Creative Industries (Top up) Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

The Creative Industries BA (Hons) is a top-up course designed for those who have an interest in the particular production-based strands of the industry and who already hold a Foundation Degree, a Higher National Diploma or an equivalent higher-level qualification in an appropriate subject. This is a new course subject to validation.

It is a progressive vocational qualification designed to respond to the needs of the local and regional Creative and Digital Industries and enhance existing knowledge through the synthesising and deployment of a range of key subject specific and transferable skills.

Professional development and employability are at the heart of the programme in both its design and delivery.


• Enhanced learning through subject specialist product-based workshops that are delivered by subject specialist tutors and industry-based practitioners.



• The Industry Experience module allows students to undertake a work placement in a relevant area of the Creative Industries, to establish direct links with industry personnel, and to gain an understanding of an organisation’s working practices.



• The development of responsibility, autonomy and self-motivation



in the development of an industry based personalised career portfolio.
• Strong focus on the active learner and the embedding of the development and practice of this skill in order to aid the transition from “student” of the Creative Industries to “practitioner”.


The link between the classroom, the individual and the professional context is extremely important in the learning process. The emphasis throughout the programme is on the development of the ‘reflective practitioner’ and the programme is designed to utilise the concurrent work situation and professional organisational experience of participants (where practicable), as well as providing opportunities for work-related experiences/scenarios for those without prior experience or concurrent work-place experience.

Throughout the programme participants will be required to reflect on and evaluate their own knowledge and experience in the light of theory and empirical evidence, and, in turn, to drawn on their organisational and professional knowledge and experience in the evaluation of theories and empirical evidence. Such an approach will help to bridge the gap between theory and practice by ensuring that what goes on within the educational process is not sealed off from participants’ practical organisational and professional experiences, and that opportunities for the transfer and application of knowledge and skills are continuous and maintained during the programme.