Study Media at University

Our portfolio of media courses are reflective of the in demand skills within this area of the creative industries and are taught in state-of-the-art industry leading facilities and supported with dedicated equipment.

The calibre of the course, academic team and our students is evidenced by our regular successes at competitions and award ceremonies including RTS (both regional and national).

Our commitment to your employability skills is reflected in opportunities for work experience on commercial projects and networking event such as “cJam – Media”, our annual employability event.  cJAM shakes-up the traditional career fair format and gives our students face-to-face time with successful industry professionals all of whom have come to the event with the offer of valuable work placement opportunities.

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Why study with us

Industry leading facilities and equipment
Numerous work experience opportunities including screen credit bearing commercial projects and cJam-Media
Award-winning students including North West Royal Television Society Student Award regionals. Final year undergraduate and postgraduate media students have the opportunity to get involved in our annual cJAM employability event.

Sound interesting?

Jobs with a media degree

Our media courses prepare you for success in film, TV, radio, animation, gaming and multimedia industries. Graduates have also go on to work in other fields, such as marketing, journalism and print media.

Future careers for those studying media:

Film director
Film/video editor
Lighting technician
Television, film and video producer
Radio producer
Broadcast journalist
Television camera operator
Runner
Television floor manager
Broadcast engineer
Production designer
Multimedia programmer
Web content manager
Digital marketer
Media planner
Multimedia specialist
Digital asset manager

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Explore the facilities

You'll have access to a range of internal services here. This includes the Student Enterprise Hub, which gives you the unique opportunity to work on live briefs set by a range of companies in the North West and beyond. You can exhibit your creative problem-solving skills, as well as put theory into practice.

You also have access to our Propeller service. This helps you start up your own business through one-to-one mentoring, masterclasses and possible access to funding. With creative students three times more likely to start up a business after graduating, this is an excellent way of getting ahead of the game.

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