The emphasis is on learning by doing. Lectures are followed by seminars, exercises, workshops and newsdays, where students work in teams to gather local news for bulletins and programmes.

There are three main parts of the curriculum:

Radio and Television Journalism - Students learn about news sources, newsgathering and reporting, newsroom and studio operation, news bulletins, packages and programmes, recording and editing, interviewing, writing and story construction, ideas and treatments, roles and responsibilities, ethics and regulation.

Law - The focus is on the law that affects the working journalist, most notably contempt and defamation. Students also study the courts and restrictions on reporting, breach of confidence and official secrets.

Public Administration - Subjects covered include local government and its changing role, central government and its departments, political parties and their structures and the European Union.

Extra and related information

Our print and broadcast courses are accredited by the The Broadcast Journalism Training Council and the National Council for the Training of Journalists. Our MA Magazine Journalism is accredited by the Periodicals Training Council.