LSJ

LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

FAQs - Distance Learning

We hope you will find the answers to your questions in the list below. If there is something you can't find, have a look at our additional information pages, try one of our standard websites (see below) or email us with your query - and we will do our best to help.

  Are the enrolment dates fixed? Am I qualified for this course?
  How does it work? What guarantees do you offer?
  Journalism or Freelance course? Do I have to pay in £ Sterling?
  How long does a course last? By post or online?
  Are there exams at the end? How does online enrolment work?
  What other websites can I look at? Where do I send my enrolment?
  What are the fees? To whom do I pay my cheque?
  What sort of people are students? Can I get printed details?
 

 

  Should I do my course by post or online?

The course content is the same for both postal and online courses. The differences lie in the way it is sent to you, and the way in which you return your assignments to the School.

With a postal course you are sent the first two modules of the course when you enrol, and a subsequent module each time you submit an assignment for correction and review. These modules are printed on double-sided A4 paper, and we supply you with a ring-binder in which to keep the modules.

When you are ready to send an assignment to your tutor, you will send your written or printed work by ordinary post or by airmail to the LSJ office. Your tutor will correct your work by a combination of correction to your copy and a separate written commentary with advice. This is then returned to you by post.

Students in the UK need to supply stamped addressed envelopes for the return of their work - students outside the UK pay a slightly higher fee to cover the cost of return postage, which is then paid by the school.

With an Internet version of a course, you are sent the first two modules on enrolment - by email. These are dispatched within minutes of your enrolment being processed and are sent as .pdf files.

When you wish to submit your work, you can email it direct to the School, either as a text (.txt) file, an .rtf file or as an MSWord document (Word6 or above) attached to your email, or pasted directly into the body of your email.

When your work is returned by your tutor it will either be as an MSWord file with tutor corrections in colour, or as an Adobe .pdf file, which will show the handwritten corrections to your work, accompanied by any additional comments or material that your tutor feels necessary.

Before the end of their course all students receive a printed bound copy of their course notes to keep as as a permanent reference book.