Your journalism studies will provide you with the necessary skills to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry. Our approach is designed to reflect the shift from traditional journalistic methods, embracing current practices that capable journalists need today.

The course takes a balanced approach to skills development. We want you to be able to take advantage of creative opportunities where you can use your new skills to engage an audience. Not only will we equip you with the ability to produce written work according to the standards of traditional print journalism, we will also teach you to:

• produce and edit video and audio material
• create and moderate online content
•  manage social media streams.

You will have access to our professionally equipped studios where you can develop your skills in:

• podcasting
•  video production
• media presentation
• photojournalism
• radio journalism.

Workshops in our Mac labs will help you to develop your journalism skills within the context of new media, and you will also have access to our studios for radio, photography and TV production.

As you progress through the course, practical work projects will help you to further develop your creative and communication abilities. You will look at the legal issues facing journalists, and examine the role of global media structures.

In your final year you will consider ethical issues and gain experience in live news media. You will also work towards a final project or dissertation, which is your chance to showcase what you have learned, by producing an independent piece of research-based work.

Once you complete your journalism degree you could go on to work for regional, national or international publications. There are many roles you could take, including:

• media officer
• online reporter
• multimedia journalist
• communications officer
• editor or brand editor
• copywriter.