Find out about our digital and video accelerator programmes – both are full-time, fully-funded, fast-track and diploma-accredited training courses.

What’s on offer

Choose between the digital accelerator or video accelerator. Both are full-time, fully-funded, fast-track and diploma accredited training programmes delivered over three weeks at the Creative Process Digital training centre in central Brighton.

The programmes will equip you with an essential toolkit of digital and creative skills that employers expect to see in new hires.

“As a marketing student, a lot of times when seeking work, I noticed that jobs want to see experience in Adobe […] I learned a lot of new things and skills through this course mainly to do with graphic design practices (fonts, colours, etc.) as well as using a range of Adobe programs and website design. We got to get hands-on experience with Adobe with a step-by-step guide and explanation from the teachers. The course was really engaging, and the sessions were a mixture of short seminar-style teaching sessions and working through coursework.” – Graduate participant in Summer 2023

The Digital Accelerator

The Digital Accelerator is a free digital skills diploma, worth £2,600 delivered by Creative Process. It will equip you with an essential tool kit of digital and creative skills that employers demand, helping you to create an impressive portfolio of work that will increase your chances of being the stand-out applicant for any hiring manager whilst giving your professional skills a rocket powered digital boost.

You will learn how to:

  • fine tune your networking, pitching and presentation skills
  • build your own website and create an online portfolio and creative CV
  • understand what opportunities are available in what digital growth sectors
  • practise using design and marketing software used by professionals: Wix, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

View the Digital Accelerator promotional video.

Dates

The Digital Accelerator programme will run from 10am to 5pm each weekday on:

  • Monday 3 June to Friday 21 June 2024 for foundation, first and second years
  • Monday 24 June to Friday 12 July 2024 for final year students graduating in Summer 2024.

The Video Accelerator

The Video Accelerator is perfect for you if you are passionate about video and would like to explore various aspects of video making in a fun, practical and creative manner. Through practical workshops, presentations and hands on learning, the accelerator will provide you with experience and support in producing amazing videos, whether you use a smartphone, webcam, DSLR or professional camera.

Whether you’re a YouTuber, blogger, vlogger, business owner, aspiring filmmaker, or just someone who wants to create videos, you will learn how to make professional videos with this course.

You will learn how to:

  • carry out live shooting, as well as learn about the camera
  • expose and compose better shots that tell your story
  • come up with great video topics that people will love watching and sharing
  • shoot amazing videos with DSLR, smartphones or even webcams
  • light your videos with professional techniques, on a small budget
  • record crisp and clean audio with different microphones in any environment
  • edit and deliver a final cut.

View the Video Accelerator promotional video.

Dates

The Video Accelerator programme will run from 10am to 5pm each weekday on:

  • Monday 10 June to Friday 28 June 2024 for foundation, first and second years
  • Monday 8 July to Friday 26 July 2024 for final year students graduating in Summer 2024.

Eligibility

The Digital and Video Accelerator programmes are open to foundation year and undergraduate students. Two separate programmes will run. One for foundation, first and second years, and another for those graduating in Summer 2024. The dates for the different programmes are set out above.

You can complete both the Digital Accelerator and the Video Accelerator during your time at Sussex, but only one Accelerator per year. For example, you can take part in the Video Accelerator in year 1, and the Digital Accelerator in year 2. 

You must also have a National Insurance number.

You also must have been a resident in the UK for the last three years.

How to apply

Applications are open now. The deadline has been extended to midnight on 29 March 2024.

Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 undergrads

Finalists

Find out more about Digital and Video Accelerator.

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