Fundraising for the arts requires a broad skills base and the Arts Development element of your programme is carefully designed to build your knowledge and confidence so that you can fund your arts based project, or work as a fundraiser more broadly. It also understands that the arts have a vital role to play in building healthy happy societies and explores their support for the charitable sector through communications, fundraising and community events. The digital film element of your programme provides real links to the journalistic side of Media Studies, with its practical based work linking students directly to producers. Students here will be among a wide variety of musicians, dancers, composers, scriptwriters and film makers, which will help develop skills in team work, production and filming.

Fundraising isn’t one job it’s a whole range of different specialisms, with the opportunity to find the one that suits you. Unless of course variety is where you thrive, in which case, working for a small charity calls for exactly the flexibility and broad range of skills we teach. Your job title might be: Alumni Manager/Officer PA to Fundraising/Development Director Campaigns Coordinator Partnership and Development Manager Community Fundraiser Patrons Manager Corporate Fundraiser Project coordinator/administrator Database Manager/Data Officer Prospect researcher Development Director/Head of Fundraising Fundraiser (all-rounder for small charities) Statutory Fundraising Manager Direct Marketing Manager/Officer Supporter Development Events Fundraiser Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser Individual Giving Manager Volunteer co-ordinator/manager Government Grants/Contracts Officer While our Digital Film Production and Screenwriting graduates are particularly well suited to work with film production companies, TV production studios, radio outlets, newspapers, PR firms and advertising agencies. Many of our graduates go on to complete Masters degrees, using their undergraduate experience as the foundation to advanced study and/or practice. Career paths include: Commercials and advertising Film, production, writing, cinematography, and postproduction Television, researchers and journalists Management training Public relations Teaching Local government Marketing organisations Postgraduate study at international film schools