Save Quality Journalism Education

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Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, has directed the Office for Students (OfS) to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year. The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) has launched its Save Quality Journalism Education campaign backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), urging a reversal of proposed cuts.

Both the NUJ and NCTJ believe the UK government is sending a damning message about the value and importance of journalism by withdrawing course funding. We stress the move will have a detrimental impact on pathways into journalism and threaten the ...

Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, has directed the Office for Students (OfS) to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year. The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) has launched its Save Quality Journalism Education campaign backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), urging a reversal of proposed cuts.

Both the NUJ and NCTJ believe the UK government is sending a damning message about the value and importance of journalism by withdrawing course funding. We stress the move will have a detrimental impact on pathways into journalism and threaten the diversity and sustainability of quality journalism education.

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Help the National Union of Journalists and the National Council For the Training of Journalists raise concerns about cuts to journalism course funding and call for an urgent rethink.

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I am writing as your constituent about the government's decision to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for 2025-26. I am supporting the NCTJ's 'Save Quality Journalism Education' campaign backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) against this damaging cut.

This cut comes at the worst possible time. In an era of misinformation and declining local news, we need more well-trained journalists, not fewer. Yet this decision will make journalism education less accessible and threaten training quality.

The evidence is clear: 81% of working journalists hold a journalism qualification, with 84% saying it helped them secure their first job. The government is cutting funding to courses that demonstrably work and serve the public interest.

[PERSONAL PARAGRAPH - Please add your own paragraph here explaining why this issue matters to you and your role. If you are an NUJ member, you may wish to include this. DON'T FORGET TO DELETE THIS PARAGRAPH IF NOT AMENDED]

Will you please write to the Secretary of State for Education and raise a parliamentary question to urge the government to reverse this decision. Journalism education is essential infrastructure for democracy and deserves proper funding support.

Quality journalism doesn't happen by accident - it requires proper training, and that training needs proper support.
I look forward to hearing what action you will take on this vital issue.

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