Digital Media and Communications

Digital media and communications is a practice-based degree that develops both the technical skills to create digital content and the critical understanding to analyse and contextualise it. Digital media now permeates every aspect of contemporary life, from the images we consume on social platforms to the video journalism we watch and the interactive experiences we navigate, and the professionals who create, manage, and interpret this content need to be fluent in both production and theory. This degree prepares you for that kind of versatile, analytically grounded creative practice.

Teesside University's four-year full-time Digital Media and Communications with Foundation Year degree carries a typical entry tariff of 104 points and includes a sandwich year with work placement opportunities. The foundation year provides additional preparation in media fundamentals before you progress to the main degree. As the course itself describes, you will explore the making of images, video, sound, and audio-visual materials, developing practical skills in digital software, risk assessment for technical equipment, and hands-on making.

Alongside practical sessions, you will study professional environments, media theories, critical analysis, and audience perspectives. Group project work encourages collaboration and creative risk-taking, preparing you for the realities of creative industries production.

Graduates work in digital content creation, video production, social media management, photography, audio-visual communications, broadcasting, digital marketing, user experience, and creative roles across a wide range of sectors. The combination of practical technical skills and critical thinking about media is valued in both creative and communications organisations. Postgraduate study in digital media, communications, or a specialist creative field is an option for those wanting to develop a deeper focus.