We are in the process of finalising our postgraduate taught courses for 2027/28 entry. In the meantime, you can view our 2026/27 courses.
Digital media and communication sit at the heart of every industry and play a vital role in shaping social, cultural, and public life. At the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, you will develop the critical insight, creative expertise, and digital skills needed to succeed as a communications professional in an increasingly AI-driven world.
We live in a rapidly transforming digital world where communication defines who we are and how we belong. Analysing language and communication is essential to our understanding of identity, community, and influence in contemporary society.
As AI is fundamentally reshaping how communication is produced, circulated and interpreted, future workplaces will demand professionals who can critically assess not just how AI tools work, but how they transform communication and relationships. Alongside AI, digital influencers increasingly shape everyday life, public debates and consumer culture making it vital to understand how they build authenticity and self-branding practices, and produce their microcelebrity identities.
Our BA Digital Media and Communication course brings together language and technology, creativity and critical thinking, theory and practice. You will develop practical expertise across digital platforms learning how to design and produce blogs, vlogs, podcasts, reels, social media campaigns, interactive maps, and digital exhibitions.
Alongside hands-on production skills, you will gain a rigorous understanding of how digital media intersects with pressing global issues, including politics, migration, climate change, gender, sexuality and social justice.
Studying at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø also offers the opportunity to undertake a professional communication project or work placement, enabling you to apply your knowledge in real-world contexts and build valuable industry experience. This degree aims to make you a critically informed, digitally fluent and ethical communicator, with the skills to shape a rapidly evolving media landscape.
David Crystal OBE (awarded for services to the English language, 1995) set up the first linguistics degree at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, and sociolinguistics was born at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø. The university’s Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics has 60 years of excellence in the field.
You’ll be taught in supportive, small groups by leading experts in your subject. 100% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025, Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics).
Elements of your programme will be delivered via digital technology, which is relevant for the development of your digital communication and content creation skills.
We also offer a range of English language and linguistics degrees.
We offer targeted careers support, including specific support for students from under-represented groups.
100% of graduates from English Language and Applied Linguistics are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation. (Three-year average, based on our analysis of HESA data, Graduate Outcomes Surveys 2021/22 to 2022/23. Includes full-time, UK domiciled, first degree English Language and Applied Linguistics responders.)
BA Digital Media and Communication
Full Time: 3 Years
