Dramatic fall in City University students joining BBC

EXCLUSIVE: The number of City post-graduates entering the BBC has slumped over recent years, according to data research by current student Charlotte Middlehurst.

Sharp Drop: far fewer City University students were heading to the BBC in 2005 than five years earlier

With around 10 per cent of post-grad journalism alumni joining the Beeb between 2000 and 2005, the organisation is a top employer of former City students. But over the same period, the number of graduates going to the BBC straight after leaving City sank from one in six alumni to one in 20.

The university has trained such familiar journalists as Ten O’Clock newsreader Sophie Raworth, presenter Ellie Crisell, and Radio 4 presenter Kirsty Lang. One hundred and eighteen alumni joined the organisation between 2000 and 2005.

Why the drop?