Our Department enjoys a vibrant international postgraduate culture. We offer taught courses and a range of research degrees that allow plentiful opportunities for cross-disciplinary exchange (refer to 2013 Postgraduate Prospectus).
Each year we offer two part-time (18.25 hours per week) Assistant Technician job opportunities to students taking a part-time Masters degree in the School, to provide an effective and efficient technical service for staff and students. The roles involve working in one or more media laboratories and music studios, on one or more projects, as well as providing additional support to teaching labs, music studios and the Media Resources Centre if required. The jobs will be advertised on the Jobs and Careers and Employability Centre webpages in the Autumn.
There are many extra-curricular events in the Department, including regular open research seminars, lectures and masterclasses where you can engage with other students, members of faculty, visiting academics and other professionals. Refer to Research activities.
If you undertake doctoral study in the Department of Media and Film, you will be joining a vibrant research community consisting of around 100 postgraduate Research students and 30 Academic faculty working across media and film studies, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, media practice, music, sonic arts and music theatre. Refer to Research.
For information about career opportunities and recent graduates' career paths, refer to Careers.
We offer a wide range of funding opportunities to help you finance your postgraduate studies. Please see Funding for postgraduate study for more information.
In the Department of Media and Film at Sussex:
- we offer exceptional opportunities for graduate study, with innovative taught MA degrees and a range of supervision for MPhil and PhD research in theory and practice
- we have a thriving research culture in media theory and practice, with around 50 research students working alongside faculty each year
- we are rated joint 8th in the UK for research in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 100 percent of our research was rated as recognised internationally
- we are ranked in the top 10 places to study in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012-13, The Times Good University Guide 2013 and the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012, and in the top 15 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2013 and The Sunday Times University Guide 2012
- we offer opportunities to make practical creative projects alongside conceptual and theoretical study
- we have dedicated state-of-the-art digital production facilities and links to the thriving creative and media scene in Brighton
- we are home to the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies and the innovative Centre for Material Digital Culture.
We offer a wide range of funding opportunities to help you finance your postgraduate studies. Please see Funding for postgraduate study for more information.
Media and Film at Sussex:
- offers exceptional opportunities for postgraduate study, with innovative taught MA degrees and a range of supervision for MPhil and PhD research in theory and practice
- has a thriving research culture in theory and practice, with around 50 research students working alongside faculty each year
- is rated joint 8th in the UK for research in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 100 percent of our research was rated as recognised internationally
- is ranked in the top 10 places to study in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012-13, The Times Good University Guide 2013 and the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012, and in the top 15 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2013 and The Sunday Times University Guide 2012
- has an exclusive library, curated by faculty, including over 5,000 films and documentaries. This is in addition to our central Library
- continues and contributes to Brighton’s long and pioneering approach to film: in the Edwardian era, William Friese-Greene, Esmé Collings, James Williamson and George Albert Smith all lived and worked here; today, Brighton offers one of the largest concentrations of film, digital and new media industries outside of London
- has links to the vibrant film community in Brighton, from the annual Cine-City international film festival and See international documentary film festival to the Duke of York’s Picturehouse, one of the UK’s oldest purpose-built cinemas.
We offer a wide range of funding opportunities to help you finance your postgraduate studies. Please see Funding for postgraduate study for more information.
University of Sussex postgraduate research student talks about her PhD in Film Studies:
Journalism is undergoing many changes but remains a crucial part of democratic public life. We aim to provide you with a critical overview of journalistic practice, and practical training in how to be a reporter in all media: newspapers, magazines, online and broadcast journalism.
All of our journalism degrees combine advanced academic study with specialist practical training by our partners Brighton Journalist Works (BJW), at their training rooms in the offices of a daily newspaper operating in print and online, The Argus, in Brighton. You will learn the basic skills of journalism and their application across a range of media, with opportunities to have stories published during your degree.
You will be taught by very experienced faculty within a highly rated university. Media and Film at Sussex is ranked in the top 10 places to study in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2012-13 and The Times Good University Guide 2013, and in the top 15 in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2013 and The Sunday Times University Guide 2012.
We offer a wide range of funding opportunities to help you finance your postgraduate studies. Please see Funding for postgraduate study for more information.
BJW will teach the professional elements of our degrees and prepare Multimedia Journalism students for the National Council for Training Journalists (NCTJ) Diploma in Journalism. BJW run one of the most successful media training courses in the UK and their students have frequently won prizes for their scoops and exam results.
Both BJW and the School of Media, Film and Music offer excellent technical facilities, including a dedicated newsroom equipped with the latest software, television and radio studios, and a suite of digital media labs.
You will have the opportunity to conduct original research in the form of a dissertation or practical project.
Graduates from BJW and Sussex work in the national and international press, digital and broadcast media, public relations, and a range of other professions.
Employers, tutors and students back new broadcast journalism qualification
"An NCTJ qualification means a safe pair of hands and a solid grounding in journalism. The diploma now provides a national standard and benchmark for entry-level broadcast journalism trainees."
"The development of this module builds on the multi-platform skills in the diploma to provide trainee journalists with the skills required in today's TV/radio newsrooms."
Catherine Houlihan, head of news at ITV Anglia and NCTJ Chief Examiner for broadcast journalism
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Journalism at Sussex video:
Journalism at Sussex from School of Media, Film & Music on Vimeo.
Brighton Journalist Works (BJW) and the University of Sussex
The practical journalism elements of all our degrees are taught by experienced journalists at our partner institution, BJW, whose training rooms are located at Brighton’s daily newspaper, The Argus . This hands-on training is framed within the academic and intellectual agenda delivered at Sussex. Guest masterclasses by industry professionals are a regular feature of our degrees.
A presentation by Paula O'Shea from Brighton Journalist Works (BJW) about our journalism courses:
Career opportunities
Find out where BJW graduates are working now. Refer to Brighton Journalist Works: Graduate Jobs.