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As employees, Apprentices earn a wage and work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills. Off the job, usually on a day-release basis, Apprentices receive training to work towards nationally recognised qualifications. Apprenticeships can take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of Apprenticeship, the Apprentices’ ability and the industry sector.
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Creative industries such as interactive media are growing fast, providing a great choice of jobs. Career paths are wide ranging and take in people with a variety of different skills and experiences, from photographers to web designers, TV directors or community arts workers.
Stoke on Trent College has fantastic facilities and tutors to guide you into a successful career. We are a Founder College of the Creative and Cultural National Skills Academy, as well as a member of the British Youth Film Academy. Many tutors have real industry experience and our courses offer great chances of progression to further study and employment.
We have fantastic fully equipped facilities across subject areas, such as arts workshops, two high end edit suites and Apple Mac computer suites. Students work on exciting projects, whatever path they choose.
These highly popular courses allow for further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level.
Art and Design students will look at drawing, painting, 3D design, graphics, photography, ceramics, mixed media and contextual studies using media such as digital photography and image manipulation.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Those studying Art and Design at Level 3 will enhance their studies from Level 2.
These introductory level courses offer an exciting opportunity to learn and develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence. This is achieved through excellent teaching and top-of-the-range facilities.
The Art & Design course provides a wide range of topics in art, design & media. You study traditional subjects as well as digital imaging, animation, video editing and graphics.
These highly popular courses allow for further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level.
Diploma in Media students will have the opportunity to plan and produce drama programmes, pop videos, adverts, photographs and websites.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
The Computer Games Design course involves both creative design and programming for computer games.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Subjects on the Creative Media Production (Television & Film) course include film and documentary production, scriptwriting, animation, film studies, media industries and music video production.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
The Art & Design (Interactive Media) course involves interface design, animation, graphics, web design, character development, Flash video for interactive products, illustration and contextual studies.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
The Art and Design (Photography) option focuses on studio, location, advertising, documentary, fine art photography, digital image manipulation, publishing, traditional black & white photography and contextual studies.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Subjects on the Creative Media Production (Radio) course include radio production, news reporting, music programming, presentation skills and internet content production.
This course is for those who wish to explore their potential in photography. You will have the opportunity to engage with a range of approaches to the medium of photography.
The HND in Creative Media Production covers a wide range of approaches to Media and is designed to further develop the skills learnt at Level Three diploma level or equivalent.
The course will cover practical and theory across a variety of Media forms. In addition learners will cover units on professional practice and research skills.
The HND in Photography covers a wide range of approaches to the medium of photography and is designed to further develop the skills learnt at Level Three diploma level or equivalent.
The course will cover practical and theory across a variety of mediums. In addition learners will cover units on professional practice and research skills.
KEY FACTS ABOUT MEDIA, ART & DESIGN
Employment in the creative industry has grown at double the rate of the whole economy recently
Around 2 million are employed in the industry in the UK
Television editors can earn around £35,000 a year on average
Photographers earn around £25,000 a year on average
Fashion designers earn a starting salary of around £18,000 a year
POPULAR CAREER PROGRESSION:
Camera Operator
Community Arts Worker
Editor
Fashion Designer
Journalist
Photographer
Web Designer
Chris Butler
Chris Butler won the BBC Blast and BAFTA Screen-skills Bursary Competition for teenagers whilst studying his BTEC in Media Production at Stoke on Trent College.
This led to a £3,000 bursary and the opportunity for his films to be shown at the prestigious Royal Television Society Awards Ceremony.
Chris said:
“To have this success at this stage in my life is unreal. Stoke on Trent College gave me the room to experiment and really refine my editing skills.
“I would definitely recommend the media department to anyone who was thinking of applying. My lecturers were always encouraging and supportive.”
Chris is now at Bournemouth University studying TV Production.
