Communications and Film & TV

Communications and film and television is a degree that examines both the broader landscape of human communication and the specific and significant medium of moving image. Communications studies provides frameworks for understanding how messages are constructed, circulated, and received across all media, and how communication shapes public knowledge, political life, and cultural identity. Film and television studies analyses moving image as an art form and a cultural institution, examining how films and programmes are made, how they create meaning through their formal properties, and what role they play in society.

Together the two disciplines produce graduates with a sophisticated analytical range and practical media literacy.

At Nottingham Trent University, this three-year, full-time programme includes a sandwich placement year and work placement, giving it a strong professional dimension alongside the academic content. You will engage with communication theory, media history, the sociology of media organisations, digital communication, and the ethics of journalism and advertising, alongside the study of film and television form, genre, industry, and representation. The programme develops both critical and written communication skills, preparing you for roles in which intellectual rigour and professional communication competence are both required.

The sandwich year and work placements might be in film and television production, broadcasting, journalism, public relations, digital media, or communications consultancy. Nottingham Trent has strong employer connections in the creative and media industries, and the practical experience these placements provide is genuinely valued in a sector where demonstrated competence matters alongside academic qualification.

Graduates work in journalism, broadcasting, television production, digital media, public relations, marketing communications, content creation, and film and media education. Many also go on to postgraduate study in film studies, media studies, journalism, or communications. The combination of analytical depth and practical media skills makes graduates versatile across a wide range of media and communications roles.