Creative Technologies

This interdisciplinary course brings together creative practice, emerging technologies, and digital production.

You will explore how immersive media, interactive systems, moving image and sound can be shaped creatively, helping you turn ideas into experiences that people can see, hear, explore, and respond to.

The course is designed for students who want to work across disciplines rather than within a single specialism. You will develop through projects that reflect real-world creative processes, from early ideas and prototyping, through to production and presentation. Collaboration, experimentation, problem-solving, and the application of AI tools are central to how you learn.

We provide access to professional-standard facilities, including computer labs, specialist software, film and sound production spaces, and equipment for interactive and immersive media. Teaching is practice-led, encouraging you to explore ideas through making, testing, and refining your work.

Opportunities for live briefs, public-facing projects, installations, and industry engagement help you to build confidence, creative ambition, and a strong portfolio.

We support you in developing professional skills including working collaboratively, communicating ideas clearly, documenting, and understanding the cultural, ethical, and professional contexts in which creative technologies operate. Guest speakers and visiting practitioners share insight into current practice and emerging career pathways.

Year one – You will be introduced to the foundations of creative technologies through practical workshops and guided projects. You will explore digital storytelling, interactive thinking, moving image, sound, and animation, learning how creative ideas develop through tools, systems, and audience experience. You will be introduced to logic and interaction in an accessible way, focusing on curiosity and experimentation. Projects are designed to build confidence, encouraging you to test ideas, reflect on outcomes, and work creatively with others.

Year two – Your work will become more immersive, interactive, and ambitious through technologies such as augmented and mixed realities, alongside spatial and installation-based practice that invites audiences to engage with your work in new ways. You will begin to define your creative direction while continuing to collaborate across disciplines. You will explore the wider cultural, ethical, and professional contexts that shape contemporary creative technologies.

Year three – Your final year centres on a major project that reflects your interests and future ambitions. Projects may be digital, physical, or hybrid, and can be developed individually or collaboratively. You will be supported through research, development, and production, as well as professional presentation and portfolio building. The focus is on helping you articulate your creative identity and prepare for progression into industry, freelance practice, or further study. You will graduate with a distinctive body of work that demonstrates creative confidence, technical fluency, and the ability to work across disciplines.