College of Media and Publishing

Accredited online writing and publishing courses from a UK-listed college

College of Media and Publishing (CMP) is an online college that delivers accredited distance-learning courses in writing, editing and marketing disciplines. Its catalogue is aimed both at individual learners and at organisations that train staff, and the college presents itself as UK government listed, with courses carrying independent quality endorsement.

The college states it has operated since 2003 and that it has trained thousands of individual learners as well as staff at more than 300 organisations worldwide, among them BT, Disney, John Lewis, Vodafone, Cancer Research UK, Oxfam and the NHS.

Course catalogue

The programme is organised around professional writing and editorial skills, with each course offered as a standalone online qualification:

• Copywriting
• Proofreading and editing
• Business writing
• Creative writing
• English writing skills
• Blogging
• Public relations
• SEO content writing
• Social media marketing
• Web writing
• AI prompting for writers and editors, presented as a new short video course

The site groups these under copywriting, proofreading and copyediting, marketing, SEO and professional writing, and frames them around three learner goals: finding work, building a freelance income and developing practical workplace skills.

How the courses are taught

Study is fully online and described as flexible, with no deadlines imposed on learners. Each course includes unlimited tutor support: students can contact their tutor at any stage, and tutors personally mark and grade assignments, identify strengths and weaknesses and give written feedback. The college states that its tutors continue to work in their sectors, which it presents as the basis for current industry knowledge and for introductions on students' behalf.

Assignments are described as practical and engaging, and the college positions the training as applicable directly to the workplace for staff learners.

Certification

On successful completion, students receive an accredited CMP Diploma together with a Quality Licence Scheme Certificate of Achievement. The college explains that the QLS certificate reflects independent quality endorsement of the course, and that both credentials can be added to a CV, used in job applications and shown to prospective freelance clients. Accreditation and government listing are presented as central selection criteria, and the site includes a checklist advising prospective students to verify a provider's accreditation, awarding body, UK Register of Learning Providers entry, quality assessment, course expiry terms, tutor experience and support levels, assignment marking, post-course support, response times, reviews, success stories and client organisations.

Careers support and student outcomes

After finishing a course, learners can join a free career coaching scheme providing one-to-one work with an expert on CVs, covering letters and interview preparation, plus advice on starting out as a freelancer. The college publishes graduate success stories, including a graduate who went on to a role at Harvard University and another who writes for UK publications.

Training for organisations

CMP sells its courses to employers for individual staff members or whole teams. The stated appeal for organisations is flexibility, so that employees can fit study around their duties and apply new skills on the job. Bookings for organisational training are handled by telephone or through a written enquiry form.

Enrolment and current offers

The site displays a promotional code, AUTUMN46, advertised as a 46% discount on any tutor-supported course, with the offer stated to end on 19 October at 11pm. Under that promotion, the online copywriting, proofreading and editing, and social media marketing courses were listed at £296.73, reduced from a usual £549.50. The college also offers free access to a resources library in exchange for an email address, and runs an enquiry form and a request-for-information form for prospective students.