Multimedia Sports Journalism BA (Hons)

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Working alongside the many sports clubs, bodies and media companies based in Northamptonshire, your first year on BA Multimedia Sports Journalism degree will see you learning and starting to apply key audio and video production skills. You will also learn how to write sports stories and understand laws and ethics which apply to sports reporting.

The second year of your multimedia sports journalism university studies will see you apply those production and writing skills in live newsdays; attending press conferences and live events and reporting on our own FM radio station, NLive. You will learn how to report in the growing world of esports and develop skills in sports magazine production and sports commentary.

In the final year of the Sports Journalism course, you will apply your skills to professional standards in multi-platform newsdays, as well as develop your employment skills ready for that future career. You will learn about future trends in journalism tech and storytelling. Your final year project will be either a documentary or a magazine and your dissertation will analyse and question a key issue in sports media production, sports journalism or sports ethics.

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

Entry Requirements

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• We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications.

  For 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, please see our How to Apply page.

• Admission to this foundation 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 instead, a range of other qualifications or self-developed subject knowledge that relates to the course you wish to study.

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

  • Minimum standard – IELTS 7.5 or equivalent

  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, please see our IELTS page.