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September 2010
SUBJECT: DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE & MEDIA
This is a two-year course taught in around ten periods a week, with additional
periods for Additional/Specialist learning and Functional Skills. The course at John
Leggott College has a focus on Media and has been developed with the North
Lincolnshire 14 – 19 Partnership.
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To further enhance the ‘real life’ aspects of the course learners will undertake:
• At least 10 days in the workplace in the Creative and Media Sector;
• Collaboration with the Creative and Media Sector and with Higher Education
including visits to workplaces, and undertaking externally set design briefs.
Enrichment
There are a number of optional Enrichment options offered by the college which you will
find to be both interesting and useful additions to your course of study, for example:
• Journalism/College Magazine;
• College Drama Production;
• A range of Music & Sport options;
• Art Academy (year 2 only).
What next?
• The Diploma is equivalent to 3 ½ A Levels and 420 UCAS points. (The current
system of entry points for university courses);
• Learners who are successful on the Diploma are able to access Higher Education
opportunities in a broad range of Creative, Performance and Media areas. Equally,
the Diploma will prepare learners for the world of work in a variety of sectors.
If you wish to find out more information about each course at the College,
please visit our Website:
www.leggott.ac.uk
To obtain course information, go to “our courses”. You will be able to find
each subject leaflet, examination results and other data. In “Student Life”
you will find information about students who have come to John Leggott
College, their achievements and destinations.