{"id":528,"date":"2021-08-03T11:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/centreforjournalism\/?p=528"},"modified":"2021-08-03T11:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:52:05","slug":"kent-to-train-journalists-in-postgraduate-level-apprenticeships-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/centreforjournalism\/2021\/08\/03\/kent-to-train-journalists-in-postgraduate-level-apprenticeships-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent to train journalists in postgraduate-level apprenticeships programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent has been awarded\u00a0a contract to help train BBC journalists at postgraduate level as part of the corporation\u2019s growing apprenticeships programme.<\/p>\n

Following a competitive public tendering process, the University\u2019s\u00a0Centre for Journalism<\/a>\u00a0has been chosen as the Learning Provider for the Level 7 Senior Journalist Apprenticeship, developing the skills of graduate- and postgraduate-level journalists as they begin their careers across various divisions of the BBC.<\/p>\n

The initial three-year contract means that the apprentices \u2013 the first 14 of whom will start in January 2022 \u2013 will spend 20 per cent of their working week learning with Centre for Journalism academic staff in preparation for their final senior apprenticeship assessments with the National Council for the Training of Journalists. The Centre for Journalism team, based on the University\u2019s Medway campus, will also prepare apprentices for their National Qualification in Journalism as part of their training.<\/p>\n

The BBC Senior Journalist Apprenticeship replaces the corporation\u2019s Journalism Training Scheme, which has run since 2007 and has been widely acknowledged as one of the industry\u2019s most respected schemes for graduate-level journalists.<\/p>\n

Ian Reeves<\/a>, Head of the Centre for Journalism, said: \u2018We are delighted to have won one of the most significant training contracts in the journalism industry. It\u2019s great to know that our commitment to teaching ethically-grounded modern journalism skills \u2013 whether to apprentices or students on our NCTJ-accredited BA and MA courses \u2013 is valued so highly. Journalism is a cornerstone of the nation\u2019s culture, and we\u2019re really looking forward to playing our part in developing some of its stars of the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

The journalist apprentices will be placed at various divisions within the BBC during their two-year placements, including in News, Sport, Scotland and Wales.<\/p>\n

Daniell Morrisey, Editorial Portfolio Manager for the BBC, said: \u2018The BBC has trained over 120 new entrants through our existing Level 3 Journalism Apprenticeship and we\u2019re delighted to complement the programme with the new postgraduate level 7. We look forward to developing the programme as part of our portfolio and ambitious plans to reach 1,000 apprentices across the BBC by 2025.\u2019<\/p>\n

Joanne Butcher, chief executive of the National Council for the Training of Journalists, said: \u2018We are delighted this contract has been won by one of our flagship award-winning centres and a university that was a pioneer of NCTJ broadcast qualifications. We look forward to working in partnership with the BBC and the journalism team at the University of Kent to make the new journalist apprenticeship and NQJ a success.\u2019<\/p>\n

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