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 will give you the opportunity to consider sports literature in context. Sport has always lent itself to a literary approach and we will consider multiple case studies from biography through to reportage through to fictionalised takes on the world of sport.

These case studies will take a global approach, from Argentina to Japan, and sports as diverse as cycling, football, rugby and golf. 

Literature can shape our perception and understanding of sport and its relationship to wider culture.

The links between sport and society, nation, race, gender and social class is critically important. Sport is a central part of our culture and this module allows you to explore this through the rich history of sports literature.

In this module you will reflect on the role of sports journalists in wider society. Sport, society and culture are increasingly intertwined and we will look at how sports journalism has developed through to the present, and how it is developing in relation to the wider media landscape.

You will also cover aspects of critical theory looking at how sport covers issues such as race, class and gender, as well as the relationship between sports and national identity in various different contexts.

Overall the module seeks to connect the acquisition of practical skills to a wider cognitive and critical approach, focusing on issues such as narrative frameworks, news values, and journalistic discourse.

This module will examine the historical development of journalism and locate this within the wider social, economic and political context.

Central to the module is an analytical approach which seeks to contextualise the emergence of modern journalistic practice within wider developments in technology.

The emergence of media globalisation, social media and 'citizen journalism' will be examined and placed in historical context, with an emphasis on the international nature of such developments. Particular consideration will be taken of both the profession outside the 'anglosphere' and the developmental role of journalism: a comparative approach will therefore be taken.

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)