Navigate new adventures in sound on this award-winning, industry-accredited MA. Bring your existing knowledge and experience to analyse radio from a theoretical and practical perspective.
Radio has the potential to be transformative, to further the human experience. It’s a medium that creates a sense of intimacy while continually generating questions. This is a programme that empowers you to create something permanent, something with a life beyond your own – something only sound can achieve.
The MA poses questions about the influence of radio as a medium and the power it has to stir emotions, evoke feelings, and conjure vivid mental images. We look at the ways in which recording technologies can preserve and hold on to an aspect of our existence – be that a cultural exchange or an artistic communication – and how we can inspire future generations with the work we create.
The degree blends theory and practice so you’ll work within professional standard broadcast and post-production suites and use sound studios linked to a networked newsroom. We also have our own student radio station broadcasting online with an FM restricted service licence. As an MA Radio student you can also learn online production skills and publish sound-specific features on Londonmultimedianews.com
We adopt a reflective, humanitarian approach to storytelling because we think that to develop the creative imagination, we need to embrace all kinds of belief systems. It’s why our students go and spend time within communities, continue questioning, continue listening, and research everything from academic journals to novels.
We give you the space and time to consider how different strands of thought and aspects of communication intertwine. And we don’t get in the way of talent; we encourage and support it.
Come and develop your own idea of the sonic arts and create everything from investigative journalism to interactive soundscapes.
This degree is part of our School of Journalism. Find out more about what we do and other degrees we teach.
You work in practice and theory groups, and take modules that cover:
Throughout the year, the programme includes workshops and seminars by visiting professionals and artists in the radio journalism and radio drama fields. We are happy to support work experience placements in professional newsrooms and radio drama productions. The programme offers students the opportunity to learn Teeline shorthand, television recording techniques and online applications for radio.
We also encourage you to support the Goldsmiths student radio station Wired FM.
Modules
The MA is composed of the following modules:
Assessment
Portfolio of recorded work; unseen examination; essay; 30-minute radio drama script.
Our graduates go on to work as broadcast journalists, creative programme makers, and foreign correspondents – and MA students are consistently winning significant awards for their work. For example in 2012, MA Radio students had considerable success in the Charles Parker student radio feature awards and the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) Awards for Best Radio News Feature and Best Online News Website.
In 2013 MA Radio students took Gold and Silver in the Charles Parker awards, and in the 2015 BJTC awards all the awards for Best Radio Feature and Best Radio Documentary went to Goldsmiths radio students. Our MA Radio alumni are also winning awards in the UK and abroad for their professional work too.
Find out more about employability at Goldsmiths.
The radio and audio industry is changing; podcasting has led to an appetite for audio content across the globe, like never before. Telling stories in sound is an integral component of this course and you’ll engage with the crafting of radio programmes and podcasts in various production genres including drama, music radio, documentaries and features, while learning how this practice is contextualised both historically and theoretically.
You’ll be taught through a mixture of workshops, tutorials, lectures and seminars with full access to a range of studios, recording and editing equipment. You will also have the opportunity to broadcast on the MA managed radio station BIRSt.co.uk. Throughout the course you will engage with industry through guest speakers, station and events visits. You will develop in areas suited to your own strengths under the expert supervision of your tutors, and can even test your skills in industry, with the opportunity to take up a placement for three to four weeks if you wish. The course builds towards a final production project in which you will create a complete 30-minute programme to broadcast standard or a research-focused option is also available.
Radio Production is part of a larger framework of Media Production courses collaborating to explore cross-media storytelling in production. Graduating students from the course have gone on to enjoy successful careers in the radio and audio industry and within academia - some are leaders in their field.
The course creatively combines academic rigour with current industry know-how.
This course is suitable for students with a first degree, looking to become well-rounded broadcast journalists. You will have a keen interest in TV and radio news and current affairs plus sport, lifestyle and national and international politics. Though this course is NOT about presenting on screen or on air, you must be prepared to present your material on camera or mic, and write and direct material for others to perform. The MA in Broadcast Journalism is essentially about visual and audio communication of topical information, and requires a desire to communicate through essential team working. City provides an alumni network second to none in the UK broadcast industry; and provides possibly the best employment opportunities of any postgraduate broadcasting course in the UK.
Professor Sir Paul Curran, President says this about Journalism at City:
"Journalism at City began as a postgraduate department in 1976 and has developed some of the most respected MA Journalism courses in the country. Alumni include the BBC¹s Sophie Raworth and BBC Head of News James Harding, Sky News' Dermot Murnaghan, Editor of The Sun Tony Gallagher, Justine Picardie, Editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar UK, Channel 4's Ramita Navai and Al Jazeera's Barbara Sheera. Recent graduates are reporters, producers, editors and web content providers, across platforms ranging from the Financial Times and the BBC to Buzzfeed and Vice TV."
The MA in Broadcast Journalism produces award winning young journalists and has a superb reputation. You will learn learn comprehensive TV and radio skills. The course benefits from a large cohort of between 50 and 60 students with great networking and peer support. Teaching groups of 15 ensure personal contact with Professor Lis Howell; TV reporter Colette Cooney; Dr Abdullahi Tasiu; and key staff like radio practitioner Sandy Warr.
New from autumn 2016 Broadcast Journalism aims to offer 45 minutes long TV news programmes on news-days produced by students gaining practical training. Newswriting, television and radio journalism are taught in groups of fifteen and larger groups through lectures, workshops and broadcast simulation.
This degree is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC)
Work placements are an integral part of the Broadcast Journalism MA. MA Broadcasters arrange their own placements - with help from academics if necessary. You must have 15 days of work experience whilst on the course. This usual happens during the the Christmas break. The size of the City cohorts past and present means unique networking opportunities with present students and 4,000 alumni.
Organisations who have hosted City students in the past include:
In 2014 we completed a £12m development project for our Journalism facilities. These facilities were developed in consultation with experts from the BBC and ITN and were praised by the BJTC. They include:
Some courses are taught in lecture theatres, but most are small-group workshops that allow you to develop your journalistic skills and knowledge with the support of our expert academics.
Activities include lectures, practical work in groups and individually, personal tutorials, and independent learning
This pathway is taught by professors, senior lecturers and lecturers, with industry practitioners as visiting lecturers, and a number of key industry visiting speakers.
All MA Journalism courses at City are practical, hands-on courses designed for aspiring journalists. As a result, much of your coursework will be journalistic assignments that you produce to deadline, as you would in a real news organisation.
Assessments vary from module to module but include coursework, practical work both in groups and individually, a Final Project, a written timed test, and essays.
All of our Broadcast Journalism MA students must undertake core modules in Ethics, Rules and Standards and a Final Project. As a Broadcast Journalism student you will take a module in Newsgathering for TV and Radio; a module in Newsdays and longer form film-making; and a module in Data Journalism. Teaching hours are between Monday to Friday during working hours, and occasionally outside those times.
According to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey (DLHE), 96.8% of previous graduates from this course were in employment six months after completing the course earn an average salary of £23,000.
Previous graduates go on to work as journalists, producers, or Head of Media & Communications.
Alumni include famous names such as:
Recent graduates of the MA Broadcasting include:
This innovative and dynamic new course develops an understanding of media businesses and the global environment in which they operate. It brings together a study of media industries with an analysis of management processes, drawing on a wealth of academic and industry expertise to equip you with the skills required to pursue a career managing in the media and creative industries.
This course is particularly aimed at people interested in, or working in, management careers in international media industries, as well as advertising, festivals, marketing, PR and media relations. It is international in outlook and engages with new technological and business developments such as the impact of digital distribution on media industries, or the global significance of social media platforms. It also has strong links with major international media and creative organisations.
Combining key theoretical and applied components, the course will offer you a strong critical understanding of management operations of the contemporary media industries as well as of different areas of creative industries work.
In a highly competitive job market, learning from highly experienced professionals is an important asset. Staff at QMU have developed strong links with major global media and creative organisations, including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV, MTV, the British Film Institute, Adobe, Google and Creative Scotland, and regularly invite senior executives and policymakers to share their wealth of expertise with students. Our teaching staff produce world renowned research, and engage globally with media industries practitioners and organisations.
Why QMU?
This revolutionary new course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience to work in the film and HETV sectors either in the UK or further afield. The course combines a core set of skills in the area of screenwriting for film and HETV with direct experience working alongside working industry professionals, learning some of the detailed skills required to develop a commercially viable and original feature film script or series bible, as well as practical insights into personal entrepreneurial skills to foster a successful careers.
Reasons to study Script Development at De Montfort University
Developed in partnership with Creative Media Skills (CMS)
CMS is DMU’s partner in developing and delivering the programme. It works hand in hand with government organisations, as well as the industry, to identify skills gaps and provide high-level targeted training in many areas of the film industry. CMS bring professionals and department heads into the classroom, and provides students with access to the UK film industry’s most valuable knowledge base – its staff
Benefit from DMU’s expertise
This MA has been specifically designed by and is led by industry employers, whose credits include: Empire of the Sun, The Fifth Element, Chariots of Fire, The Kings Speech, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Skyfall, Quantum of Solace, Die another Day and Mad Max; Fury Road to name a few.
Learning off campus at Pinewood Studios with Creative Media Skills
The second semester of your learning will take place at the world famous Pinewood Studios home of Bond and Star Wars. While at Creative Media Skills you will work with industry experts to develop more focused skills on the practical duties involved in the development of a complete, one-of- a-kind feature film script or series bible.
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies at DMU was ranked first in the UK for the proportation of its research outputs rated as world leading. REF2014 (dmu.ac.uk/REF14)
The content of the course has been developed in partnership with Creative Media Skills, meaning you can be assured that what you are learning is directly relevant to current industry practice. Throughout the course your time will be divided between campus at DMU in Leicester, and the CMS centre in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire with two semesters being taught at Creative Media Skills. Since incorporation in 2012 Creative Media Skills have trained crew members who have worked on many of the major international blockbuster films and high-end TV productionsmade in the UK such as: Star Wars The Force awakens, Rogue 1, Spectre, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, Game of Thrones, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jurassic World 2, Star Wars the Last Jedi, Marco Polo, Outlander, Jason Bourne, Pan, Wonder Woman, Ready Player One, King Arthur legend of the Sword, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy to name a few. As this course is industry led, it focuses on providing graduates with a practical understanding of the production of industry-approved scripts, which are targeted at international markets, as well as providing graduates with opportunities to work in the industry and complement the development of their own ideas. By working with practitioners at Pinewood Studios, you will gain experience of the day-to- day duties required to manage the different processes involved.
This revolutionary new course gives students the chance to learn about International Film Production from working industry professionals at Pinewood Studios, the home of British Film. Students will gain a professional understanding of the different processes governing the wider international film marketplace.
This course combines a core set of skills in the area of finance and accountancy working alongside industry professionals, learning some of the detailed skills required to understand how films are funded, produced and marketed, as well as practical insights into personal entrepreneurial skills to foster a successful career.
Developed in partnership with Creative Media Skills (CMS)
CMS is DMU’s partner in developing and delivering the programme. It works hand in hand with government organisations, as well as the industry, to identify skills gaps and provide high-level targeted training in many areas of the film industry. CMS bring professionals and department heads into the classroom, and provides students with access to the UK film industry’s most valuable knowledge base – its staff
Production accountancy has been singled out as one of the greatest areas of need. There are currently not enough people to fill the roles required as suggested by The British Council.
Benefit from DMU’s expertise
This MA has been designed and led by industry employers, whose credits include: Empire of the Sun, The Fifth Element, Chariots of Fire, The Kings Speech, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Skyfall, Quantum of Solace, Die another Day and Mad Max; Fury Road to name a few.
Learning off campus at Pinewood Studios with Creative Media Skills
The second semester of your learning will take place at the world famous Pinewood Studios home of Bond and Star Wars. While at Creative Media skills you will work with industry accountants and financial controllers to develop more focused skills on the practical duties involved in the development of a production, looking at contracts, insurances, tax credits, among other concepts to have the pro and post-productions under control before starting with production.
Communication, Cultural and Media Studies at DMU was ranked first in the UK for the proportation of its research outputs rated as world leading. REF2014 (dmu.ac.uk/REF14)
The content of the course has been developed in partnership with Creative Media Skills, meaning you can be assured that what you are learning is directly relevant to current industry practice. Throughout the course your time will be divided between campus at DMU in Leicester, and the CMS centre in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire with two semesters being taught at Creative Media Skills. Since incorporation in 2012 Creative Media Skills have trained crew members who have worked on many of the major international blockbuster films and high-end TV productionsmade in the UK such as: Star Wars The Force awakens, Rogue 1, Spectre, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, Game of Thrones, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jurassic World 2, Star Wars the Last Jedi, Marco Polo, Outlander, Jason Bourne, Pan, Wonder Woman, Ready Player One, King Arthur legend of the Sword, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy to name a few.
As this course is industry led, it focuses on providing graduates with a practical understanding of the production of high-standard films, how these are funded, produced and marketed at an international level, as well as providing graduates with opportunities to make contacts in the industry and complement the development of their own ideas as well as others.
By working alongside top level practitioners at Pinewood Studios, you will gain experience of the day-to-day duties required to manage the different processes involved in pre-production, production and post-production as well as understanding how to effectively work alongside producers at a professional level.
