University Of Buckingham

Are there many Asian/African students on campus? How far is it from London? And are they well known for the journalism course?

Hi Sooashley,

I'm Heather - I work in central marketing at UoB.

Officially students from Asia and the Pacific make up 14% of our student body and students from Africa and the Indian Ocean countries make up 13%. The majority of our students are from Britain and the Overseas Territories and they account for 52% of the students.

We're 70 miles from London. In terms of public transport (train from Euston to Milton Keynes, bus from Milton Keynes to Buckingham - with waiting time) I'd expect it to take about 80-90 minutes to get from London to Buckingham.

I think my colleague Ash has already answered your question about Journalism but if you need any more info let me know.

Heather.

Thanks! I'd like to know if you it's a requirement to take up a foreign language during the course and even if it's not, can we take up a foreign language? Is it offered?

My pleasure.

It's not a requirement to take a foreign language and if you're looking at studying Communication, Media and Journalism you wouldn't be able to study a foreign language as part of your degree but you would have the option to study a foreign language outside your timetable as a volunteer at no extra cost (provided there are no clashes with your timetable). We offer French and Spanish and you would complete a brief assessment prior to starting the course so that you can be put into the appropriate level - I believe there are 8 levels.

Heather.

I was looking to do Journalism with International Studies so I thought a language would be part of the module, at least the International Studies part. Glad to know there's French/Spanish classes though! Will look into that.