People - UptoSpeed Journalism

At Up To Speed you will be trained by tutors who know their subjects inside out.

Tutors working at the centre include:

Karen Ballam has been teaching Shorthand on NCTJ courses for 16 years and is on the NCTJ Shorthand Board.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
Ken Brown, a former Deputy Chief Constable of Dorset and Senior Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police, has taught Law on NCTJ-accredited courses at Bournemouth University since 1989.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
Tom Hill, a former producer for ITN, Sky News, the BBC and GMTV, has also worked as a reporter and presenter in regional television and local radio and as a newspaper reporter. For the last six years he has been teaching journalism. Tom was Course Leader of Bournemouth University’s BA Multi-Media Journalism and he is Up To Speed’s Founder.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
David Kett has been teaching Public Affairs for almost 40 years and is on the NCTJ Public Affairs Board.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
Lynn Jackson has worked in print journalism for more than 20 years, with roles including newspaper reporter, news editor, magazine editor, feature writer and freelance journalist. She is currently senior reporter at the award-winning Bournemouth Daily Echo, working from the newspaper’s nearby offices in Poole’s town centre.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
Liisa Rohumaa is a freelance journalist and lecturer at Bournemouth University’s Media School. She is a former news editor at FT.com and has worked as an internet journalist for six years. She has also worked at The Daily Telegraph, BBC Worldwide, The Stage and started her career in local newspapers as a reporter on the Surrey Comet.	Train for the Preliminary Newspaper Examinations
Louise Matthews has worked as a journalist for more than twenty years, including fifteen years in New Zealand where she worked in national news for the New Zealand Herald, the Sunday Star Times and TVNZ. Louise has worked for the Sunday Times, the Daily Mirror, the Birmingham Daily News and the Express and Star. She has taught on university journalism courses for nine years.

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