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Government responds to NCTJ’s Save Quality Journalism Education campaign
The Department for Education has responded to the NCTJ following the launch of the Save Quality Journalism Education campaign, which calls for the reversal of planned cuts to high-cost subject funding for journalism courses in higher education. In a letter…
Record-breaking NQJ result for Westmorland Gazette reporter
Newly-qualified senior reporter Katie Dickinson of the Westmorland Gazette has set a new record for the highest mark in the National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ) media law and practice paper, achieving 91 per cent. She was one of four NQJ candidates who won awards for exceptional performance in the March NQJ.
Seventy-two per cent pass rate for March NQJ
A record-equalling 72 per cent of candidates have passed the most recent National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ), the highest pass rate since the previous record achieved in July 2014.
Cohort one bursary shortlist announced
Nine budding journalists have been shortlisted for Journalism Diversity Fund bursaries to cover the cost of their NCTJ-accredited journalism training.
Cohort one bursary shortlist announced
Nine budding journalists have been shortlisted for Journalism Diversity Fund bursaries to cover the cost of their NCTJ-accredited journalism training.
Staffordshire NCTJ student scoops Midlands Media Award
A student from Staffordshire University’s NCTJ-accredited journalism course has been crowned top political reporter in the Student Midlands Media Awards 2015.
Trailblazer junior journalist apprenticeship approved by government
An apprenticeship standard and assessment plan for junior journalists developed by employers in the media industry and the NCTJ is ready to be implemented across England as part of the government’s ‘trailblazer’ apprenticeship programme.
More needs to be done to encourage women into sports reporting says new government report
Women need to be encouraged to train as sports journalists to address the current gender imbalance, a report by the women in sport advisory committee has said.
Press Association launches new bursary scheme supported by the Journalism Diversity Fund
Press Association (PA), the UK’s leading multimedia news agency and digital content provider, has launched a bursary scheme to encourage more minority ethnic journalists to join its newsroom.
Press freedom is under threat warns Sun political columnist
Press freedom is under threat and we are dangerously close to the edge of a police state, Trevor Kavanagh, political columnist for The Sun, told the NCTJ public affairs seminar.
