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University degree

Sports Journalism

University of Lincoln

Qualification

Degree

Length

3 yrs

UK fees / yr

£9,535

Study

full-time

Robin · your guide

Here's the honest picture on this course - what you'd study, whether you'd likely get in, what it pays, and where it leads. Everything's real data.

About this course

Sports journalism is a specialism within journalism that covers one of the world's most followed cultural phenomena: sport in all its professional, amateur, and community forms. Journalists working in this field cover everything from match reports and breaking news through to investigative pieces on governance, finance, and the social impact of sport, producing content for print, online, television, radio, and the growing range of digital and social platforms that now carry sports media. The specialism requires both the core journalistic skills of gathering information, verifying facts, and writing under deadline pressure, and a deep knowledge of sport as a commercial, cultural, and political domain.

At the University of Lincoln, this three-year full-time programme is industry-accredited and designed to develop the full range of core journalistic skills in the context of sports coverage. You will produce sports news, reports, and features content across print, online, and broadcast platforms, building a portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability to journalists and editors. The programme includes a sandwich year in industry and incorporates work placement opportunities, both of which give you direct professional experience in a media or sports organisation before you graduate.

Lincoln is a university with a strong journalism tradition, and the sports journalism programme benefits from close links with the industry.

A typical tariff of 120 points reflects the programme's accessible entry standard within a course that is highly focused on practical skill development and professional preparation.

Graduates work in sports news and digital media, local and national newspapers, broadcast journalism, sports public relations and communications, content creation for sports organisations, and social media management. The skills the programme develops are also valuable in marketing, community sport, and sports development roles. Many graduates continue in journalism or move into sports administration and communications.

Could you get in?

The grades students arrived with

48-63 pts5%

80-95 pts10%

96-111 pts15%

112-127 pts25%

128-143 pts20%

144-159 pts10%

160-175 pts10%

How they qualified

95% got in with A-levels. The rest came in a mix of ways:

A-levels95%

other higher education5%

Could I get in? Try your grades

120 UCAS pts

Pay & prospects

90%

In work or further study after

90%

Continue past first year

93%

Student satisfaction

What graduates earn over time

£25,000

After 15 months

£22,000

3 years on

£28,000

5 years on

What graduates actually go on to do % of leavers

Media ProfessionalsHighly skilled25%

Administrative occupations10%

Business and public service associate professionalsHighly skilled20%

Elementary occupations10%

Skilled trades occupations5%

Finance ProfessionalsHighly skilled5%

Caring personal services5%

Welfare and housing associate professionalsHighly skilled5%

What students say National Student Survey

93%

of students are satisfied with the course overall

Teaching88%

Assessment & feedback90%

Academic support89%

Well organised98%

Learning resources95%

Student community91%

In students' own words

★★★★☆

Exceeded expectations

The course has exceeded my expectations. The best part: the course strikes a good balance between theory and practical application. If I'm honest, a few modules feel under-resourced compared to the flagship ones. On the city — good transpor…

Final year · Part-time

★★★★☆

Genuinely worthwhile

Honestly, one of the best decisions I've made. The best part: small-group tutorials really push your thinking. If I'm honest, first-year classes can be quite large. On the city — the city is a brilliant student city with plenty to do outsid…

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