The fast-track course students are sitting the revamped NCTJ pre-entry examinations with training organisation Up To Speed.
The training centre is one of ten NCTJ-accredited courses running an online journalism element as part of its pre-entry qualification this academic year.
From next year, the online module will become a mandatory requirement of the newspaper reporters NCTJ qualification.
The new qualification requires students to show they can adapt a traditional print story for the web and also compile a video news feature.
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