Creative digital content – from film & video to podcasts to social media to marketing and advertising – is vital in helping individuals and businesses communicate their messages.
This course aims to prepare you to work in a variety of creative digital media industries.
Start date – August 2025
End date – June 2026
SCQF Level - 7
Mode - Full time
Days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Times: 9am - 4pm and 9am - 12pm
Duration: 35 weeks
In this course you will create several digital media projects – videos, podcasts, social media marketing campaigns – working on your own projects, and as part of teams to learn about the skills and roles required to work in today’s digital creative industries.
You will learn about video production, digital multimedia, online marketing, script writing, digital video journalism and how to best sell your skills in a competitive global digital economy.
We are partnering with national and West Lothian employers and organisations to offer real-world learning opportunities to demonstrate your skills development and aid your understanding of how to apply your learning.
In the final part of the course you will undertake a creative Graded Unit project of your own choosing, where you will plan, produce and evaluate your work, and showcase your year’s work in an end-of-year event.
Successful completion of the course results in the award of an HNC in Creative Industries: Media and Communication.
The course offers you opportunities to develop a wide range of employable creative skills and knowledge, helping you choose your future pathways through a variety of creative industries, as well as developing your transferable employability skills such as resilience, reliability, team working and communication.
All our students develop a portfolio of creative digital work throughout the course by working with real-world clients, which they then use to demonstrate their abilities to prospective employers, or as the basis for applications to further study at HND or degree level.
We work in partnership with the BBC The Social programme where our students gain invaluable experience working with industry leaders and producing compelling audio-visual content for inclusion on the BBC’s online platform.
We regularly have guest speakers from the Creative Industries, who relate their experiences (and stories!) to our students to help with their development as potential digital creative professionals.
In previous years, many of our students have gone on to success at honours degree level at university, and/or have gained employment working in broadcasting and other creative industries in the UK and in the USA and have won awards at international film festivals.
Education: On achievement of this course, you can progress into HND or BA (Hons) programmes in Film & Media, Digital Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations, TV & Radio Production, Journalism, or Media Studies, at many Scottish universities such as Glasgow Caledonian University, Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University, University of Stirling, Napier University, and Queen Margaret University.
Employment: You may gain employment at entry level in: Digital Marketing, Journalism, Film and TV production, Radio Production, Games development, Marketing, Public Relations, Events Management, and many other UK Creative Industries.
Although we have specific entry requirements, entry onto the course is also dependent upon interview performance.
Applicants are asked to write a short review of a media product at interview. Please let us know beforehand if you require any special arrangements – e.g. coloured paper, laptop, etc.
We are planning to have an exciting and engaging induction/interview event where students will attend a mock lesson and work together to create a media product to a brief, as well as an informal discussion to find out what you are looking for in the course/college and answer any questions.
If you are invited for an interview for this course, plan to be in college for an afternoon.
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