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Learn about the things you love, and grasp the skills you need to succeed.

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UTC@MediaCityUK

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Where are we located?UTC@MediaCityUK is situated in the £650 million MediaCityUK development at Salford Quays. MediaCityUK is where thousands of professionals from the creative and digital industries work on the content of tomorrow. Our college is right in the heart of this thriving community.

We’re a University Technical College. And we’re located within MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.University Technical Colleges are different to normal schools or colleges in several ways. For a start, we’re all about getting you ready for work in the creative and digital industries. How? By giving you not only the qualifications but also the experience firms are looking for.

Specialist study and hands-on experience You learn core academic subjects like English and Maths. But alongside them, you choose a specialist area of study:

TV & Film

Graphics & Design

Radio & Audio

Interactive Media & Gaming

Some of what you’re taught is academic and you also get plenty of hands-on experience, sessions in our industry-standard studio facilities, for example.

Our employer partners are on-hand to provide live briefs, workshops, project work, mentoring and master-classes.

Develop the right attitudeDoing well in this dynamic sector is also about attitude. Those who thrive are determined, independent and not afraid to take risks. Some call this entrepreneurial spirit: We intend to help you develop this.

Your time with us will be inspiring, challenging, but above all, fun. The creative and digital industries are filled with enthusiastic people who love what they do for a living.

This is your opportunity to join them.

OUR SPONSORSWe’re sponsored by three high profile organisations and a well-respected educational charity focused on equipping young people with essential life skills.

What is UTC@MediaCityUK?

Our employer partners

MediaCityUK development

Love what you learn, every single dayBecause we provide specialist training for the creative and digital industries, you get to spend plenty of time doing the things you love. At 14 (Key Stage 4), students spend 40% of their time on their chosen specialist area, rising to 60% at 16 (Key Stage 5).

TV & Film Understanding studio camera, lighting and sound

technology, single and multi-camera techniques, film and video editing techniques, pre and post production, music video production.

Graphics & Design Web authoring and graphic design, creative

development for digital media, advertising and marketing production, 2D and 3D animation and stop motion techniques, social media techniques and intellectual property issues, digital content management.

Radio & Audio Understanding audio-capture, manipulation and

broadcasting, interview and presentation techniques, soundtrack and voice-over production, audio editing and sound engineering.

Interactive Media & Gaming Game development and coding, console and mobile

gaming, interactive advertising media and techniques, social media gaming, app development.

The skills you’ll pick up Video editing

Sound engineering

Stage production

Digital marketing

Graphic design

Theatre production

Exhibition design

Photographic techniques

Animation techniques

Web authoring

Creative writing

A strong core curriculumWhile UTC@MediaCityUK is all about the creative and digital industries, you still study a strong core curriculum.

Mathematics

English Literature

Physics

Chemistry

Psychology

Music

Photography

Spanish

Computer Science

Art and Design

Media

In the North West, one in ten jobs are now in the creative and digital sector. Manchester is the second largest creative and digital city in Europe. This has generated real demand for people with hands-on industry experience.

The purpose of UTC@MediaCityUK is to give you the workplace skills companies are crying out for.

We work with employer partners to ensure what you learn really is relevant to what those industries require. We equip you with the technical skills, industry awareness and commercial knowledge to get started in this fast-moving environment.

Why the creative and digital industries?

What to do now?The UTC@MediaCityUK opens its doors in September 2014, and we’re now accepting applications for Year 10 and Year 12.

We don’t just want you to study with us. We want you to love what you learn, be inspired by what you do, and let us help you turn your dreams into reality.

If what you’ve read excites you, then we want to hear from you.

To find out more, contact Emily Blake on 0161 312 1515 or email information@utcmediacityuk.org.uk

A more productive dayAt UTC@MediaCityUK, we start at 8.30 am and finish at 4.30 or 5.30 pm, depending on the day. That allows time for core subjects to run alongside you picking up more specialist skills. It also gets you used to working similar hours to those in the workplace rather than those at school.

A work-ready skill-setBy devoting substantial amounts of study time to employer-led initiatives, we give students the hands-on skills so hard to teach in the classroom – through work placements, live projects, master-class sessions, mentoring and more.

An entrepreneurial attitudeWe instil qualities such as independence, versatility and resilience in our students – an entrepreneurial attitude we believe is essential for success in an industry characterised by so many small businesses and self-employed workers.

Our employer partners include:

ITV North

The Lowry

Imperial War Museum North

Adobe

Apple

Royal Exchange Theatre

The Landing

Prepare early for the world of work