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Digital Culture

The Digital Culture Pathway equips you to become an innovative and critical problem-solver who can work creatively and confidently with digital technologies. Through practice-based modules, we’ll prepare you to shape and lead digital developments in creativity and culture.

You’ll explore how technologies are transforming cultural, creative, commercial and educational practices, particularly in heritage, the creative industries and science communication contexts. Over the course of the pathway, you’ll develop your collaborative, evaluative and analytical skills; gain experience in effective writing; and learn how to apply a toolkit of digital skills to real-world challenges – helping you stand out to employers.

Key features:

• Future-ready digital literacy – develop creative and critical digital skills aligned with rapid advances in technologies such as GenAI, extended reality and immersive media.
• Industry-relevant expertise – gain insight into how digital technologies are transforming sectors including heritage, publishing, education, entertainment and the creative industries.
• High-demand skills – build capabilities identified by the UK Government as priority skills for growing employment areas through to 2030 and beyond.
• Creative and transferable expertise – develop digital creativity and communication skills that are valuable across multiple sectors, including science communication and cultural industries.
• Interdisciplinary learning environment – benefit from collaboration across departments and faculties, drawing on strengths in Digital Humanities, English and Creative Writing, Archaeology and History.
• Research- and practice-informed teaching – learn through successful, high-demand modules and cutting-edge digital infrastructure, with access to real digital and cultural datasets and emerging analytical tools.

Module content:

Future Skills Pathways consist of 60 credits. You will study modules equivalent to 30 credits in year 2 of your degree and 30 credits in your final year. All modules are compulsory.