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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Undergraduate BSc (Hons)
Broadcast Media Technologies
Do you dream about working in radio, TV or online for a major broadcaster like the BBC? Develop the skills you’ll need to get there.
Course Overview
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HP63 -
L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
3 Years -
16 Sep 2024
Learn to produce content for all platforms including TV, radio and the web.
As part of this course you’ll:
- Develop your understanding of new technological developments and approaches in the creation of broadcast video and audio content
- Become an expert producer with the confidence to work across all platforms
- Develop TV and radio ideas and formats
- Take on production roles and work in teams on live broadcasts
- Produce podcasts, and shoot and edit video
- Create and work with motion graphics materials
- Exhibit your final projects to the general public and industry professionals at our Creative Technology Showcase
You’ll learn to anticipate and respond to current local and global changes in broadcasting needs. As you develop production content in a broadcasting and radio studio, you’ll also have access to facilities for live edits of your material. We’ll give you the skills to use graphics and visual construction to communicate material for branding and audiences.
Opportunities will arise to work in our in-house media training facility on collaborative projects.
Check out some of our recent students’ work which featured in the Leeds School of Arts Festival.
Why study Broadcast Media Technologies at Leeds Beckett University...
- 91.7% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*
- 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Broadcast Media Technologies were positive about the way teaching staff explain things**
- Work in teams on live broadcasts, shoot and edit video and create and work with motion graphics materials
- Opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year of paid employment in industry to build your skills and experience
- Study within one of the largest university arts communities in the north, with 3000 students spread across over 40 courses
*Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 20-21
**National Student Survey 2023
Student story Hear from student Izzy about how Leeds Beckett gave her the skills to get her dream job after graduating
Everything you need to know
Discover all there is to know about the course, from entry requirements and fees to exploring the school you’ll be joining - we’ve got it covered.
Entry requirements
112
points required
If you're applying via UCAS, find out more about how your qualifications fit into the UCAS tariff.
We have welcomed students from over 140 countries to study at Leeds Beckett University. If you are interested in studying with us you can find all the information you need about entry requirements and how to apply on our country specific pages.
Entry requirements
112
points required
UCAS Tariff Points: 112 points required.
(Minimum 72 from two A Levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies).
If you're applying via UCAS, find out more about how your qualifications fit into the UCAS tariff.
GCSEs
GCSE English Language and Maths at Grade 4 or above (Grade C for GCSEs taken before 2017) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy and Adult Numeracy are accepted in place of GCSEs.Access to HE Diploma
Pass overall with a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points.T Levels
Pass overall with a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points, including a C or above on the core.Scottish Awards
112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade B or above.Irish Leaving Certificate
112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 5 subjects at higher level of which at least 3 must be grade H3 or above.International baccalaureate
112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 3 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade H5 or above.IELTS
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification. The University provides excellent support for any applicant who may be required to undertake additional English language courses.
Selection Criteria
We may use selection criteria based on your personal attributes; experience and/or commitment to the area of study. This information will be derived from your personal statement and reference and will only be used if you have met the general entry requirements.
Our commitment to help every student succeed
Leeds Beckett University is committed to ensuring that every student with the potential to succeed at our University is able to do so regardless of their background. For this reason we operate a contextual admissions policy, which means we take into account a range of additional factors when we assess a student’s application. Applicants who meet at least one of our contextual admissions criteria will be offered a place on this course with lower (predicted or achieved) UCAS Tariff Points than our published tariff (above).Our contextual admissions criteria are:
- Home postcode is in an area where few people go to University (POLAR4 quintile 1 or 2 area. This can be checked on the Office for Students website).
- Declared disability on the UCAS application form (or direct application for part time applicants).
- Over the age of 21 on the 1st of September before the course starts.
- Declared as a care experienced on the UCAS application form (or direct application for part time applicants).
Mature Applicants
Our university welcomes applications from mature applicants who demonstrate academic potential. All students will be considered through the contextual admissions policy described above. If you do not meet the requirements through the contextual admissions policy, we may still be able to make you an offer if you have recent relevant work experience through our 'Recognition of Prior Learning' policy. Please ensure that you list both your qualifications and any relevant work experience in your application so that we can consider you under both schemes where applicable. All applicants should meet our standard entry requirements of GCSE grade C in English language and, where specified, Maths. Alternative qualifications such as functional skills are accepted in lieu of GCSEs for most courses.We have welcomed students from over 140 countries to study at Leeds Beckett University. If you are interested in studying with us you can find all the information you need about entry requirements and how to apply on our country specific pages.
If you're applying via UCAS, find out more about how your qualifications fit into the UCAS tariff.
International baccalaureate
112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 3 Highers of which at least 2 must be grade H5 or above.IELTS
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification. The University provides excellent support for any applicant who may be required to undertake additional English language courses.
Selection Criteria
We may use selection criteria based on your personal attributes; experience and/or commitment to the area of study. This information will be derived from your personal statement and reference and will only be used if you have met the general entry requirements.
Additional entry requirements:
Verify your qualifications
If you are an international student, we can help you to compare and verify your qualifications. Please contact our International Office on +44 (0)113 812 1111 09.00 to 17.00 Mon-Thurs / 09.00 to 16.30 Fri GMT or email internationaloffice@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.Need to improve your English Language skills?
Don't worry if you don't have the level of English required for your chosen course. We offer a wide range of courses which have been designed to help you to improve your qualifications and English language ability, most of which are accredited by the British Council. Check your English and find out more about our English courses.More questions?
No matter what your questions, we are here to answer them, visit our International website to get more information and find out about our online open days.Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through a number of modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to the specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.
Teaching & Learning
With equal emphasis on the technical and aesthetic aspects of broadcast media, this course will enable you to learn the process of shooting, directing, capturing, editing, adding post-production and motion graphics effects and publishing digital media for different platforms. The tabs below detail what and how you will study in each year of your course. The balance of assessments and overall workload will be informed by your core modules and the option modules you choose to study – the information provided is an indication of what you can expect and may be subject to change. The option modules listed are also an indication of what will be available to you. Their availability is subject to demand and you will be advised which option modules you can choose at the beginning of each year of study.
What you'll learn
Explore the techniques required for recording and manipulation of sound and moving images.
Gain an understanding of design and visual aesthetics in broadcast media. You'll be introduced to the appropriate terminology, technical skills and basic visual awareness used in the creative industries.
This module will support practical learning by providing contextual background to common practices; including key industrial developments, jobs/roles and technological changes in the broadcast media industry. You'll learn the basic principles of academic research and ethical behaviour to begin functioning as an undergraduate academic researcher.
Gain technical production skills, and conceptual and practical skills in narrative storytelling. You'll develop broadcast media content from initial idea to finished product.
Develop the key skills and techniques required in the successful production, post-production, optimisation and distribution of audio content. You'll demonstrate your understanding of technical processes involved in delivering content online.
What you'll learn
This module will introduce the principles of post-production and the evaluation of practice. You'll begin to understand the processes involved in improving practice, through logging and sorting of your media, editing, colour correction, colour grading and audio editing.
Building on the skills developed in the Broadcast Graphics module, you'll learn to originate and communicate complex ideas using the principles of graphic design and animation for the broadcasting industry.
This module will introduce you to good practice in writing for broadcast. You'll learn the theory and practice of writing for broadcast, including: principles of journalistic writing, scriptwriting for factual broadcasts (news/doc), scriptwriting for fiction broadcasts (drama/light entertainment).
Demonstrate your employability skills by applying appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge within a professional broadcast media setting. You'll hone key skills in production, location shooting and post-production software. You'll also develop a problem-solving approach to client specification with an emphasis on creative thinking, presentation skills and team working.
Explore the design and production of live or 'as-live' video and/or audio content for online purposes. Using skills acquired in year one, you’ll research produce, disseminate and optimise original content online.
What you'll learn
This module offers the space and support for you to develop as an enterprising media professional. You'll learn business models and planning for media professionals, and you'll create a portfolio of existing and new work to develop opportunities to work in broadcast media.
Use the knowledge you've gained throughout your course to research, plan, design, create, publish and evaluate a substantial broadcast-based product to a professional standard.
-Develop and deliver live or 'as-live' broadcast media content in a setting which will normally be outside a traditional television studio environment.
Option modules may include
Use creative thinking to explore video techniques, for both hardware and software, in the development of visual content.
Create a finished, highly polished product, developing your ability to apply motion to visual content in a technically advanced and aesthetically appealing manner.
Grow your technical skills and confidence in working with audio. You'll produce a live radio show or full-length podcast production. broadcast that uses ideas, concepts and pre-recorded and edited audio prepared during the module.
Research, identify and critically evaluate broadcast media production workflow and practice.
Enhance your understanding of an area/areas of teaching and learning in higher education and use creative technologies to develop and create a package of learning materials.
Build your knowledge and understanding of the history of photographic portraits. This module will develop your knowledge of a variety of practitioners who have used portraiture in a wide variety of contexts, and will develop your confidence in taking portraits as you build a portfolio. You'll take part in a series of workshops in the studio and outside. We'll frame practical photographic work within the context of the history of the portrait, looking from its early days to studio photographer to selfie culture. You'll look at how people have been represented and by whom, including the work of the Victorian photographers who used portraiture as a means to categorise people’s mental health, to the role portraiture played in colonialism, feminism, documentary and the family album.
Explore the tools, techniques and methodologies involved in creating effective data visualisations for communication of information.
This course offers the opportunity to take a ‘sandwich’ year – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience. This is usually taken between the second and third year of your degree, typically making your course four years in total.
Students who choose the sandwich route find it helps with both their studies and getting a job after graduation. It can build your confidence, contacts, and of course your CV. Leeds Beckett advertise lots of placement opportunities and provide support in helping you find the right placement for you.
Fees & Funding hellooo
£9,250
UK
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £9250. The amount you will pay may increase each year to take into account the effects of inflation.
Sandwich Year
You will normally spend a whole year in placement. For this year you will be charged a reduced fee of £1385.
£16,000
International 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £16000. The amount you will pay is fixed at this level for each year of your course.
Sandwich Year
You will normally spend a whole year in placement. For this year you will be charged a reduced fee of £2400.Fees & Funding
£9,250
For students entering in 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £9250. The amount you will pay may increase each year to take into account the effects of inflation.
Sandwich Year
You will normally spend a whole year in placement. For this year you will be charged a reduced fee of £1385.Additional course costs
Tuition Fees
Your tuition fees cover the cost of registration, tuition, academic supervision, assessments and examinations.
The following are also included in the cost of your course:
- 24/7 Library and student IT support
- Free wifi via eduroam
- Skills workshops and resources
- Library membership, giving access to more than 500,000 printed, multimedia and digital resources
- Access to software, including five free copies of Microsoft Office 365 to install on your PC,laptop and MAC, and access to free high-end software via the Leeds Beckett remote app
- Loan of high-end media equipment to support your studies
In many cases, costs associated with your course will be included in your course fee. However, in some cases there are ‘essential’ additional costs (those that you will be required to meet in addition to your course fee), and/or ‘optional’ additional costs (costs that are not required, but that you might choose to pay). We have included those essential or optional additional costs that relate to your course, below.
Optional Costs
- Course educational visits. Cost will vary
- Royal Television Society membership: student membership is free, or full membership is £75 per year by direct debit or £87 per year by debit card. Costs as of October 2022
Other study-related expenses to consider: materials that you will need to complete your course such as books (whilst the library provides access to readings recommended for your modules, you may wish to purchase your own copies of some books); you can also make suggestions for books to be added to Library stock; placement costs (these may include travel expenses and living costs); student visas (international students only); printing, photocopying and stationery (you may need to pay for multiple copies of your dissertation or final project to be printed and bound); events associated with your course such as field trips; study abroad opportunities (travel costs and accommodation, visas and immunisations). Other costs could include academic conferences (travel costs) and professional-body membership (where applicable). The costs you will need to cover for graduation will include gown hire and guest tickets, and optional extras such as professional photography.
As well as your mobile phone, you will also need access to a desktop computer and/or laptop to complete assignments and access university online services such as MyBeckett, your virtual learning environment. You can book and borrow AV equipment through the media equipment service accessed online via the student hub and located in the library at each campus. Equipment includes: 360 Cameras, iPads, GoPros, MacBooks, portable data projectors, portable projection screens, flipchart stands, remote presenters, digital cameras and camcorders, SLR cameras, speakers, microphones, headphones, headsets, tripods, digital audio recorders and PC/laptops (a laptop loans service is provided on campus in the library on both campuses). Student laptops are also available from the laptop lockers located in the libraries.
This list is not exhaustive, costs are approximate and will vary depending on the choices you make during your course. Any rental, travel or living costs are also in addition to your course fees. If you choose to study via distance learning, you may not be able to access all of the facilities listed if you are not able to visit us on campus.
£16,000
For students entering in 2024
The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2024/25 is £16000. The amount you will pay is fixed at this level for each year of your course.
Sandwich Year
You will normally spend a whole year in placement. For this year you will be charged a reduced fee of £2400.Additional course costs
Tuition Fees
Your tuition fees cover the cost of registration, tuition, academic supervision, assessments and examinations.
The following are also included in the cost of your course:
- 24/7 Library and student IT support
- Free wifi via eduroam
- Skills workshops and resources
- Library membership, giving access to more than 500,000 printed, multimedia and digital resources
- Access to software, including five free copies of Microsoft Office 365 to install on your PC,laptop and MAC, and access to free high-end software via the Leeds Beckett remote app
- Loan of high-end media equipment to support your studies
In many cases, costs associated with your course will be included in your course fee. However, in some cases there are ‘essential’ additional costs (those that you will be required to meet in addition to your course fee), and/or ‘optional’ additional costs (costs that are not required, but that you might choose to pay). We have included those essential or optional additional costs that relate to your course, below.
Optional Costs
- Course educational visits. Cost will vary
- Royal Television Society membership: student membership is free, or full membership is £75 per year by direct debit or £87 per year by debit card. Costs as of October 2022
Other study-related expenses to consider: materials that you will need to complete your course such as books (whilst the library provides access to readings recommended for your modules, you may wish to purchase your own copies of some books); you can also make suggestions for books to be added to Library stock; placement costs (these may include travel expenses and living costs); student visas (international students only); printing, photocopying and stationery (you may need to pay for multiple copies of your dissertation or final project to be printed and bound); events associated with your course such as field trips; study abroad opportunities (travel costs and accommodation, visas and immunisations). Other costs could include academic conferences (travel costs) and professional-body membership (where applicable). The costs you will need to cover for graduation will include gown hire and guest tickets, and optional extras such as professional photography.
As well as your mobile phone, you will also need access to a desktop computer and/or laptop to complete assignments and access university online services such as MyBeckett, your virtual learning environment. You can book and borrow AV equipment through the media equipment service accessed online via the student hub and located in the library at each campus. Equipment includes: 360 Cameras, iPads, GoPros, MacBooks, portable data projectors, portable projection screens, flipchart stands, remote presenters, digital cameras and camcorders, SLR cameras, speakers, microphones, headphones, headsets, tripods, digital audio recorders and PC/laptops (a laptop loans service is provided on campus in the library on both campuses). Student laptops are also available from the laptop lockers located in the libraries.
This list is not exhaustive, costs are approximate and will vary depending on the choices you make during your course. Any rental, travel or living costs are also in addition to your course fees. If you choose to study via distance learning, you may not be able to access all of the facilities listed if you are not able to visit us on campus.
100%
of students on BSc (Hons) Broadcast Media Technologies were positive about the way teaching staff explain things
BSc (Hons) Broadcast Media Technologies - Hugo Smith
Broadcast Media Technologies - Charlotte Nicholls
Moving on up
Leeds Beckett climbs 40 places in the Complete University Guide 2024
Your future in our hands
There’s a lot to consider when choosing a course. Take a look at the team you’ll be working with, employability statistics and career prospects to help make up your mind.
91.7%
of BSc (Hons) Broadcast Media Technologies graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation*
This is a great time to be a broadcast media student. At Leeds Beckett, you will learn the skills to thrive in the fast-growing digital media economy. We support students to become technically strong media professionals who develop their ideas into powerful stories. Our graduates are now producing high-quality media content in a field where Britain is a world leader.
Hugo Smith
Course Director
Career Prospects
Broadcasting and production companies both large and small need skilled graduates to take up careers as studio managers, video editors, sound editors, electronic news gatherers and radio, TV and web broadcasters. This course will provide you with the necessary experience to apply for a range of jobs in the growing broadcasting sector, where there is a shortage of skilled workers in the UK and internationally. Marketing and communication roles will also be open to you, developing radio, TV and web content for external and internal public relations.
- Studio Manager
- Video Editor
- Sound Editor
- TV Broadcaster
Alumni stories | Alysha talks about developing yourself as well as your technical skills
Alysha Marshall
BSc (Hons) Broadcast Media Technologies
Scholarships and bursaries
We are committed to ensuring that an education at Leeds Beckett University is open to all. If you're thinking of joining us for undergraduate study, you may be eligible for a non-repayable scholarship or bursary to help with the cost of university. To find out if you are be eligible visit our scholarships and bursaries page.
We also offer a range of non-repayable scholarships for international students. To find out if you may be eligible visit our scholarships for international students page and select your home country from the drop-down list.
Our Graduate Promise
We have a dedicated team of people who will support you with all aspects of your career planning, from day one until 18 months after you graduate.
Getting you career ready is an integral part of your university life and this is embedded throughout your lectures and seminars. Outside of your course there is a wide range of support available to help you achieve your career goals, including:
- Getting ready to apply for jobs
- Working on your CV
- Interview skills and assessment centres
- Connecting with employers and organisations
Your Beckett experience
At Leeds Beckett your experience is important to us, find out more about what to expect from your time on this course and life at uni.
Leeds School of Arts Leeds School of Arts encourages individuality, inspires creativity, and creates impact.
Broadcast Media Technologies - Izzy Barnes
Experience Leeds Beckett
Our state-of-the-art facilities and learning environments give you everything you need to succeed.
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