Radio Production And Presenting BA (Hons)

Year 1 (Core)
Elements of Broadcasting: Putting the radio industry into context
Creative Radio: Making your first live show
Principles and Practice of Studying Radio: The basics, including law Rights, Rules and Reality: Broadcast Regulation
Speech Radio: Understanding and analysing shows on talk radio stations
Year 2 (Core)
Live Magazine: Create a speech programme
Radio Production and Presentation: Produce and present a programme on the student radio station and make a multi-platform presenter show reel
Radio Documentary: Research and produce a programme on a subject of your choice
Year 2 (Options)
Radio Drama Exploration: Write and prepare a short radio play
Radio Drama Production: Produce and record a short radio play
Music Industries in the 21st Century: The music industry since the advent of the internet
Multi-Platform News: Journalism for all broadcast media
Year 3 (Core)
Media Work Placement or Volunteering: Gain valuable work experience in a real radio station
Contemporary Practice in Radio: Commercial radio, social media and websites
Programme Days: A day in the life of a different radio station each week
Year 3 (Options)
Final major project: Radio Features - devise and create your own programme
Radio Drama: Create your own full length radio play
Music Station Management: Be part of the team running the student radio station

The Radio Production award is designed to give you an understanding of the broadcasting industry and how it works, alongside the skills you will need to make a successful career in radio.
At Level 4 you will learn the basics of both TV and radio, in theory and practice. From Level 5 you will concentrate on radio, with a greater proportion of practical work, gradually building up your knowledge, skills and understanding.
There is an opportunity in Levels 5 and 6 to specialise in music radio or to add drama to the speech mix.
Whichever you choose, you will be encouraged to join the university's student radio station, which broadcasts 12 hours a day on the campus network. This gives you an opportunity to practise presentation skills, interviewing, feature making and music programming and, potentially, to become part of the station's management team as your final year major project.
The practical skills you will learn include audio editing, writing for radio, music radio programming, presentation, interviewing, production and feature making.
Much of the teaching is designed to be as close to the experience of a real radio station as possible. Two hour interactive workshops will help you work in groups to produce short features and full length programmes. In the Level 6 module Programme Days you will work alongside Broadcast Journalism students to produce a typical day's local radio broadcasting.
You will also be expected to learn independently ' listening critically to a variety of stations, reading about radio and researching programme material. There are some formal lectures and seminars, usually illustrated with examples from broadcasts over the last ninety years.
Your learning will be enhanced and encouraged by regular feedback, both verbal and written, in groups and individually.