BA (Hons) Marketing Communications

On this carefully focussed degree, you will learn to produce ‘Ideas That Work’. Our tutors nurture individuality through collaboration and practices modelled on real-life creative agencies. Develop new skills, gain hands-on experience and learn to pitch your ideas.

Our tutors have considerable industry experience spanning marketing communications, brand development, strategy, advertising, art direction and copywriting. They will support you to understand how communications work, so that you can use creative thinking to help brands connect with consumers. Tutors spend time working with students one-to-one, giving constructive feedback, and nurturing creative potential to create business solutions.

Our students pitch, win placements and work with leading national and international agency partners such as McCann, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, M&C Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Dentsu Creative, Havas, AKQA, IMA-HOME, We are The Allies, Drummond Central, Zeal, We Are Social, Golley Slater, Anomaly, 21 Grams, CULT London, and TBWA. These links maximise your exposure to global industry practice.

You’ll have the opportunity to enter prestigious international competitions such as the D&AD New Blood Awards, Cannes Future Lions and The Drum Chip Shop Awards. Top agencies offer coaching, mentoring, work critiques, live briefs, workshops, competition briefs and work experience.

Creative thinking sits at the core of our offer. Our approach encourages originality, innovation and experience of first-hand creative challenges developed both in-house and through our industry contacts. We have a focus on employability and helping you to produce the strongest portfolio possible to secure your ideal job.