Media short courses: Build Your Own MA scheme
What are Build your own MA media short courses?
The courses are two to five days long and are offered by Skillset Media Academies, Middlesex University
is one of these academies. The courses are industry-focused and provide flexible training for staff and freelancers with prior experience in the creative media industries.
Skillset Media Academies are a network of colleges and universities across the UK that work with industry to provide continuous professional development (CPD) for media professionals and to develop future leaders and innovators in the creative industries. Find out more about Skillset Media Academies and see the list of the courses we offer.
All of our media short courses provide continuing professional development and offer postgraduate credits towards an award. You can take them individually or in combination with a tailored selection of other courses across the Skillset Media Academy Network to achieve a recognised qualification, ranging from a Postgraduate Certificate to an MA in Professional Media Practice.
You can also take these courses as a means to gain new knowledge and skills without submitting an assignment for credits.
You can book on to these courses from Thursday 1 December.
How do the courses work?
The courses consist of a two to five day block of intensive training, followed by an optional period of accredited online tuition. You can equally take these courses without submitting a project for accreditation. However, you will not be able count these courses towards a postgraduate qualification.
The assessment and accreditation is designed to enable you to demonstrate that you are operating at postgraduate level, and as such have the capability to lead change and innovation in your area of media practice.
You will negotiate the assignment topic with your course tutor, enabling you to fashion the outcomes of your study to suit your needs.
Often an assignment will be a case study or a project from the workplace produced using a variety of media, including written reports, videos, websites, animation or photography.
Far from being all theory-based, these media short courses have been specifically designed with industry to develop higher level skills at postgraduate level alongside specialist knowledge and an understanding of the changing landscape of contemporary media practice.
You can book one of our courses from Thursday 1 December.
Where are they taught?
Courses are taught in our new arts, design and media building, the Grove. Our students benefit from outstanding media facilities, including two Sony-designed and equipped television studios.
Entry requirements:
Media professionals with an undergraduate degree and relevant work experience (normally a minimum of 1 year); and to non-graduates with significant and relevant work experience (normally at least 3 years).
Courses on offer:
Shooting Director
(20 credits at Masters level. 5 days)
Targeting:
Researchers, assistant producers or producers within small and medium-sized enterprises who have been working in the media industry for 2-3 years and may have limited previous academic or professional experience in directing or TV camera operating.
Cost: £950
Dates: 5 day course, dates are: 24 February to 3 March.
Research for Factual Production
(20 credits at Masters level. 5 days)
Targeting:
Those who have been working in junior production roles for up to two years and who wish to significantly increase their knowledge and skills around research practice.
Cost: £950
Dates: 5 days, dates are: 24 February to 3 March.
DSLR Filmmaking
(20 credits at Masters level. 5 days)
Targeting:
Those looking for a broad introduction to single-camera video production using HDSLR cameras which give the possibility of filmmaking at a fraction of the cost. An understanding of the working practices and capabilities of HDSLR cameras will be developed through group workshops and the production of short single-camera factual or drama sequences.
Date: tbc
Multi-Camera Directing
(10 credits at Masters level. 2 days)
Targeting:
Those who wish to develop advanced skills in multi-camera directing in a state-of-the-art studio environment.
Date: tbc
Studio Gallery Production Assistant (PA)
(10 credits at Masters level. 2 days)
Targeting:
Those who wish to develop their career as a Studio Gallery Production Assistant, learning advanced skills in a state-of-the-art studio environment.
Date: tbc
Studio Vision Mixing on a Digital Mixer
(10 credits at Masters level. 2 days)
Targeting:
Those who wish to develop their career in Studio Vision Mixing, learning advanced skills in a state-of-the-art studio environment.
Date: tbc
Studio Lighting – DMX Controller
(10 credits at Masters level. 2 days)
Targeting:
Those who wish to develop their career in Studio Lighting using a DMX Controller, learning advanced skills in a state-of-the-art studio environment.
Date: tbc
Production Budgets
(10 credits at Masters level. 2 days)
Targeting:
Those who work in production and who wish to develop advanced skills in production budgeting, working with tools and strategies that effectively organize and manage budgets.
Date: tbc
Further information:
If you would like any further information about these courses please visit the skillset website, or contact Gloria Lytton.
