Today’s musicians must be creative, knowledgeable, adaptable and entrepreneurial. At Hull, you not only learn about music. You learn on the job, by making music.
You’ll work on major creative projects, both individually and collaboratively. Surrounded by a tight-knit community of performers, composers, songwriters and producers.
You’ll use industry-standard recording studios and performance spaces. And get the chance to work at live events in and around Hull. So by the time you graduate, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to become the musician you want to be.
Get creative with practical filmmaking, digital media and industry collaboration opportunities on our Media Studies degree.
Master creative production skills. Develop your knowledge of how the media industries operate, the ways that they represent society, and how you can shape their future. And learn about the opportunities and challenges of the industry.
You’ll benefit from our strong relationships with industry too, with awesome placement opportunities and extra-curricular activities that can help your CV stand out from the crowd.
Learn to communicate through storytelling, content creation, and branding across platforms. With hands-on projects, industry tools, and real-world experience, you'll build creative and professional skills for careers in media, marketing, and communications - preparing you to shape the stories that inspire and connect diverse audiences.
This professionally oriented degree equips you with creative and critical thinking, executive skills, and business awareness crucial for success in the creative industries. Learn key media functions that shape consumer culture, preparing you to excel and innovate in your career, including:
In addition, you will develop journalistic skills such as conducting research, identifying and interviewing credible sources, editing texts, and selecting stories for publication. You will also gain general knowledge about the business of media, familiarising you with the professional media environment already before you graduate.
Taught by the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, in collaboration with Leeds University Business School, this course will develop your knowledge and understanding of theatre, performance, cultural industries and entrepreneurship.
You’ll develop your own creative practice working collaboratively in our specialist studios, in our on-campus professional theatre, stage@leeds, and through using digital technologies. You’ll also work with external partners and community groups and be introduced to a range of devising, creative, organisational and management techniques.
The course will explore the historical and cultural contexts of theatre, innovations in practice, performance design, arts management, cultural theory, performance technologies, composition and devising, and the wider impact of the creative and cultural industries.
A distinctive feature of the course is an engagement with the social impact agenda. You'll be invited to interrogate and practice the ways in which performance can make a difference to society and to consider themes such as sustainability, ethics, responsibility and inclusivity. You reflect on the impact that performance has on societies and to develop a range of skills so that you can become an advocate of the creative arts and an entrepreneurial global citizen.
