Honours Degree
Constantly adapting in the digital age, 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 you need 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 content for different audiences, how to research, script, work to a brief and organise your time, and how to shape material for different genres including magazines, music and drama. As you progress the emphasis is on creativity and pushing the format 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 schedulingand 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.
Further information about the Radio Production course
Some of our modules
- Radio Production Skills
- Radio Advertising
- Radio Genres & Cultures
- Radio Theatre
- Turn It Up: Making & Presenting Music Radio
- Live Broadcast
Benefits
- student radio station
- focus on creativity
- industry placement
Career paths
- independent radio/web-audio producer
- radio broadcasting
- programme researcher
- radio management
Are there any placements for this course?
Compulsory placement at level 3.
How will the course be assessed?
Course work (group and individual), exams (in level 1), assessments etc.
Entry requirements
Points for degree: 280 using the UCAS Tariff system
Associated professional accreditations
Skillset Media Academy Partner.
Location?
Park
Applications
All full-time applications should be made through UCAS.
We welcome applications from students from non-traditional backgrounds and from overseas.
Selection Process
As part of the selection process, you may be asked to attend an interview. We will contact you via the email address you have provided us with on your UCAS form. Therefore, it is essential you check your email regularly as you will need to respond within 5 working days of receipt.