Training news

Journalism training centre noSWeat ceases trading

Training centre posts a press statement on its website to say it has instructed KSA Group Limited 'to place the company into liquidation'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 30/04/12

Entrepreneurial journalism project opens to entries

The MADE project, run by the University of Central Lancashire, will see 30 journalism entrepreneurs invited to a weekend of business masterclasses

Posted by Tabby Kinder on 17/04/12

St Bride's offers £3K bursary for MA journalism student

The Guild of St Bride is to offer funding initially for three years, the first year backing a student on the MA in Newspaper Journalism course at City University, London

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 21/03/12

How to: submit a Freedom of Information request

Advice for journalists on submitting FOI requests

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 27/02/12

Journalism Diversity Fund now open to applicants

Fund offers bursaries to 'people from socially and ethnically diverse backgrounds who have applied for a place on an NCTJ-accredited journalism course'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 23/02/12

Campaign proposes 'number hygiene' rules for journalists

Getstats, a campaign launched by the Royal Statistical Society, calls for numeracy and statistics to be taught in journalism schools and proposes 'a dozen rules of thumb for journalists'

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 01/02/12

BBC 2012 community reporters project to be rolled out

The BBC's community reporters project, part of the broadcaster's Find Your Place scheme, will launch in Salford in February and Glasgow in May after a successful run in London

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 31/01/12

Ethics training 'is not the issue', academics tell Leveson

Journalism educators tell Lord Leveson's inquiry that training in ethics is not insufficient and the issue to address is the culture of certain newsrooms

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 08/12/11

Lebedev and Kelner launch Journalism Foundation

Former editor-in-chief of the Independent Simon Kelner is chief executive of the new foundation, which is supporting Stoke-on-Trent political news site and training Tunisian journalists

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 05/12/11

noSWeat training accreditation appeal bid unsuccessful

The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) has said it will not overturn the NCTJ's decision to cease accreditation of noSWeat Journalism Training courses

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/09/11