Overview
Why study Skillset Professional Media Practice short courses at University College Falmouth?
Our Professional Media Practice short courses are designed by industry for industry. Flexible, practical and cutting edge, courses offer creative stimulation and hands-on skills development. Participants can work around existing commitments, embedding new learning into current business activities.
The short courses are aimed at professionals keen to hone their skills and knowledge of an ever-changing media environment. Your areas of expertise could include television, radio, interactive, online, music, sound, animation, journalism, post-production, marketing and advertising.
Focusing on innovation in content creation, and exploring new business models and production processes, the courses are entirely driven by current industry needs. Tutors are active industry professionals, supported by experienced educators.
Each short course will provide you with in-depth understanding of the creative challenges and opportunities in your specialist field, broad-based knowledge of key issues and themes in digital media, and advanced production and craft skills. As well as a unique chance to escape the daily grind, stimulate your creativity, network and collaborate.
These courses are part of the Build Your Own MA portfolio of Professional Media Short Courses being delivered by participating Skillset Media Academies across England. All of these short courses offer postgraduate credits towards an award and can be taken individually or in combination with other courses across the network to achieve a recognised qualification, a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MA in Professional Media Practice. These particular courses carry 20 credits.
To browse all available courses and find out more, visit: www.skillset.org/build
Courses
The first
units are listed below, with more to be added soon.
Developing Multiplatform Ideas
Date: TBA
Storyboarding - From Idea to Animatic
Date: TBA
Target audience
This course is open to media professionals with an undergraduate degree and work experience in a relevant industry (normally a minimum of two years); and to non-graduates with significant and relevant work experience (normally ten years) who can demonstrate an ability to both complete and benefit from the course. Please contact us if you would like to talk through your experience and explore whether the course is right for you.
If your first language is not English you'll need to demonstrate English language proficiency. For example, via the Cambridge/British Council English Language Testing Service (IELTS) with an average score of 7.0 and, for each component, a score of 6 or above.
Fees
£800 per participant.
Local accommodation is available to suit your budget. Accommodation costs for the residential are not included in the course fee.
Bursaries may be available to attend this course - visit our fees and funding section for more information
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