The Centre’s work-based learning masters programmes add a new dimension to research in this growing field. The MA in Creative & Media Education is a course of study for media educators in Further and Higher Education, whereby online delivery is supplemented by a series of themed residentials. The Centre seeks to build on the success of these programmes by developing a part-time undergraduate provision.
The development and delivery of the work-based masters programmes has provided a series of useful case-studies which examine the nature of employer engagement in work-based learning, the challenges of wholly online delivery and the issues a learner faces when returning to study whilst working full-time having been away from formal learning for a significant period.
The Centre’s research in this area has included a report written for the Department for Media, Culture and Sport written by Jon Wardle, Tzu-Bin Lin and Richard Berger.
