Programme summary for MSc, PG Dip and PG Cert Sports Media
About the programme
- Active engagement with key aspects of professional practice connected to sports media – including media production, journalism and sports reporting
- Analysis and detailed understanding of sports and media policy and changing relationships between sport, media and society
- Advanced introduction to key elements of the sports broadcasting and online sports media
- Analysis of the increasing role of sports in commerce, promotion, sports sponsorship, culture and the creative industries
- Located in East London, adjacent to the Olympic Park and its emergent sports and sports-broadcasting infrastructure
- Opportunities to incorporate placement and work-based learning in your programme
- Led by experienced academics and professionals with direct experience in the field of sports media
- Access to research network connecting professional journalists, broadcasters and academics
- Opportunity to engage in guided sports journalism and online and broadcast media projects with a chance to get work published in local and national media
Programme structure
To ensure a flexible access to the programme for students we will run in F/T and P/T mode and accommodate both a September and a February start.
Career opportunities
Destinations may include sports development and promotions, sports-related journalism (press, radio, TV or online), advertising, branding and sponsorship, PR, branding and corporate communications, creative industries.
Support
All students are allocated a personal tutor; all modules leaders are available for consultation. We offer expert advice from media practitioners, alongside an introduction to research methods, support in academic writing, workshops in journalistic writing, a dedicated writing and production room equipped with up-to-date print and online publishing software.
Admission
Applicants will normally have a 2.2. (Hons) in a media or social sciences subject or equivalent, or comparable recent professional or research experience. Applications from overseas and EU students are welcomed. Students whose first language is not English should normally have achieved a score of 6.5 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or equivalent, and with no skill below 6.0. Eligibility for students without degree-equivalent qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay and statement. Places will be offered to students applying without formal requisite qualifications after this assessment and a successful interview with a member of the programme team. International students may be interviewed by phone or Skype.
Key facts
You can start many programmes in either September or February and applications are simple to make. Click below to:
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Tuition Fees - 2013/14
Home/EU Fees
- Module fee: £1,100
- Full time fee: £6,600 per yr
International Fees
- Module fee: £1,770
- Full time fee: £10,620 per yr
Fees based on 30 credit modules (unless otherwise indicated) For further information regarding postgraduate fees please refer to www.uel.ac.uk/fees/
