Course Catalogue

1. To develop student’s awareness of their individual potential (distinctive voice and business skills),including self-assessment of skills needs through reflection.

2. To enable students to - Organise their own ambitions, a) based on articulation of feasible strategies relevant to their personal circumstances, b) and thorough analysis of films and TV programming they find of value (genres, communities, institutions, traditions),c) by recognising and steering physical resource as well as personnel requirements (business, management and leadership) d) in the context of an increasingly volatile balance of opportunities and limitations (critical assessment of film & TV industry and cultural context).

3. To enable students to Pitch, consult, negotiate with peer and advisor support as well as with external collaborators and, building on their research, to adjust their emerging vision towards film and TV productions of advanced quality.

4. To enable students to confidently deal with uncertainties, including those arising from professional practices in film and TV and from working in digital environments; and

5. To provide students with experiences to Oversee aspects of film and TV project development, testing, production, and distribution including an appreciation of the interconnectedness of these stages.

Our learning design approach enables student ‘self-direction’, ‘originality’, and ‘independent learning ability required for continuing professional development’ that the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland require. It builds on well tested Experiential Learning as well as Problem Based Learning principles and coherent Work Based Learning structures whilst re-imagining these for a holistic delivery in a 21st century, digitally enabled and predominantly freelance environment. The programme offers an innovative combination of personalised and group-based delivery, which besides professional practice and self-directed learning includes lectures, workshops, seminars, presentations, tutorials, and optional field trips to industry events. Students have access 1. to a) an academic and b) an industry mentor, both support students in the self-directed planning and producing their personalised course work projects towards achieving respective learning outcomes. 2. These are also discussed with peers in regular study group seminars facilitated by a Module Leader. The study group seminars guide learners in applying reflective and experiential learning within their personal context, clarify learning outcomes, academic standards and assignments whilst providing a forum to discuss peer approaches and introduce opportunities for collaboration. These study group seminars are accessible only to MA students. 3. In addition, in each semester students have managed access to public, commercially available seminars as published regularly on our website, forming a contingent that participates jointly with other industry professionals. Students are advised to check availability and book early by contacting the industry seminars administrator. This programme is delivered full time by distance learning.

The programme is designed to meet the needs of media practitioners in advancing their knowledge, understanding and practice in industry and cultural settings. There is an expectation that study will be related to the professional workplace and some assignments may be linked to professional practice in the workplace.