Master of Fine Arts in Craft Editing

at Ravensbourne University London United Kingdom

Skilled digital photographers are in demand across various industries to capture a moment in time and bring messages and products to life. With access to gold-standard equipment, this photography degree works with your creative talent, exploring lighting and art direction to create evocative and powerful images.

Why study this photography degree course?

• Accredited by the Association of Photographers (AOP) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
• Nurture a diverse skillset across a range of digital photography sub-disciplines
• Industry-focused and exception industry connections 
• Placement opportunities within prestigious organisations
• Mix of practice and theory-based learning modules
• Supported by expert teaching staff and visiting professionals

Nothing tells a story like a powerful image. Digital photography is one of the most dynamic mediums within the creative industries; it is a dominant force in shaping and defining contemporary society. 

This digital photography course in London, UK, is the destination for budding contemporary photographers who wish to push the boundaries of a powerful medium. Accredited by the Association of Photographers (AOP) and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), you will learn to decipher creative briefs, develop your own photographic style and prepare collections for exhibitions and competitions.

This industry-focused photography degree provides an education in the broader areas of digital photographic practice and will instil an understanding of the rapidly changing principles and methods that underpin new and emerging creative commercial practice.

You will use practical skills, knowledge and critical application of digital photography, helping you to explore the creative potential of your camera. Through a mix of practice and theory-based learning, you will be taught to think like a photographer and explore how images are created, shared, distributed and sold. 

This future-focused BA Hons photography degree course from Ravensbourne University London is designed to combine practical skills with a knowledge of the critical application of digital photography. You will explore the creative potential of the camera and the theories and movements that drive change. 

You will be encouraged to develop your own distinctive portfolio to showcase a high level of technical skill, whilst understanding the theory of photography, as well as seek opportunities for placements at top London agencies and photographers. You will also be encouraged to work collaboratively with other students across the college and different disciplines.

In this compelling interior architecture degree course, you will explore both the traditional and contemporary to become a multidisciplinary master of architecture and interior design. With access to gold-standard facilities, you will develop a mix of theoretical and practical design skills, and apply them to reimagine both commercial and retail environments

Why study this architecture and interior design degree?

• Architects' Registration Board (ARB) Part 1 prescription
• Develop your creative voice 
• Unparalleled opportunities in a design specialist institution
• Cutting-edge facilities in an award-winning building
• Outstanding teaching from senior industry experts 
• Direct contacts to industry
• Ambitious, nurturing environment 
• Excellent post-graduation employment rate
• Get involved in challenging, future-facing creative projects
• A top 10 world academic institution in its subject areas

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At home, in work or on the move, interior design plays an increasingly important role in defining the identity and atmosphere of a room, building or space – and how people will consciously and subconsciously interact with it. Whilst studying this interior design course in London, you will develop your own visual language by shadowing industry experts and established professionals in their own practices. 

During the three-year interior architecture and design degree, you will research, investigate and evolve ideas surrounding the creation, rehabilitation and reimagining of new and existing buildings and spaces. Taught by industry experts, many of whom run their own design practices, you will develop your own visual language and develop your personality as an interior designer.

Working with contemporary technologies in our design studio and workshops, you’ll explore and push design boundaries, balance style and function, examine user-experience, and consider the importance of sustainability. You will learn the tools and techniques that equip students with the necessary skillsets to navigate our digital and physical worlds through design.

If creating interior spaces across residential, office, retail, industrial or community environments ignites your passion, our BA Honours degree in Interior Design Environment Architectures will open the door to a range of career possibilities across new built environments and the rejuvenation and repurposing of existing buildings.

Ready to make stories come to life through the cutting of sound and picture? Taught by professional tutors established in the industry, this reputable film editing course in London will equip you with everything you need to excel in post production in the film industry.

Why study this digital film production degree?

• A huge 96.4% of graduates are employed within the first six months
• Past graduates have found roles with BBC, ITV and Disney
• Others have worked in post-production houses on films like Star Wars and Thor
• High-end post-production resources and technologies
• Be taught by respected industry practitioners
• Access masterclasses with key players in the post-production industry
• Business incubation and industry networking opportunities

There are three key events in the life of a film: the script, the shoot and the edit. Editing is where it all comes together; where meaning is created through cutting sound and picture. This is the decisive moment when a screen story can finally be told to the masses. 

While editing is at the heart of this film editing and post production course in London, you develop a diverse skillset across the post production spectrum, including: visual effects, colour grading, audio post, screen graphics, shoot and edit and broadcast technology. 

You’ll be guided by industry practitioners and guest speakers using a mix of problem-based learning, practical workshops, lectures and masterclasses. You will also gain skills in post-production technology and media management, which will provide the technical backbone of your craft. Throughout your learning journey, you will develop your practice within the context of wider social, cultural and aesthetic formations.

Armed with a full toolbox of skills, past graduates have found roles with media powerhouses like BBC, ITV and Disney, while others have worked in post-production houses editing mega movies such as Star Wars and Thor. 

Become a cyber crime-fighter with this new, forward-thinking degree in London. Delivered in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the course explores a range of technologies utilised in cyber security, including computer forensics, networking and operating systems, secure programming and ethical hacking.

Why study this cyber security degree?

• Fight cyber crime (not all heroes wear capes)
• In collaboration with Amazon Web Services and AWS-Educate programme
• Augment your knowledge of cyber security tools and practices
• Access state-of-the-art facilities and discover the latest methodologies
• Take advantage of an unprecedented demand for cyber security skills
• Address one of the most significant global issues of today  
• Help protect our society, economy, national security and privacy 

Criminal attacks on data have become an everyday concern. With more and more personal details being stored on computers, laptops, phones and online, protecting ourselves, our businesses and customers through cyber security has never been more important.

This unique cyber security degree, developed in partnership with AWS Educate and aligned with NCSC CyBoK 1.0, will jumpstart your career in cyber security. In leaving Ravensbourne University London, you will be able to successfully evaluate cyber security issues, recognise best practices and analyse possible solutions to overcoming cyber threats.

This cloud computing degree combines theory and practice with a strong technical focus. With unprecedented demand for cyber security expertise to protect our society, economy, national security and critical infrastructure, this course is designed to meet the industry’s need for highly qualified graduates. 

Through lectures, tutorials, seminars and laboratory sessions, your expert tutors will teach you to use the latest generation of cyber security tools and techniques. You will evaluate key issues, extract and analyse digital evidence from computer systems and networks, recognise best practices, construct robust software and evaluate possible solutions to negate potential threats.

Why study this digital marketing degree?

• Flexible routes to suit your passion
• State-of-the-art Augmented (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) facilities
• Create engaging, interactive, multi-channel digital marketing campaigns
• Collaborate with fellow students from media and fashion
• Gain support setting up your own business and progressing ideas
• Set yourself up for agency, in-house or self-employment
• Design, deliver and evaluate strategies and campaigns from end to end
• Tap into exceptional industry connections

When you graduate with a digital marketing degree from Ravensbourne University London, you will learn to leverage digital marketing tools to design and deliver outstanding digital marketing strategies across the campaign lifecycle.

You will be able to reach into the hearts and minds of your audience and cater to their wants and needs in the digital space. Achieve, evaluate and present successful business outcomes and develop both a creative and technical skillset. Choose between a BA and Bsc pathway in year three.

Why study a Digital Content Creation degree?

• Boost employability and be industry ready upon graduation
• Become a versatile, multi-skilled digital content creator
• Develop the practical skills you need to thrive in numerous industries
• Develop your own individual passion project and get your story told
• Learn from a BAFTA-nominated course teacher

Supercharge your story 

This digital content degree course will instil in you the practical and theoretical knowledge of the industry, with a spotlight on factual content. You will gain key insights on the entire workflow – pre-production, production and post-production – while focusing on small and single-person crews.

The undergraduate programme will provide bespoke and contemporary knowledge delivered by a team of industry professionals, who will equip you with the essential skills to produce films to a high standard. The Digital Content Creation course will also offer professionally-recognised qualifications to help you plot your route into this evolving and fascinating industry.

The emphasis of the degree is based around location-based production, focusing on documentary and short-form content for TV and online platforms. Potential clients are diverse and wide-ranging – from a museum that requires installation videos to a TV production company making a series for a VOD channel, such as Netflix.

The key digital content skills that form the basis for the curriculum include: idea development and pitching, directing and camera skills, editing, business skills and the theory and context of factual documentary.

When you graduate with a BA (Hons) degree in Digital Content Creation, your career avenues may include: Shooting Producer/Director, Field Director, 'Preditor' (all-in- one film-maker who shoots, directs and edits) or Cameraperson, to name just a few. 

Stories are so ingrained in our culture and human psyches. Are you ready to become a vehicle for change through digital storytelling and documentary making?

This fashion degree in London, UK, has a glowing international reputation for creating highly-employable graduates with distinctive design identities. One of the top student-accredited fashion design courses in the country, with 93% student satisfaction*, you will graduate with an industry-ready fashion toolkit.

Why study this photography degree course?

• Exceptional academic team, including couture designers, Saville Row cutters and experienced fashion brand manager
• Access the latest camera equipment and video editing software
• Establish and nurture your design signature and identity from the get go
• Unrivalled industry connections will make you industry ready
• Get involved in live project briefs from the outset
• Opportunities for internships in the world’s fashion capitals
• Work with and be inspired by some of fashion's greatest labels
• Collaborative working opportunities across the institution
• Option to take the digital technology for fashion pathway in second year
• Access The Institute for Creativity and Technology in London’s design district

Discover your fashion design identity

This flagship fashion course in London, UK, offers budding fashion designers the opportunity to study both traditional and innovative practices in fashion design, development, pattern cutting, sampling and digital design. You will explore how computer-aided design and emerging digital technologies are helping to innovate the fashion creation process – from idea through to production.

You’ll develop an enviable skillset across the fashion design spectrum. This degree in fashion is geared towards developing fashion designers with industry-ready skills who have a firm grasp of research and concept development methodologies. You’ll add an academic backbone to your natural design flair, discover and develop your distinctive creative identity, and hone the techniques and knowledge you’ll need to stand out from the crowd.

You’ll have constant industry engagement, be involved in live project briefs, and receive help to secure an accredited work placement for one term of the course. Students typically secure work placements in London, Antwerp, Paris, Milan and New York. They’ve been given a taste of life at some of the world’s most prestigious fashion brands, including Givenchy, Viktor & Rolf, AF Vandevorst, Haider Ackermann and Calvin Klein. 

These opportunities will broaden your horizons in fashion and beyond

During the fashion design degree, you will also work on industry-led design briefs and competitions, including VF Corporation, which encompass Timberland, Wrangler, Lee and North Face and Kingpins denim. 

Excuse the name drops, but the name on the label is pretty important in this business, and why shouldn’t you learn from – and aspire to be – the best? 

When you study the BA Hons Fashion degree, you will work collaboratively across disciplines to learn how the latest 3D and design technology is helping to transform processes and innovate fashion creation. You will consider your design signature from the get go. Our course leaders will oversee your growth as a fashion designer and be ably supported by other staff and visiting professionals.

This games programming degree will help you become a master programmer and stay at the very forefront of the games evolution. You will develop unrivalled skills within programming and scripting, content generation, artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality.

Why study this games development degree?

• Develop an industry-level skillset and mindset
• Work collaboratively to find creative solutions to programming
• Develop games for mobile, indie and AAA console games
• Apply skills across mainstream programming and web/app development
• Develop a deep technical knowledge to propel you in your future career
• Develop a skillset expanding scripting, content generation, AI, VR and AR 
• No prior knowledge in coding or programming needed

Master computer games programming and coding

With no prior knowledge in coding or programming needed, this computer games programming degree in London will provide you with the tools and confidence to thrive in the competitive world of gaming. Working side by side with games artists and designers, you will develop an extensive knowledge of games engines and programming architecture.

This course equips you with everything you need to excel in a coding career in the games industries. You will develop industry-level skillsets in programming and the ability to solve creative problems, whilst building the confidence to work both independently and as part of a team. 

The BSc (Hons) Games Programming course curriculum will introduce students to programming languages (C++ and C#), games engines (Unreal and Unity), and the development of specialist skills within programming, scripting, procedural content generation, artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR).

Collaborative practice, game jams and working with industry will be fundamental aspects of your academic journey. You will master game technologies and hone your ability to utilise industry-specific tools to develop games for mobile, indie and AAA console games.

Sitting alongside the BA (Hons) Games Development course, this three-year computer games programming course reflects forward thinking industry practice in its approach to games programming and how it meshes with the other games development disciplines.

Do you want to master user-centred design innovation and propel your career in the creative industries and further afield? Our Design Communication master's degree will enable you to produce industry-quality graphic design, marketing, social media and digital technology assets.

In a recent survey, our postgraduate courses scored 91% student satisfaction for creativity and design, and 93% satisfaction overall. That makes us second for postgraduate study in the country.

Why study this Design Communication master's degree?

• See your creative visions come to life
• Tap into exceptional industry connections
• Develop your business acumen 
• Establish a critical design practice
• Immerse yourself in emerging technologies and methodologies
• Respond to society and user needs to augment your design skills
• Create dynamic interacting spaces
• Study in a stunning new building in London's Design District
• Be a legacy-maker for The Institute of Creativity and Technology

Supercharge your visual communication design skills

In our exciting new MA Design Communication course, you will gain the knowledge, confidence and professional acumen to creatively position services, systems and need-driven design products.

You will respond to societal and user needs to expand your graphic communication design skills. You will be immersed in the tools and processes of digital design and emerging technologies, whilst exploring the value of design thinking and services in a bustling marketplace.

During the course you will establish a critical design practice, create dynamic interacting spaces, and apply design to respond to a range of needs. You’ll engage your target audiences by synthesising creativity with sound business theories – an essential skill that will boost your employability across many potential career avenues.

After studying for your MA Design Communication course, you will have:

• The hands-on design thinking skills to turn creative visions into truly engaging assets
• The business and commercial acumen to reach and inspire audiences across all business, international and not-for-profit sectors
• The confidence to generate real change and influence decision making at the most senior levels

Are you an aspiring musician, sound designer or composer looking to develop your music and sound production skills? With access to cutting-edge equipment, the music and sound design degree in London delves into the creation and production of sound and music across different contexts and industries, providing you with a diverse, industry-ready skillset and portfolio. 

Why study this music and sound design degree?

• Develop specialisms and find your musical niche 
• These include: composition, production, sound engineering and songwriting
• Add technical understanding to your natural creativity and inner storyteller
• Direct preparation for work in the creative industries
• Collaborative course will boost your leadership and teamwork skills 
• Teaching staff and visiting professionals with strong industry experience

Music and sound design make a vital contribution to not only media and communications, but culture as a whole. Music moves people; it defines eras, shapes personalities, sells products and adds meaning to moving imagery on our screens. 

This music degree in London, UK, is for aspiring musicians and sound designers who wish to supercharge their sound and music production skills and apply them in a wide range of roles in the creative industries. 

You will develop specialisms which could include audio production, sound engineering, sound design, songwriting, composition and soundtrack creation for film, television, games and immersive media, such as virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR).

When you graduate from this three-year music and sound design course, you will add technical understanding to your own natural creativity, including skills in critical listening, editing, arranging, composing, producing, technical and storytelling. 

Practically-focused, you will get an understanding of audio, sound arts and music as distinct specialisms, as well as how they intersect with storytelling and the moving image. Ultimately, you will be encouraged to apply the technical and creative aspects of sound and music production in a project-based learning environment.