Radio is thriving with new talent and original ideas, with more than 90% of us tuning in every day, listening to an average of 20 hours a week. Giving you the expertise to succeed in the industry, this course starts with practical programme making skills including interviewing, voice training, recording and editing. You'll learn how to create tailored content for your target audience, how to research, script, work to a brief and organise your time, and how to shape material for different genres including magazine programmes, music shows and radio drama. The emphasis is on creativity and pushing the boundaries. During the course, you work in the dedicated radio production studios and production suite using professional broadcast and production facilities. In your final year you'll benefit from an industry placement that allows you to get first-hand, direct experience. This degree combines practice with theory so you'll also learn how to analyse radio, understand scheduling and explore issues around media ownership and regulation. You'll develop the key critical thinking skills that all employers look for in a graduate. The student radio station, Tone Radio, broadcasts seven days a week including special festival outside broadcasts.

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