Overview

The Sports Journalism (Hons) degree from Solent University has been developed to meet the needs of the modern sports journalism industry and is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC), which ensures you are ready to work for their industry partners (BBC, Sky News, ITN, Channel 4 News, Global Radio, Associated Press, Reuters and National Union of Journalists.

The degree boasts a broad spectrum of transferable skills - from print or broadcast to online and social media reporting – training you to produce a comprehensive news package that will engage and excite your audience.

The proof is in the graduates. Solent sports journalists operate at a range of top broadcast companies, including Sky Sports, BBC Sport, ESPN and talkSPORT, as well as national newspapers such as The Daily Mail and The Times.

Other graduates work in the media offices of football, cricket and rugby clubs, as well as creative agencies and organisations.

Career

Working in sports journalism can carry with it long, demanding and unsociable hours – but there is nothing better than being able to mix your working life with your passions. If you are willing to work hard and you have the right approach, the job satisfaction is huge.

Being a sports journalist gives you a free pass to some of the best events in the sporting calendar and the chance to meet your sporting heroes. Plus you can adapt the skills you learn on this degree to almost any workplace, as we embed in our students a need to question, research, fact-check and network.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Writing Journey Begins

Audio Journalism and Production

Sport, Media and Society

Sports Reporting

Video Journalism and Production

Media Law

Crafting Sports Audio and Video

Sports Feature Writing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

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115

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80

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6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Southampton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Journalism Sport and Exercise Science View 181 other Bachelors in Journalism in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

115

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

104-120 UCAS tariff points

A-levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma at MMM or BTEC Diploma at D*D, a T-Level Merit, or equivalent, which comply with the minimum entry requirement of 104 UCAS points.

All applicants will be invited for interview.

Direct entry into the second or third years may be considered for this course.

Applicants over the age of 21 may be considered based on relevant experience, without having the required tariff points.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17750 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Southampton

United Kingdom

697 - 1093 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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