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Media Suite
Media and broadcasting students can get to grips with current industry-standard equipment in our purpose-built media suite, complete with:
- 14 Mac Edit suites running Avid Media Composer and Adobe software
- Avid Nexus dedicated Media server and digital workflow
- 14 Industry standard HD video camera kits
- Industry standard mobile journalism and audio recording kits
- Dedicated Radio Studio and multicam HDTV studios with virtual sets, networked autocue and broadcast capability
- The latest tripods, lighting kits, portable monitors, steadicam and audio equipment to loan.
New Journalism lecturer broadcasts the news of a £5 million investment in facilities
The University of Wolverhampton has invested £5 million to bring industry standard facilities to its new Screen School – and a new high-profile lecturer for its Multimedia Journalism degree course is all set to broadcast the improvements.
Gareth Owen, previously working at ITV Central News, has joined the University’s School of Art and is teaching Multimedia Journalism degree students in the new Screen School based at its City Campus in Wolverhampton.
Inside the Octagon
Media and broadcasting students can get to grips with current industry-standard equipment in our purpose-built media suite, complete with:
- 14 Mac Edit suites running Avid Media Composer and Adobe software
- Avid Nexus dedicated Media server and digital workflow
- 14 Industry standard HD video camera kits
- Industry standard mobile journalism and audio recording kits
- Dedicated Radio Studio and multicam HDTV studios with virtual sets, networked autocue and broadcast capability
- The latest tripods, lighting kits, portable monitors, steadicam and audio equipment to loan.
New £5m Screen School
Wolverhampton Screen School will be the ambitious epicentre for stimulating screen based culture, education, research and industrial development within the region and beyond.
The new Screen School is aimed at boosting skills in the digital arts and media industries, offering a range of courses including Computer Games Design, Film and Television Production, Animation, Multimedia Journalism and Media. The new industry standard facilities include a green-screen, three-camera TV studio with an adjoining production gallery. There is also a new radio studio which reflects the layout of BBC local stations. News readers have access to a second bulletin studio and the technical kit and software will enable the replication of the workflows of national news journalists and the running orders of professional news programmes.
Students also have full access to a range of high-end audio and video recording facilities through our Media store.
Light House Media Centre
A unique facility for the study of film and media in the West Midlands. It features two purpose-built professional cinemas, ensuring that, you get to see films how they they were meant to be watched, whenever possible; with full power and resonance on the big screen.
Cinema One is the main cinema at Light House, with a seating capacity of over 200 students.
In Addition
We have access to a specialist in-house digital printing service – the Print Support Hub. Alongside Media Stores with dedicated kit for Media and Multimedia Journalism students. We even have our own Art Materials Shop, which stocks an extensive range of art materials.
Print Support Hub
The Print Support Hub is a technically supported, open access area. It offers all School of Art students a range of specialist printers that are capable of printing onto a vast array of different materials.
Including:
- A3 Risograph printer
- 2 medium format high-end Epson printers (A4, A3, A3+ and A2)
- Large format thermal lithographic printer
- Large Format Mimaki textile printer
- Large Format Mimaki textile printer
The room also offers two large format scanners that will scan artwork up to A0 size.
Media Stores
The Media Stores is a fantastic facility providing free access to equipment for a variety of courses throughout the Wolverhampton School of Art. Including specialist photographic and digital media equipment.
Art Materials Shop
The Wolverhampton School of Art's art materials shop stocks an extensive range of art materials, including paints, brushes, sketchbooks, portfolios, and much more.
Study with us
We offer both undergaraduate and postgraduate courses in Media and Multimedia Journalism:
BA (Hons) Media
This course will equip you to think critically and creatively about all aspects of media, from production and content, to narratives and social media platforms, to media activism and interventions, preparing you for a wide range of careers within, or involving, media.
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BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism
BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism at the University of Wolverhampton aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need for working in the digital multi-platform environment of 21st century newsrooms.
MA Film and Screen
opportunity to engage in cross-disciplinary investigation of various aspects of cinema and moving image culture, and has diverse routes available via theoretical, vocational and practice-based perspectives to provide a uniquely flexible course.
