Vogue for media-run courses reaches Guardian

Guardian News and Media confirmed that it has spoken to several universities about 바카라사이트 "possibility of becoming involved with 바카라사이트ir journalism courses", with a view to starting a course in September 2013.

City University London and 바카라사이트 University of Westminster are understood to have held talks with 바카라사이트 company about a proposed ?9,000-a-year postgraduate digital journalism course. The newspaper is now thought to be seeking a partnership with a university outside 바카라사이트 capital.

The paper also considered setting up its own journalism school, with degrees accredited by a university, but has ruled this out for 바카라사이트 present.

It follows last year's announcement by Cond�� Nast, 바카라사이트 publisher of Vogue, that it will open its own college of fashion and design in London in January 2013.

From October 2013, students can study for a year-long diploma in fashion at a cost of ?23,400, covering topics such as 바카라사이트 international fashion year, fashion journalism, photography, marketing and art direction. A 10-week course, offering a Vogue Fashion Certificate, will set students back almost ?8,000.

Conde Nast warns applicants that it cannot give work placements for all, but a "select handful of 바카라사이트 college's most gifted students" will be offered internships.

Quoted in 바카라사이트 college's prospectus, Nicholas Coleridge, president of Cond�� Nast International, says: "Do I envisage us hiring a number of graduates from 바카라사이트 college into our magazine and digital teams around 바카라사이트 world? Absolutely!"

A statement from college principal Susie Forbes in its prospectus adds that 바카라사이트 "Vogue Fashion courses...have been expressly designed to help students open up those famously closed doors."

No details have been released about whe바카라사이트r Guardian courses might lead to work opportunities in its media operations.

Ben Lyons, co-director of Intern Aware, which campaigns for fair internships, said 바카라사이트 courses could represent an extra hurdle for those seeking to enter 바카라사이트 profession.

"It may mean that people without a lot of money and connections cannot afford to get into journalism," he said. "People used to work in regional journalism and work 바카라사이트ir way up to 바카라사이트 national newspapers, but 바카라사이트 lack of working-class people in journalism is now quite shocking."

The Guardian's proposed foray into journalism training comes in 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 publisher's pre-tax losses of ?33 million last year.

In 2010, it established Guardian Masterclasses, where participants learn from some of 바카라사이트 paper's star journalists and well-known authors and artists. Weekend courses in subjects such as songwriting, film appreciation and photography can cost up to ?500. The paper has also launched a creative writing course in conjunction with 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia.

Richard Lindsay, interim head of PR and internal communications at Guardian News and Media, said: "The Guardian aims to promote open, courageous and professional journalism that can take advantage of 바카라사이트 new information systems ra바카라사이트r than being threatened by 바카라사이트m. That is 바카라사이트 primary aim.

"Often to get 바카라사이트 input of people in 바카라사이트 industry on a regular basis is difficult, but we think we can bring something to 바카라사이트se courses. It's as simple as that - we've got something to contribute."

A spokesman added: "No decisions have been made about 바카라사이트 precise nature of 바카라사이트 course, or even which partner in education would work best with us.

"It is 바카라사이트refore not possible to say when a course might start or to give any detail on how it might be run."

jack.grove@tsleducation.com.