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Media, Industry and Innovation BA(Hons)

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Intro

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

This course will give you the technical and business knowledge you need to excel in fields including online publishing, social media, entertainment, digital marketing, public relations and branding.

This degree is designed to keep pace with rapid technological change and aims to equip you with all the necessary skills to forge and sustain a career in a constantly-changing sector.

This course combines strong conceptual and theoretical media studies training with hands-on learning opportunities.

You will gain real-world experience through a four-week placement and a ten-week live project in an industry setting. You will be supported by our placement team throughout.

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Key facts

Location Brighton: Moulsecoomb

UCAS code MVN1

Full-time 3 years

Clearing: apply now for 2023

Our media courses are number 1 in the south east for graduate prospects, Complete University Guide 2024

Entry criteria

Entry requirements

A-levels or BTEC
Entry requirements are in the range of A-level BBB–BCC (120–104 UCAS Tariff points), or BTEC Extended Diploma DMM–MMM. Our conditional offers typically fall within this range.

International Baccalaureate
30 points, with three subjects at Higher level.

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

Studied before or got relevant experience?
A qualification, HE credits or relevant experience may count towards your course at Brighton, and could mean that you do not have to take some elements of the course or can start in year 2 or 3. 

English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

International requirements and visas

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Flexible admissions

When you apply to Brighton we want to hear about who you are. Grades are never the whole picture; we're interested in things like creativity, resourcefulness, persistence and the capacity to think big and find new ways of doing things. And we recognise that not everyone has the same background. That's why we treat everyone who applies as an individual. We recognise many qualifications and we care about all of your achievements and the experiences you've had that set you apart.

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Course content

Year 1

Modules

Core modules

  • Business, Creative/Digital Industries and Innovation

    On this module you will develop a sense of commercial awareness, including key entrepreneurial skills and knowledge required to engage with innovation in the creative and digital industries. You will work as a part of a team to recognise trends and opportunities and then develop your ideas into a business plan. You will reflect on your ideas, considering issues around collaboration, innovation, sustainability and intellectual property.

  • Radical Campaigns and Creative Industries

    This module introduces the campaign tactics that creative groups and activists have used to influence media platforms and fight for social change. You'll consider historical and contemporary perspectives of these strategies and how they have disrupted advertising, performance, television, music, art and social media. You'll explore questions surrounding the political economy of the culture industries, activist practice and the politics of protest, and develop an understanding of both the mainstream creative and promotional industries and the radical interventions that led to cultural and material shifts.

  • Understanding Audiences: Theory and Context

    In this module you will examine the role and characteristics of media consumption in the C21st and the relationship that exists between audiences, texts and technologies of production, distribution and reception. You will encounter a range of theories and research methods through study of a range of real-world media organisations and their respective audiences, and as a practical exercise, will design a cross-media campaign for a targeted audience demographic.

  • Critical Approaches to Media 1

    This module will introduce you to a range of critical academic approaches to media. It tackles the most cutting-edge topics in media studies and introduces canonical approaches used in their analysis. An introduction to these approaches will enable you to understand the workings of media audiences, industries and texts. The module will focus on media experiences that are relevant to your everyday life, ensuring that as well as academic development, the module will give you the tools to analyse your own engagement with, and consumption of, the media.

  • Critical Approaches to Media 2

    This module introduces key media studies theories and concepts and applies them to the analysis of real-world issues. You will develop skills and techniques to critique media representations, showing the importance of media analysis in everyday life. By analysing media technologies, you will engage with the most innovative media content, forms and practices of the day. By questioning mediation, the module will bring to life the role of media in society and enable you to critique the media in terms of culture, politics, innovation and environment.

Options*

  • Video Production 1

    This module will equip you with the essential skills and practical experience required to create short-form non-fictional audio-visual content, suitable in form to contemporary web-based - as well as more traditional - delivery platforms and audiences. It covers all three stages of video production: pre-production research and planning, production and post-production, including editing. It will introduce the fundamentals of video and sound-recording techniques as well as give you the skills required for successfully engaging with contributors/participants.

  • Photographic Practice 1

    In this module you will explore the role and use of photography in visual media. You will engage with various aspects of the language and production of promotional and editorial photography. You will respond to set briefs and create your own website that includes an online portfolio as well as learn the core skills in which to consider, articulate and document reflections on your practice.

  • Community Media for Social Action – Decolonising media

    Tools, spaces and processes of community communications form the basis of inquiry into community media and social action. You will engage with theories of empowerment and voice as well as engaging in introductory practices of community media for social action. Your outputs from the practice component will be presented in class before being archived on the student learning space. You will also learn to reflect critically on your experiences and the processes of contextualised content generation through online communicative learning.

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

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 2 

Modules

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

Options*

  • Brands and Public Relations
  • Social Media for Activists and Community Groups
  • Specialist Journalism
  • Community Radio
  • Photographic Practice 2
  • Media Ethics and Professional Practice
  • Video Production 2

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

Placements 

In your second year you will complete a four week placement in an external organisation. You will receive guidance to help you focus your search from a dedicated placement team. Placements are for around four weeks and are academically assessed.

Along with the live project in your third year, the placement will allow you to:

  • apply your learning to real life situations and challenges
  • make confident and informed decision about the direction of your media career
  • get an insight in to how businesses and organisations function
  • develop existing skills and discover new ones
  • explore career options
  • make professional contacts
  • create an effective CV and digital media presence
  • build confidence and organisational skills.

Our media students have been on placement with organisations including:

  • Ricochet
  • Creative Assembly
  • BBC Good Food and Olive Magazine
  • Absolute Radio
  • Brighton and Hove Green Party
  • Lowkey Films
  • Drop4Drop
  • Integrity Music Europe
  • YDN Radio
  • Life Water
  • Electric Square
  • ITV Potato
  • Renewable World
  • Deluxe
  • ILOVEDUST
  • Bauer Media
  • Brighton Dome
  • Brighton Fringe.

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Final year 

In your final year your entire final semester will be dedicated to the ten-week live project. You will develop an innovative media idea, and run and evaluate the project in partnership with an external organisation of your choosing.

Modules

  • Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Culture
  • Digital Media Marketing and Innovation
  • Live Project

Options*

  • Music Innovation: Design and Development
  • Media Policy and Law
  • Community Project
  • Television Production

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

Facilities 

  • Digital and analogue stills equipment, including DSLRs and a range of lenses plus an offsite darkroom 
  • Video recording equipment, from Canon DSLRs to Blackmagic cameras, in a dedicated TV studio 
  • Audio recording kit and facilities, including bookable sound/radio booths 
  • Dedicated video editing suites including Mac and PC computers with specialist software.
Media staff helping out in the media studio

Meet the team

Tom Ottway, course leader

Tom is an experienced lecturer, researcher, and media theorist and practice specialist with over 25 years’ experience of working with students and teachers worldwide.

Tom's research interests include film theory and production, creative media practice and sound design and sound art.

Read Tom's full profile.

Find out about other teaching staff on the course:

Olu Jenzen, Paula Hearsum, Paul Ryan, Theo Koulouris, Irmi Karl, Peter Day, Julia Winckler, Lance Dann, Martin de Saulles and Iestyn George.

Podcast: listen to a podcast with Senior Lecturer Iestyn George where he talks about his work in journalism and marketing, why he believes media is the most important subject to study at university and the future of magazines.

Tom Ottway, lecturer

More about this subject at Brighton

Welcome to the School of Art and Media!

Professor Tamar Jeffers Mcdonald welcomes you to the School of Art and Media.

Starting at uni with us in 2023?

Read our getting ready for university pages which are full of information you will find useful before you arrive.

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Want to win a FREE studio space for a year in central Brighton?

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100% of our students said their 2021–22 media placement was extremely beneficial in building the skills and knowledge needed for their future career, and almost half of the placements resulted in a job offer

The thing that stands out the most in the course are the lecturers - everyone is so enthusiastic about media and it makes me so excited about learning.

Sara Bosworth Garea, student

Careers

Prepare for your career  

Studying the Media Industry and Innovation degree will provide you with subject knowledge and expertise plus opportunities to put what you learn into practice with work-related experience.   

 You will develop valuable transferable skills including practical media skills, critical thinking and writing, independent research and analysis. The course will equip you with excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.   

Option modules span areas such as branding, journalism, ethics and TV production enabling you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.   

The Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP) offers opportunities to contribute to local efforts toward sustainability 

Visiting media professionals including producers, journalists and digital media entrepreneurs will share their experience giving a window into the creativity and business of the media industry.  

The combination of skills acquired on the course and through placements will give you the ability to contribute as a professional in any media environment across business, charities and the public sector giving you a head start in your chosen career.

What can I do with a media degree?

Graduates are well equipped to enter careers in media and professional sectors that place emphasis on effective communication.

Graduates from the University of Brighton's media programme area have been recruited in roles such as:

  • Journalists
  • Editorial assistants
  • Social media managers
  • Runners
  • Production assistants
  • Subeditors
  • Talent coordinator
  • Digital content producers
  • Presenters

 

 

Our alumni have gone on to work for organisations including:

  • Times Higher Education magazine
  • Vogue
  • EMI
  • Juice FM
  • Universal Pictures
  • Punktastic
  • BBC
  • Ricochet
  • Royal Opera House
  • Channel 4
  • Age UK
  • QVC
  • Roundhouse Radio
  • Fresh Egg
  • Skint Records

Supporting your employability 

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

  • Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
  • Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
  • Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
  • Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
  • Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
  • Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more...

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Fees and costs

Course fees

UK (full-time) 9,250 GBP

International (full-time) 15,300 GBP

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2023–24.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

Find out more

  • Fees, bursaries, scholarships and government funding info for UK and international undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Student finance and budgeting while studying
  • About the university’s fees by checking our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. 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. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Art and Media in the 2022–23 academic year are listed here.

  • Typically, practice-based courses incur more costs than text-based subjects. For many courses you will need to budget for the cost of specialist materials, equipment and printing and are likely to spend between £50–£300 per year.
  • For some courses you may also need to budget up to £100 for specialist personal protective clothing which, with care, will last for the whole of your course and beyond.
  • For most courses you will have the opportunity to attend field trips and off-site visits, for example to galleries, exhibitions and studios both in the UK and overseas. These are optional and are not required to pass your course. The amount spent would be based on location and number of trips taken, and typically range between £100 and £700 across the duration of your course.
  • You will have access to computers and necessary software at City campus and Moulsecoomb campus and at other locations across the university. Specialist equipment is provided to cover essential learning. Students may choose to buy their own specialist equipment, these may include cameras, or computers and software, university/student discounts are available for some equipment and software. Budgets can range from £50–£2,000. Buying specialist equipment is best undertaken in consultation with our academic and technical staff. This expenditure is not essential to pass any of our courses.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £200 for printing and publishing. Photography courses may incur higher costs (£500–£2,000) when printing and framing images of professional standard for public presentation.
  • Course books, magazines and journals are available in the university libraries. You do not need to have your own copies, but if you wish to, you should budget up to £200 over your course to buy them.
  • For courses in which there is an optional placement year, you will need to budget for living costs (rent, food, travel etc) in that city/country, as if you were on site at the university.
  • For some courses you will need to budget up to £150 for stationery.
  • Final-year graduation shows are opportunities to present your final, independent project work to the public. Practice-based courses will typically incur higher costs. Depending on the specific nature of your final project you will need to budget between £20–£2,500.

You can chat with our enquiries team if you have a question or need more information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Location and student life

Campus where this course is taught

Moulsecoomb campus

Two miles north of Brighton seafront, Moulsecoomb is our largest campus and student village. Moulsecoomb has been transformed by a recent development of our estate. On campus you'll find new Students' Union, events venue, and sports and fitness facilities, alongside the library and student centre.

Over 900 students live here in our halls, Moulsecoomb Place and the new Mithras halls – Brunswick, Goldstone, Hanover, Preston and Regency.

Moulsecoomb has easy access to buses and trains and to all the exciting things happening in our home city.

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Accommodation

We guarantee an offer of a place in halls of residence to all eligible students. So if you applied for halls by the deadline you are guaranteed a room in our halls of residence.

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Halls of residence
We have self-catered halls on all our campuses, within minutes of your classes, and other options that are very nearby.

You can apply for any of our halls, but the options closest to your study location are:

  • Mithras Halls are stylish new high-rises in the heart of the student village at our revitalised Moulsecoomb campus with ensuite rooms for more than 800 students.
  • Varley Park is a popular dedicated halls site, offering a mix of rooms and bathroom options at different prices. It is around two miles from Moulsecoomb campus and four miles from the city centre, and is easy to get to by bus.

Want to live independently?
We can help – find out more about private renting.

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Modern accommodation at Moulsecoomb

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Relaxing in halls near the campus

Student Union social space

Student Union social space at Moulsecoomb

Local area

About Brighton

The city of Brighton & Hove is a forward-thinking place which leads the way in the arts, technology, sustainability and creativity. You'll find living here plays a key role in your learning experience.

Brighton is a leading centre for creative media technology, recently named the startup capital of the UK.

The city is home to a national 5G testbed and over 1,000 tech businesses. The digital sector is worth over £1bn a year to the local economy - as much as tourism.

All of our full-time undergraduate courses involve work-based learning - this could be through placements, live briefs and guest lectures. Many of these opportunities are provided by local businesses and organisations.

It's only 50 minutes by train from Brighton to central London and less than 40 minutes to Eastbourne. There are also daily direct trains to Bristol, Bedford, Cambridge, Gatwick Airport, Portsmouth and Southampton.

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Support and wellbeing

Your course team

Your personal academic tutor, course leader and other tutors are all there to help you with your personal and academic progress. You'll also have a student support and guidance tutor (SSGT) who can help with everything from homesickness, managing stress or accommodation issues.

Your academic skills

Our Brighton Student Skills Hub gives you extra support and resources to develop the skills you'll need for university study, whatever your level of experience so far.

Your mental health and wellbeing

As well as being supported to succeed, we want you to feel good too. You'll be part of a community that builds you up, with lots of ways to connect with one another, as well having access to dedicated experts if you need them. Find out more.

Sport at Brighton

Sport Brighton

Sport Brighton brings together our sport and recreation services. As a Brighton student you'll have use of sport and fitness facilities across all our campuses and there are opportunities to play for fun, fitness or take part in serious competition. 

Find out more about Sport Brighton.

Sports scholarships

Our sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. We offer scholarships for elite athletes, elite disabled athletes and talented sports performers.

Find out more about sport scholarships.

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Stay in touch

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Statistics

Find out more about how the academic year and degree courses are organised, and about learning and assessment activities you might get to grips with at Brighton. More specific information about this course is detailed in the programme specification (linked below). You can find out also about the support we offer to help you adjust to university life.

Course and module descriptions on this page were accurate when first published and are the basis of the course. Detailed information on any changes we make to modules and learning and assessment activities will be sent to all students by email before enrolment, so that you have all the information before you come to Brighton.

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Programme specification

The programme specification is the approved description of each course. They give a detailed breakdown of the content and structure of the course, and are updated following course changes.

Programme specification

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