A journalism training centre had failed in its bid to appeal against the National Council for the Training of Journalists’ decision not to re-accredit its courses.

NoSweat Training in London failed to meet the NCTJ’s standards when it assessed journalism courses across the country in July to decide which ones would gain accreditation for the next two years.

The training body re-accredited 21 courses at 14 centres but decided not to renew accreditation for NoSweat’s full-time and part-time newspaper journalism courses, making it the only centre which did not meet the standard.

Leader of the course Stephen Ward claimed the decision was unfair and appealed to qualifications watchdog Ofqual.

However, his attempts were unsuccessful because the watchdog does not overturn decisions made by an awarding organisation.

Ofqual said that the decision taken by the NCTJ not to renew accreditation was operational and not a regulatory matter.

Speaking on the decision this week Stephen Ward said: “The issues with which we went to Ofqual must now, of necessity, have a line drawn under them. It is now imperative we work with the NCTJ to restore relations we have had for over a decade.”

The watchdog went on to explain that the training body had not breached any of its recognition conditions and therefore was unable to intervene in this matter.

No sweat will now not be able to deliver NCTJ qualifications other than to complete the training for students on courses prior to 8 July 2011.

The NCTJ will pay for any outstanding exams for students who started courses before that period.

A spokesperson said: “All NCTJ students currently on courses at NoSweat that were previously accredited will continue to be supported by the NCTJ until they complete their studies.”