Publishing & Communications BA(Hons)

Stage one

You'll learn about publishing histories and futures, build your editorial skills, and gain hands-on book production experience - teaching you to read the book as an object as well as a text. Reflecting the publishing and content creation process, you’ll learn to think creatively and tell shareable stories. You’ll also adapt your work to new platforms and audiences, collaborate with other creatives and industry professionals, and put your entrepreneurship skills into action.

Stage two

You'll focus on multi-platform content, digital marketing practices in the publishing industry, leading trends, innovative publishing business models, and the entrepreneurial mind-set. By working on a collaborative project, you’ll connect your ideas, production skills and content creation with audiences. You’ll also take elective topics in children and young adult writing, games, environment or lifestyle writing.

Stage three

You’ll develop your Major Project, learn about the business of publishing, and consider current and future trends in books and reading audiences. We’ll also explore cultural curation in publishing - including building reading communities, live experiences, and brand partnerships with museums, heritage and art galleries.