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E-learning - This course is intended to be a handy guide for students and working journalists on how to report polls and surveys accurately, and to get more stories out of them.

NCTJ students from across the UK were out in force to cover the general election on Thursday, 7 May.

Our first featured alumnus of 2012 is Haroon Siddique, a news reporter at the Guardian.

"As a local journalist I can't help but recommend local newspapers as a stepping stone into the world of media. They're a great training ground and will get you immediately working on using your investigative and news sourcing skills."

"I was lucky enough to be accepted onto the Sky Sports News Apprenticeship scheme back in 2017 and having had the option to go to university, I can honestly say it has been the best decision I have ever made."

If you ever doubt your journalistic quest, try and think of another job, which introduces you to criminals, top academics or celebrities; where you are ahead of the game, writing part of history.

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.

Job Application Requirements: •    CV •    Questionnaire with opportunity to detail your experience Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in the UK. We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation […]

The short courses pages of the NCTJ website have been refreshed and updated, and now include course overviews available for download.

A second submission has been made by the NCTJ to the Leveson Inquiry.