Digital Information and Media Management

Program Overview

The MSc in Digital Information and Media Management equips students with skills in collecting, curating, and managing digital information and media. It emphasizes the development of policies and processes for digital asset management and governance requirements. The program includes hands-on projects, industry-standard software training, and research opportunities to prepare graduates for leadership roles in managing digital resources.

Program Outline

It also covers governance requirements.

• To apply specialist skills to real-life situations throughout the course.
• To graduate with a valuable skill-set gained through hands-on experience.
• To conduct independent research on any aspect of digital information management.

Assessment:

• The program is assessed on the basis of coursework for the taught 120 credits and a 60 credit dissertation.
• A variety of assignments are included in the taught modules, including reports, essays, presentations, and case studies.
• These assignments enable students to relate theoretical knowledge to their own workplace.

Teaching:

• The course is delivered via distance learning over a period of two to five years.
• Students participate in residential study schools and are supported by web-based conferencing facilities.
• Tuition is provided through printed or digital study packs containing the core learning material, supplemented by a resource pack and a conference area on Blackboard (the Virtual Learning Environment).
• Modules are designed with study guides and a range of activities and resources such as case studies, video and podcast interviews, quizzes, and shared activities such as online discussion groups.

Careers:

• The degree will equip students with the latest developments in digital information curation, both in terms of technological and theoretical approaches.
• Graduates will be well-placed to succeed in the jobs marketplace, particularly in organizations that prize well-trained managers of its most valuable resource: information.
• The course will also equip students with a wide range of more general work skills – in research, analysis, writing, presentation, and management – ensuring their employability is improved across the board.

Other:

• The University has a proud tradition of research excellence, as demonstrated in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014) assessment.
It placed the university in the top 50 institutions for research power and intensity. It submitted 77% of eligible staff and 95% of the university's research was of an internationally recognised standard.
• The course includes hands-on project working with professional digital information managers, training in industry standard cataloguing and preservation software, education in relevant coding languages, a 3-4 day hands-on methods and tools workshop, an intensive dissertation workshop to support research topic identification and develop research skills, professional conferences, visits, and lectures, and a 3-4 day study tour in London.