T Level Media Broadcast and Production

The T Level, Level 3 Media, Broadcast and Production (content creation pathway) course is designed to bridge the gap between skills development, the creative mind, and being prepared for industry work.

Building on the strengths of traditional Art focussed film qualifications, this new approach (equivalent in size and academic demand to three A Levels) is designed to create wider opportunities for learners to progress into a broader media sector than previously offered.

Successful applicants will be mentored through all the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to successfully research, plan and evaluate professional media content. Working in partnership with local businesses to meet local skills needs.

This course is best suited to learners who are motivated across media specialisms, such as advertisement, marketing, promotional videos and short narrative productions. The qualification is assessed via work placement and exams across two years, and is aimed at those who are seeking a rigorous qualification aligned with professional media practice.

This two-year, full-time course is made up of three key components:

• Core Knowledge
• Core Skills
• Work Placement

Learners study how and why short/long form media content is created to promote, advertise, inform, and/or educate the general public, often as part of wider media campaigns. This approach reflects industry practice and supports progression into freelance/self-employment roles within content creation.

Practical activities are used to support understanding, and assessment is focussed across work placements and on written/practical examinations designed to explore the learner’s ability to analyse briefs, audiences and content strategies.

Practical skills are delivered and supported via workshops, which introduce learners to activities such as camera operation and video editing techniques. However, practice-based learning is supported via industry placements while allowing the course to provide an opportunity to study the detailed content relative to how the creative media industry works.

The study programme includes a mandatory industry placement of approximately 315 hours over two years, with the college working to arrange relevant workplace shadowing opportunities within media-related organisations.

In your first year you will learn the basics, developing skills and knowledge covering research, working with others and generating, developing and communicating your ideas. You will also complete an employer set project and an industry placement.

In your second year you will move onto an occupational specialism and complete your second year on industry placement.

Entry requirements are 4 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above or a relevant Level 2 qualification, and must include English Language & maths GCSE at C/5.

This course can lead to high education such as university and jobs such as production assistant, runner, social media assistant or junior content assistant.