Media & Journalism Pathway

Do you dream of studying Media & Journalism at university?

Our unique Media & Journalism Pathway is specially designed to help you achieve that goal and secure your place on a Media & Journalism-related degree such as Media Studies, Media & Communications, Film, Media & Culture Studies, Drama and Film & Television Studies, Journalism, Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism and many more.

Each pathway provides bespoke, tailored guidance, high-quality teaching and a structured framework for progression towards higher education destinations and higher apprenticeships. Our goal is to ensure students are prepared to an exceptional standard for their next steps into university, higher apprenticeships and their future careers. 

Each ED6 pathway is supported by an array of academic, extracurricular and work experience opportunities to develop both subject-specific expertise and valuable transferable skills.

It all starts with building your Pathway - use the guide on this page to start building yours!

Build Your Unique Pathway

If you’re thinking about studying Media & Journalism at university, you’ll start your pathway by taking the following mandatory A Levels.

Career Options

The Media & Journalism Pathway is specifically tailored for students aspiring to careers in areas such as:

• Broadcast Journalist
• Broadcaster
• Content Creator
• Content Editor
• Digital Marketing
• Lead Story Writer
• Media Planner
• Online Influencer
• Political Risk Analyst
• Press Editor
• Reporter
• Screenwriter
• Social Media Manager
• Television/film Director
• Television/film Producer
• Web Content Manager
• Writer

STRIVE Programme

To support our Pathways model, our elite STRIVE programme provides you with access to industry experts and Higher Education partners. 

Throughout this programme, you can access support in writing your UCAS personal statement, CV, completing application forms and rehearsing job and university interview skills. 

It’s all about developing valuable life skills, including resilience, self-confidence, responsibility and leadership. It’s also a great opportunity to make new friendships with like-minded students

Oxbridge Support 

For those students wishing to apply to Oxford or Cambridge universities, you’ll be given scheduled sessions with our Sixth Form leaders to guide and prepare you through the whole process, including help applying for Oxbridge Summer Schools.

Tailored Work Experience

No matter which Pathway option you choose, our Work Experience Programmes are designed to give you authentic, highly beneficial, tailored work experience, all intended to enhance your UCAS application and practical skills.

Social Media Managament:
Working with a local coffee shop and restaurant our students will be managing, running and developing the digital interactive space and control of the social media presence to expand business through digitally convergent development of space.

Student’s will also be available to take part in running a selection of social media accounts for the sixth form brand to keep the public up to date with exciting opportunities through ED6.

Branding & Advertising: 
Students will be given the chance to plan, develop and create the advertising campaign for our partnered food establishments as well as create in-depth menus to excite and entice customers into the space.

Along with this our students are instrumental in the development and advertising for the sixth form online.

Video & Production:
Matching the branding and advertising, our students will have opportunities to develop and explore their capabilities by creating interactive, in-depth and exciting video adverts to expand on the editing skills required for industry placement.

ED6 Newspaper:
In partnership with the English pathway, students will run the digital population, interviews and content management for the sixth form newsletter, designing the layout and digital presence of the paper on the local network for the college at large to read.

Enrichment

Here at ED6, we believe in nurturing well-rounded individuals, and our ambition is to create extracurricular and super-curricular offers reflecting this commitment.

Extracurricular Activities

Supporting the development of softer transferable skills which make a student a more well-rounded individual:

• EDC Film Club
  Humanities Ambassadorship
• EDC Sports Academies
• Volunteering Opportunities
• College Societies

Super-Curricular Activities

Subject and career-focused activities demonstrate dedication, genuine commitment and interest in your future field of study.

• Guest Lectures
• Humanities Ambassadorship
• Empowering Females and Non-Binary People in Media Industries
• Poetry by Heart Competition
• BFI Film Production Courses
• Blog Writing Workshops
• Public Newspaper Production
• Working with the Guardian
• Development work with Sunderland Film Studio
• Journalism and Reporting Workshops
• Online Content Creation Workshops
• Influencer Persona Creation Workshops
• Shadowing in Industry Opportunities

Links with Employers

Our goal is to build strong relationships with local, regional, and national employers to provide students with unparalleled opportunities to gain insights into the professional world.

We are aiming to schedule regular career talks, industry visits, and mentorship schemes which allow students to network with professionals and learn about the demands of their chosen field. We are hoping that these links will yield valuable opportunities for internships and external work placements which will bridge the gap between academic study and practical application.

Links with University

An additional goal of the ED6 Pathway Programme is to generate and maintain robust connections with leading universities across the UK; but primarily in the North-East of England. 

The intent is for students to benefit from tailored guidance on UCAS applications, personal statement workshops and mock interviews with university representatives. Students will also be able to take advantage of subject-specific taster days 

We are also looking for these partnerships to collaborate with us to tailor the development of our existing pathways to make them as robust as possible – including assistance with producing an academic calendar with events and lectures.

These experiences give students a clear understanding of university life and expectations, ensuring they are fully prepared for their transition to higher education.