Digital Media Practice

Program Overview

Digital Media Practice

Course Overview

The Digital Media Practice programme at Winchester is designed to accommodate a wide range of specialist interests within the digital media industry. Build your theoretical understanding within the context of honing practical skills in a range of specialist careers. Develop new ideas and theories through your engagement with several live client projects, which may culminate in the real-time release of output through different media platforms.

Course Features

• Develop your skills through work on live client projects
• Push creative boundaries with opportunities to experiment, innovate, and take risks

Course Details

Learning and Teaching

• Start dates: September
• Teaching takes place: Daytime
• Students develop new ideas and theories through their engagement with several live client projects, which may culminate in the real-time release of output through different media platforms. Practical work is supported and enhanced through masterclasses, seminars, discussions, workshops, tutorials, and self-directed study, and by undertaking work in professional contexts. There is a dedicated, fully equipped Digital Design Studio, with practitioner-based lecturers on hand during core hours.

Location

• Taught elements of the course take place on campus, Winchester

Assessment

• Our validated courses may adopt a range of means of assessing your learning. An indicative, and not necessarily comprehensive, list of assessment types you might encounter includes essays, portfolios, supervised independent work, presentations, written exams, or practical performances.
• Through the undertaking of projects, students engage with real-world tasks, with assessment reflecting the solutions and outcomes expected in the digital media industry. Assessment takes place throughout the life of a project in order to test and offer feedback on the process and integration of skills. Students are required to complete a final substantial piece of work in the form of either an appropriate digital media project or a written dissertation.

Feedback

• We are committed to providing timely and appropriate feedback to you on your academic progress and achievement in order to enable you to reflect on your progress and plan your academic and skills development effectively. You are also encouraged to seek additional feedback from your course tutors.

Further Information

• For more information about our regulations for this course, please see our Academic Regulations, Policies and Procedures.

Modules

Year 1

• Modules:
  • Digital Media Principles (20 Credits)
  • Design Practice (20 Credits)
  • Emerging Media Project (20 Credits)
  • Brand Design and Strategy (20 Credits)
  • Interaction Design (20 Credits)
  • Research Proposal (20 Credits)
  • Digital Media Practice Independent Study – Project or Dissertation (60 Credits)

Entry Requirements

• UK: A first or second-class honours degree
• International: A first or second-class honours degree
• If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in writing or equivalent

Tuition Fees

• 2025/2026 Course Tuition Fees:
  • UK / Channel Islands / Isle of Man / Republic of Ireland:
    • Full-time: £9,775
    • Part-time: £4,888
    • Total: £9,775
  • International:
    • Full-time: £17,450
    • Part-time: £8,725
    • Total: £17,450

Additional Tuition Fee Information

• If you are a UK student starting your degree in January / September 2025, the first year will cost you £9,775.
• If finance is a worry for you, we are here to help. Take a look at the range of support we have on offer. This is a great investment you are making in your future, so make sure you know what is on offer to support you.

Additional Costs

• As one of our students, all of your teaching and assessments are included in your tuition fees, including, lectures/guest lectures and tutorials, seminars, laboratory sessions, and specialist teaching facilities. You will also have access to a wide range of student support and IT services.

Scholarships, Bursaries, and Awards

• We have a variety of scholarship and bursaries available to support you financially with the cost of your course. To see if you’re eligible, please see our Scholarships and Awards.

Career Prospects

• Graduates pursue careers in the digital media industry as lead designers, design researchers, account directors, content writers, and creative producers.

Programme Leader

• Kerry Steele-Jones

Related Courses

• Take a look at all our courses within the subject area of Computing and Digital Media Design

Information for International Students

• Our international students come from all over the world and we understand that some things are a little different when applying and then arriving at the University. We have therefore provided a list of some of the countries we work in with specific information included on Entry Requirements, Funding Opportunities, Visas, and other useful information.