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Course Summary

Our BA (Hons) Broadcast Production: TV and Radio programme will prepare you for success in the digital production industry.

Led by experienced teaching staff, the course combines theory and practice-based learning to give you a thorough understanding of television, radio, podcasting and other modern digital media.

You’ll work in our radio, podcast and television studios, which feature the latest digital production facilities and digital sound and video editing software, helping you develop the practical and creative skills in demand.

Programme Highlights

This programme will prepare you for a wide range of careers in the digital production industry.

You’ll learn how to create and produce television, radio, podcasts and other modern digital media.

The technology available in our radio, television and livestream studios will help you develop up-to-the-minute practical skills.

Guest lectures from industry professionals and field visits will provide an insight into the vibrant digital production industry that we have in Scotland.

Programme Details

Combining theory with skills-based practice, this programme is tailored to meet the needs of the contemporary digital production industry and creative industries.

With professional accreditation by ScreenSkills, this programme lets you use the latest digital production facilities and editing suites of UWS’s radio and television studios to hone your craft.

Careers

Graduates from this programme have gone on to work for national broadcasters, such as the BBC , and many Scottish TV and Radio Companies including Heart Radio, QTV and Lion Television Scotland - a really wide range of national and international media companies.

Subjects

Media studies, Broadcasting, Television studies, Radio studies, Broadcast engineering, Audio production

Entry requirements

Scottish Higher, standard entry requirements: B,B,B,C

Scottish Advanced Higher, standard entry requirements: C,C,C

  • For entry to Year 2.

Scottish HNC, standard entry requirements: Pass

  • Entry to Year 1 with HNC in Advertising & PR with A in the Graded Unit.
  • Entry to Year 2 with a HNC in one of the following titles: Communication; Interactive Media; Media Analysis and Production; Sound Production; Radio Production; Creative Industries (TV) and (Radio) or other relevant media discipline

Scottish HND, standard entry requirements: Pass

  • Entry to Year 3 with a HND in one of the following titles: Communication; Interactive Media; Media Analysis and Production; Media; Sound Production; Radio Production; Creative Industries (TV) and (Radio) or other relevant media discipline

Don't quite have the grades?

Some courses offer minimum entry requirements, asking for fewer qualifications or lower grades for entry. Universities look at other information, such as your personal experiences and challenges.

Check the course on the university website or contact their student support services.

UCAS Code: P391

Course options

Course Type: Full-time
Details
Date: 08/09/2025 Cost: Get in touch with the course provider or visit their website for more information
Venue details

Ayr Campus

University Avenue

Ayr

Who to contact ?
ask@uws.ac.uk 0800 027 1000

Course provider

University of the West of Scotland
ask@uws.ac.uk
0800 027 1000
www.uws.ac.uk

Ayr Campus
University Avenue
Ayr

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