This course encourages an engagement with, and the practice of, writing. Working within a critical and creative academic community, students will study and create a range of texts. From the first year students will encounter and produce work which covers all aspects of English and Journalism, including news practice, editing, writing and reporting, fictions, literary history and theory. Various options in both English and Journalism are pursued from the second year onwards in areas such as international journalism, new media journalism and literary practices and histories. The course is one which aims to produce graduates that are employable, critical and creative.

BA Journalism develops students' knowledge of both the practice and the theory of journalism and covers the main area of 'news-making'. From the first year onwards students will produce work which engages with all aspects of the process of journalism, including news production, editing, writing and reporting. Various options in journalism are pursued from the second year onwards in areas such as international journalism, new media journalism and broadcasting. The course will develop students practical, critical and analytical skills.