Television is the classic medium of our age. Nothing else has shaped our culture, our politics, our everyday life as much as TV – from the living room and boxsets to smartphone streaming and YouTube clips.

You’ll learn how to make TV shows, to understand the contexts and ways in which today’s television is made and distributed, and critically analyse television and its impact to help inform your own creative work.

We’ll educate you as a thinker, maker and creator ready to take your place working in the television of tomorrow, and develop the creative, analytical and technical skills you’ll need to thrive in the screen industries.

Why study Television Studies and Production at Huddersfield?

• Get hands-on in our industry-standard TV and film studios, cameras and editing software.
• You’ll get a budget to make a series of TV shows as part of a team in your final year project.
• Learn from world-leading academics doing cutting-edge research into streaming, alongside industry experts and technicians.
• You’ll be challenged to develop all your talents – creative, analytical and technical skills – to equip you for a wide range of careers in the screen industries and beyond.

Placements

Our Television Studies and Production degree includes two exciting placement opportunities. Students are encouraged to undertake a full professional training year in Year 3. We support our students in finding suitable placement opportunities in the television and production industry and beyond. During the placement years you are supported by an academic tutor and will build professional experience invaluable for your final year of study and graduate career alike.

All students not undertaking a full placement year study our final year compulsory placement module that gives you the chance to put your skills into practice in a short placement. This could be a block of a few weeks or one day a week over several months.

Previous placement providers have included the BBC and independent TV companies, a variety of radio stations and newspapers and magazines, along with leading public relations companies and social media agencies.

Your Career

As an English Literature graduate, you are valued for the advanced skills you have developed in critical thinking, researching, independent study, communicating and arguing persuasively. Depending on your specialism, your career choices are as varied and exciting as your degree course.

Our graduates have gone on to work in teaching, PR, social media, script writing and law. Others have opted for PGCE study and have become teachers, or continued their studies at Master's level.