Journalism at Liverpool John Moores or York St John?

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The course is Broadcast Journalism Teaching Council (BJTC) accredited - meaning the course has met the professional standards for accreditation in terms of having relevant and up-to-date course content, the skills that you'll learn on the course, etc.

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Media Production and Journalism students responded with a 100% positivity score for how good the teaching staff are at explaining things (National Student Survey, 2024)

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Media Production and Journalism students responded with a 96% positivity score for how easy it is to contact teaching staff when you need them.

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The entry requirement is 104 UCAS points, we also have a contextual offer scheme which means this requirement may be lowered if you come from a disadvantaged background - more info here.

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The teaching time is generally around 15 hrs per week, spread across 3-4 days. The contact hours are kept relatively low to make sure you have plenty of time to work on your own projects.

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You'll have lots of opportunities to work with local companies partnered with YSJ during that free time, such as York Mix, Aesthetica Film Festival and Magazine, and BBC Radio.

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The Journalism facilities have just been renovated - we have a brand new dedicated newsroom, TV and radio spaces, specialist software, editing suites, and cameras and sound equipment for location recording. You can book any of these spaces when they are not being used for teaching as a Journalism student, this could be to work on any assignments, or to practice using equipment for example

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The Journalism students have a bi-annual trip to the Camerimage film festival in Poland where you'll get the chance to meet with industry professionals and network.

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You'll be assigned a personal tutor (they will be a Journalism lecturer) who will check in with you every few weeks to make sure things are going okay.

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The wellbeing and disability services! We have dedicated psychological well-being practitioners who hold drop-ins every Tuesday afternoon, and you can self-refer for therapy should you ever feel you need it. We also have a dedicated disability team who can help you apply for extra extensions, and they have Blue the very popular therapy dog!

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The financial support team. We have something called the student-support fund which students can apply to for extra financial aid should they need it. This is money that does not need to be paid back. This is additional to the scholarship scheme too - I recommend checking if you would qualify for any here.

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The student community! York St. John is a relatively small university, with fairly small class sizes. Journalism typically has around 60 students, and for workshops you'd be split up to make sure you get enough 1-1 support from staff. There's a huge variety of sports and societies you can join, and the Students Union hold events all throughout the year too.

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The careers support! We have a dedicated careers support who can proof-read a CV, hold a mock job interview for you to get some practise, they can also help if you wanted to do a year or semester abroad. Once you graduate at YSJ, you're entitled to their careers support for life too, even if its 30 years after graduating.

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York itself - York is a beautiful city, with so much to do. I actually fell in love with the city first, then the university second! This would be one of my biggest pieces of advice; make sure you are happy in the city. You'll be spending three years of your life there, which is a huge amount of time!