Read what our graduates say
Gina
CORBRIDGE INTERIOR DESIGN
I have now completed a number of residential projects from luxurious high end elegant homes to more relaxed beach side residences in Jersey, and sharp contemporary apartments.
Salome
BAROQUE ETHIOPIA INTERIORS & EVENTS
Since completing the course, I have participated in designing the Addis Ababa International Airport VIP terminal, Ethiopian Airlines business class and other lounges, office spaces for insurance companies, real estate offices and a 5 star hotel with a luxurious spa.
Stacy
ENVI INTERIORS
Thanks to the College I have had the confidence to complete a few projects whilst studying, and since graduating I have set up my own freelance interior design business ... specialising in residential interior design.
Ana
ANA LEITE INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO
This course equipped me with the best and most effective tools for working in the field of interior decoration. [It] has allowed me to achieve a level of learning, confidence and maturity that marked the turning point in my design career.
Richard
BROWNLIE WORSFOLD INTERIORS LTD
The course has given me all the tools I needed to do succeed, from teaching me how to meet a brief to keeping track of the costings for a project. It covers professional practice for interior designers and I feel well equipped for the future.
Irene
RABIH HAGE LTD
I highly recommend the Professional Interior Design Course to anyone interested in interior design, whether it is a personal interest, a professional need or just looking to follow their dreams designing their ideal house.
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What Our Graduates Say
"Relocating from the UK to the USA, I found the skills I acquired through writing various pieces were invaluable for an expat and a stay at home mother in a new country. Freelance journalism gave me the freedom to work from home while giving me the flexibility to handle my children’s needs."
Vanessa T
"I have written for a number of well-known international newspapers and magazines including BBC Wildlife, National Geographic Kids and National Wildlife Federation magazine... The satisfaction you get when seeing your article in a magazine is priceless!"
Sara M
"My first article has appeared in the magazine, Top Sante. I am now considering subjects for future articles."
Lynne N
"The course was invaluable in my getting the article published as it gave step-by-step detailed information in each tutorial... I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in freelance journalism. The support has been brilliant and has given me invaluable skills to further my journalism career."
Sandra B
"I already have three streams of income from writing and I’m making more money than ever before. I now earn a living from my laptop, writing online blogs... The demand for content is endless. You don’t need to be an exceptional writer, just a good one, who is able to deliver what is asked of you to a deadline."
Thomas B
The Professional Freelance Journalism Course
About the Professional Freelance Journalism Course
This freelance journalism course has been specifically designed for you to achieve success in the UK freelance writing market.
Many leading UK writers and editors have contributed to this course to bring you their wealth of knowledge about writing for UK media and international markets. The personal tutor you will be assigned to assist you throughout this online freelance journalism course is a working UK media professional with in-depth knowledge of the freelance writing markets that most interest you.
This is a cutting-edge course with the best writers and editors contributing to give you all you need to know about how to become a successful journalist and writer. This covers three broad areas:
- How to come up with story ideas that are practical for you.
- How to develop these into competent and saleable pieces of writing.
- How to market your finished material for profit.
What you will learn
No matter what the subject matter of your article is, the same basics apply to making that article factual, readable and interesting. Each of these areas is comprehensively covered within your course.
This list of essential skills you will gain includes:
- Coming up with ideas
- Finding a market
- Deciding on your story angle
- Researching your idea
- Presenting and selling your idea
- Interviewing
- Drafting
- Writing with structure
- Editing
- Submitting your copy
- Seeking payment
- Maintaining Discipline
There is a big secret to freelance writing for profit: finding success as a freelance journalist isn’t that difficult.
Here’s another secret: the business of freelance writing is not necessarily about award-winning writing, it’s about competent writing.
Thousands of newspapers and magazines are constantly on the lookout for competent material. Note we say “competent” – they are not looking for literary masterpieces.
The Professional Freelance Journalism Course teaches you every trick of the trade to write for any market. At the end of this course you will have the knowledge and skills to write for anyone, on any subject and be paid well for your writing efforts. Thanks to the internet, there is no limit to your target publications and market.
Hand in hand with your tutor
When you first enrol in The Professional Freelance Journalism Course, you are asked to complete our ‘Tutor Information’ questions. These provide the College and your tutor with valuable information about what you wish to accomplish and the areas of freelance journalism that most interest you.
With this information you are assigned a personal tutor. Your personal tutor is chosen to best assist you, based on what you hope to achieve from this online freelance journalism course and the areas of journalism in which you wish to operate. Your tutor is a highly qualified media professional currently working in the UK and familiar with local media markets.
Please regard your relationship with your tutor as a partnership. It’s your tutor’s role to ensure your progression throughout this freelance journalism course, to work with you and to help you get published. Your tutor will work with you as closely as possible to help guarantee you accomplish these goals by providing in-depth feedback to your assignment submissions.
This partnership with a media professional who has been specially chosen to help your career objectives is one of the great benefits of this course.
Myths about getting published
- Nobody wants to publish new writers. Not so. Every freelance writer was once a complete beginner. Freelancers can also offer a level of specialisation and knowledge that journalists on staff cannot. Also, it is beyond the resources of most publishers to send staff journalists to much more than “breaking” news. Freelancers can also offer the kind of flexibility in completing stories that people who are only paid nine-to-five cannot.
- To get your material published you need a college education or a journalism degree. Not so. You can obtain freelance or full-time work irrespective of your academic qualifications, age, sex, race, religion or geographic location.
- There’s a limited market for freelance material. Not so. Virtually all editors and publishers rely heavily, if not exclusively, on freelance contributors. Consider the thousands of blank pages to fill each month.
- The odds are overwhelmingly against you when you try to sell your material. Not so. It’s safe to say all editors and publishers are on the lookout for freelance contributors who can meet their requirements.
- You need complicated computer software to successfully sell your material. Not so. Usually your material needs only to be presented in clean, typed format, and can be sent by email in most instances
