​​Welcome to Canterbury Christ Church University and thank you for choosing to study Media Production with us. I am a senior lecturer on the Media Production course and along with the rest of the team, I am looking forward to meeting you on your first day of Welcome Week.

Jo Samuel
Course Director

Your Teaching Timetable

Teaching for your course will begin w.c 21 September 2026.

To help you plan your first few weeks, you can view an overview of the teaching activities for your course.

View your first semester teaching timetable.

On a mobile device, click the arrow next to “Search” at the top right of the page to view your timetable.

If your course is taught in groups, the overview will show activities for all groups. You will only need to attend sessions for your allocated group.

Once teaching begins, your individual timetable and group allocation will be available in MyTimetable provided you have completed online registration and created your computing account.

Your Semester 1 Modules

Investigating Media Production

Creative Media Practice

Success Modules - you will complete 3 of these 5 credit modules*

*Success Modules

Your Journey to Success at CCCU is a compulsory success module. You'll then choose two more Success modules from a choice of eight.

These modules are completed online (asynchronous learning) and are not timetabled, so they won't appear in your teaching timetable.

Key dates

Academic Calendar: Semesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2026-27 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.

Welcome

​We understand that starting University is an exciting time, but can also be quite an anxious time, and that you may have lots of questions.

This is why we have designed an informative and fun welcome week that will provide you with all the key information that you need to know about your studies, the University and the support available. 

It is also when you will get to meet your fellow students, key teaching staff and your personal academic tutor (PAT) who will help guide you through your life as a student from the day you begin to the day you graduate.

Getting started

Your Course

​​In semester 1, you will be taking the Creative Media Practice (30c) module.

On this module, you have a variety of tutors who will introduce you to some key areas of Media Production. Graham will introduce you to Podcasting, I will introduce you to Motion Graphics and some of the cool gadgets we have for video production, then Shelley and Tim will introduce you to the TV studio.

​You will also be taking the Investigating Media Production (15c) module with Graham, where you will be looking at different areas of Media Production and making a magazine article.

Both these modules will combine theory lectures with plenty of practical workshops so that you can build your creative skills.

Alongside these two modules you will have three smaller online Success Modules (5c each) to work on throughout your first semester.

Blackboard

​Each module will have its own module blackboard, which is our online learning space. Here you will find information on all your modules including learning resources such as online videos, lectures, reading lists and module handbooks.

We will introduce this to you during your welcome week.

To help you prepare

​The Media Production course introduces you to a variety of different creative disciplines such as content creation, TV production and immersive design.

To help get you started, we suggest that you begin exploring the exciting world of Media Production.

Find examples of work that you like and start to create a portfolio of inspirational work that will help to inspire your own creative journey.

Create a folder online or on your computer to keep your inspirations together, as this will come in handy when you start working on your own projects.

The website Behance is a good place to start exploring.​

Your Must Do Tasks

Once you have been invited to register for your course, there are some key tasks you'll need to complete to make sure you are ready to become a CCCU student. 

Registration invitations are sent towards the end of August. We'll send yours to the email address you used when you applied, so please check this inbox regularly to make sure you don't miss any important information.

Pre-course reading

​​Here are some of the core texts of the course if you would like to get a head start with your reading:

  • ​​Brown, L. Duthie, L. (2016) The TV studio production handbook. London: I.B. Tauris
  • ​Handley, A. (2022) Everybody Writes: Your New and Improved Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content (2nd edn.). New Jersey: Wiley.
  • ​​Shaw, A. (2023) Motion Design Toolkit: principles, practice and technique. 1st Ed. New York: Routledge

​​Creative online blogs and journals are a great way to keep up to date with latest trends and current creative news. If you have time, browse through some of the following online magazines:

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

Contact details

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