Professional Practice
The course builds on industry relevance and industrial links, industry standard design and development processes. Our live project briefs and blended learning modes make for an efficient, flexible method of course delivery. From time management to client handling, legal, financial & ethical issues, our project-focused approach creates highly desirable and employable graduates.
Whenever possible we participate local industry events, see exhibitions around the country, and travel to international conferences such as the Transmediale, a Berlin-based festival that draws out new connections between art, culture, and technology. We have also been on cultural studyvisits to UWE Bristol’s partner institute in Hong Kong where we
saw the Emerging Design Talents Degree Show and conducted a design probe into the user experiences of Hong Kong commuters, public transport and its information systems. This allowed students to design and practically apply a number of user research methods taught on the course.
Whenever possible we participate local industry events, see exhibitions around the country, and travel to international conferences such as the Transmediale, a Berlin-based festival that draws out new connections between art, culture, and technology. We have also been on cultural studyvisits to UWE Bristol’s partner institute in Hong Kong where we saw the Emerging Design Talents Degree Show and conducted a design probe into the user experiences of Hong Kong commuters, public transport and its information systems. This allowed students to design and practically apply a number of user research methods taught on the course.
Previous Students
Catrina Liddell, 2019
Project Manager at Rhys Welsh Ltd
Dave Martin, 2015
Design Technologist and Indie Hacker
Sintija Linuza, 2019
Digital Producer at POWSTER
Rex Richardson, 2021
Director at Rex’s Creps LTD and Tex Technologies LTD
Hamse Hussein, 2019
Digital Marketing Executive at H&H Media
Previous Students
Catrina Liddell, 2019
Project Manager at Rhys Welsh Ltd
Dave Martin, 2015
Design Technologist and Indie Hacker
Sintija Linuza, 2019
Digital Producer at POWSTER
Rex Richardson, 2021
Director at Rex’s Creps LTD and Tex Technologies LTD
Hamse Hussein, 2019
Digital Marketing Executive at H&H Media
Industry Placements
The course offers an optional placement year, which we strongly encourage students to pursue. Placements provide invaluable industry experience as students learn to apply their skills in a professional environment, often liaising with clients. UWE Bristol has links with over 1,000 national and international employers.
Recent Digital Media placement partners include: Nickelodeon London, BBC Natural History Unit, Intel, MACH group, SimpleWeb, Flourish Direct Marketing, Nothing Else On TV, Social & Personal, and Computacentre.
The course offers an optional placement year, which we strongly encourage students to pursue. Placements provide invaluable industry experience as students learn to apply their skills in a professional environment, often liaising with clients. UWE Bristol has links with over 1,000 national and international employers.
Recent Digital Media placement partners include: Nickelodeon London, BBC Natural History Unit, Intel, MACH Group, SimpleWeb, Flourish Direct Marketing, Nothing Else On TV, Social & Personal and Computacentre.
Where Our Students Were Based
The Design Enterprise Studio (www.designenterprisestudio.com) is an exciting new incubator scheme based at UWE Bristol that offers creative technologies consultancies to local organisations in exchange for connecting with final year students. Client organisations benefit from free consultancy in areas such as user experience (UX) design, web design /development, visual branding, social media strategies,
mobile application design, data visualization or digital media design. For final year students in the Design Enterprise Studio provides an opportunity to work with a client on a real-life project, to apply developmental and design processes to a practical scenario and in near-professional capacity.
(www.designenterprisestudio.com)
The Design Enterprise Studio is an exciting new incubator scheme based at UWE Bristol that offers creative technologies consultancies to local organisations in exchange for connecting with final year students. Client organisations benefit from free consultancy in areas such as user experience (UX) design, web design /development, visual branding, social media strategies, mobile application design, data visualization or digital media design. For final year students in the Design Enterprise Studio provides an opportunity to work with a client on a real-life project, to apply developmental and design processes to a practical scenario and in near-professional capacity.
Recent Client Consultancies
Examples of projects completed in collaboration with smaller and larger organisations in 2020/2021.
Cerberus
Gestetner 140
Lifeskills
Service Design Challenge
Thinkfully
Tumaini
Live Briefs
We maintain close links with industry partners who often act as live clients, so even if students decide not to go on a placement, they still obtain a good feel of the expectations of a Digital Media workplace.
Our latest round of collaborations include TVPP, Limina Immersive, Fruto Studio and the Bristol City Council. Interaction with professionals early on helps to build an industry-relevant creative portfolio.
We maintain close links with industry partners who often act as live clients, so even if students decide not to go on a placement, they still obtain a good feel of the expectations of a Digital Media workplace. Our latest round of collaborations include TVPP, Limina Immersive, Fruto Studio and the Bristol City Council. Interaction with professionals early on helps to build an industry-relevant creative portfolio.
Recent Client Briefs
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