About BA (hons) English And Multimedia Journalism in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

English and journalism have long been a strong partnership. Today, with the multimedia element, our Joint Honours Degree puts a modern spin on the most enduring of partnerships.

This exciting course offers the chance to bring the former together with an up-to-the-minute, multimedia version of the latter, reflecting the demands of the modern media environment. 

Today’s journalists are expected to operate across broadcast, print and online networks. With a broad range of units, we’ll give you all the skills you need to compete in this fast-moving world. You’ll learn from accomplished reporters and editors, drawing on extensive newsroom experience to give you industry-relevant understanding and insights. 

You’ll also build a set of complementary skills through our range of English units, including critical and cultural theories, and textual analysis. Then when you get to your final year, you’ll have the chance to put those skills into practice – by tackling a substantial piece of work, whether a portfolio of journalism or an extended piece of critical writing. 

Along the way, you will have opportunities to study abroad and, if you wish, to do your third year as a placement - in Britain or abroad. You will be based in a lively department that is staffed by internationally renowned writers and critics, and there's a strong research culture, creating a learning environment that is both supportive and intellectually challenging.

Manchester has one of the biggest digital and creative sectors in the UK. With MediaCityUK, home to the BBC and ITV, it’s an ideal place for an ambitious journalist to build a network, gain experience and boost your career prospects.

Features and Benefits

• Units led by accomplished journalists, including current and former reporters and editors.
• You’ll be encouraged to find your own creative identity and express yourself through a variety of digital content, media and genres.
• You’ll have access to the many conferences, readings, research programmes, festivals and competitions run by the department.
• There’s an opportunity to engage with the Manchester Children’s Book Festival, a year-long programme of events and activities.
• You’ll be encouraged to build your own network among our many partners within the creative and culturally rich city of Manchester.
• You will have the opportunity to spend your third year on an industry placement.

Career prospects

Previous graduates from our courses in the areas of English and journalism have entered a wide range of employment, especially media work and teaching, where their transferable skills are particularly relevant.

Recent English graduates have become school and college teachers, and gained employment in fields as diverse as banking and finance, manufacturing and retail.

There is also the opportunity to engage in further study and professional training, for example some of our graduates go on to study creative writing at postgraduate level in our Manchester Writing School under the creative direction of Professor Carol Ann Duffy DBE (Poet Laureate 2009-2019).

However the opportunities for further study are diverse and some students have undertaken further professional training to work in law, public administration, management, and librarianship.

For our journalism graduates, the rapidly changing digital media and creative industries offer career opportunities in an extremely wide range of sectors including print journalism, digital publishing and editing, broadcasting, researching, media development, freelance writing, specialist journalism, working for news agencies, public relations departments and public sector press departments.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII with good grade.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   6.0, with no component below 5.5
• TOEFL   :   Overall 79,  With no individual test score below:Listening: 17,Reading: 18,Speaking: 20,Writing : 17
• PTE        :   53, with no less than 51 in any section

Manchester Metropolitan University Highlights

Manchester Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The estimated cost of attendance while studying in the UK depends on several factors like the program applied for, tuition fees, books and supplies, housing, dining, transportation etc.
• Estimated Tuition Fees for 2020-2021 academic session at Manchester Metropolitan University are:

• Tuition Fees for some courses can vary depending upon any additional cost such as field trips or expense of equipment.
• Tuition Fees for postgraduate research courses (Ph.D., MPhil, MRes) are categorized into 5 Tuition bands,
• Students can expect an average cost of living ranging from 7,500 - 8,500 EUR per year, based on the minimum expenses.