Postgraduate

In Preston

£ 6,300 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Preston

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Location

Start date

Preston (Lancashire)
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University Of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE

Start date

On request

About this course

You will normally be expected to have an upper second or first class honours degree from a British higher education institution, or an equivalent overseas qualification. The degree may be in any subject, although complementary subjects, such as English, Politics or a foreign language are especially useful. You will also need a very good standard of written English and in normal circumstances, a good speaking voice. Mature students and candidates with non-standard qualifications may also apply, if they have substantial professional/relevant...

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Subjects

  • Broadcast
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Radio

Course programme

Programme at a Glance

180 credits required for MA

 

  • Creating Content (20 credits)
  • Newsroom Practice (40 credits)
  • Digital Journalism (20 credits)
  • Extended Journalism Project (60 credits)
  • Law for Journalists (20 credits)
  • Investigating Public Administration: Central and Local Government (20 credits)

All the students undertake an extensive work placement which will enable them to reinforce and develop their broadcast skills and knowledge.

This one-year vocational course equips postgraduate students with the essential skills and knowledge to pursue a career in radio and television journalism in the UK. The Masters degree builds on the strengths of the prestigious postgraduate diploma course and offers students the chance to produce an extended practical broadcast project.
The course is currently accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. In 2009, we received the Course Award for “General excellence in broadcast journalism training” from the BJTC. The MA/PGDip Broadcast Journalism course at UCLan has been working closely with the radio and television industry since it started in 1981. Professional broadcasters visit Preston regularly, to work with the students – supervising radio and TV news days and giving guest lectures on specialist topics.

Postgraduate broadcast journalism students begin their course with an intensive introduction to practical journalism. Students also begin a digital module that will enable them to develop the skills and strategies needed to exploit the changing media landscape and to respond to the challenges presented by the emergence of multiplatform production. In these first weeks, students enjoy a realistic and useful appreciation of collaborative and multi-skilled journalism since all our postgraduate journalism students will study and practice together. Students will also begin their practical skills and medium-specific training – including filming, recording audio, editing, writing and presentation skills.

Then, after the Christmas break, as we move into semester two, with their digital skills in place, they will take part not only in broadcast news days, but also cross platform events with other trainee journalists.

Broadcast Journalism MA

£ 6,300 + VAT