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Once in employment, the range of training available varies between employers. Some of the bigger companies offer staff a range of usually free training courses, which can lead to N/SVQs.

It is unlikely that smaller publishing houses will be in a position to offer such a package.

The national training body for the magazine industry is the Periodicals Training Council (PTC) . The PTC accredits S/NVQs offered by many colleges and universities.

The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) also offers a preliminary certificate in magazine journalism, which covers a range of subjects including:

  • feature writing;
  • public affairs;
  • production and design;
  • media law;
  • shorthand.

There are other organisations which offer training in journalism, but these qualifications can be of variable quality and some are not greatly valued in the industry.

 
AGCAS
Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
January 2011
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