Football Journalism with Foundation Year

Our foundation year offers the chance to strengthen your skills, knowledge and confidence – with extensive support from our expert staff – before you advance to stage one of your honours degree. It could also be beneficial if you are planning a career change and want to get to grips with aspects of subjects which are new to you.

This degree offers a clear path to working in the football industry and meets the growing demand for highly knowledgeable and skilled multimedia journalists.

- Join the next generation of talented football journalists at a time when interest in the ‘beautiful game’ has never been higher

- Enjoy substantial practical experience of researching and producing powerful print, radio, TV and online football stories.

- Get to grips with the latest techniques and technologies which are transforming journalism in an era of digital news

- Learn about the culture, history and practice of the football industry and the media that surrounds it

- Gain invaluable insights through work placements within football and media organisations

- Benefit from our outstanding facilities which include TV and radio studios as well as a fully equipped newsroom

- Build the core practical and intellectual skills of a journalist so that you’re also equipped for a broad range of media careers beyond the world of sport

- A degree which offers you a clearly defined path to working in the football industry and meets the growing demand for highly knowledgeable, highly skilled multimedia journalists.