Career opportunities

The combination of scholarly rigour and practical expertise, of group work and individual practice, helps you to develop an unrivalled range of the skills sought by employers: leadership, initiative, collaboration and negotiation, research, analysis, management, articulacy and expression in a range of different media.

Careers planning and professional skills development is an integral part of the Department's degree programmes, and there are regular visits from alumni and industry professionals.

Aside from the many work experience opportunities offered by student and staff productions, you can undertake paid work experience as part the Department's real jobs for students initiative.

 

Expert advice

The Student Employment, Experience and Careers Centre also offers advice on careers and
securing industry work placements, some of which can count towards your degree under the optional work-based learning module.

Graduate destinations

Here are just some of the careers our alumni go into:

Theatre Directors, Actors & Playwrights, Film Directors & Producers, Special and Digital Effects, Cinematography, Editing, Film Directors, Theatre Directors, Film Producers, Television Producers, Television Researchers, Film Critics, Theatre management, Actors, Television Executives, Corporate Video Production, Script Writers, Film Archivists, Drama Therapists, Teachers and Head Teachers, University Lecturers, Journalists, Costumiers, Arts Education, Drama Therapists, Radio Producers and Presenters, and Advertising, Journalism and
Public Relations.