Where do trainees study for professional journalism qualifications?
Journalism training body the National Council for the Training of Journalists has revealed where its trainees studied for their qualifications. It has published a list of where trainees who have qualified – or are soon to qualify as senior reporters – did their pre-entry training. Of the 184 candidates who sat the March 2008 NCE, most completed NCTJ-accredited journalism courses and sat the preliminary examinations while they were on their training course. The centre with the most trainees who sat the NCE was Sheffield College, with 18 of its alumni taking the exam. Sheffield College was top of the NCTJ’s exam league table last year. Highbury College had 17 candidates who sat the exam and Harlow College had 13. The higher education centre with the most NCE candidates was the University of Central Lancashire with 11 trainees taking the exam. The details are: 7 – Bournemouth University 7 – Cardiff University 11 – City College Brighton and Hove 7 – City of Wolverhampton College 1 – City U
