Reporting Quality at Cleland Thom

ODL QC is pleased to announce Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services is the latest open & distance learning provider to achieve full accreditation.

Set up three years ago Cleland Thom has delivered journalism training courses for staff from more than 250 business and organisations; newspapers; magazines and radio stations.    Its online courses range from Professional Journalism to Travel Writing with additional services such as proofreading workshops.

Dr David Morley, ODL QC Chief Executive commented that "This is one of the best new small provisions to come before council in recent years, and we are delighted to acknowledge its quality".

In the report the Specialist Assessor added to this stating "Cleland Thom appears to be delivering a very good course online, and I am impressed by its contents and tutor/student on-screen interation."

In response to the accreditation Cleland Thom, Director of Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services said "We are delighted that our operation has received full accreditation by ODL QC.    Inclusive learning is a very important issue at the moment.    Since we started the business three years ago, we have made the NCTJ exams, and careers in journalism avaliable to dozens of people who have been excluded in the past for domestic, financial or geographical reasons.    We are very proud of this achievement."

Further details from:

Nicola Green at ODL QC on
020 7612 7090 or nicola@odlqc.org.uk.

Cleland Thom Journalism Training Services on
telephone 07733 145 620
E-mail cleland.thom@tesco.net, or see www.ctjt.biz.