Sports Media and Communications

Manchester’s definitely sports obsessed, which makes it a super-exciting place to study Sports Media and Communications. Immerse yourself and learn how to create engaging media content with our 1-year Sports Media and Communications Cert HE course, equivalent to the first year of a degree.

• Reflect on your own media usage and explore how sports organisations use media and communication tools to influence how people think and behave.

• Explore different approaches to media and work to produce your own magazine, podcast, or documentary.

• Develop key practical skills using cameras, audio equipment, and editing software.

• Benefit from partnerships with big names in sport, including Manchester United and Lancashire Cricket Club.

If you’re looking for a sports media and communications course in Manchester, check out our Sports Media and Communications Cert HE and unlock your greatness at UA92.

This 1-year course is the perfect stepping stone to a full sports communications and media degree. If you pass the Cert HE successfully, you will be eligible to apply for the second year of the 3-year degree programme.

If you choose to leave after the 1-year Cert HE, you’ll walk away with a valuable level 4 qualification which will support your job applications in the sector.

Whatever you decide, you’ll be on your way towards a successful career in sports broadcasting, marketing, social media, content creation, public relations, or advertising.

Level 4 Modules

Module 1 - Media, Technology and Culture

You’ll reflect on your own media usage, explore how rapid changes in information and communication technologies shape other social, economic and cultural transformations, and consider issues of media production, dissemination and reception.

Module 2 - Communication Techniques and Creating Content

You’ll explore a range of visual and audio storytelling techniques to produce content and showcase your work.

Module 3 - Media Production

You’ll develop your practical media skills; working individually and collectively using different digital tools (including cameras, audio equipment, editing software), and learn to display your work online in a professional context.

Module 4 - Sports Media and Public Relations

You’ll explore how different sports organisations use media and communications tools to create forms of individual and collective persuasion. You’ll be introduced to the different communication techniques and how they are used professionally and create media artefacts that respond to a specific brief.