The National Council for the Training of Journalists has accredited two new university courses and re-accredited another.

The training body’s board of directors have also confirmed the renewal of accreditation for 13 courses.

The courses accredited for the first time are the University of Sussex’s MA in Multimedia Journalism and the University of Central Lancashire’s MA in Journalism Practice.

The University of Portsmouth’s single honours BA Journalism has re-joined the list of NCTJ accredited courses, as board directors agreed to renew accreditation after the course made substantial improvements and re-applied for accreditation.

The university did not to seek re-accreditation for the combined honours BA journalism courses.

The thirteen courses have also been re-accredited by the NCTJ are:

• Belfast Metropolitan College – Diploma Journalism Academic Year
• Brunel University – BA (Hons) Journalism
• Darlington College – Fast-track Diploma Journalism
• Lambeth College – Fast-track Diploma Journalism
• North West Regional College – Diploma Journalism Academic Year
• Nottingham Trent University – MA Magazine Journalism; MA Newspaper Journalism; BA Journalism
• University of Central Lancashire – BA (Hons) Journalism
• University of Portsmouth – BA Single Honours Journalism
• Up to Speed Training – Fast-track Photojournalism

The University of Hertfordshire is working towards accredditation and was recently approved as an NCTJ exam centre. It will hold a summer school from June.

Anyone wishing to apply for the course should visit http://bit.ly/GDBwFo or email John Murphy, Journalism Lecturer at [email protected].