5 Universities

1.Royal Holloway – Media Arts – Halls of residence or Private sector housing – 6 – Saturday 27 October

2. UEA – Media Studies – Campus (£3734.48, 38 weeks) City center (£2585.52) – 20 – Private tour

3. Anglia Ruskin – Film Studies and Media Studies – Residence close to university or shared houses – 22 – Private tour

4. Gloucestershire – Creative Media – Residence or Private sector housing – 25 – Saturday 10 November

5. Hull – Media and Screen Studies – Residence (£80-120 per week) – 29 – Wednesday 7 November

Arctic and Antarctica

There are big differences between the two poles. First, Antarctica is much colder than the Arctic. A clear example of that is that in Antarctica there are about 2900m of ice under us while in the Arctic there are just a few feet. The second difference is about isolation. Antarctica is a continent without land, enveloped by ocean, the Arctic, in contrast, is enveloped by landmasses it causes that the Arctic is always warmer than Antarctica. On the other hand, the population in the Arctic is almost 4 million people and in Antarctica there are not citizens living there the whole year, just some visitors go to Antarctica, usually scientists, “from 1000 to 5000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent” (Penguin, 2001, p.67). Hunting, it’s another big difference, while over one million sales are killed in the Arctic, in Antarctica just some of them are killed. 

Vinaros

Vinaros, a town that sits between Catalonia and Valencia has approximately 30.000 inhabitants, it is famous for the beach, the Carnival and the prawns.  First of all, it is a town that is next to the beach, so you can be drinking a coffee or a beer watching the sea. In addition, the Carnival is important because is a big party with lots of people from everywhere, full of colour and music. The last famous feature is the prawns that are very tasty but also very expensive. In short, Vinaros is not a big city but it has some good reasons to visit it.

5 universities

Film, Production and Technology in Birmingham University, 4 year sandwich Degree: I like this university because it offers the sandwich Degree, which I think it would be better for me to do and the subjects are exactly what I like. Furthermore 93% are satisfied with Media studies in this university.

Film & Media and Film Production in University of Central Lancashire, 3 year full-time Degree: I like this university because I like the Degree subjects and I have some familiar friends living in Lancaster so I think I would ask for their help if I needed something.

Media Technology in University of Glamorgan, Cardiff and Pontypridd, 4 year sandwich Degree: I like this university because I think the Degree is interesting and I prefer doing the 4 years sandwich Degree.

Criminology and Media & Communication in Liverpool Hope University, 3 year full-time Degree: I find this degree really interesting and I think Criminology is a curious subject and I would like to know more about that, so I think this degree may be interesting.

Film, Television and Digital Media Production in Regent’s College, London, 3 year full-time Degree: I like the subject of the Degree, that’s why I chose this College. I would like to study in London because I think is an interesting city with a lot of opportunities. 

Skills and qualities

• understand how identities are constructed and contested through engagements with culture
• evaluate their own work in a reflexive manner with reference to academic and/or professional issues, debates and conventions
• understand communication systems, modes of representations and systems of meaning in the ordering of societies
• be aware of the economic forces which frame the media, cultural and creative industries, and the role of such industries in contemporary political and cultural life
• understand the role of cultural practices and cultural institutions in society
• understand how people engage with cultural texts and practices
• initiate, develop and realise distinctive and creative work in writing or aural, visual, audio-visual, sound or other electronic media
• work flexibly, creatively and independently with self-discipline, self-direction and reflexivity
• use ideas and information to argue cogently in written, oral or in other forms
• retrieve and generate information and evaluate sources in carrying out research
• organise and manage supervised, self-directed projects
• communicate effectively in interpersonal settings, in writing and in a variety of media
• work productively in a group or team, showing abilities to listen, contribute and lead
• deliver work to a given brief and deadline, referencing sources and ideas and using a problem solving approach
• apply entrepreneurial skills with audiences, clients, consumers, markets and sources
• use IT skills including web-based technology or multimedia and develop specific proficiencies in media technologies.