Journalism (Including Placement Year) - BA (Hons)
University of Essex
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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OCT-26

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4 Years

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University of Essex

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Colchester Campus

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This course equips you to become a journalist with the news awareness, story-getting and story-telling skills to flourish in today’s multimedia journalism environment. We live in a connected world with instant access to whatever news we want, whenever and wherever we want it. We don’t have to wait for the newspaper to hit the streets or for the evening news bulletin anyone with a smartphone can be a reporter, able to record, edit and publish whatever they like.The challenge for professional ...Read more

This course equips you to become a journalist with the news awareness, story-getting and story-telling skills to flourish in today’s multimedia journalism environment. We live in a connected world with instant access to whatever news we want, whenever and wherever we want it. We don’t have to wait for the newspaper to hit the streets or for the evening news bulletin anyone with a smartphone can be a reporter, able to record, edit and publish whatever they like.The challenge for professional journalists in this digital age is to provide news and information that can be trusted, meeting the demands created by new technology and changing habits without sacrificing core professional values. Our degree has been designed with the future needs of this rapidly changing industry at its heart, informing our curriculum, programme design, facilities and staffing.

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73/279
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28th
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29th
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Olivia-Mae
25 Feb 26

The professors on my course are great and passionate about going the extra mile to connect us with contacts and opportunities. Some of the uni facilities and the general look of..Read more

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Leah
25 Feb 26

The diversity with the international students and also the student union, there is always stuff going in the daytime and night-time activities. The campus feels quite united..Read more

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112 - 120 Grades / Points required

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£19,500 per year

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This is the fee you pay if you are an International student. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

Full time annual fee would be 19500, Student would pay 3900 in their year of Placement/sandwich. Living and accommodation costs (per year, approximately)- 8,776 – 14,995

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Olivia-Mae
25 Feb 26
Journalism (Including Placement Year) - BA (Hons)
The professors on my course are great and passionate about going the extra mile to connect us with contacts and opportunities. Some of the uni facilities and the general look of...
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Leah
25 Feb 26
Journalism and Criminology (Including Year Abroad) - BA (Hons)
The diversity with the international students and also the student union, there is always stuff going in the daytime and night-time activities. The campus feels quite united...
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University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex CO4 3SQ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Hythe   0.6 miles away

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