1. BA Journalism - Personal Statements

2. This is how I feel when I start to read the personal statements
BA Journalism
This is how I feel when I start to read the personal statements

3. This is what happens when I get to over a 100 personal statements
BA Journalism
This is what happens when I get to over a 100 personal statements

4. Applicants should try to avoid us reading between the lines
BA Journalism
Applicants should try to avoid us reading between the lines

5. BA Journalism
If I am going to read between the lines it usually means that a student has a hidden gem in amongst the personal statements.
Why hide it?
If an applicant wants to be a journalist – tell us right up the top and tell us why…

6. BA Journalism
The personal statement is the students’ chance to stand out:
To speak of why they want to study a journalism degree.
To illustrate their long interest in journalism.
To speak of the journalist/s they admire and why.
To demonstrate what type of journalist they want to be.
How they feel journalism has moved on and how they get their news – Facebook, BBC, Twitter, C4…
Their personality should shine through.

7. BA Journalism Students should look at what we offer and match:
their experience (however basic)
their goals,
their reasons to want to study journalism
to that.
The personal statement effectively tells us why they think our course is right for them:
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8. BA Journalism
We interview and the personal statement is about getting to the interview stage so the personality coming through the written form is crucial.

9. English is not the only route
BA Journalism
English is not the only route