Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Journalism (P500)

Journalism at Kingston University prepares students for the workplace as well as offering plenty of choice to follow their interests and career aspirations. This course is taught by professional journalists which provides students with all the current skills they need to succeed – evidenced by the 100% graduate employment rate. (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022)

Students will get a thorough grounding in core skills including news and features, digital and social media, ethics and media law. Key to students' learning will be hands-on experience at the River Newspaper and River Online and the opportunity to undertake work experience and internships in London, the hub of the UK's media industry, supported by Kingston's work placement.

Students will also get opportunities to create their own innovative media products such as a magazine or website, podcast series or documentary, as well as pursue research into current issues in the journalism industry. Students will have the chance to pursue their interests in depth by creating a cutting-edge journalism portfolio that could include broadcast, sport, fashion, visual journalism, data, creative non-fiction, international, political or environmental reporting that will prepare them to pursue specialist beats on graduation.

All this learning is covered in broad-ranging core modules that develop students' employability, innovative thinking, specialist knowledge and practical, academic and analytical skills. They will use the media facilities, which includes industry standard software, two dedicated newsrooms and a broadcast media suite.

The graduates have gone on to work in top media companies including the BBC, Reuters, Sky, Channel Four, Hearst UK, Haymarket Media Group, EMAP, DMG Media, REACH and Vice.