Creative and media

Overview

The Creative and Media Diploma will enable young people to develop their creativity and confidence and their ability to think, question, explore, create and communicate. They will learn about the creative and media industries, explore their own creativity, develop skills in critical thinking, creative problem solving and communication, and learn practical skills which enable them to apply their ideas in different ways.

The course

There is a spectrum of industries covered by the Creative and Media Diploma. They include visual arts and craft, a range of design disciplines, publishing and advertising, the performing arts, film, television, radio and interactive media and animation and computer games. However, many of the principles and underpinning skills and knowledge are common across these industries. Young people will be able to choose a number of different disciplines through which to apply their learning, depending on their interests and career aspirations, but much of their focus will be on developing a core set of skills and knowledge that are generic across the creative and media sectors. Proposed course structure.

Where will it lead?

Young people with a Creative and Media Diploma will develop a range of skills that will enable them to go onto a number of different specialist or more general higher level courses, such as degree courses in performing arts, design or English literature. They will also be able to progress to a creative apprenticeship or undertake training to support future employment.

Further information

This is a summary of the content of the Creative and Media Diploma. It gives a flavour of the kind of areas that would be studied by young people but does not describe the full content at each Diploma level. For more information please visit: www.skillset.org/qualifications/diploma.