FEES

Fast-track NCTJ Diploma in Journalism

Full-time fourteen week course fees: £3,950 including VAT and NCTJ exam fees OR £3,700 if paid within a month of the offer of a place. (Not valid if your application is less than four weeks before the start date of your course.)

What you get

With Brighton Journalist Works you can train to be an accredited NCTJ Multi-Media Journalist in just 14 weeks. This is much quicker than any other NCTJ “Fast-Track” course in the UK. Our exam results speak for themselves, as does our graduates’ success in media across the world. In addition to guiding you through all NCTJ modules, we also guarantee you three weeks work experience and help you create a sizeable portfolio.

This course and our training centre, are all about you and the journalism career you dream of.

The training you do with us leads to the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism qualification, and includes:

Reporting
Essential Media Law
Production Journalism
Essential Public Affairs
Shorthand
A portfolio of published work
Video news production
Court reporting

and you can take a free extra option of 'Business of Magazines' too.

Post-Course Guidance

We offer our graduates advice on cover letters, CV writing and pitching stories - vital in today's marketplace. We are also on-hand to answer questions from afar. We're supportive of our graduates and they often let us know how they are getting on. We're only too pleased to hear from them.

Need Financial Help?

Brighton Journalist Works is a learning provider registered with the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) which means students are eligible to apply for Professional and Career Development Loans (PCDL). A PCDL is a commercial bank loans that can be used to help pay for work related learning. The Government will pay the interest on the loan while you are learning and for one month afterwards. For more information visit: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/FinancialHelpForAdultLearners/CareerDevelopmentLoans/index.htm

We also have instalment schemes.

Just contact us for more details.

Limited Places

We're expecting to have a few disappointed people for whom we have no place available.
Please do not leave your enrolment to the last minute. If you apply today you'll have a great chance of securing your spot.

I have worked at The Times, The Sunday Times and The News of the World as a Sub-Editor. Anyone who wants a job in journalism should sign up with Journalist Works.

Martin Burns, Sub-Editor, News of the World.

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I landed my first job at the Basingstoke Gazette before the course was even half-way through. The basics I learnt stood me in good stead for my stint at The Argus in Brighton and now at The Times Educational Supplement.

Jenny Legg, Reporter, Times Educational Supplement

Part-time Subbing Course: £875 plus VAT

This nine week course is for journalists who want to add subbing to their skills and leads to the NCTJ sub-editing exam. The course is run on nine consecutive Saturdays from 9.30am to 5pm each day.

Full-time Subbing Course: £850 including VAT

This full-time course is for journalists who want to add subbing to their skills and leads to the NCTJ sub-editing exam. The course is run on six consecutive days from 9:30am to 5pm and you take the NCTJ subbing exam on the seventh.

Thanks so much for the course. I am now working four days a week on the Reading Chronicle and the Slough Observer. I am a very busy, happy girl. Every day I sit down at my screen and think how lucky I am, I love it! The teaching was excellent, and the course set me up for a great career.

Judith Edwards, Reading Chronicle and Slough Observer

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NCTJ Diploma in Journalism