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School of Media

Do you want to work in the Media or Music? Are you looking for a course where classes are held in specialist studios? Do you want industry experts giving lectures, looking at your work and offering you work placements?

The Media School offers courses in Creative Media, Film, Film Production, Journalism, Music and Media Management, Popular Music, Radio Production and Televison Production for those who want to gain the practical skills they need in the media industry as well as the academic background to succeed.

The School has the extra prestige of being a Skillset Media Academy, which means we have been recognised as a centre of excellence.

Those who want to carry on with further study after they graduate have a choice of postgraduate degrees in media, film and journalism.

 

Check out the Latest News from our Courses

Film - Latest News
Guest speaker, screenwriter Liz John
Television writer Liz John spoke to students about her work as a professional screenwriter in December 2011
Talk and Screening by BAFTA winner Michael Clifford
In February 2012, award winning filmmaker Michael Clifford spoke to students about his career as a film and television director.
Digital Film Production - Latest News
This semester’s Visiting Speakers are confirmed
Actor/ Director David Morrissey will be coming in to talk to students about his huge body of work shortly before shipping off to Atlanta to star as The Guvnor in the runaway US success The Walking Dead.
Course Leader works with David Morrissey in Africa.
After running a successful film workshop in Tyre, Lebanon last November, Freya was asked to do the same with children from the Finetown township outside Johannesburg
Radio Production - Latest News
Student Work and Projects - Milly Chowles
I was working at a local community radio station for about a year before I started the full time degree course at the University of Gloucestershire.
GlosToneBeret
Not only do we have a great student radio station, they help forge a fantastic relationship between the Students Union and University.
Popular Music - Latest News
Tour manager for Coldplay speaks to the students
This month's guest speakers included....Tour Manager for Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Depeche Mode, Andy Franks
Popular Music band in national press, new single released
The momentum is building for the band Deaf Club which features a current first year Popular Music student
Television Production - Latest News
UoG TV Graduates head to The Gambia
UoG TV Graduates James Williams and Dan Hartfield will be heading to The Gambia with Councillor Paul Wheeldon to film a documentary...
Stephen Fry offers sage advice to TV Students
UoG TV students James Goss, Kate Allen and Chris Black secured an interview with Stephen Fry for the University’s ‘Tone TV’ channel at the Cheltenham Literature Festival last month.
Journalism - Latest News
Journalism and the Job Market
Everyone is aware that we’re now in an austerity era and many industries are facing tough times, but there is still a great deal of optimism in the media industries.
Journalism graduates film with Simon Pegg
Media students and new Broadcast Journalism graduates have made a film with the actor and University of Gloucestershire Honorary Fellow Simon Pegg.
Creative Media - Latest News
Creative Media Web Design
Using web design principles
Lecturer speaking at the Popular Media Cultures symposium
Dr Joanne Garde-Hansen will be a speaker at the event
 
Media Centre

Park Campus
The Park
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 2RH

01242 714700
dcmp@glos.ac.uk
 
Television Production - Alumni
Matt Rigg
Since leaving the University of Gloucestershire in June, I have had a busy and exciting few months.
Chris Black
Since leaving University I have been fortunate enough to have worked on a variety of different shows and I am currently working at a facilities company in London, where I get hands on with all the latest broadcast cameras
Radio Production - Alumni
2011 Ian Pinnell
I run my own business, Pinnell Productions, where I offer my voiceover and audio production services to clients ranging from radio stations to corporate companies.
2010 Marshall Whitsted
I was able to secure an internship with a local commercial music station in Vermont - one of the northeast states of America.
Digital Film Production - Alumni
2011 Matt Hunt
I am Post Production Assistant at World Television
2011 Jess Amos
I'm currently doing a graduate internship at the University of Worcester...
Journalism - Alumni
Rachel Jay Sweeney
Producer, ITV North
Nick Rostron-Pike
I started working for TalkSport answering phones for their radio shows one day a week while at the University of Gloucestershire, where I did a degree in broadcast journalism.
Popular Music - Alumni
Tubelord
The band consists of lead singer and guitarist Joseph Prendergast, backing vocalist and drummer David Catmur, bassist Tom Coulson-Smith and keyboardist and sampler James Elliot Field.
Tom Hollister Trio
After attracting music icon Steve Winwood to their first ever gig, the Tom Hollister Trio have gone on to be managed by Alan and Heather Niven (ex Guns 'n' Roses) and play at Knebworth rock festival, or Sonisphere as its now known…all in 8 months.
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