Exhibit JC42 - The Leveson Inquiry

For Distribution to CPsThe influence of tlle Diploma for Journalism on tile National Union of Journalists and futurejournalism training and educationthe schemes would ’familiarise all connected with journalism with the ideaof education for journalists. ’8 Included in the letter was the request to helpyouths, beginning on small town and country newspapers, with acorrespondence course.The Committee’s ’temerity in approaching’ thirteen universities 7 wasrewarded with favourable responses from Aberystwyth, Armstrong College(Newcastle), Nottingham, Reading, Southampton and Swansea, whileCambridge and Leeds suggested the Union join with the Institute ofJournalists in formulating a common approach to the universities - ’a verynatural suggestion’ as the sub-committee noted. Some of the replies fromthe Universities indicated that they had considered the proposals seriously.Glasgow doubted the possibility of courses ’exclusively for journalists ’8 andpointed out that: ’in interviewing Editors and leading newspapers myexperience has been that they do not wish specialized education but preferwide general culture which is afforded by our degrees in Arts.’The Principal of Edinburgh University agreed with the suggestion that the’best education for a journalist is a general course of cultural character.., asprovided in the Arts Faculty of a University. ’9 He also went on to say hethought the W.E.A. provided just the kind of courses needed and: ’to createseparate classes for journalists would probably be, to a great extent,duplicating existing arrangements and it is doubtful whether the numberslikely to be enrolled would justify separate courses. ’1°Leeds University stated it was ’anxious to do all in their power to furtherthe creation of an educated profession of journalism’" while suggesting theI.O.J. and the N.U.J. join together in the venture. Newcastle regarded’exclusive classes are educationally unsound (and) the value of Universityeducation (was) mixing with others with different outlooks. ’~2 They too,suggested W.E.A. classes operated jointly with the College. The localBranch of the Union ’agreed classes for journalists would be a splendidthing, ’~ although the Union branch officer continued: ’Armstrong Collegetwo years ago declined to admit me as a student refusing to recognize myLower Matriculation Examination because... I have only five subjectsinstead of the six stipulated by the College. ’~4This same official said his editor had suggested he get a London B.A.,even though ’he will not engage university men because he is dissatisfiedwith them - he has two graduate probationary members...’15 and he himselfdid not attach much value to the W.E.A. classes, which would not have the’sustained lasting value of a degree. ’~8Oxford University’s Vice-Chancellor managed to offer the suggestionthat ’a very large number of ... pressmen are Oxford-trained men.., theUniversity will not be able to do anything special.’ Cambridge University’sVice-Chancellor was able to reply that ’the Institute of Journalists areholding’ their annual congress at Cambridge tomorrow’ and, notsurprisin~l.,y, suggested a ’joint application from your Union and theInstitute."-A warmer response was received from University College,Nottingham, where the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce,Professor A.W. Kirkcaldy, referred to his being a member of the staff atBirmingham University when Professor Churton Collins ’had this mattervery greatly in his heart, and I was on the Committee he got together to152MOD100051323