Multimedia Journalism BA (Hons)

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You begin Multimedia Journalism BA (Hons) by learning the core skills and knowledge you need to work as a journalist. You rapidly move on to producing your own news, honing your writing and editing skills whilst deepening your knowledge of the law, ethics and professional practice of journalism today.

Each year on our journalism degree, you develop your skills further across a range of platforms and in your final year, you will be producing major pieces of both journalistic and academic work with which to launch you into your journalism career.

The University of Northampton’s Multimedia Journalism programme is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.

The BJTC is a partnership between universities and the top broadcasters such as the BBC, Sky, ITN, Global Radio and more. When you graduate from us, you are also eligible for a BJTC skills certificate which will help as you apply for jobs.

This multimedia journalism degree course will open a range of career opportunities, in journalism, public relations and the wider media industry. Typical starter jobs include reporters, broadcast assistants, video content managers and producers. Graduates from Multimedia Journalism BA (Hons) have worked for the BBC, BT Sport, LBC, Sky News, ventured into public relations or have gone on to master’s study.

Entry Requirements

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• We welcome international applications and applications from students with a range of non-traditional educational or professional qualifications who have an active interest in the study and practice of journalism.

  We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications. For more more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.

  If you are an International student and would like information on making an application for this journalism degree, please see our How to Apply page.

• Any students joining with advanced standing in L5 (Year 2) or L6 (Year 3) will be awarded BA (Hons) Journalism (without BJTC accreditation) rather than BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism. If the programme team feels that a student in this position was still eligible for the accredited BA Multimedia Journalism award title (based on modules studied at a previous institution) then this would need to be documented and approved. We envisage that this would only be relevant in specific circumstances (e.g. a student transferring from a BJTC accredited degree course at a different institution at the end of L4). It would not be relevant for any international/partner students coming in at L6. The modules studied for the non-accredited BA Journalism award would be the same as those for the accredited BA Multimedia Journalism.

• Admission to this foundation multimedia course is normally:

  • DEE at A-Level or,
  • MPP at BTEC or,
  • Pass (D or E) at T Level

  However, we would also like to hear from you if you have professional or industry experience, a range of other qualifications or self-developed subject knowledge that relates to the programme you wish to study.

• In order to meet accreditation rules, all International and EU students studying this course must achieve the following minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS 7.5 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 7.5 in all bands

  They may be able to work towards this whilst doing the course, following referral to the course tutor for consideration.

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University of Northampton, please see our IELTS page.