Broadcast Journalism BA (Hons)

University of Huddersfield

The Broadcast Journalism degree BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield is designed to prepare you for an exciting career in TV news, radio, podcasting, social media – or all these areas. Like society and technology, these industries are constantly changing, and we’ll give you the best possible grounding to succeed in the future. You’ll build your creative and technical skills in video and audio journalism and make the most of online and social tools. Meanwhile, by analysing the media and how we use it today, you’ll better understand 21st Century journalism. On this course, you’ll get hands-on with our impressive facilities, including TV and radio studios, professional cameras, editing software and more. **Why Study Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?** You’ll learn from our leading academics about the challenges and opportunities facing broadcast journalism. Work placement opportunities will help you gain skills in a professional newsroom, where you’ll have the chance to produce news content across TV, radio and online - and to real-world deadlines. Following the course, you may go on to pursue a career within broadcasting, both digital and on TV, digital journalism, multimedia journalism, radio or more. You could opt to continue your education instead, on a television production course, in music journalism, sports journalism, media and popular culture, or publication studies. Recent graduates work at the BBC, ITV, and for a variety of other broadcasters† The course is accredited by The Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) (https://bjtc.org.uk). Journalism at Huddersfield is also top in Yorkshire for Assessment and Feedback, scoring 93%, based on experimental statistics from the National Student Survey 2023. Plus, an impressive 100% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21 data, UK domiciled graduates) †Source: LinkedIn **Professional Bodies** The course is accredited by The Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) (https://bjtc.org.uk), an important benchmark of quality recognised across the UK media industry. This will be reviewed in February 2025.At Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you can gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. †full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees. **Why Huddersfield?** Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.

Department of Media Humanities and the Arts (AHMHA)