Our events
The School of Journalism runs free journalism workshops, Q&A sessions and open days aimed at those looking to start a degree in 2025 or 2026.
The sessions are hosted by our award-winning editors and training team, giving you a glimpse into the industry and the sort of training you’d receive as a student on our BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism degree.
If you are a sixth form or gap year student please use this page to sign up for our free events.
If you are a university student, graduate or career changer, please sign up for our free workshops here.
JOURNALISM SUMMER SCHOOL
Our two-week summer school is a practical course introducing you to the basics of all forms of journalism.
Based in our Twickenham newsroom you’ll cover news and feature writing, data and digital journalism, social media, photography, broadcast journalism and more.
Sessions are led by our award-winning training team and there will be talks from industry guest speakers.
You will also get a chance to produce stories for our partner publications.
Find out more here.
APPLYING VIA UCAS
To apply for The School of Journalism you will need the UCAS details below. Please note our degree programme is accredited by Plymouth Marjon University, but all our teaching is delivered by News Associates at our centre in London.
Course name: BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism
Course code: MUJO
Institution: Plymouth Marjon University
Institution code: P63
Campus: London (L)
Follow this link to our UCAS page.
MORE ABOUT US
At The School of Journalism you will be taught by News Associates. News Associates is the UK’s number one NCTJ-accredited journalism school, taking more than 200 trainees a year through their postgraduate Diploma in Journalism at our office in London.
Our graduate trainees can be found working at every national newspaper, at broadcasters from the BBC to Sky News, in the local press and across a range of new media, from VICE to the Tortoise.
School of Journalism London
WORKSHOPS AND OPEN DAYS
Our journalism masterclasses and open days for those wishing to dip their toe in the water before taking the plunge and applying for a journalism degree.
The masterclasses and open days for students are free and there will always be a chance at the end of each session to ask questions about anything and everything to do with our courses and getting into journalism.
Sign up for our free journalism events and open days using the form below, open to sixth form or gap year students. If you are university student, graduate or career changer, sign up for our events here.
Our upcoming events are listed below:
- Wednesday January 8, 2025, 7pm-9:30pm (remote) – News journalism workshop
- Thursday January 23, 2025, 6pm-7:45pm (remote) – Foreign correspondents panel and Q&A with The New York Times Russia correspondent Anatoly Kurmanaev, CNN global markets writer Anna Cooban, BBC Africa video journalist Jenna Abaakouk and Reuters US energy markets reporter Georgina McCartney
- Saturday January 25, 2025, 10am-1:30pm (in-person London) – News journalism workshop
- Tuesday March 4, 2025, 7pm-9:30pm (remote) – News journalism workshop
- Saturday March 22, 2025, 10am-1:30pm (in-person London) – News journalism workshop
- Wednesday April 9, 2025, 7pm-9:30pm (remote) – News journalism workshop
Please be aware our news journalism workshops are exactly the same session, so please only apply for one.
Please note that our in person workshops are for those aged 16 and above.
Our remote workshops are hosted on Zoom and our in-person events are held at our newsroom in London.
HOW TO BOOK
Email [email protected], call 0203 026 3781 or fill out the form below to sign up for our events and receive more information about journalism opportunities.