Journalism, Communications and Politics

You will analyse and reflect upon changes to both politics and policy driven by the growth of social media, the communications industry and the 24/7 news cycle.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

School of journalism, media and culture in 2016/17, 96% of the school’s graduates who were available for work reported they were in employment and/or further study within six months of graduating. our graduates find their skills to be helpful in a range of communications and public relations roles. our alumni benefit from their ability to write copy quickly, effectively and for a specific audience. our graduates often succeed in business due to their ability to structure a coherent written and verbal argument when pitching their business ideas. some of our graduates utilise their newfound knowledge of current affairs and world politics to pursue a career in journalism. because our undergraduate degrees do not provide journalism training or a journalistic accreditation, many chose to progress on to our masters courses, such as broadcast, magazine, news or computational journalism, to gain their practical training. school of law and politics in 2016/17, 95% of the school’s graduates who were available for work reported they were in employment and/or further study within six months of graduating. politics at cardiff is a respected recruitment pool for a variety of employers within this sector with the public service ombudsman for wales, the department for education, the uk border agency and a range of political parties all recruiting from the last graduating year. outside of the political sector, the degree is of interest to employers in both the public and private sectors, with graduates taking up management training opportunities within ey, enterprise rent a car, zurich insurance and king worldwide.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Wales have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Cardiff University has partnerships with the following companies: