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Journalism undergrad degrees: Some do still have a place
Earlier today, Natalie, wrote about applications for journalism degrees dropping, and how it is not a surprise. Although she brings up some interesting points, some do still have a place. For some people, a degree could be the right path. The
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Journalism undergrad degrees: Why it’s not a surprise applications are down
Applications to undergraduate journalism degrees were down by 18.95 per cent this year according to statistics from UCAS. With applications to university only down 7.5 per cent on a whole, it’s interesting that there has been such a drop in
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Graduating and job hunting
Uni is over. Graduation is imminent. The future is unknown. It’s a story that thousands of graduates nationwide are living. And I am one of those graduates. I’ve spent the last three years working my socks off to get my
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How should journalists be taught?
Earlier this week I wrote about what I’ve learnt from my journalism degree. As it happens, there was also an event on this week where Jay Rosen from NYU spoke about what journalists should be taught and how they should
28. June, 2012
Advice, Getting started, latest, Postgraduate course, Recommended, Routes into journalism, Student media, Undergraduate course
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Top tips for a good university experience
Yesterday, there was a hashtag circulating on Twitter: #unitips. I’ve just finished my second year at York, and feel I’ve learned a few things so far that I’d like to proffer up as advice. So, if you’re heading to university
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What I have learnt from my journalism undergrad degree
This week I am slowly packing up my life and heading back home to Essex. My time at Staffordshire University has finally come to an end and I’m feeling a little bit sad about it, so I thought I’d reflect
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Top time management tips for exam term
It’s that time of year again. Libraries up and down the country are crammed full of pale-faced students shuddering with a toxic cocktail of nerves and caffeine shakes. Yup, it’s exam term. Last week I asked for time management tips as I’ve been up
27. January, 2012
Comment, Industries, Photojournalism, Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course
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Photojournalism: Should we just leave it to the specialists?
We’ve gone on time and time again about how we need to be jack-of-all-trades journalists. (As well as having a specialism – we don’t ask for much, eh?!) And I mentioned way back in October that I was taking a
20. January, 2012
Applications, Finding a job, Industries, Newspaper, Routes into journalism, Undergraduate course, Work experience, Work experience and interning
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Work experience – should I be chasing the nationals?
Last summer, I was fortunate enough to land two amazing placements at local newspapers back home in Essex (The Echo and The Yellow Advertiser). I thoroughly enjoyed both placements (and I’m not just saying that to suck up!) and was
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Are we sidelining academic degrees?
Over the last week, I’ve written 3000 words on Chaucer’s House of Fame and had an exam on Language Acquisition (baby talk, essentially). I’m all over transferable skills, and but I did wonder last week just how helpful consuming several
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