With a focus on innovation, creativity and enterprise, The Birmingham School of Media offers a wide range of courses, from undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to professional and short courses geared towards the media industry. As a Skillset Media Academy, we offer media training of the highest quality and are committed to producing professionals who can lead the UK's creative industries to the forefront of productivity and innovation on a global scale. In the latest rankings produced by the Guardian we were the highest placed media school in the UK.
Postgraduate study
We offer a range of courses designed to equip undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals with the key skills and recognised qualifications that are in demand across industry, from marketing and PR to communications, new media and journalism. At postgraduate level we offer a range of courses, including Broadcast Journalism, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy, Events and Exhibition Management, Freelance Photography, Freelancing and Journalism Enterprise, Global Media Production, International Broadcast Journalism, International Journalism, Media and Creative Enterprise, Music Industries, Music Radio, Online Journalism, Radio and Audio Production, Radio for Development, Social Media, and TV and Interactive Content, most of which are available at PgCert, PGDip and MA levels.
Facilities
Media production is a technology-led sector, and we aim to ensure that you have the best possible introduction to the latest in industry-standard equipment to prepare you for your future career.
We have a full range of digital media facilities and make sure that you get your hands on them from the very beginning of your course.
Students at Birmingham School of Media have exclusive access to our range of on-site media facilities which include:
- Television studio
- A range of broadcast quality video cameras
- Professional video editing suites
- Fully equipped photographic studio
- Digital SLR cameras
- Six digital radio studios
- Audio editing suites and digital recording equipment
- Newsrooms for print and broadcast journalism with Press Association news feeds
- Facilities and software for web, new media and print design including two Mac suites.
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