Studying Creative Media

Hands on learning and collaboration

Your timetable will be built around teaching time using our facilities on campus with online sessions for some activities where being virtual adds value.

We’ve planned your learning so it has the most benefit for you. Practical workshops and hands-on learning will be all held on campus:

• If you’re studying Digital Media and Communications BA, you will be introduced to creative software for digital image making, video editing and post-production, motion graphics, interactive UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) design and web development in our Digital Media Workshops and will have a chance to use equipment from our KitHub. Seminars will also be face-to-face
• If you’re on the Game and Level Design BA or Games Design and Development BSc course, you will be able to interact with your classmates in person when playing tabletop games, helping you with user observation, deconstruction and cohort building

Innovative teaching that's enhanced by technology

We make sure you gain experience in the use of cutting edge, industry standard hardware and software. This approach extends to how we teach too and listening to students has helped us do this.

For example, a good deal of our shared project work and teaching makes use of online collaborative tools such as Miro. This kind of software has been a great way of working together and of developing ideas.

Another tool favoured by students is the messaging platform Discord. We’ve been using this across the courses, successfully maintaining a sense of community and we’re excited to continue this, meaning you will get the best learning experience possible.

Although most teaching takes place on campus, some contextual and theoretical parts of your course may be taught online. Also, some technical lectures are recorded, meaning you can re-watch lectures when you need to (and save on travel costs too!). Additionally, when it’s appropriate, some tutorials will be held virtually.

Tech also allows us to add innovative new ways of teaching into the mix. Building on previous successes you might be provided with podcasts, video lectures, shared VR sessions, interactive online training, and social network analysis tools, as well as full access to LinkedIn Learning.

For some projects, you may partly want to work from home. Splashtop software and remote access to our professional workstation computers on campus give you access to all the software you need to produce exciting projects.