Duration: 3 years with a 4 week placement or 4 years with a 30 week placement. If you’re unsure about what area of the media you would like to work in this is an excellent course to choose. It not only provides a fascinating overview of the sector, but also focuses on academic study of the media and society, whilst teaching you all the practical skills necessary to work in this fast-paced environment. On this versatile course, you'll embrace approaches taken from humanities and social science disciplines and examine the different ways in which people communicate, including face-to-face interaction, everyday language use and through the media. From a practical point of view, you’ll learn how to write in a variety of styles and formats, such as: scripts, short stories and pieces for online and digital media. Then, in your final year, you can choose specialist options in advertising, public relations and journalism to cultivate a learning package that is better tailored to your future career plans.

Account executive Assistant media executive Communications officer Concept manager Digital account executive Junior copywriter Marketing and communications coordinator PR executive.