Founded in 1966, Leeds Trinity University is an independent higher education institution offering foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a range of subjects including Business, Education, Humanities, Journalism, Media, Psychology and Sport. An employer-focused university with high levels of graduate employment, it was one of the first universities to offer professional work placements with every degree, and these placements continue to form an integral, assessed element of every undergraduate degree.
Leeds Trinity University is one of 10 institutions to be granted university status in December 2012, following the government’s decision to lower the qualifying threshold for university title from 4,000 to 1,000 students.Recognised in the 2013 Sunday Times University Guide as belonging in the top 10% of UK universities for teaching excellence, Leeds Trinity has a wide range of specialist journalism and sports courses amongst many others. An employer-focused university, it maintains strong links with the media industry through the professional work placements it offers every student with the likes of the BBC and Sky Sports News. As a result, the university has been exceeding national employability benchmarks for a decade, with the latest figures revealing that 93% of Leeds Trinity’s 2011 graduates were in work or further study six months after graduating.* In particular, its sports and journalism graduates have made their mark in industry, taking up presenting and journalist roles across the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and local and national press.
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Leeds Trinity is equipped with ISDN facilities for conducting radio interviews. For more information go to our Media Centre.