We live in a constantly changing, 24/7 multimedia landscape where anyone with a smartphone can become a broadcaster, awash with innovative trends and emerging techniques like 5G, Internet of Things, virtual reality and mobile media.
This program is available as a 3-year full-time and 4-year sandwich.
This exciting course will keep you up-to-date with the latest sector developments, equipping you with the skills to produce work for distribution across multiple platforms and genres. We adopt a convergent media approach, familiarising you with a wide range of media, including lens-based, broadcast and digital media.
Our excellent links with local, regional, national media industries, including companies like Aardman Animations (Bristol), provide numerous opportunities for location work, site visits and talks by visiting media professionals, together with live projects and a professional experience scheme.
Career prospects
- The ever-changing world of the creative industries demands multi-skilled media professionals, who are familiar with a range of media platforms, full of ideas and imagination, with strong ethics and levels of professionalism; these same graduate attributes our course seeks to nurture.
- By studying a broad spectrum of media practice, the course is designed to equip you with the skills to work for large organisations like the BBC, as well as smaller media production companies, or to work as a freelance or independent media producer. During your second year, the ÔProfessional ExperienceÕ module requires you to undertake four weeks of professionally based activity and, throughout your course, you will develop your own professional practice portfolio to use when looking for work after graduation.
