DOCTORAL RESEARCH and MA PROGRAMMES at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, Institute of Education, University of London

We have several full- and part-time students undertaking research projects in children/youth and media, media education and related fields.

Many are, or have been, practising teachers in schools or in further education. We have a strongly international student body and many of the projects have research conducted overseas.

The Institute provides a substantial programme of research training courses, and is currently recognised for ESRC research studentships. There is also a departmental programme of research seminars specifically for students working in this field.

Click here for information about applications to the Institute’s Doctoral School, and how to prepare a research proposal.

Click here for information about past and current student projects.

We also run various MA courses.

MA Media, Culture and Communication

Course Outline
This course will enable you to:

• explore the intellectual field and extend and develop skills of analysis, design and communication
• consider approaches to theoretical and methodological issues and the practical application of design and communication skills
• develop a productive relationship between the theoretical and the practical, including the chance to explore digital media production applications
• explore the most recent developments in the theory and practice of multimodal communication.

General information on master's degree courses

Course leader
John Potter

Duration
1 year full-time or 2 to 4 years part-time.

Attendance
All modules are taught mixed mode through a combination of online learning and intensive residential workshops of two to three days.

For full-time students, attendance at weekly seminars is required for either or both of the required modules.

Who is this course for?
Anyone with a professional or academic interest in media, culture and communication in terms of both analysis and production. You are likely to want to engage with debates about the place and purpose of the media, including new technologies, in our societies.

Entry requirements
A good honours degree in a relevant subject.

Features
The course offers you the chance to:

• develop your involvement and understanding of both theoretical and practical issues relating to the mass media, culture and the new technologies
• design, produce and analyse media messages in a variety of contexts
• extend your digital video production skills
• learn or consolidate the skills of multimedia production
• develop your capacities as a media educator
• take individual modules on a freestanding basis.