• Journalism at the University of Gloucestershire is all about learning by doing. From creating exciting content for social media to broadcasting live from industry-standard newsrooms, students won’t just learn all the skills needed to become a multimedia journalist – students will be putting them into practice too.
  • Their journalism courses are in the top 10 for course satisfaction and teaching satisfaction, according to the Guardian University Guide 2020. On top of this, it’s one of only a handful of courses to be accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. These are nationally recognized industry kite marks that give thier graduates a real competitive edge.
  • Students will learn practical skills, such as news and feature writing, shooting videos, and recording audio. Students will put these into practice on multimedia news days and news weeks.
  • Students will be following a curriculum that will see them taking NCTJ diploma exams alongside the university’s own assessments. Students will study for exams in the NCTJ Essential Media Law and Regulation, Videojournalism, Court Reporting, Public Affairs, Newspaper and Magazine Regulation, and Essential Journalism – while shorthand will be a part of students’s second year.
  • Graduates from this course can go on to work as:
    • Reporter
    • Presenter
    • Social Media Editor
    • Multimedia Content Producer
    • Public Relations and Communications Executive

    • Marketing Officer.