DTA Courses

The BA Acting and Screen Performance (Top Up) course enables applicants who have completed an HND/FdA in a relevant Acting/Drama discipline to progress onto the final year of the BA qualification.

The course creates skilled actors with the ability to work across all performance mediums, specialising in TV and film.

You'll also get to explore theatre production disciplines such as directing and theatre making.

Key features

• Our lecturers have worked at the BBC, ITV, National Theatre, Royal Exchange (Manchester)
• Strong working links with local theatres (Lime Pictures, New Vic, Regent Theatre)
• Regular guest lecturers from the theatre industry.
• Industry-standard technical facilities for productions.
• Theatre visits to London, Stratford-upon-Avon and New York.

• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PRESENTATION (year 1)
• FINAL FILM PROJECT (year 1)
• STAGING THE CLASSICS (year 1)
• PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT (year 1)
• ONE VOICE: THEATRE MONOLOGUES (year 1)
• MEDIA EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• CREATIVE COMPANY PRACTICE: INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANY (year 1)
• MUSICAL THEATRE (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT: PERFORMANCE AND DRAMA (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS DISSERTATION (year 1)
• MEDIA PERFORMANCE DISSERTATION (year 1)
• FORUM THEATRE (year 1)
• ACTING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA (year 1)
• THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION PRODUCTION (year 1)
• APPLIED THEATRE PRACTICE (year 1)
• CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA (year 1)
• WRITING DRAMA (STAGE/SCREEN) (year 1)

The Acting and Theatre Arts (Top Up) course enables applicants who have completed an HND/FdA in a relevant Acting/Drama discipline to progress onto the final year of the BA qualification.

Our popular Acting and Theatre Arts degree blends traditional academic study with practical drama-school training.

Acting, plays, directing, contemporary drama, practitioners, playwrights and applied theatre are central to this course.

Key features

• Our lecturers have worked at the BBC, ITV, National Theatre, Royal Exchange (Manchester)
• Strong working links with local theatres (Lime Pictures, New Vic, Regent Theatre)
• Regular guest lecturers from the theatre industry.
• Industry-standard technical facilities for productions.
• Theatre visits to London, Stratford-upon-Avon and New York.

• ONE VOICE: THEATRE MONOLOGUES (year 1)
• APPLIED THEATRE PRACTICE (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PRESENTATION (year 1)
• MEDIA EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• ACTING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA (year 1)
• THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION PRODUCTION (year 1)
• PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT (year 1)
• MEDIA PERFORMANCE DISSERTATION (year 1)
• CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• STAGING THE CLASSICS (year 1)
• CREATIVE COMPANY PRACTICE: INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANY (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS DISSERTATION (year 1)
• FORUM THEATRE (year 1)
• WRITING DRAMA (STAGE/SCREEN) (year 1)
• FINAL FILM PROJECT (year 1)
• MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT: PERFORMANCE AND DRAMA (year 1)
• MUSICAL THEATRE (year 1)

You will be assessed on your understanding, development and expression of production and performance [live and recorded] skills at all Levels under a variety of performance conditions. This assessment will take into account both your development and contribution during the module as well as the achievement of the final presentation or production. Assessment of your practical work is supported by written assessment – eg. essays, learning portfolios, seminar folders - which encourages you to reflect both on your learning experience and to make the connections between theory and practice.

• MUSICAL THEATRE (year 1)
• MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT: PERFORMANCE AND DRAMA (year 1)
• STAGING THE CLASSICS (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• PROFESSIONAL PLACEMENT (year 1)
• THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION PRODUCTION (year 1)
• CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAMA (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS DISSERTATION (year 1)
• MEDIA EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH PROJECT (year 1)
• WRITING DRAMA (STAGE/SCREEN) (year 1)
• DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS RESEARCH PRESENTATION (year 1)
• CREATIVE COMPANY PRACTICE: INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANY (year 1)
• ACTING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA (year 1)
• ONE VOICE: THEATRE MONOLOGUES (year 1)
• MEDIA PERFORMANCE DISSERTATION (year 1)
• FINAL FILM PROJECT (year 1)
• APPLIED THEATRE PRACTICE (year 1)
• FORUM THEATRE (year 1)

The award set is designed to meet the needs and profile of the wide range of prospective engineering branch entrants from technicians to Commissioned Officers requiring an academic perspective. It provides a range of destination awards based around a spine of common core modules.

To make an initial enquiry about this programme please contact the HM Forces team.

All modules are individually assessed via one or more methods dependent upon the requirement of that module. The method of assessment is chosen to ensure that we can verify that you have met the learning outcomes of the module. These methods may include individual coursework assignments, written reports, discussion contributions and practical exercises.

Typically, assignment submission and feedback will be via Blackboard Learning Portal, using a system called Turnitin. Practical assessments are all completed online throughout the Foundation Degree. Module results will also be made available electronically through the Turnitin system.

The award set is designed to meet the needs and profile of the wide range of prospective engineering branch entrants from technicians progressing through training, to commissioned officers requiring an academic perspective. It provides a range of destination awards based around a spine of common core modules.

To make an initial enquiry about this programme please contact the HM Forces team.

All modules are individually assessed via one or more methods dependent upon the requirement of that module. The method of assessment is chosen to ensure that we can verify that you have met the learning outcomes of the module. These methods may include individual coursework assignments, written reports, discussion contributions and practical exercises.

Typically, assignment submission and feedback will be via Blackboard Learning Portal, using a system called Turnitin. Practical assessments are all completed online throughout the Foundation Degree. Module results will also be made available electronically through the Turnitin system.

The award set is designed to meet the needs and profile of the wide range of prospective engineering branch entrants from technicians to Commissioned Officers requiring an academic perspective. It provides a range of destination awards based around a spine of common core modules.

To make an initial enquiry about this programme please contact the HM Forces team.

All modules are individually assessed via one or more methods dependent upon the requirement of that module. The method of assessment is chosen to ensure that we can verify that you have met the learning outcomes of the module. These methods may include individual coursework assignments, written reports, discussion contributions and practical exercises.

Typically, assignment submission and feedback will be via Blackboard Learning Portal, using a system called Turnitin. Practical assessments are all completed online throughout the Foundation Degree. Module results will also be made available electronically through the Turnitin system.

Highly practical and hugely rewarding, the Foundation Degree in Film and Television Production Technology is designed for anyone seeking a career in the world of film and television, either in a technical or managerial capacity.

This course combines work-based learning and academic work to develop sustainable skills for employment. Our in-house production company, Lumina Studios, provides opportunities to build a professional showreel.

Students develop a portfolio of digital film and TV work, including a live studio production, corporate promotional videos, a documentary, and a feature film to be premiered at the Lichfield Guildhall.

Through this course students gain the practical skills and expert knowledge required to become a confident member of any production team.

With plenty of tutor support and guidance, many of our graduates successfully gain industry employment or start their own production companies after they graduate.

Following completion of the Foundation Degree in Film & TV, students can progress onto our BSc (Top-Up) Degree.

Assessments are designed to be interesting, relevant and contemporary, with the aim of enhancing personal and professional development, while also evaluating performance.

Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module.

Module assessments such as practical film projects, pitches, presentations and research projects require learners to demonstrate a critical understanding of technical and theoretical concepts of film and television production.

In the case of collaborative projects, where students will be working in teams, peer assessments will support tutor observation reports to determine an individual's contribution to the production of the final project.

• ENGINEERING SCIENCE (year 1)
• FOUNDATION QUANTITATIVE METHODS (year 1)
• DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION (year 2)
• PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALS (year 2)
• ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS (year 2)
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (year 3)
• INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PRACTICE (year 3)
• INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (NON A-LEVEL) (year 3)
• FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICS & THERMO-FLUID (year 4)
• FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING (year 4)
• INTERMEDIATE ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (year 5)
• MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND QUALITY (year 5)
• MECHANICAL STRUCTURES (year 5)
• ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINES (year 5)
• AUTOMATION AND CONTROL ENGINEERING (year 6)
• DESIGN ENGINEERING (year 6)
• LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (year 6)
• TEAM DESIGN PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY (year 6)
• STRUCTURES AND FEA (year 7)
• VIBRATION ANALYSIS (year 7)
• ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY INDUSTRY (year 7)
• ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (year 7)
• MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS (year 7)
• INDIVIDUAL ENGINEERING PROJECT (year 8)
• EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING (year 8)

The award set is designed to meet the needs and profile of the wide range of prospective engineering branch entrants from technicians to Commissioned Officers requiring an academic perspective. It provides a range of destination awards based around a spine of common core modules.

To make an initial enquiry about this programme please contact the HM Forces team.

All modules are individually assessed via one or more methods dependent upon the requirement of that module. The method of assessment is chosen to ensure that we can verify that you have met the learning outcomes of the module. These methods may include individual coursework assignments, written reports, discussion contributions and practical exercises.

Typically, assignment submission and feedback will be via Blackboard Learning Portal, using a system called Turnitin. Practical assessments are all completed online throughout the Foundation Degree. Module results will also be made available electronically through the Turnitin system.

• MAJOR PROJECT (MEDIA) (year 1)
• IDEAS GENERATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR MEDIA (year 1)
• TEAM PROJECT (MEDIA) (year 1)
• PRODUCTION SKILLS FOR MEDIA (year 1)
• THEORY AND PRACTICE IN MEDIA (year 1)