. Our facilities are of full broadcast standard and include a television studio, radio studio, audio and video editing equipment, portable cameras and minidisc recorders. Our newsroom is equipped with computers, satellite television, newswire sources, telephones, printer and fax.
Tuition is provided by experienced professionals and working journalists.
The course at present runs from September to June. Recruitment is continuous and applicants invited for interview are asked to complete an aptitude paper. Associated Careers Past students are now working as broadcast journalists in national and local radio and with BBC and commercial regional television. The majority of graduates have found work in broadcast journalism within six months of graduating. The course provides a work placement of at least three weeks in a radio or television newsroom.