BA (Hons) Journalism
3 years full-time at UCA Farnham

The latest National Student Satisfaction survey puts us, for the second year running, in the top five journalism courses in the country. We also have one of the best employability ratings – 90% of our graduates are in employment or further study six months after graduating.

This is a multimedia degree accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. We offer you practical, high-tech training across all media, working to high production standards. The degree is flexible allowing you to mix your media specialities in any combination. You can write your features on the subjects that interest you, from music or fashion to politics or the environment.

Journalism at UCA Farnham is well-equipped with Mac and PC based newsrooms, radio studios and a TV studio with cutting edge digital production systems by industry leaders Autocue. 24/7 newsfeeds from Sky, IRN and Reuters mean you can work with sound and pictures from around the world in real time, to real deadlines.

You will be taught by experienced journalists and industry specialists. Our journalism teachers have worked at the BBC, ITN, international TV stations like CNBC, on network current affairs shows, in local radio, at major newspapers including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer and on a wide range of magazines, from Nursing Standard to Autocar. We train to very high standards of technical and production excellence – we know, because the employers tell us so!

We have excellent media industry links and work placements are built in to the course. At the moment we have students on regular placement with Eagle FM and CountySound radio in Guildford and recent placements include Mojo, NME, The Independent, Sky Sport, More, Mother & Baby, Boxing News, LBC, Somethin' Else Productions, Pier Productions, Radio Netherlands International, BBC radio and BBC television.

Last year, one of our students spent a month working with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto; this year, another of our students has had two placements at Russia Today in Moscow. One of our second year students is currently working part-time at BBC Newsnight, following a successful placement.

Recently, two of our first year students were shortlisted in the national Press Gazette Awards – the only first years of any Journalism course in the country to be nominated for awards.

Related Courses at UCA Farnham:

BA (Hons) Sports Journalism

BA (Hons) Motoring Journalism

BA (Hons) Leisure Journalism

Visit us virtually
You can get a glimpse of the work of the journalism department at Farnham by visiting our blog www.studentjournos.blogspot.com