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The university is a good university in my opnion, the teachers know what they are talking about and are clearly qualfied in their field. However, sometimes some are not as interactive making an interesting subject quite boring, however great news as not all teachers are like this. In terms of the uni itself its a good uni and has everythin you need all in one place as it’s a campus university.
View moreThe University of Kent offers diverse programs, top faculty, vibrant campus life, and a strong community. It’s an ideal environment for academic and personal growth, providing excellent resources and support for students to excel in their studies and develop essential skills for their future endeavours.
View moreAs big of a campus as it is, networking at this university is very intimate, which makes it difficult to find good connections to branch out. However, one of the highlights of the university would be that lecturers are very good at delivering high-quality teaching and providing useful resources for students to look through.
View moreI did a media studies with a year in journalism degree.
I did the year in journalism last year and would say it was as intense as three years of my media degree combined into one. The expectations are high due to the journalism centre teachers coming from top TV and written news backgrounds, with one being the head editor of a major UK newspaper in the past. I have learned a lot about producing video, radio and written news stories. We also had to create a website for one of our stories. The classrooms are typically equipped with iMacs and have a radio recording studio.
My media lecturers knew what they were talking about and were so useful for end-of-final-year projects due to their field experience (I wrote a new horror show script and pitch which was evaluated by a film producer, and people were able to do marketing and pitch new apps).
Some of the accommodation is perhaps overpriced, but I stayed in the cheapest one (Parkwood houses) in my first year and was satisfied. The campus is beautiful with lots of bunnies, and the nightclub at the centre has great nights, although, again, is overpriced. Being in the middle of beautiful Kent also has its perks.
Overall, I had a great four years and would certainly recommend it for doing a journalism degree.
View moreThe new global cultural economy is an overlapping discursive order where money, commodities and persons are involved in ceaselessly chasing each other. It is not a shapeless inventory, there is always the fear of cultural absorption reaching global polity manifestations. In other words, what might appear as one man’s imagined community is another’s prison. As such, marketing and media consultancies are now adapting to the technologies that will embrace new ways that maximise productivity to allow their clients to remain on top of today’s competition and future ones.
As such, finding a course which unlocks these predictive insights is vital for preparing for a career in the ever-changing world of modern media.
This joint honours degree offers an academically rigorous approach to the study allowing students to have hands-on teaching and interactions with experienced members of the broad field who bring a wealth of industrial insights including Journalist professional Mrs Rayner who is always available to support and guide students on their journalism journey by proving personalised attention and freedom to their work. This is not short of allowing students to explore and control their own assignment objectives i.e writing an article on their chosen topic and allowing to interview persons of interest. In other words, students are encouraged to work independently on the design and execution of coursework.
However, if this independent directory is not for you, the school’s non-credit academic programmes like writeright and Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS) have been designed to help new students bridge the gap between sixth form/College and University by providing a pathway to academic success i.e 1 to 1 meetings on how to reference, what lecturers are looking for when marking your work and how to manage your time effectively. As well as this, the passionate module leaders involved in the social policy/journalism school are able to provide you with direct feedback with their extensive office hours which is a vital opportunity for understanding your assignments clearly allowing you to have a greater chance at achieving top grades.
The progressive curriculum allows students to choose their intellectual investments with the course structure appointing students the freedom to often choose what they want to learn. In other words, throughout my time at the University of Kent I was able to pick from an extensive catalogue of modules which allowed me to understand which topics I am interested in perusing I.e in my first academic year I chose promotional media which allowed me to have a taste of the pr and marketing world by producing my own mockup portfolio of brand collaborations, logos and copying which I continue to use and build on today when applying for internships.
In saying this, the current course is split between the main Canterbury and Medway campus which is not ideal for those who do not like long car journeys. The university does provide an easily accessible and free coach to both campuses which runs hourly from the bus stops. Despite this, I found that if you had only one seminar or lecture at Medway it was not worth the journey as it would take up 3-4 hours of your time which many of my course mates rarely did. Whilst, the module leaders did always record and post their slides I noticed a vast difference in both my attention and the success of the module if I did not attend face-to-face events. As such, For them to improve this course, I would suggest that the university sets up this combined course on only one campus.
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