Modules

Production skills:

  • You'll develop further skills in newswriting, reporting and video production.
  • You'll shoot and edit using broadcast industry-standard hardware and software.
  • You'll get your creative content out to an audience online and on social media.
  • You'll build on what you learned at level four and introduce more specialised skills, telling stories with video, photography and podcasts.
  • You'll learn how to tell your stories, and gain an audience, using television, online and social media platforms.

Feature writing:

  • You'll learn to write engaging features good enough to capture a wide audience of 'real world' readers.
  • You'll take inspiration from the great feature-writers; writing about society, politics, sport, music, culture, and more.
  • You'll put into practice deeper, more immersive storytelling skills.
  • You'll investigate specialist feature-writers, niche genres and audiences.
  • You'll build a portfolio demonstrating your skills in different forms of feature-writing, including profiles, news features, reviews and opinion pieces.
  • You'll learn how to produce exciting photofeatures, capturing the world around you in striking photographs and captions.

This module is designed to provide you with a detailed understanding of flash fiction - short-short stories of no more than 360 words. You will look at a wide range of flashes: 13-worders, 55-worders, 100-worders, 150-worders, and 360-worders. In seminars, you will present your own flashes for workshopping, with a view to you compiling your own original collection. You will also learn about publishing your flashes in online and print magazines.

This module offers a stimulating and practical introduction to the contemporary book-publishing industry. Its purpose is: (1) to equip aspiring writers with knowledge that will help them to get their own work published and potentially to earn income as a writer; (2) to provide insight that will advantage those considering a career or freelance work in publishing; and (3) to develop relevant professional writing skills that are also transferable to other occupations.

The module provides students with an opportunity to undertake a 140-hour work placement*. This placement is complemented by a number of school-delivered sessions designed to develop their employability, professional practice, and students' understanding of their career options. Students learn to reflect on the nature of creativity within their studies, and gain awareness of how this is valued and relevant in modern workplaces.

*in some cases, evidence of considerable relevant graduate-level work experience may be accepted as an alternative to completion of the stipulated placement.

This module will provide you with the practical and theoretical underpinning of professional practice in your specific subject, enabling you to identify and develop key employability attributes and skills in preparation for your future career.  

You will spend several weeks working collaboratively with other students across the School for the Creative Industries on one major project or several smaller projects in a professional ‘simulated real world’ working environment.  Projects will be contemporary, topical, externally focussed and often involve partnership with outside agencies. The module will provide you with opportunities for immersive learning and the chance to apply your knowledge in real-world contexts.

The Level 5, 40-credit modules require a basic foundation of knowledge of your chosen language e.g. GCSE or equivalent, a Level 4 module in the same language or equivalent previous learning. This module includes an optional placement abroad, such as an intensive course at a partner university. You can choose:

  • Advanced Language Development and Global Sustainability (choice of German, French or Spanish)
  • Upper Intermediate Language Development and Global Employability (choice of Chinese, French or Spanish)
  • Post Beginner Language Development and Global Cultures (choice of German, Italian or Spanish)