Media and Communication BSc (Hons) – 2020 entry

This course will give you an intensive and challenging look into twenty-first century communication. This course is informed by our research, and you’ll study topics from theories of media power, regulation and audiences, to ‘big data’, digital platforms and international communication.

This course draws on the latest media and communication research.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Graduates over the last few years have secured roles such as:

Channel Planning Assistant, UKTV
PR Coordinator, NBC Universal
Media Analyst, Kantar Media
Production Secretary, Comic Relief
Social Media Executive, Hotelplan
Corporate Communications Account Manager, Surrey Police
Sales Executive, Global Data.

Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language at Grade C(4) and Mathematics at Grade C (4) (or equivalent).