Journalism Training Course Reviews

"Really informative and the course helped to boost my confidence"

"All training was excellent and incredibly helpful. All facilities, food and drink were brilliant and everyone I met (including the other course attendees!) were super lovely. Feel like I'm coming away more confident and well-informed."

"I've really enjoyed the course - Helen was very knowledgeable and inspiring! I'm definitely going to go back to the office/home and write! Many thanks"

"The course was excellent, I really enjoyed Helen's pace and style of teaching. She is very knowledgeable and what I really enjoyed was her friendly manner and interest in me as a person. We had a conversation at the beginning of the course on day two about my interests, plans and goals and this conversation was just as helpful to me as the course was."

"Helen was a great trainer! I was really impressed by her knowledge and understanding of the areas discussed. Both days were really engaging and covered a great range of topics with a number of breakout exercises. The small group size worked really well, and made the training feel more personable. Would 100% recommend to others with an interest in journalism!"

"Very engaging course and knowledgeable, friendly teacher"

"Trainer was very knowledgable and approachable. Venue is great and in a great location."

"I liked that activities were regularly mixed in to the training rather than being talked at for most of the day. I also liked the practice interview at the end."

"Lovely centre, great staff, really enjoyed the whole experience and feel like I really learned a lot. Never EVER felt boring!"

"Really great delivery. felt like I was able to engage throughout"

"Providing personal, engaging and thought-provoking training that leaves you wanting more."

"Very friendly and open discussion, I felt comfortable sharing and asking questions which I don't always!"

"Really engaging and helpful practical tasks throughout"

"Piers is an excellent, knowledgeable and congenial trainer. The course was excellent and well-paced with a good balance of real-life examples and theory. Overall, a fantastic course that met all my expectations."

"Knowledgeable Trainer happy to tailor the course for attendees."

"Terrific trainer, really knowledgeable and great material"

"Great range of examples; lovely facilities and particularly lovely lunch!"

"Fun learning approach, approachable teacher, took time to speak to everyone"

"Really good, practical course - very useful, have learnt some useful skills."

"Piers was very knowledgeable, friendly and provided some great examples. I found the course really useful and it helped give me different insights on interviewing techniques and to take alternative approaches in the future. Martin was really helpful with the booking too."

"Trainer was very knowledgeable and had many good stories and examples to share."

"Good balance of practical and listening / writing work"

"Great teacher, quiet class room, good and quick communication."

"The trainer was helping me with improving the interview I am currently working on."

"I was extremely satisfied with all aspects of the course. I liked the fact that it started at 10am as it allowed me some time to recover after flying in the night before. Piers was very knowledgeable and explained everything very clearly with good examples. The case studies and role playing were very helpful, and I have a lot of take-aways to put into practise in my job. Thanks a lot!!"

"Flexible approach and eager to learn about how I would specifically be applying my knowledge that I hoped to gain from the course."

"Great class size of 3, was a good balance between interactive exercises and learning. Overall really happy and will be looking to get my team in similar training courses here."

"Very welcoming and friendly space and staff. The course has been super informative and was delivered very well."

"Delivery, facilities, friendliness was all top notch. Content was useful and valuable. Would definitely recommend!"

"Explaining and helping break down tasks into a way that beginner like myself could understand"

"Great relaxed environment excellent teacher and nice food and refreshments at an accessible and light location"

"* Making the day relevant to all attendees, despite us coming from different backgrounds/industries * Spotting errors/gaps in our interview skills * Helping us work out how to ask good questions! * Really enjoyable, insightful experience"

"Tea selection, making people welcome, comfortable and inspired"

"Another highly engaging, energetic and enjoyable course. Pretty sure it's the best I've been on"

"Being really specific, knowledgeable and helpful"

"I loved the intro to journalism course. My instructor was very knowledgeable and took the time to make sure both of understood what was going on and what we were doing. I feel like I have learned so much in the past two days and it will really benefit me."

"Facilities are nice and the trainer was very helpful."

"Everything! Great course! Abbott was really helpful."

"Great and knowledgeable course instructor - learnt lots"

"Lovely training centre with friendly staff and good food. Felt very well looked after."

"Piers was a really amazing tutor, friendly and incredibly instructive. The interactive nature of the course was very helpful and the constant feedback helped to really solidify what we had learnt"

"Piers was welcoming, explained everything clearly and used interesting examples. The course was well-paced and in-depth. Feedback was really helpful and the exercises covered a wide range of topics. He understood everyone's individual backgrounds and so tailored the course to make sure it helped us in our own jobs and career development. I would highly recommend this course! Thank you"

"You were good at making sure we understood what we were learning and the pace was great - I feel the course was well accomplished."

"Great facilities and knowledgeable trainer"

"Great practical exercises, got me thinking in a new way"

"Everything! Thanks so much, it was invaluable. I especially found the general discussions we had really helpful - it felt really tailored to my individual experience."

"I liked the excersizes. I thought they were really well thought out and helped us develop our skills further."

"Genuine industry insight. Practical real-life examples. Structured training that followed a natural course. Friendly instructor. Nice amount of breaks. Personalised teaching."

"Helen was great! Really encouraging and knowledgable. I feel better prepared to go out and interview."

"Very welcoming environment, knowledgeable teacher, well organised day"

"It was interesting and insightful course, with lots of time to practice our skills. Great space and lunch."

"I liked the fact that it was a small group. There was a good amount of practical elements. The refreshments were good too."

"Providing with a very good practical knowledge and skills"

"Once again, the instruction was relevant to what I do, the instructor knowledgeable about the subject, interesting and this will be very useful to me in my job."

"Everything! really great experience, great teacher, great content, great venue, great food, great people :) I've really enjoyed my time and hope to do more courses in the future"

"Incredibly welcoming and facilitating staff/teacher. Learning in a small group suited me really well. Food was great! I thought the balance of practical and theoretical learning was excellently managed, especially for such a short and intensive course."

"A useful day and tailored to my particular situation - thank you"

"Moving through a lot of information, explaining it clearly. Excellent teaching."

"Really good and engaging course. learned a lot. good to have one on one guidance"

"The interview practice at the end was really useful."

"Very efficient teaching, covered all topics that were mentioned. Food / refreshments were also great!"

"Great atmosphere with a knowledgeable and effective trainer."

"Excellent trainer, very friendly and knowledgeable. It ended up being a one-to-one session, which I was nervous about at first, but he immediately put me at ease, built rapport, and generally did all the things he ended up teaching me about as key interviewing techniques! I would definitely recommend this course and Piers as a trainer."

"Great practical training on pivot tables - very clear and lots of unexpected resources like Twdocs"

"Excellent one-to-one tuition from Andrew! I found my training day really helpful and have learned a lot!"

"Great facilities, really knowledgeable and engaging trainer."

"Providing a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, delivering relevant, useful and engaging information, and tailoring content to specific contexts."

"The whole training environment is excellent, very high quality facilities, friendly and helpful staff team, excellent and plentiful refreshments, friendly and approachable instructor. Very impressed."

"Everything was really well explained and the one-to-one tuition was very valuable."

"The training was tailored to my work, and I got opportunities to practice the skills I learnt. I also feel very encouraged to go out and perform what I've learnt"

"Really informative trainer, she was really good. the hummus was really tasty!!"

"Friendly approachable way of delivering specialist knowledge. Handy to have an expert insight into industry."