Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Media Production

BSc (Hons) Media Production teaches the technical craft of making screen content: camera and lighting, sound recording and post, editing, directing and production management across factual, drama and commercial forms, with the workflows and equipment discipline of professional production embedded throughout.

Facilities carry this course — television studios, camera and lighting kit, edit suites and audio post rooms — and students crew each other’s productions in defined roles, learning that professional media is a division of labour where reliability in a specific job matters more than doing everything adequately.

Equipment access is the practical selling point here: professional cameras, lighting kits, studios and edit suites are bookable by students throughout the course, which removes the capital barrier that otherwise keeps new producers out of the industry. Students should exploit that access relentlessly, shooting far beyond assessed briefs, because volume of finished work is what builds both skill and showreel. The £17,300 fee runs across the three recorded September cycles, and students should budget for travel to shoots and modest production costs on personal projects.

The science-badged framing signals its technical seriousness relative to media studies routes: colour pipelines, audio levels, codecs and delivery specifications are taught because broadcasters and clients reject work that fails technical standards regardless of creative merit.

Entry runs through production assistant, runner and junior editing roles at £19,000–£24,000, with in-house brand content now a larger employer than broadcast television and offering steadier contracts. The honours degree carries Graduate Route eligibility for 18 months under post-2026 application rules, with dependants excluded during taught study.