Program Overview

Creative and Digital Media

Overview

This one-year, CertHE programme trains you to become a digital media creative whilst also developing the required skills for delivering and distributing video content across platforms including business, government and the charity sector.

Course Details

All about the course

This course has been designed by media industry content developers and producers. Modules that make up the programme have been developed as new learning experiences bespoke to the course, which will give you a concentrated two-year experience to prepare you for employment or top-up study.

Modules

• Video Creation and Edit for Social and Digital Media
• Video Edit
• Mobile, Media and Marketing
• Motion and Interactive Design
• Client Communications
• Video Shoot and Sound

Course Structure

The course will be a mix of six key elements: practical demonstration, hands-on skill training, realistic video and podcast project creation and delivery, individual work, industry projects and teamwork.

Employment and Stats

What about after uni?

Graduates can go straight into industry, working for a wide range of employers in various junior creative digital media roles.

Career Links

We have industry links with a range of media organisations, including Channel 4, ITV, BBC Sport and The Hut Group.

Requirements

What you need to know

• Be an enthusiast for digital media content, and curious about how it is created, measured and used to bring about success for broadcasters, production companies, sports teams, government and charities.
• Know who the major broadcasters are and what their video-on-demand sites (like iPlayer and ITV Player do.
• Have a good working knowledge of social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and any other social platforms people are using.
• Possibly have experimented with making videos or podcasts already and seen the potential of them.

Standard Entry Requirements

• GCSE English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent) is required.
• Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is preferred but not essential.
• UCAS tariff points: 72 points
• A Level: 72 points
• BTEC Extended Diploma: MMP
• Scottish Highers: 72 points
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 72 points

Alternative Entry Requirements

• Salford Alternative Entry Scheme (SAES)

Tuition Fees

• Full-time home: £9,535 per year (2025/26)
• Part-time: Part-time fees will be calculated on a pro rata basis.

Additional Costs

• Books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.

Related Courses

• DipHE Social Media Content Creation
• DipHE Creative and Digital Media
• BSc (Hons) Creative Computing with Foundation Year