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Undergraduate students quizzed editors on the state of the journalism jobs market during the global coronavirus pandemic at the first of four virtual NCTJ Student Council events.

I had the best time on my apprenticeship, and I can honestly say that if I didn’t do the apprenticeship, I don’t think I would be where I am now in my career.

The NCTJ’s Awards for Excellence 2020 will be presented in a virtual ceremony on Thursday, 18 March in partnership with Sky News.

Before starting my NCTJ apprenticeship, my hopes of becoming a journalist had been left on the back burner.

We hear from talkSPORT's new apprentices on what they are looking forward to in their apprenticeships.

talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, launched a brand new apprenticeship scheme in September to find three young people to become valued members of the production team.

There is a common misperception that apprenticeships are exclusively suited to those who do not have a degree. I am the living proof that it is untrue.

I applied for my apprenticeship with JPIMedia from my room in a shared flat in Brussels, my hands slightly shaking as I clicked send. It was almost two years ago, and I was working as a communications assistant for a non-for-profit organisation in the Belgian capital.

Sian Harrison, law service editor of PA Media, has been appointed by the NCTJ and Oxford University Press to work with Mark Hanna as co-author of the 26th edition of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists.