Journalism and PR
Bring your stories to life in the mediaHUB, our multimedia publishing and broadcasting newsroom, alongside BBC Newcastle Journalists. Work on our award-winning digital publications: Fashion North, SportsByte and Spark Sunderland. Be inspired by our lecturers and their strong industry contacts, broaden your horizons on inspiring field trips and graduate with a professional portfolio to impress prospective employers.
Courses we offer
Our Journalism courses are designed for you to hone your practical skills alongside plenty of networking opportunities and chances to build contacts with regional and national industry experts.
They're accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ), a gold standard for courses that turn out highly skilled, highly motivated and highly employable trainee journalists. You could be the next graduate to land a job with leading employers, from the BBC, The Guardian, and Stylist magazine, to various roles in PR and marketing companies. Take a look below to find the right course for you.
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news_or_event == "news" && $post->breaking_news == "y" && $post->published_date <= date("Y-m-d H:i:s")){
if($counter <= 0) {
$introduction = htmlspecialchars_decode($post->introduction);
$urltitle = seoUrl($post->title);
print("
Breaking News
{$post->title}
");
}
$counter++;
}
}
?>
$toDateTime) $toDateTime->modify('+1 day'); return ($fromDateTime <= $inputDateTime&& $inputDateTime<= $toDateTime) || ($fromDateTime <= $inputDateTime->modify('+1 day') && $inputDateTime<= $toDateTime);
}
// Set default chat script
$chatScript = '';
// Get current time
$currentTime = date("H:i");
// Grab path to current script
$currentPath = pathinfo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], PATHINFO_DIRNAME)."/";
// For clearing, we only want to grab TAP script if current time is outside 9am-5pm
if($currentPath != "/clearing/" || ($currentPath == "/clearing/" && isTimeBetween("09:00","17:00",$currentTime) === false)) {
try {
// Grab popcard URL-script mappings
$popcards_json = file_get_contents('/efs/www.sunderland.ac.uk/lib/feeds/popcards/popcards.json');
// Convert to array
$popcards_array = json_decode($popcards_json)->{'popcards'};
print("\n\r");
foreach ($popcards_array as $popcard) {
$rowUrl = $popcard->url;
$length = strlen($currentPath);
if (substr($rowUrl, -$length) === $currentPath) {
// Popcard URL matches path to current script
$chatScript = "".$popcard->code;
print("\n\r");
break;
}
}
} catch (Exception $ex) {
// Do nothing
}
}
// Show chat script
print($chatScript);
?>