Journalism degree - Foundation or Bachelors?

I'm not well informed on the journalism world but I'd imagine degrees aren't the most sought after; more to do with aptitude towards actual writing and experience.

As for the degree, if you feel you can do it, take the bachelors. I don't think the foundation degree would open many doors but i may be wrong as i said before :P

I'd just advise going on the work experience and talking to writers about how they got into the industry. Send emails or letters to journalists for newspapers such as the guardian or the times (to appear unbiased!) and most of them will give you the time of day to reply :P

It's not so much the ability to do it that worries me, it's the amount of debt i'll find myself in afterwards. I found I can do a Foundation Degree at a college a 30 minute train ride away for the same price as 1 year of a Bachelors degree (Not including living expenses and all that), so I'm hoping that a Foundation degree and Work Experience would be enough.

My girlfriend's mum gave me the number of a guy who works at a local newspaper, who i've spoken to and found out who to email about getting experience. I'm also going to email a couple of other local papers. I hadn't thought about getting in touch with places like The Times and The Guardian, but come to think of it, that probably would help me out a lot as well.

I'm not too sure on the loans and grants for English universities, but the student loan is paid back at a certain small % of earnings above some figure; i think its might be 16k. So you don't have to pay it back until you find stable work and even then its small (relatively). As long as you don't take out a bank loan to pay your accommodation and tuition you should be fine on the debt side (but then I don't know your personal circumstances).

You can always get a part time job during term time aswell at uni. Lots of students do and it's probably the norm. That would help keep you up a bit.