Digital Media: Storytelling and Production MA
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jul 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 17,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international | UK/EU: £9,250/year
Open Days at University of Westminster
Undergraduate Open Day 23 November 2024/ Postgraduate Online Open Day 26 February 2025
Introduction
The Digital Media: Storytelling and Production MA helps you build your knowledge and skills in digital media storytelling formats and production skills. You’ll become competent in a range of platforms and formats and then be able to specialise in an area of your choice.
You will work on media production and storytelling platforms, such as audio and video, digital publishing and online multimedia. You'll work with formats including video documentaries and podcasts, digital and print magazines, online sites, apps and social media content. If your chosen focus is to explore immersive and interactive new media technologies and more experimental, non-linear approaches to narrative and content, you’ll have the chance to create interactive video and audio pieces, utilising virtual and augmented reality.
The course is primarily practice-based. However, you’ll be able to critically explore current developments and debates in the creative industries to help evaluate and contextualise your practice within the professional environment.
This practice-focused, research-informed course is designed to help you enter or further your career in the digital media production and publishing industries. The course covers key employability skills in its core modules, building your knowledge of the creative media production sector, and the working routines of media professionals and freelancers.
Top Reasons to Study With Us
- Choose your path – Our range of optional modules allows you to deepen your knowledge of specific areas and tailor your degree to your interests, whilst still gaining a broad understanding of the creative industries and their audiences
- State-of-the-art facilities – The course is supported by industry-standard resources, from media production kits to up-to-date multimedia production studios. You’ll have access to cameras, recorders and the software you need to create traditional audio/video and online work, as well as innovative AR and VR projects
- London’s vibrant industry – The course benefits from its location in London, which remains a key global centre for the creative media business. You’ll have many opportunities to hear from industry guest speakers, and access internships, professional experience and graduate employment
- Westminster is ranked top 15 among UK institutions for Communication and Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings 2023
Why Study This Course
Join a Leading Media School
Westminster ranked in the Top 15 in the Complete University Guide 2023 for 'Student Satisfaction' in Communication and Media Studies.
Learn from Top Academics
Our academics are internationally renowned researchers, working at our world-leading Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI).
Fantastic Location
With central London only a 20-minute tube ride away, you’ll enjoy the benefits of studying in a major creative capital
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible postgraduate students.
There is a range of funding available that may help you fund your studies, including Student Finance England (SFE).
Curriculum
The following subjects are indicative of what you’ll study in this course.
Core Modules
- Interactive and Immersive Storytelling
- Major project
- Media Storytelling
- Multimedia News Reporting
Option Modules
- Digital Magazine Publishing
- Digital Marketing
- Documentary Skills
- Interactive and Immersive Media Production Skills
- Me, My Team and Our Project
- Media Law, Ethics and Regulation
- Podcast Production
- Self-Representation and Digital Practice
- Start-up Incubator and Digital Entrepreneurship
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The Digital Media: Storytelling and Production MA has been designed to reflect emerging storytelling modes across a spectrum of traditional and new platforms, giving you a wide range of storytelling skills to become an expert in the market.
This course provides a clear progression for students with a first degree in a non-media area
who now wish to develop their skills in media storytelling and production. In addition, for those who already have industry experience or are looking for a career change, this course provides the necessary tools to develop and extend existing skills, which will help them develop new careers or enhance their qualifications.
Industry Engagement
You'll hear from a wide range of industry guest speakers, allowing you to build your professional network.
Employers around the World
The University’s Careers and Employability Service has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers.
Choose your Specialism
Optional modules will allow you to plot your route through your degree and develop specialist expertise in your areas of interest.
Industry links
Our close links to the creative media production sector mean you’ll work on live industry briefs and pitch ideas to professionals. You’ll also experience talks and presentations by industry guests, placements and site visits to key companies.
You’ll have access to industry-standard facilities such as newsrooms, and TV and radio studios. Students also benefit from access to our Emerging Media Space, which includes the use of microprocessor devices, wearable technology for programmable fabric and ubiquitous computing, interactive environments, location-aware devices and applications.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for a variety of roles in a range of present and future industries, including:
- Entrepreneurial content creators
- Mobile and platform producer
- Photo and video journalists
- Interactive factual narrators
- Social marketers
- Project managers
Westminster Employability Award
Employers value graduates who have invested in their personal and professional development – and our Westminster Employability Award gives you the chance to formally document and demonstrate these activities and achievements.
The award is flexible and can be completed in your own time, allowing you to choose from a set of extracurricular activities.
Activities might include gaining experience through a part-time job or placement, signing up for a University-run scheme – such as mentoring or teaching in a school – or completing online exercises.
Program Leaders
Program delivery
Course Location
Harrow is our creative and cultural hub, home to most of our arts, media and digital courses. It houses state-of-the-art facilities for every discipline, including project and gallery spaces, film studios, creative labs, collaborative learning spaces, and the Westminster Enterprise Network.
Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, just 20 minutes from the city centre by train.