Up To Speed is dedicated to training journalists to stay ahead of the pack and on top of the facts.
Our innovative ground-breaking courses are geared to the future, but we also place great emphasis on traditional skills.
If you are looking for an NCTJ-accredited Fast-Track course that will help you break into the industry, or for extra professional training in online or video journalism, or if you simply want an insight into the job, we have something for you at Up To Speed.
We are particularly proud of our accreditation by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.
The journalism tutors on our 22-week NCTJ Fast-Track course have worked for both regional and national press and in broadcasting and online news for the BBC, ITN, Sky News and ft.com. Our three main tutors in Shorthand, Law and Public Affairs have a hundred years of experience between them in their specialist areas.
Click I want to be a journalist to apply for our Fast-Track Digital Journalism Course starting on February 22nd and you can qualify by July. Alternatively, call us on 01202 761944 to discuss.
Welcome to the Up To Speed Fast-Track in Digital Journalism.
Take one minute to consider four questions:
- Can you risk signing up for any journalism course that does not teach you Shorthand?
- Can you expect to work as a 21st Century journalist without multi-media skills?
- Can you devote another full year of your life to academic study?
- Can you afford to spend twice as much as our fees to study for some MAs?
If the answer is 'no', then Up To Speed's multi-media newsroom at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth is the place for you.
- If you pass your exams you will leave with the NCTJ Certificate, the most respected qualification in British journalism.
- You will be taught in a busy multi-media newsroom environment by tutors with a full working knowledge and appreciation of modern digital journalism and heaps of experience in both broadcast, print and online.
- You will have finished the course in less than six months, leaving you with the rest of the year to reap the rewards.
- Graduates, gappers and career-changers have all landed journalism jobs after taking our course.
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Latest News
Bright Spark Wins Noughties Writing Prize
Biology student Georgina Mills’ passion for the environment helped her to win Up To Speed’s 2009 Student Journalism competition.
Georgina, 20, who studies at Reading University and writes for the university’s newspaper Spark, impressed the judges with her elegant writing style and her coherently structured argument.
Students writing for campus newspapers all over the country were invited to write a feature about the Noughties, assessing the hopes and fears experienced during the decade.
Georgina won the £250 first prize and a colleague of hers on Spark, Marcus Greenslade, 18, came second. The third prize went to Robin Morgan, 20, the Features Editor of Cardiff University’s Gair Rhydd.
New Year, New Courses At Up To Speed
Up To Speed's students are all returning from work placements on Monday and ready for the final six weeks on the course before qualifying.
If you want to follow in their footsteps, you can apply now for our next Fast-Track in Digital Journalism, which starts on February 22nd and join the graduates and gappers who have already been selected.
To see what you can achieve on the course, why not watch our Review of 2009?
Up To Speed's Sam Becomes A Senior Reporter
Former Up To Speed student Sam Emanuel has become a senior reporter after passing her NCE exam while working on the Norwich Evening News.
Sam, 24, joined Up To Speed two years ago after taking a degree in English and History at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.
Sam has had quite a few scoops during the last two years and has also used the multi-media training she received at Up To Speed to make video reports.
You can see an example of her work by clicking Sam
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