Media at London Unis/Slightly put off.

I was very set on studying Television or Media Management or even just Media Studies in London, and i thought it would be a really good idea, but i've heard a lot of not-so-good things about media related courses. I wanted to do it as a joint with business or management. I thought that London Met and Kingston had a lot of good courses that i wanted to study but then i heard a lot of terrible things about them, so i've decided to aim for some better universities so that my study in London isn't a waste of time in the end. (im originally from the EU but im studying in New Zealand at the moment). So i thought i'd go for Goldsmiths or Westminsters until i heard a lot of bad things about Westiminster, even though it seemed quite nice from what i read about in it's prospectus. I wanted to go to City/UCL (or at least try) but none of the better uni's offer Media-related courses, so now im considering completely changing what i want to study. I do really well in Media Studies at school and it intrests me, but i feel like i should study something else just because im more likely to get into a good university if i do a different course (im thinking Urban Development or Property, or maybe just Business). Should i stick to Media Studies or look down a different path?

The only reason i didn't really want to study Television Production or Media by itself is that i can imagine that it will be very hard to get a job in those areas and i wanted to combine it with a more popular subject such as business and management because i thought it would allow me to have a lot of different job opportunities later on.

Please share your views! :smile:

Reply 1

FoeGeddaBowDeet

A media degree is a waste of good money, particularly if you're an international student which I think you will count as if you have not lived in the UK for the past 2 years. There are incredibly few jobs in that field as a percentage and you probably have a better chance of getting into the field just through good contacts than a degree anyway.

Reply 2

acelib82

Well if it is a subject you really want to study, don't be put off by what people think of it. After all, you are stuck with your subject for at least three years. If you do decide on another subject, just make sure you are interested enough in it to commit to it

Reply 3

akmd

Ask yourself what subjects that you think you are best at. If media is still top and you want to study in London, the best place to do it is at Goldsmiths. Their Media & Communications course is one of the best media courses in the country. However, it's also one of the university's most competitive courses (They ask for AAB at A-level). Only their art courses are harder to get a place onto. Alternatively, there is their Media & Digital Content Creation course, which is not as difficult to get onto (BBB/BBC) and it teaches you how to create professional standard websites among other things.

You can find more info on these courses below:

Media & Communications: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ug/ba-media-communications.php

Media Studies with Digital Content Creation: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ug/ba-media-studies-digital-content-creation.php

As for your other suggestions, Queen Mary has a Business Management course and offers many other subjects to combine it with. For example, you can study it alongside a foreign language such as French, German and Russian. More info here: http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/

Royal Holloway has courses in Business Management: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Management/Prospective-Students/under/index.html and Media Arts: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/media-arts/courses/ba_ma.shtml. My sister is a graduate of the latter course and has since gone on to work for BBC, ITV and Five. King's College also offers a Business Management course: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/mgmt/ug/

You could also try your luck at UCL, LSE and Imperial who all offer Business and Management courses.

Outside of University of London, City University is worth a look. The CASS Business School is world renowned and offers a number of courses that may interest you such as Business, Management, Real Estate Finance & Management, Risk Analysis and Insurance and Actuarial Science. Go here for more info: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/

Elsewhere in the university, City have a very reputable Journalism department that may appeal to you: http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/index.html City also has one of the best graduate employment rates in the UK.

Finally, London College of Communication, one of six respected art colleges that make up University of the Arts London, offers courses in Media, Journalism, Marketing & Advertising, Publishing, Events Management, Public Relations, Retail Management, Film, Video & Television and a whole host of art and design related courses: http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/

I hope you find my post useful. :smile:

Reply 4

mattyorkh

There are also film schools that offer BA degrees in TV Production and Media that are often overlooked in favour of more famous Unis. For example, I know someone who went to Ravensbourne http://www.rave.ac.uk/ and has a very good job with Sky sports now. He said himself that he was incredibly focused, it wasn't conventional 3 years of getting boozy like some people's University experiences, it was a lot of work, but it's paid off. So how badly do you want to do it? Be honest with yourself...

Reply 5

akmd

I forgot to mention Brunel in my previous post. It's further out of Central London (as is Royal Holloway) but it's a decent back-up choice for a UCAS application. They offer courses in Film and Television Studies, Journalism and Business & Management.

Reply 6

acelib82

yeah, if you don't mind being outside of London, Royal Holloway (Uni of London) offer 2 BAs, one in media arts, and another in television and film I believe. Again, offers are high (ABB at A-Level I think) but the department really good. The train will take you from Egham into Waterloo in 40 minutes. Campus very nice too. I visited there and took the aforementioned train journey

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