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The 2016 NCTJ Journalism Skills Conference sessions will be hosted this year in Portsmouth, home to two of the NCTJ’s leading accredited course providers: Highbury College and the University of Portsmouth.

The NCTJ has teamed up with Press Gazette to create a guide to journalism training. Published by Press Gazette in association with the NCTJ, the 32-page guide includes tips from top journalists (including NCTJ alumnus and former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger), advice on getting a job in the industry from editors and a full list of NCTJ-accredited courses.

The deadline for entries to this year’s NCTJ Awards for Excellence has been extended by one week. NCTJ students and trainees now have until 5pm on Friday, 23 September to submit their entries.

A team of NCTJ staff members joined the Read family on Saturday, 10 September to climb Wales’ highest mountain, Snowdon.

Cohort 3 of the Journalism Diversity Fund has now concluded with the awarding of eight bursaries for the 2016/2017 academic year.

Cohort 3 of the Journalism Diversity Fund has now concluded with the awarding of eight bursaries for the 2016/2017 academic year.

With a record-high pass rate for the July NQJ, chief examiner Steve Nelson has described the award winners as exceptional, describing their work as ‘impressive’, ‘compelling’ and ‘engaging’.

A record 76 per cent of candidates achieved senior status in the July sitting of the National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ).

A new named bursary award, the second of its kind for the Journalism Diversity Fund, has been set up by the family of a BBC journalist who was a champion of diversity..