The widely respected #CollegeJourn is coming to Europe thanks to a Sunderland student. #CollegeJourn was established as the real-time online discussion for members of the college journalism community in the US. It runs in the early hours of Monday mornings, which often stops people from this side of the Atlantic attending.

So our own Josh Halliday, editor for www.injournalism.co.uk, is launching a chat for Europe at a more amenable hour. #CollegeJourn Europe will launch this Sunday 22nd March at 8pm GMT.

Josh said: “It’s  a great chance for those in journalism education who are either worried or excited about the state of journalism today to come along and see what others think.”

If you want to share some ideas for the discussion in advance, you can send any topic suggestions towards the #collegejourn hashtag on Twitter, to Josh directly or the deceptively named @florida_mike. To read more about Josh’s plans and the topics that might come up then take a read over at his blog.

The mission of #CollegeJourn is to provide a meaningful and resourceful forum of conversation for college journalists. University journalists, journalism professors, and journalism professionals, are all welcome. Josh is hoping to attract some big names in j-education to the opening debate, including Paul Bradshaw and Adrian Monck.

The chat takes place in Meebo. Put it in your diary now, and spread the word.