“Loved it! Loved the people, loved the tutors and I'm going to be really sad to leave and face the big wide world.”
"Rewarding, shattering, exhausting, intense."
"I would recommend it. It gives a really good grounding and gives a good career start."
"Whatever you expect before you arrive — don't expect to understand how challenging and rewarding it can be. You have to see it before you can believe it. I would recommend it to anyone."
"I would recommend it if you've got the stomach for it. It isn't easy, but it's worth it."
"I came on this course to get qualified and get a job - I'm leaving with both. I'm a very happy girl!"
"One of the hardest things you will ever do, but you will not regret doing it."
Track our latest bunch of postgrads and all the course gossip on the postgrad blog
Rory Kinsella - Senior Reporter 
"The become a journalist course was just what I needed. The compact timeframe meant that I didn't have to worry about being out of work for a long time. And the teaching was so rigorous that everything we needed to know was hammered in within the time limits. I'm amazed at what I still remember from the training, and am constantly surprised by how little journalists taught at some other institutions managed to absorb about the fundamentals of the industry."
Andrew Castle - Broadcast Journalist 
"Brilliant experience. Can’t quite believe what we all managed to achieve in nine weeks. The level of contact and care taken by all the tutors was probably the best part of it."
Karmel Mandrick - Staff Writer 
"I've been at ASOS.com since Feb and am now in charge of the ASOS blog (ASOS Today) while also working as a fashion writer on the monthly publication: ASOS Magazine. It's all going really well and to top it off I got to go on my first cover shoot on Monday, which was very exciting! Have learnt so much since starting here, none of which I could have done without learning the foundations at PMA."
Matt Slater - News Reporter 
"The real beauty of the PMA (crash) course was that it was like a well-written news story - short, sharp and highly relevant, with no unnecessary padding or willy-waving. I loved the pace and variety of the sessions, and was made to think far harder than I ever had to at university. It was also a lot of fun. But perhaps the best testimony I can give is that I still follow lots of advice I was given on the course 13 years, five jobs, numerous bosses and umpteen training courses later."
Nils Pratley - Financial Editor 
"Journalism? It beats working for a living, an old boss of mine used to say. There's nothing quite like the buzz of covering news events. I took the PMA postgrad course in 1990, got a reporting job immediately afterwards on a trade mag, Retail Week, and moved to the Daily Telegraph two years later. I've worked for three other nationals in a variety of roles since. The principles of journalism I learned at PMA all those years ago still hold true; better still, you are taught how to put them into practice."
Charlotte Duckworth - Managing Editor 
"Thanks to PMA, I landed a job as a sub-editor straight after leaving, feeling confident in my skills and ability. It's hard to believe that you can learn so much in such a short period of time, but with the emphasis on practical tasks rather than endless lectures and theory, you really do pick things up quickly - and most importantly, you remember them!"
Kaye Wiggins - Politics, law and governance reporter 
"Fast-paced, long hours, little sleep and lots of fun: the PMA course was the prefect preparation for a career in journalism. It taught me everything I needed to hit the ground running in my first job."
