Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

Our course has been designed to offer professional insight and hands-on experience in industry standard TV and radio studios4 as we aim to provide you with top-level writing and social media skills. You will get extensive time in our TV and radio studios as well as learning from our team of industry practitioners4. This is designed with the aim of you developing a wealth of transferable skills including self-confidence, excellent written and verbal communications and technical skills that can be applied in all areas of the communications industry. As well as our team of industry practitioners, you can benefit from opportunities to hear from our Industry guest speakers, recent examples include a Channel 4 documentary producer, the diplomatic correspondent of The Times, a producer for Sky Sports, the head of Instagram and Snapchat for LADbible and a literary agent (subject to availability). Based on a series of lectures, seminars, workshops, practical classes and one-to-one tutorials with teaching staff, we provide a focused approach to journalism in core traditional news-gathering, continuous production and experimentation in new and emerging forms of journalism.

Career Path

Graduate careers include News Reporter, Investigative Journalist, Political Reporter, Columnist, Science or Health Journalist, Feature Writer, Foreign Correspondent, Sports Journalist, Photojournalist, News Anchor, Copy Editor, Sub Editor, Proofreader, News Editor, Managing Editor, Editorial Director, Publishing Assistant, Multimedia Journalist, Video Producer, Podcast Host or Producer, YouTube Content Creator, Social Media Journalist, Digital Content Strategist, Web Editor, Public Relations Specialist, Communications Officer, Crisis Communications Advisor, Media Relations Coordinator.