Periodicals Training Council,
Queens House, 55-56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ
Tel: 020 7404 4168
Email: training@ppa.co.uk
Website: www.ppa.co.uk/ptc
Magazine industry training body
and training arm of Periodical Publishers Association (PPA)
Provides career information for
people wishing to join the magazine publishing industry.
Journalism UK Journalism UK is
an independent website providing information resources for print journalists
writing for UK magazines or based in the UK. www.journalismuk.co.uk
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
www.nuj.org.uk
ultimap.com/home.html
the right ethos
A specialist recruitment consultancy working with campaigning organisations seeking to change society or our world for the better.
Positions include campaigners; fundraisers; finance; support staff; press; directors/chief executives.
http://www.therightethos.co.uk
www.L3xicon.com - a web thesaurus and lexicon
The Economist Style Guide
An extract of the style guide given to all journalists at The Economist.
My Factotum
A professional telephone answering and PA service for freelance journalists and other small business operators
Journalism Training Organisations
The Journalist Works
Want to work as a sub-editor in magazine or newspaper publishing? This twelve week course leading to a Diploma in Production Journalism provides practical experience
in the offices of a busy daily newspaper in Brighton and is accredited by the NCTJ.
www.thejournalistworks.co.uk
City University
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB Tel: 020 7040 8221
email journalism@city.ac.uk
www.city.ac.uk/journalism
Cardiff School of Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies
Cardiff University
Bute Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff CF10 3NB
Tel: +44 (0)29 208 74041
www.highbury.ac.uk
Bournemouth Media School
Bournemouth University
Weymouth House
Talbot Campus
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5BB
Email: media@bournemouth.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965360
www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk
University College for the Creative Arts s
Falkner Road
Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS Tel: 01372 728811
www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=16080
London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London SE1 6SB Tel: 020 7514 6569
www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/courses/journalism.htm
PMA Training
PMA House
Free Church Passage
St Ives, Cambs PE27 5AY
Email: training@pma-group.com
Tel: 020 7490 7280
(Training rooms in central London)
www.pma-group.co.uk
Journalism Training Centre
enquiries@jtc.co.uk
020 7798 5618 or 07721 340526
www.journalism-training-centre.co.uk
noSWeat Journalism Training
16/17 Clerkenwell Close
London
EC1R 0AN
Email: info@nosweatjt.co.uk
Tel: 020 7490 2006
www.nosweatjt.co.uk
Harlow College
Velizy Avenue
Town Centre
Harlow
Essex MC20 3LH Tel: 01279
868000
www.harlow-college.ac.uk
Lambeth College
Vauxhall Centre
Belmore Street
Wandsworth Road
London SW8 2JY Tel: 020 7501 5000
offers a two-year Foundation Degree in Journalism and Pre-entry Newspaper Journalism www.lambethcollege.ac.uk/courses/course_list.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.courses_list_courseDetail&cit_id=510&cta_tax_id=489&showCourseKey=true
and Pre-entry Newspaper Journalism: NCTJ www.lambethcollege.ac.uk/courses/course_list.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.courses_list_courseDetail&cit_id=378&cta_tax_id=489&showCourseKey=true
De Montfort University
Department of Journalism
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH Tel: +44 (0) 116 250-6199
Email: humanities_ug@dmu.ac.uk
www.dmu.ac.uk/Subjects/Db/coursePage2.php?courseID=2627
The University of Central Lancashire
Department of Journalism
Preston PR1 2HE Tel: 01772 201201
www.ukjournalism.org
The University of Sheffield
The Department of Journalism
Studies
171 Northumberland Road
Sheffield, S10 2TZ Tel: 0114
222 2500/222 2501
www.shef.ac.uk/~j
Darlington College of
Technology
Cleveland Avenue
Darlington
County Durham DL3 7BB. Tel:
01325 503030
www.darlington.ac.uk
Trinity & All Saints
University College
Brownberrie Lane
Horsforth
Leeds LS18 5HD Tel: 0113 283
7100
www.leedstrinity.ac.uk
University of Westminster
Headquarters Building
309 Regent Street
London W1R 8AL Tel: 020 7911
5000
www.wmin.ac.uk
Edge Hill University
Edge Hill
St Helens Road
Ormskirk
Lancashire L39 4QP
Tel: +44 (0)1695-575171 Fax: +44 (0)1695-579997
www.edgehill.ac.uk
University of the West of Scotland
Hamilton Campus
Almada Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
Scotland ML3 OJB Tel: 016698
283100
www.uws.ac.uk/about/hamilton/ug-courseinfo.asp?courseid=746
Napier University
Craighouse Road
Edinburgh EH10 5LG Tel: 0131
455 615
www.napier.ac.uk/sci/jac/Pages/jac.aspx
National Council for the
Training of Journalists
The New Granary
Station Road
Newport
Saffron Walden
Essex CB11 3PL
Tel: 01799 544014
www.nctj.com
Journalism Training
www.journalismtraining.co.uk
Offers a nine-week intensive course for people wanting to start a career in magazine journalism
practicaljournalism.com
www.practicaljournalism.com
A distance learning journalism course for those wishing to establish themselves as
freelance writers.
Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services
www.ctjt.biz
Offers online journalism training courses accredited by the Open and Distant
Learning Quality Council (New Provider Status).
Also does in-house training for newspaper and magazine publishers.
For those wanting to work in newspapers, the NCTJ runs courses and
it also accredits various full-time courses at colleges around the country. A
list of accredited courses and sites is available from the NCTJ.