Media, Industry and Innovation BA(Hons)

Course in brief

Our Media, Industry and Innovation degree is designed to equip entrepreneurial media students with the skills to play their part in transforming the digital media landscape.

If you’re planning a career in the creative industries or in digital media, this course will give you the creative, technical and business knowledge you need to excel in fields including online publishing, social media, entertainment, digital marketing, public relations and branding.

This course is distinguished by its combination of strong conceptual and theoretical media studies training with hands-on learning opportunities in a digital media context.

You’ll complete a four-week placement and a longer live project in an industry setting, both fully supported by the placement office.

You’ll study media business, digital marketing, media management, journalism, community, social and mobile media and develop your ability to understand and critically analyse the theory and practice of a variety of media, examining form, content, distribution and consumption.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code MVN1

Full-time 3 years

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Applying for 2018: read our guide

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBC–CCC (112–96 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

We will generally make you an offer if your predicted grades are at the top of this range. If your predicted grades are towards the lower end of this range we may still make you an offer if you have a good GCSE (or equivalent) profile or relevant non–academic achievements.

International Baccalaureate
28 points.

Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above.

GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4)
At least English language and maths.

For non-native speakers of English
IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

International equivalencies

International equivalencies by country

Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Visit our language institute

For English language preparation courses.

Visit our International College

For academic preparation courses.

Course in detail

Why study with us?

Brighton is a hub for creative and digital industries; it’s packed with new media companies, cultural venues and a vibrant social scene.

Your lecturers have wide ranging experience across the media and their cultural research will inform your studies.

This innovative course was designed in consultation with industry partners ensuring that the theoretical and practical knowledge you gain is relevant and enhances your employability prospects within the digital economy.

This degree is designed to keep pace with the rapid technological change experienced in the media sector and has the facilities, insights and teaching expertise you would expect to help keep your studies on track.

Hands-on placement experience will give you the chance to apply your learning in an industry context and equip you with highly desirable, transferable skills, giving you a competitive edge when you graduate.

Course structure

You will study media forms, ranging from marketing and online journalism to social and mobile media, developing your ability to understand and critically analyse the theory and practice of a variety of media to include form, content, distribution and consumption.

Industry placements, live projects and fully supported term-time work are also offered to give you invaluable experience, an opportunity to put your learning into action and enhanced employability.

Year 1

Modules

Producing and Consuming Social Media
Business, Creative Industries and Innovation
Creative Industries and Promotional Cultures
Critical Approaches to Media
Understanding Audiences: Theory and Context

Options*

Media in the Networked Society
Understanding Television
Media and Popular Culture
Social Action and Community Media

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Year 2

Modules

Research Methods for Live Projects
Digital Media Enterprise and Innovation
Media Project Management
Media Placement

Options*

Social Media Applications in Activism, Business and Life
Visual Media Culture
Journalism
Brands and Branding
Media and Public Relations
Community Media
Mobile Media Cultures

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Final year

Modules

Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Culture
Digital Media Marketing and Innovation
Live project

Options*

Media Policy: The Politics and Economics of the Media Industries
Transmedia Cultures
National and Global Media Studies
Community Project

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Staff profile

Paula Hearsum Admissions tutor and acting course leader

Media studies lecturer Paula Hearsum specialises in popular music and journalism. She believes that media is something you do as well as think about. Her professional background includes a decade as a music journalist before moving into new media as an editor and consultant appearing on TV and radio as well as many public speaking engagements.

Find out about our other teaching staff:

Olu Jenzen, Frauke Behrendt, Paula Hearsum, Aristea Fotopoulou, Paul Ryan, Theo Koulouris, Irmi Karl, Peter Day, Julia Winckler, Ryan Burns, Patricia Prietro-Blanco, Lance Dann, Maria Short, Martin de Saulles, Iestyn George, Doug Lyon.

Placements

Overview

As part of your degree you will undertake a media-related professional four-week work placement in year 2 and work on a live project in your final year. These will specialise in social media, transmedia popular culture, digital economy and social action and community. The placement will provide you with an excellent employability platform and the ability to participate and contribute as a professional in any media environment across business, charities and the public sector.

You will receive guidance from the placements staff and tutors to help you focus your search and support for writing a CV and cover letter, making online applications, setting up a portfolio and managing your online presence.

Reece Davis on placement at BN1

FAQs

When will I do my placement?
The placement is during the second year, usually in January. During your final year, you will undertake a live project, which will be based upon your own business ideas or within a related organisation.

Can I choose where to go?
There is a dedicated team who will prepare you to find work on an approved media-related live project in an industry of your choice.

How long is it?
Four weeks.

How will it count towards my degree?
You will be asked to make a presentation on and write a critical evaluation of the placement. This work will contribute to your final degree grade. For the live project you will create and present a project brief, conduct a live project, and critically evaluate this project in a presentation and written dissertation.

Will I get paid?
It is usually unpaid. However, the university provides financial support for students' travel expenses.

Where will I go?
A media-related organisation.

Careers and employability

The programme draws on expert teaching across the specialisms of social media, transmedia popular culture, digital economy and social action and community media. It provides students with an excellent employability platform and the ability to participate and contribute as professionals in any media environment across business, charities and the public sector.

Fees and funding

Your fees

UK/EU (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 13,920 GBP

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2017–18.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

What's included in the fee?

When costs such as health or DBS checks, or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply check with the school that provides your course using the contact details in the Find out more tab (at the end of this page) for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

See our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and living here

Location

About Brighton

Forward-thinking and welcoming, the city of Brighton & Hove is a community of creative and diverse people who share values like sustainability and inclusivity – just like its university.

Miles of pebble beaches, hundreds of bars, restaurants and clubs, a packed calendar of culture, music and sport and great independent and high street shopping attract visitors from all over the world. By the end of your course you’ll still be finding new things to enjoy about the city.

The Brighton Festival, England’s largest arts festival, takes place every May – as does the Great Escape Europe’s leading industry showcase for new music, 300 bands perform over three days at venues across the city. Major events celebrate Pride, digital culture, cinema, photography, food and the winter solstice. Our own Brighton Graduate show is a highlight, turning the university into the largest exhibition space in the south east as we celebrate the outstanding creativity of our students.

As a student here you’ll have a unique opportunity to experience what the city has to offer. Volunteering and placement opportunities enable you to play your part in the events, organisations and communities that make Brighton such a compelling place to be.

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Just two miles north of Brighton city centre and the seafront, Moulsecoomb is the largest of our five campuses with more than 8,000 students. A wide variety of subjects are taught here, from engineering and product design to business and law.

Students benefit from many professional-standard facilities, including a flight simulator, design and digital media suites, and specialist research laboratories. The campus library, Aldrich, offers long opening hours and a diverse collection of books and journals for students from all subject areas.

Sports enthusiasts will enjoy our basketball and badminton courts, fitness suite and climbing wall. The campus is also a few minutes walk from the South Downs National Park, providing a great place to relax during the summer months.

Accommodation

Brighton

Our Brighton halls of residence are located across the city in Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer.

Grand Parade is in central Brighton and has one hall of residence, Phoenix Brewery, within walking distance.
Moulsecoomb is two miles from the city centre and also has one hall of residence, Moulsecoomb Place, on campus.
Varley Park offers the biggest choice of student accommodation with ten halls of residence.
Falmer campus has two halls of residence: Great Wilkins and Paddock Field.
Varley Park and Falmer are around four miles from Brighton centre; there are good public transport services nearby.

Aside from halls, you have the option of Unihomes, which we let out to our students on behalf of private landlords.

You can also choose to join the many students who live away from campus in private rented accommodation. We have a list of high-quality, university-endorsed private sector accommodation and can help you find housemates to move in with.

Find out more on our Brighton accommodation webpages and if you have any questions, our accommodation team will be happy to help. You can contact them by email at accommodation@brighton.ac.uk or by telephone on 01273 644100.

Paddock Field

Moulsecoomb Place

Maps

Accommodation

University building

Moulsecoomb campus map

Unistats

Unistats and key information sets

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Wherever we can we have provided extra information here to help put the data into context so that it is as useful as possible when you are making decisions.

Programme specification

The programme specification is the official university document for each course. They are updated each year, and give a very detailed breakdown of what your course might look like.

Programme specification

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