BA Media, Journalism and Publishing

'Everything I love about MJP!'

If you haven't attended one of our open days yet, here student Anna Gray shares what she loves about the course so far. For more information on Open Days and Applicant Days, go to www.brookes.ac.uk/open-days/

Students on the programme grow their skills in design, multi-platform journalism and publishing and form an understanding of the different ways of presenting information and published content. There is an emphasis on writing, authorship and commercially relevant journalism throughout, and you will come out of the programme with a portfolio of content, across media formats, relevant to roles across the media and in other organizations where there is a need to communicate to external audiences.

This market-leading degree is based at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing, internationally recognized for its excellence. The Centre has a network of international links that facilitate a range of opportunities from exchange semesters and language learning to international collaboration on projects.

• #1 for Journalism in the 2024 Guardian University Guide
• #1 for Journalism, Publishing and PR in the 2020 Guardian University Guide
• Journalism pathway is accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists
• Excellent teaching - overall score of 85.7 per cent in the 2022 National Student Survey
• Diverse student cohort from a range of backgrounds
• All of our academics have worked in industry and continue their connections through research and consultancy
• The city has more published writers per square mile than anywhere else in the world, and has been home to famous authors from Tolkien and C. S. Lewis to Philip Pullman and Mark Haddon
• Our industry network extends to some of the UK’s leading media organizations including Bloomsbury,  Penguin Random House, Hearst, Conde Nast, Future, Immediate, BBC, Google and more
• Field trips to international book fairs; visits to media and journalism summits; volunteering at events such as the London Book Fair and the Oxford Literary Festival
• Live reportage opportunities for aspiring journalists on our programme, enabling students to enhance their writing portfolios

Modules available

After a compulsory set of modules in the first year, there is a wide choice of modules from the second year. Media and media theory are woven throughout the degree. All the modules on the programme complement each other and students are able to shape a degree that reflects both their academic and intellectual interests but also their career aspirations. 

Year 1

• Writing and Developing Content
• Understanding Contexts
• The Creative Industries
• Design and Technology
• Storytelling as Experience
• Media Law and Ethics

Year 2

• Essential Journalism
• The Book Publishing Industry
• Digital Design and Typography
• Video Journalism
• Media Marketing and Business
• Research and Data Analysis
• Sports Journalism
• Fashion Journalism
• Print Media and Society
• Chinese Language and Culture
• International Publishing
• Oxford: the city and its place within the creative industries

Year 3

• Creative Entrepreneurship
• Digital and Data Journalism
• Popular Culture and the Media
• Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Death of the Author and the Birth of the Citizen Writer
• Media and Propaganda
• Magazine Journalism
• Children’s Publishing
• Digital Product
• Work Experience

• Dissertation or Major Project