Journalism Applicants 2014

Hey i have my activity day for bournemouth on 22nd of jan, any tips for me?

and im also going to portsmouth on the 5th of feb, so i'll mps see you there!! x

That's cool then!
For Bournemouth, read up on the news so you know what's happened in the past week, you'll need about 10 news headlines, you don't need to know the details (except maybe some general facts eg who/what/where etc), they'll ask you to write those down and then ask you why you wanna do the course/if you've had any relevant experience, etc, just generic questions really you'll have a look around the media department and the campus, and all the staff are really friendly so don't worry!
See you at Portsmouth! x

Heyy thanks so much! really useful. btw what did you wear? is it like interview clothing smart or just casaul?? x

People wore pretty much anything really! There were some people dressed really smart and others (like myself) in jeans and a coat - I'd say smart casual if that's not the most vague description ever haha. I wore turned up jeans, vans, a smart(ish) t shirt and a blazer/coat thing. Realistically though you're fine in anything! x

Has anyone done a NCTJ pre entry exam? The English, News Writing and Current Affairs one? I've got mine, along with an interview and voice test, for Kent on 25th March- help?!

I had one at De Montfort a few weeks ago and it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be! The first section is a long article and you need to pick out the spelling and grammatical errors, they don't expect you to re-write it or anything they ask you to label the work with the corrections to be made. The second section is to take the same article and write it into a 70 word article, you're penalised if you go over the limit though. There was another task to write a slightly longer piece about the same section if I remember rightly. If I remember rightly the next part was a task where you were given a variety of quotes from different sources about an event and you had to write the article up using these sources. The final section of the exam was the general knowledge bit which wasn't as bad as I expected, basically a couple questions about politics (I.E who the chancellor of such and such is) a couple of entertainment question, couple sporting question and finally you were given a table of figures and you essentially needed to answer comprehension style questions about it. Nothing too bad. I hope this help but as I said it was almost a month ago so I'm trying to remember as best as I can. Good Luck!!!

has anyone gotten offers from city yet?

My boyfriend got an interview last week for next week, I don't think they just give out offers.

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oh wow he's really lucky, I'm still waiting for a reply from them
in the meantime i have offers from
london college communication
sheffield
goldsmith
london fashion college

if i don't get into city it'll be a fight between sheffield and lcc
Sheffield would be the obvious choice esp with the accredidations but i really want to stay in london

Sheffield is amazing, but yes. London does seem like a great place to study

its a shame ill love to go sheffield but its so far from my hometown family and friends ill deffo go crazy
i went to surrey last year and dropped out of law due to academic pressure + choosing the wrong course, hence the reason why i just want to b comfy this time even if i sacrifice going to a better uni*sobs
my offers are all unconditional so i technically don't get an insurance choice once i firm a uni
i guess its happiness in the end that really matters...
which units did u apply for ?

Ohhh, i'm very jealous! I applied to Sheffield, Lincoln, Westminister, Stirling and Huddersfield. Firmed sheffield and insured Lincoln