We run employability and media production modules as part of our curriculum – e.g., Working in the Creative Industries, Professionalism, and Employment in the Media, The Production of News, Introduction to Filmmaking, and Community Radio in Practice.
Our students are encouraged to get involved in the student-run media on campus, including Galaxy - our student magazine; LUST - our student TV station; and LUSH Radio - our student radio station.
We organize external speaker events, industry visit days, career development training, and other initiatives in collaboration with local and national media organizations, giving you valuable insights into the professional media world.
Leicester has been at the forefront of media research since 1966, and our teaching ensures you will benefit from cutting-edge developments in your field as they occur. We are ranked as one of the top 15 places in the UK to study Communication and Media Studies*.
Today, the media is in your pocket, on your bedside table, and in your classroom; now more mobile than just the television in the living room. Media is an integral part of social and political revolutions and changes. From Pinterest to photo and location tagging on Facebook, from long-trusted newspapers read in print to films discussed on YouTube – the media are now so much part of our lives that we take them for granted.
You will study a wide range of issues in the field of media and communication and will be able to shape your studies by choosing the topics that you are most interested in. You can specialize by choosing from four different routes:
Mass communication
New and digital media
Media practice
Film and cultural studies
Or develop your route by choosing option modules that interest you the most. You can study media production, audiences, media policy, film, television, new media, journalism, or international communication.