Sports Journalism with Integrated Foundation Year at University of Sunderland
Sports Journalism with Integrated Foundation Year (BA (Hons), P504) at University of Sunderland asked for 40 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on sunderland.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~40 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check sunderland.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 40
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- P504 · P5 journalism
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Year abroad
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 88%
0%
left higher education
UK 10%
15%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course80%87%
Learning opportunities81%85%
Assessment and feedback86%86%
Academic support81%93%
Organisation and management69%77%
Learning resources89%89%
Student voice79%79%
25 final-year students · 96% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£18.5k5 years£23.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
80% working10% working and studying10% unemployed
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
55%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
40%
use what they learned
UK 45%
- Media Professionals30%
- Sales occupations15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations15%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 50 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Sunderland, North East England, England
- Postcode
- SR6 0DD
Subjects
journalism media, journalism and communications
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Journalism at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
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