BA (Hons) Multimedia Sports Journalism

This exciting new course aims to produce graduates who combine the critical abilities that derive from a traditional academic degree with the professional skills and flexibility needed to get the best jobs in sports journalism.

This course builds upon the long-standing success of the industry-acclaimed BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism degree, which celebrated its 30th year last year.

Responding to new technologies

You’ll gain the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to work in a multiplatform and increasingly digitally focused sports journalism industry. You’ll be prepared for print, radio, mobile, data, social, TV and online roles in newspapers and magazines, websites, social media, audio or video. As a graduate you’ll be equipped to become a sports and convergence specialist and trained to be agile enough to respond to new technologies and consumer/audience behaviours.

Real-world engagement

Real-world engagement will be key to your learning. You will take part in authentic news days and provide extensive coverage of local sports including AFC Bournemouth and other clubs. You’ll be required to report on a range of sports and acquire considerable knowledge about them.

You’ll also be encouraged to showcase your sports journalism to the public via our online platform BUzz, BU’s campus radio station, Nerve magazine and your own social media channels and websites.

Placement opportunities

What’s more, you’ll have the opportunity to complete either a four-or 30-week placement in industry, helping you build professional relationships, contacts and ultimately provide you with invaluable experience for your future career.

I could not have been more impressed by the professionalism of the team and their attention to detail. It’s commendable that BU is seeking to introduce new options for students with a close eye on employment opportunities.

Mark Wray, Managing Director of Press Association Training

Key areas of study

UCAS code P505

A Foundation Year is available on these courses. See page 64 for more information

Key Information

Accreditations: National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ).

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with a 4-week placement, or 4 years full-time with a minimum 30-week placement

Entry requirements: 104 - 120 tariff points

Required subjects: None

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing and 6.0 in all other components or equivalent

See website for latest details of: Entry requirements, contact hours and course costs

Why choose us?

We have a long tradition of offering high-quality law courses that prepare you for the world of work and allow you to specialise in an area of law that interests you.

Our LLB (Hons) Law degree is designed as a qualifying law degree to support you on your route to a future legal career.

To make sure that our courses teach you what you need to know, we’ve worked closely with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and various members of the legal profession to develop course content that reflects the industry today, regardless of your specialism. If you intend on becoming a solicitor we have a dedicated pathway to assist you in preparing for the stage one Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) assessments. Alternatively, if you're considering becoming a barrister our degrees enable you to take the next step in progressing to the Bar Practice Course (BPC).

We understand that it takes more than learning in a lecture theatre to make you a well-rounded legal professional. You will become part of our vibrant BU law community with professional skills events, alumni talks and high profile speakers, and will gain valuable insights from our legal firm networks with the opportunity to undertake a 30-week placement. We have a range of placement providers and options to undertake a placement with regional and national firms and companies such as Mishcon de Reya, Fladgate, Steele Raymond, Lester Aldridge, Law Debenture, Citizens Advice Bureau, the Crown Prosecution Service, Toyota, Honda and local authorities, among many others.

Our BU Law Community brings together academics, students and legal professionals. We work with our students as research partners on a range of contemporary projects and topics. Ongoing projects include the Missing Person Indicator Project in collaboration with the International Commission on Missing Persons, interventions on sexual consent, and student-led publications for the BU Law Review

Matthew Ralston, LLB (Hons) Law graduate

I always wanted to do something exciting in my career, so when I started thinking about my future, I knew I wanted to work in a field that changes every day, where no two days are the same. That desire to work against an ever-changing landscape made a career in law very appealing.

I always found myself leaning towards criminal law, and an early unit studied on my course at BU really piqued my interest, so ever since then it’s been the career I’ve wanted to pursue. Since I graduated from BU I have been working hard to become a barrister, and I’m due to start my pupillage soon as I begin the journey to becoming a criminal barrister. It’s my intention to become a prosecution lawyer – it’s a very different skillset to working

My degree of difference

Providing justice for the victims of crime

To find out more about how our Fusion approach can benefit your BU education, visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/fusion