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Understanding your own skills, interests and motivations, you'll explore your future career decisions.

Insights from academics and professionals will inform your knowledge of required skills and qualities in creative tech. And you'll critically assess technological, ethical and commercial challenges and opportunities in contemporary film and TV.

Experiment with photography, video, 3D printing, and digital tools to create unique content.

You'll learn how to tell compelling stories and share them online. Capture your creative process and develop skills to grow your work further.

You’ll learn ways to produce captivating 2D and 3D animations, from shaping characters to building narratives. Look at different project briefs, and then use motion, timing, and sequence to meet their needs.

You’ll get real experience with the same software professionals use as you make, refine, and perfect your animations. Learn the basics, like squash and stretch, follow-through, and overlap. Try out various styles, including bouncing balls and walking animations.

By using these methods in your own work, you’ll get a natural feel for the 12 key principles of animation.

Get set to playfully bring your ideas to life, one frame at a time.

In this module, you’ll develop technical skills in sound design, music composition, recording and editing. You’ll also explore associated theories and aesthetics. Working with others on video projects to get real-life practice in putting together sound and music that fit perfectly. Discover how sound enhances visual storytelling by looking at different techniques used in various media.

This module gives you a peek into the professional world, preparing you to make soundtracks for movies, TV, and more at industry standard.

Develop essential graphic design skills by mastering space, scale, and representation.

You'll Create a strong visual design strategy with colours, Fonts, and branding elements. Design engaging user interfaces, transforming wireframes from sketches to fully realised prototypes.

The module encourages the creation of artefacts that are technologically and culturally coherent, with a focus on design and development.

Relevant theoretical and contextual knowledge will support and guide the understanding of these artefacts.

You can develop expertise in content marketing by creating and optimizing engaging content that captures and retains consumer attention.

This module caters to those eager to innovate in the creative industries, focusing on key areas such as screenwriting, producing, production design, cinematography, production protocols, soundtrack, editing, visual effects, and distribution.

You will gain a deep understanding of creative workflows for multimedia platforms and advance your practical skills in digital content design, development, and production. The module emphasises problem-solving through innovative design methods, tools, and techniques. Additionally, you will learn the complexities of technical practices in digital media development and apply effective project management methods to produce complex digital media products.

"Creative Production" offers an exciting blend of theory and practical application. By the end of the module, you will be ready to turn your innovative ideas into impactful digital content.

You'll discuss research approaches and gain skills to strategise methods for independent study.

You'll formulate plans tailored to your goals, create research proposals and hone your scholarly writing. Investigating your chosen career path, you'll identify opportunities, appraising your skills and interests. This experience provides a robust foundation to initiate an impactful creative project aligned with your aspirations

Through a study exchange overseas, you'll manage tasks and projects relevant to your course, working independently or collaboratively as part of a team.

The experience enables you to showcase your talents on a global stage while reflecting on your personal growth. With enhanced employability prospects, you return home with a new perspective to inform your practice.

You'll research industry trends, gaining key skills in UX, responsive design, and multimedia integration.

Through practical exercises, you'll choose appropriate frameworks to prototype highly dynamic and usable websites.

Working individually or in groups, you'll implement a fully functional rich media site.

This comprehensive overview equips you with the knowledge to deliver cutting-edge, consumer-focused web applications using the latest tools and technologies.

You’ll experiment with simulations and procedural methods to tackle typical production issues. The aim of this will be to improve shot flow and deepen audience engagement.

You can study exemplary professional work by developing inventive approaches based on industry research. This analysis will inform your technical choices as you skillfully blend various elements to create cohesive scenes.

Join a team of creative students and do a project together. Try new things and see how they can help you.

You’ll also grasp how to use your skills with others. Sometimes you’ll be a leader, sometimes a helper. Talk about your ideas and learn from them. You’ll make something to show what you learned and share it with others.

This module helps you gain new skills and understand other fields. You’ll be a smart and creative person, ready to solve real-world problems.

You'll research industry trends, innovating your own mobile app concepts.

With design and programming skills, you'll build a working prototype - whether web, native or hybrid.

This comprehensive overview equips you to make informed decisions on frameworks and features.

You'll learn prototyping, UI design, data management and more.

Working individually or in groups, you'll gain hands-on experience taking an app from idea to functioning product.

By the end, you'll have a portfolio-ready mobile application, and the skills to thrive in this dynamic field.

You’ll choose learning tasks that add up to 60 hours, like internships, volunteering, research, or remote study that match your career plans. Workshops will help you make meaningful goals and think about what you’ve accomplished. Through this, you’ll grow the knowledge, skills, and qualities you need to thrive in the workplace.

By looking at your growth through active participation and reading, you’ll become a perceptive, eager job-seeker who stands out.

As a team, you will embark on a journey of entrepreneurship, starting with ideation and ending with the launch of your product or service. You will analyse complex factors influencing a successful launch, conduct thorough research to assess feasibility and gain valuable insights into marketing, manufacturing, and sales strategies.

Working together on pitch presentations, you will discover your strengths as an entrepreneur or team member. This module provides transferable skills essential to thrive in creative industries, whether you plan to launch your own company or seek employment with top organisations. You will develop the mindset and abilities to spot opportunities and act on them, which will benefit your career.

Demonstrating project management and problem-solving skills, through critical analysis and experimentation, you'll produce a body of work that advances knowledge in your discipline.

Communicating scholarly outcomes with impact, you'll demonstrate your knowledge and abilities, drawing together your learning into a compelling self-directed showcase.

This is the culmination of your degree journey - proving your readiness for professional and academic challenges ahead.

Learn how to create interfaces that connect with audiences and achieve their goals, using visual communication and storytelling. Through projects and exercises, you'll assess and use layout, typography, colour, imagery, and interaction to boost engagement and usability. Gain expert skills in interpreting design briefs and applying universal design thinking principles.

By the end, you’ll have crafted an absorbing portfolio that shows you can design intuitive, aesthetically pleasing, and industry-ready interactions. Let your creativity and empathy shine through as you transform digital experiences.

You'll analyse algorithms and techniques and gain practical skills experimenting on an AI platform. This module builds your knowledge of AI domains, from knowledge systems to computer vision.

You'll evaluate limitations and potentials of current AI tech, and consider the societal impacts — with options to code an AI application or write an extended essay.

The module equips you for a society where AI transforms creative roles and every day life. And you'll emerge with contextual understanding and skills to responsibly apply AI innovations.

Through lectures and discussions, you’ll explore academic perspectives, covering analytical, cultural, and design approaches. You’ll think critically about old and new ideas, using theories such as Huizinga’s ‘magic circle’ to examine game structures, content, and players. You’ll also focus on how to research games, using various methods to understand them in context.

By the end, you’ll be able to study games academically. This knowledge is great for your final-year projects, further study, or jobs in game production, journalism, user testing, and research and development.

You’ll end up with a firm grasp of games as a cultural form, preparing you for an industry or academic career in games.

You’ll experiment with physics simulations and procedural methods to significantly improve shot flow and audience engagement.

As you tackle the usual production challenges, you’ll have the chance to study examples from the industry. This research will help guide your artistic and technical choices.

Armed with a deeper industry understanding and digital expertise, you’ll be capable of seamlessly blending unique elements into coherent stories.

You’ll experiment with various digital design and compositing techniques, learning to blend elements seamlessly into scenes. This will enhance how viewers perceive each scene, thanks to improved visual continuity.

You’ll also look at industry terminology to effectively discuss the aesthetic and procedural aspects of complicated projects.

This module offers thorough training for working in professional environments where creative problem-solving is key to producing visually convincing effects.

Analysing works by contemporary and historical practitioners, you'll conceive and create an original installation, composition, or multimedia production incorporating innovative sound techniques.

Presenting the finished project, you'll evaluate and contextualise your creative process and achievement.

This module enables you to create an ambitious sound project while honing your critical thinking.

You'll research industry trends, gaining strategic insight to craft inventive IoT concepts.

With comprehensive design and programming skills, you'll build a working IoT prototype - whether product, service or system.

This hands-on experience equips you to drive the future of smart objects and environments.

Working individually or in teams, you'll bring an IoT application from idea to functioning product, ready to improve lives.

You will learn about key concepts and approaches to create compelling and authentic stories. You will also learn how to show reality while being critically aware of ethical practices. Additionally, you will get hands-on experience filming on location by finding stories, interviewing people involved, and collaborating with others to shape your ideas.

Throughout the module, you will gain knowledge on every aspect of creating a documentary, from start to finish. By studying different documentary styles and storytelling contexts, you will be able to make a powerful documentary that showcases your skills.

At the end of the module, you will have honed your skills and gained a deep understanding of the genre, allowing you to pursue creative documentary projects with confidence.

In this fascinating module, you’ll delve into this enthralling next-gen realm. Explore the latest techniques for digitally capturing human motion and seamlessly applying it to 3D character animation.

Join us in our futuristic mocap studio and master the entire process — from capturing data to animating it using industry software. Experts will guide you as you critically assess different technologies and develop skills to preserve the authenticity and nuance of performances.

By the end, you’ll have firsthand experience with this powerful storytelling tool, widely used to create captivating virtual characters in films, games, and beyond. Your creativity will soar as you explore the boundless possibilities of bringing digital worlds to life.

You'll create professional materials like a CV, cover letters, and online portfolio to showcase your skills to employers. With 40 hours of work in the film and TV industry, you’ll get important experience and meet people who can help you in your career.

This module is a great chance to create your own personal brand. You’ll analyse what film studios and production companies are looking for, so you can customise your skills and stand out from the crowd.

By the end, you’ll have a collection of work and materials that fit your goals in the film and screen world. Use your creativity to take control of where your career is headed.

During this module, you'll spend 6 months working on your own business venture, then 3 months gaining industry experience. This opportunity allows you to apply what you've learned in a practical setting while exploring different career options. You'll also have the chance to develop professional relationships and expand your network.

Assess your personal strengths and weaknesses to set goals for the future. Throughout the module, you'll demonstrate increasing independence while still valuing the support of others. Gain a broader understanding of the world through real-world experiences and insights. Additionally, you'll earn valuable credits for your CV and enhance your skill set.

By the end of this module, you'll graduate with the practical experience that employers are seeking.

This experience lets you learn firsthand how to set up and run a small business. You’ll absorb professional practices and business situations that matter to your entrepreneurial goals. Make important connections while working independently within set rules. Think deeply about your strengths, weaknesses, criteria for success, and future plans.

This opportunity is useful for your career. It lets you use what you’ve learnt in your degree in the real world and helps you understand your capabilities.

After finishing this placement and the related assessments, you’ll get more credits for your sandwich degree. This practical experience is a valuable step in developing an entrepreneurial way of thinking.

You’ll spend 24–48 weeks at a chosen company, learning from professionals and helping out with actual projects. Gain confidence, knowledge, and skills by taking on more responsibility with gradually less help. As you progress, you’ll make professional connections and think about how you’re doing. Take in what you learn about how industries and businesses work.

This placement is an ideal chance to grow in your career. By using what you’ve learnt in a workplace, you’ll understand more about your own strengths, what you need to work on, and your plans after you graduate.

After this placement and the related assessments, you’ll get extra credits for your sandwich degree. This practical experience is a valuable part of your education.

Complete relevant tasks demonstrating your specialised skills and independence.

Gain global perspective, reflect deeply on personal growth, and build valued transferable abilities for professional life after university. Return home with experiences that inspire your practice and understanding of art’s global connectivity.

Evaluating international contexts, you'll critically relate on-site activities to your disciplinary knowledge, gaining global insights. Working independently overseas, you'll complete relevant assignments, refining skills transferable to future creative studies and practice.

Upon returning, thoughtful reflection will reveal your personal growth as you process new worldviews and cross-cultural competencies. This invaluable opportunity provides a chance to broaden your creative knowledge while developing adaptability as a global citizen.