• This is a one year course
• It is full-time and vocational
• It may allow you to get entry level employment within the media industry
• It will get you onto a Level Three course such as a BTEC National Diploma
• It provides the equivalent of 4 GCSE’s
  
  

Progression: 
This course acts as an introduction to the media industry, and it is a broad vocational programme of study. It will allow students to progress to a BTEC National Diploma or to follow an Advanced Level programme of study.

Most universities offer degrees in Media Studies.  Students might like to embark on a course that offers a general media degree, or one that is more specialised and focuses on a particular area of media work – e.g. journalism, television, scriptwriting, photography, media technologies.  Some universities offer a degree with a broad-based year 1 foundation course before offering media specialisms in Years 2 and 3.  Students who do not wish to go to university might consider a one-year professional course such as the NCTJ pre-entry Certificate for Journalists, or the City and Guilds Diploma in Media Techniques

The course is staffed by a team of lecturers and technicians who are experts in a variety of media fields.