Media Law

No. of modules	12	Fees information
No. of assignments	20	Enrolment form
Average duration	9-15 months	Return to distance learning menu

This course takes the form of 12 lessons which incorporate reading, writing and revision assignments designed to consolidate your knowledge of the subjects covered.

The course is structured to take account of the difficulties students most frequently encounter in understanding media law and the suggested method of study is based on techniques previous students have found most productive.

The textbook for the course is an invaluable reference book which has become a legal bible for journalists across the country - McNae's Essential Law for Journalists, edited by Tom Welsh and Walter Greenwood.  Published by Butterworths, this definitive guide to media law is currently in the 19th edition, issued in August 2007 and fully updated to take account of changes in the law.

McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists can be purchased from most good bookshops or from Amazon.co.uk . Those students who enrol online, or from overseas, should purchase their own copy – those UK students who enrol for a postal course will be supplied with copy, the cost of which is included within the course fee.

Course content focuses on the law as it applies in England and Wales.  The law in Northern Ireland is broadly similar, although students are referred to chapter of 35 of Essential Law, which outlines the main differences.  Scotland has its own legal system and any journalists intending to work in Scotland will be required to study Scots law in detail.