Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire
| Established | 1962 |
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Academic staff
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70+ |
| Location | Preston, UK |
The School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire is one of the UK's longest established centres of journalism teaching, growing out of the Harris College, Preston.
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, the National Council for the Training of Journalists and the Periodicals Training Council, the training arm of the Periodical Publishers Association.
The University of Central Lancashire has received positive coverage of its academic standards in journalism, with The Times opining, in 2008, that "It is acknowledged as one of the leading centres for the teaching of journalism in Britain".
In 2010, the University won the Broadcast Journalism Training Council's award for general excellence.
The School of Journalism, Media and Communication grew out of the Harris College, Preston, which launched its first print journalism course in 1962. The college later became part of Preston Polytechnic. In 1982, the first postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism was launched with support from the BBC and ITV, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism. The undergraduate degree in journalism was launched in 1991 before the polytechnic became the University of Central Lancashire.
The School now includes six divisions. They are Journalism, Film and Media Studies, Media Technology, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Cultures, and Media Practice.
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