Students at a journalism college have seen their stories making a splash on a national news website after its publisher helped them create digital front pages.

A series of campaigns and investigations by MA journalism students at the University of Sheffield have now been published on the Nationalworld.com site alongside front page designs.

The five projects looked at a range of topics including sexism in football, drink spiking and support for people with hearing problems.

The initiative saw National World editor in chief Nancy Fielder and designer Kimberley Mogg visiting Sheffield’s School of Journalism, Media and Communications to talk with the teams and design the pages.

Nancy, a former editor of Sheffield daily The Star, said: “It was great to get the chance to work so closely with journalism students and see their enthusiasm, skills and dedication first hand.

“Some of the stories they wrote were absolutely brilliant. They should be really proud of what they produced and the important issues that they raised.”

The students were supported by course leader Michelle Rawlins, the school’s Director of Education Mark Bradley and teaching associate Tim Hopkinson, who arranged the link-up with the National World team.

Added Tim: “It was great to have Nancy and Kim with us during the week, giving the students advice and encouraging them to think about their audience.

“Designing the front pages really helped the students to focus on the strongest angle for their investigations and what would make people stop and read their stories.”

The stories were also published on Sheffield Wire – the school’s MA news website.