Taught course
Journalism Innovation and Leadership
Entry requirements
For entry requirements, please visit the MA/PGCert Journalism Innovation & Leadership course page
Months of entry
January
Course content
This flexible, part-time Postgraduate Certificate and MA programme is tailored to news innovators eager to lead, and leaders eager to innovate, by growing their competence, their confidence, their networks as well as their career options.
The Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme offers a flexible learning plan that will equip forward-thinking media professionals to successfully lead teams, projects and organisations in an increasingly complex and competitive media landscape.
This programme gives you the choice to earn a Postgraduate Certificate in 30 weeks over one year or an MA in 70 weeks over two years - all while remaining in your current work role.
This course is for you if you want to:
- Challenge organisational effectiveness and create agile strategies to drive transformation and resilience
- Develop an advanced data mindset and the skills to gain insights about audiences – and to act on them to enhance performance
- Understand how to adapt newsroom workflows, organisational structures and mindsets to meet changing demands
- Develop the practical knowledge to manage innovative projects and diverse teams
- Explore innovation methods such as design thinking and co-design
- Stress test new business and revenue models for news in an increasingly complex and competitive market
- Think deeply about what the issues shaping journalism today means for us all tomorrow
- Build the personal and professional competencies to grow your team, your organisation – and your career.
Although this award is usually undertaken or completed in 1 or 2 years, you have up to 3 years to complete. This will depend on the number of modules you take each year.
Why study with us
- Tap into a senior industry mentor focused on helping you achieve your potential. Whether you choose to complete the 30-week PGCert over one year or the 70-week MA over two years.
- To support the next generation of diverse news leaders we offer tuition-fee scholarships funded by the Google News Initiative (GNI) and International Media Support (IMS), the Denmark-based media development agency.
Future careers
The Journalism Innovation and Leadership programme aims to foster the next generation of diverse leaders and innovators our industry needs to thrive.
Fees and funding
For fees and funding, please visit the MA/PGCert Journalism Innovation & Leadership course page
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PGCert
- part time12-36 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Course Enquiries
- CEnquiries@UCLan.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1772 892 400