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University of Leicester
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.
A/AS-levels: ABB. All subjects accepted. Two AS-levels considered in place of one A-Level
EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B
Access to HE Diploma: Pass diploma with 45 credits at Level 3, including 30 credits at Distinction
International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points overall.
BTEC Nationals: Full Diploma with DDM
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, Community Radio in Practice.
Recent graduates have gone on to work for companies such as:
American Express
Artavia Advertising
BBC
City Index
E.ON Energy
Gogglebox Entertainment
HMRC
Lloyds Bank
Sky Media
Transport for London
Web Liquid Digital Marketing
Others have gone on to further study in the following fields:
Broadcast Journalism
Journalism
Marketing
Cinema and Television
International Relations
At the very beginning of your course you’ll take the short, non-credit bearing Academic and Study Skills.
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