Broadcast Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year

Course Information

This respected and distinctive broadcasting degree empowers you to master modern technical production for both pre-recorded and live events. You’ll explore a wide range of broadcasting methods while building a deep understanding of the industry and the core principles behind it.

With the Integrated Foundation Year, you’ll gain the creative grounding, technical skills, and industry insight needed to thrive in this fast-evolving, highly competitive field.

Why study this degree?

• 40 years’ experience: one of the most esteemed courses of its kind in the UK

• Develop the right skillset and professional mindset to work in technical engineering and operations

• Gain practical experience in studio and location operations, signal routing and fault finding through the whole audio-visual chain

• Ideal for future broadcast engineers and TV broadcast crew

• Excellent alumni network of senior broadcast engineers.

Key study topics

• Digital and satellite transmission

• Streaming and live events

• Virtual production

• Video and audio (UHD and Dolby)

• Artificial Intelligence

• Technological developments.

You will begin building the core skills for careers in digital TV production, film, editing, music, photography, sound design, broadcast engineering, or multi-platform content creation. The Integrated Foundation Year is designed to prepare you for Level 4 study through four modules: Module 1: Diagnostic Exploration – making informed choices Module 2: Technical – media, film, TV, and music tools, methods, and production practices Module 3: Specialist – industry-focused, live projects Module 4: Integration – final major project.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS