Our MA focuses on equipping you with the managerial and leadership skills needed by the creative and cultural industries.

Overview

The UK’s creative and cultural industries are world renowned and have been a driving force in economic and employed growth in the country in the last decade.

But these are also fast changing sectors that have seen significant changes due to digital transformations, social changes and more recently to the pandemic. Our programme will equip you with skills and knowledge base to critically understand, navigate and lead organisations to adapt to this environment. You will learn strategic management of creativity and innovation and boost your leadership skills.

Why study MA Creative and Cultural Industries?

The UK’s creative and cultural industries are world renowned and have been a driving force in economic and employed growth in the country in the last decade. But these are also fast changing sectors that have seen significant changes due to digital transformations, social changes and more recently to the pandemic. Our programme will equip you with skills and knowledge base to critically understand, navigate and lead organisations to adapt to this environment. You will learn strategic management of creativity and innovation and boost your leadership skills.

Our course in Creative and Cultural Industries offers a stimulating programme with a unique blend of academic study, professional knowledge and skills development as well as opportunities for you to become a researcher in your own right. We know that lives are busy, so we designed the course to be taught through a combination of intensive weekends, distance learning and tutorials.

The course is taught by a team of experienced educators who have had professional careers in a related sector and/or are internationally recognised researchers in the field. A group of non-academic partners and advisors also contribute to the delivery of the programme, in the forms of visiting talks, debates and discussions, contributing to assignment briefs, and offering networking opportunities. These professionals have significant experience in the wider creative and cultural industries.

How you’ll be assessed

Throughout the course your knowledge and skills will be informally assessed through a variety of learning activities. You will be encouraged to engage in self-assessment and may be actively involved in peer assessment. Formally, the course is assessed solely through coursework, including portfolio work, reports, essays and presentations.

Your future career

Graduates of this course will be able to pursue careers in a variety of roles in the creative and cultural industries, including management roles within the public, private or third-sector, creative business development, project management in related fields, fundraising management, creative entrepreneurship, and further or freelance research.

Candidates who are already in the workplace will benefit from using their new-found qualification and confidence to progress their careers with their current employer, or to use it to secure promotions or new employment elsewhere. They can also use the qualification as a way to improve what they are undertaking within their current role.

Students completing this MA could also go on to a PhD in a relevant subject area, or could undertake a teaching qualification to take their practice into a school, FE or HE setting.