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Course Information Form (CIF)

The CIF provides core information to students, staff teams and others on a particular

course of study.

Section 1 - General Course Information

Course Title Film and Television Production

Qualification BA (Hons)

Intermediate Qualification(s) Certificate of Higher Education – 120 Credits in total on exit

Diploma of Higher Education 240 Credits in total on exit

Awarding Institution University of Bedfordshire

Location of Delivery AA

Mode(s) of Study and Duration Full Time 3 years, Part Time 6 years, With Placement Full Time 4 years,

Part Time 8 years

Core Teaching Pattern 1and 2

FHEQ Level FHEQ 6

Professional, Statutory or

Regulatory Body (PSRB)

accreditation or endorsement None

PSRB Renewal Date N/A

University of Bedfordshire

Employability accreditation N/A

Route Code (SITS) BAFTPAAF

Subject Community Media

UCAS Course Code P313

Relevant External

Benchmarking

QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Communication, Film, Media and Cultural Studies (2008)

QAA The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2008) level descriptors 4, 5 and 6.

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Section 2 - Published Information

Material in this section will be used on the course web site to promote the course to potential students. The text should be written with this potential audience in mind.

Course Structure

The Units which make up the course are:

Unit Code Level Credits Unit Name Core or option

MED013-1 4 30 TV STUDIO PRODUCTION C

MED017-1 4 30 TV CONTENT & CREATION C

MED049-1 4 30 READING THE SCREEN C

MED050-1 4 30 FILM PRODUCTION C

MED059-2 5 30 FICTION FILMMAKING C

MED027-2 5 30 KEY THEMES & ISSUES IN TV O

MED060-2 5 30 CINEMA AND NARRATIVE O

MEDX16-2 5 30 TV STUDIO MUSIC C

MED062-2 5 15 BECOMING A FREELANCER C

MED064-2 5 15 SCREENWRITING O

MED063-2 5 15 SOUND POST-PRODUCTION O

MED015-3 6 30 TV: ON AIR C

MED062-3 6 15 POST PRODUCTION for SOUND & IMAGE C

MED065-3 6 15 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: Film and TV C

MED066-3

MEDXXX-3

MEDXXX-3

6 60

60

60

60

MAJOR

MAJOR PROJECT FILM & FILM AND

TELEVISION: PRACTICAL

MAJOR PROJECT FILM & FILM AND

TELEVISION PRODUCTION: DISSERTATION

MAJOR PROJECT FILM & FILM AND

TELEVISION PRODUCTION: SCRIPT

You will choose one Major project option and

are required to meet the learning outcomes for

BA Hons Film and Television Production

O

O

O

Why study this course

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This BA (Hons) Film and Television Production course will offer you the opportunity to work across film and

television media. You will study film and television, develop single camera skills and skills to operate in the

television studio. The course has a production focus which stresses the importance of developing skills in

filmmaking, writing and television production so that you can graduate with skills to enable you to engage

with the fast changing film and TV industry.

The course provides a 50/50 balance in film and television production and in film and television analysis and

places an emphasis on developing a business model for you to discover your potential as a freelancer. This

will enable you to graduate with clear employability skills and a portfolio of work experience gained during

your course.

The practice/theory balance of the course is supported by the wider activities of the teaching staff. Many members of the staff play key roles in the UK creative industries and academia; making documentary and drama films for cinema, television and gallery exhibition. Likewise, members of the school are also internationally renowned with multiple Research Excellence Framework publications; attending national and international conferences as speakers, delegates or keynote speakers.

Year-on-year there will be a range of extra-curricular projects, closely aligned to your course curriculum,

available for you to gain valuable experience to enhance your ambitions of graduate employment within the

film or television industries in a variety of roles that will boost your confidence, your CV and your prospects

for graduate employment. These opportunities will include: mentoring from industry professionals such as

editors, film directors, studio directors and directors of photography; assessed work experience either

through external contacts or through the School’s established Media Junction production company and real-

life experience in critical writing and publication across a range of media platforms.

Our students have been involved as intern production/runners on the feature film production of Winterlong;

worked on the River Lea film and multi-media projects; worked on Big Brother and Dancing on Ice; written

for the University student magazine; submitted and been nominated for the Royal Television Society Awards

(Short Film, Documentary and Entertainment Television categories); submitted and shown at Berlin Shorts

film festival and have been involved in film event organisation.

The School is organised to enable you to develop a grounded understanding of what it takes to work in the

film and television industries and to acquire the skills to help you achieve your career aspirations.

Course Summary – Educational Aims

The course has an emphasis on real world and real work experience in the creative industries to focus you for employability, career development and entrepreneurship. It aims to:

Prepare you to work in creative production teams

Prepare you to work under your own initiative

Develop your critical and analytical skills

Develop your written and verbal communication skills

Develop your practical skills in aspects of single camera filmmaking

Develop your practical skills in all aspects of television studio work

Develop your personal skills to enable you to engage with graduate work in the creative industries

Develop professionalism

Enhance your potential to work in the freelance environment

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Entry requirements

Standard: Applicants are expected to have 200 UCAS points with a minimum of 160 points from A Levels or

equivalent such as BTEC level 3 or OCR National level 3 qualifications. An Access to HE Diploma is also

acceptable

IELTS score: IELTS overall score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each element. International applications will be assessed using UKBA AND University of Bedfordshire policy. Check English language requirements at: www.beds.ac.uk/english-language Open to: [specify whether the course is open to UK/EU and/or International students]

UK

EU

International

PSRB details

N/A

Graduate Impact Statements

The course has been designed to develop graduates who are able to:

Analyse and create film and television production to produce content for digital media platforms.

Collaborate within a creative team displaying technical or leadership skills such as directing, producing, camera, sound, editing and other related craft and production skills.

Apply critical thinking, justify decisions, evaluate work, communicate, and contribute to an evolving industry.

Higher Education Achievement Report - Additional Information

You will have the opportunity to work on extra-curricular projects throughout your degree through the Media Junction production company and from outside intern opportunities; these will be placed on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

You will undertake work experience during the Level 5 Becoming a Freelancer (MEDXX9-2) unit which will be placed on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

You will have the opportunity to run the Media Junction events by becoming part of the committee; this will be placed on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

Your film or programmes may be entered into completion at national and international student and professional festivals (including Berlin Shorts, Eat My Shorts London and the Royal Television Society); any nominations or placing will be cited on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

You may have the opportunity to present your written work at the British Undergraduate Conference held nationally annually; this will be placed on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR)

Learning and Teaching

The learning and teaching on BA Film and TV Production has a number of characteristics that are designed to make it effective. It features:-

Real world relevance

Active learning

Learner centred

Working with your tutor to develop the content of your assessment and

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Expertise to expertise (i.e. we are the experts and you learn with us)

Your learning will be rooted in the experiential challenges of media practice. This will help you to acquire the necessary skills, technical capabilities and professional practices. These activities will be complemented with academic activities that draw on the insights provided by the scholarly study of TV and films.

Developing your employability

Real world learning has been written into the core curriculum of the proposed degree at all levels. At level 4

it will be ‘like’ real world, but at level 5 students will be required to take part in projects with live briefs. In

level 5 this will be through the Freelancer unit and in level 6 real world elements include a live pitch to

Industry professionals at the start of the Major project unit, professional practice throughout, and the ‘degree

showcase’ which students will put on as the culmination of their Major project and to which industry

personnel and employers will be invited. Industry speakers will be part of learning at all levels.

Department (s)

School of Media Arts and Performance

Assessment

Assessment will test both the processes that you go through to develop your production and writing as well as the quality of your final work.

Assessments will range from directed short assessments in level 4, which will enable you to build up your skills and your confidence in both writing and production, progressing to more open briefs at levels 5 & 6 which will allow you to generate your own ideas and new ways of working. You will learn to reflect on your work and to identify where you excel and where you need to improve. You will have regular feedback sessions with your tutors and feedback sessions with your peers.

Practical work for portfolio submission or your film work will be reviewed during the unit to ensure that you are on target and to enable you to respond to peer and tutor feedback to re-evaluate and improve your work.

Essays will be submitted via Turnitin.

You will work in teams and individually and your assessments will test your abilities to think creatively, write effectively and to know what is expected in terms of professional standards within the creative industries.

You will work in groups on production to replicate working patterns in the film and television industries, however all marks for production work are individual and are assessed through your own contribution within the group and through your individual component to each unit.

The assessments are designed to enable you to develop your own voice and your own creative signature in your work.

After Graduation

This degree recognises the need to emphasise the development of your key employability skills, alongside

critical and analytical judgement, in order to equip you to adapt to change, to grasp opportunities and to

move upwards in your career paths. The course systematically develops skills and qualities in critical

thinking, creativity, autonomy, employability and professionalism which will enable you to seek employment

in a wide variety of career destinations. Currently, media and performance alumni can be found working in

the arts, in entertainment and in film or television as - runners, researchers, producers and executives;

assistant directors, editors and cinematographers; at the BBC, ITV and independent production companies,

Channel 4, Channel 5, in fashion, in journalism (both print and TV) and a great number of them run their own

production companies. Students also continue to study at MA and PhD level or train to teach in schools and

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further education.

Student Support during the course

At institutional level, the university has in place a range of easily accessible support structures for new and

existing students.

These include SID (Student Information Desk), located in the campus centre, which offers confidential

advice on all aspects of academic study. For example, it includes Mitigation, which deals with decisions

regarding special circumstances that might require extensions for your assessments.

They also provide information about other areas of university-wide student support include: housing, health,

counselling, study support, special needs and disability advice, the careers service and the Study

Hubprovides workshops and one to one support for academic skills.

The university chaplaincy runs regular meetings, social events and trips. The Student Union provides

additional support and activities.

Course specific support is also in place. First year students receive a comprehensive welcome in the week

prior to the commencement of the academic year. In addition to this, course leaders will meet with their

student groups to explain course structure and other issues relating to the student experience. These

introductions will give you outlines of your course and units, a description of the ways you will be

encouraged to develop your knowledge and skills, and signpost resources and materials to assist the

process of your learning and success. An important part of this induction is the training to use BREO

(Bedfordshire Resources for Education Online)

All students at level 4 will be allocated a personal academic tutor (PAT). This academic will be responsible

of monitoring your academic progress throughout your first year and beyond, and will help you with any

academic or personal issues that might come up. The personal tutor is your consistent point of contact for

support and guidance, but will on occasion refer you to other university staff for specific issues.

Part-time students will be assigned an individual tutor who will guide them through the choices of units that

they can make as they move from year to year. Part-time students will work with full-time students on group

projects as these are discrete units and are contained within one semesters’ study.

Further support is provided by lecturers who have Office Hours, at the Student Information Desk (SID) in the

student centre and the administration team.

Throughout your course, you will have continuous access to online support through both www.beds.ac.uk

and via BREO VLE (Virtual Learning Environment). BREO provides a range of online resources, and should

be the first port of call for you in terms of university wide and module specific announcements, as well as

module specific materials. We recommend that you use BREO regularly, and that you use your university

email where we send you up-dates about all aspects of your course which need your attention.

Students may be required, at the discretion of the Course coordinator, to undergo diagnostic testing for

academic English language abilities, and may further be required, at the Course coordinator’s discretion, to

participate in academic English support workshops or classes delivered by the University PAD team.

Our PAL (Peer Assisted Learning) scheme will provide additional support to new students from students at levels 5 and 6.

Accessibility and Key Features

All units have full accessibility; any extra support required is described in the Unit Equality form.

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Assessment Map - Year long

Unit

Code

Weeks

C/O 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1

5

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

MED013-

1

LEVEL 4

C

Multi

camera

Multi-

camera

exam

MED017-

1

LEVEL 4

C

Presenta-

tion

Production

Portfolio

Assessment Map - Semesters

Unit

Code

C/O 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

MEDXX3-1

LEVEL 4

Group

Presentation

Portfolio

MEDXX4-1

LEVEL 4

Practice Portfolio

and essay

MEDXX6-2

LEVEL 5

Film and production

portfolio

MEDXX7-2

LEVEL 5

Individual

presentation

Video

essay or

report

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MED027-2

LEVEL 5

essay Reflective essay and

presentation

MEDXX9-2

LEVEL 5

Presentation Portfolio

MEDX10-2

LEVEL 5

Practice Portfolio

MEDX11-2

LEVEL 5

Pitch

Script

MEDX16-2

LEVEL 5

Production portfolio

MEDX13-3

LEVEL 6

Portfolio

and

critical

reflection

MEDX17-3

LEVEL 6

Pitch/

Present

ation

Portfolio

MED015-3

LEVEL 6

Project Reflective essay and

industry panel

MEDX18-3

LEVEL 6

Project Reflective essay and

industry panel

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Section 3 - Academic Information

This section will be used as part of the approval and review process and peer academics are the target

audience.

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of BA(Hons) Film and TV Production (FHEQ Level 6), you will be able to:-

1. Critically apply a range of specialist, creative and technical skills to produce informed and considered solutions

to specific problems in film and television production and criticism.

2. Critically evaluate your film-making and TV practice within critical, historical, economic, technological and

aesthetic contexts, including practices and contexts specific to each medium

3. Demonstrate the discipline and process-management skills to produce work within production constraints, in

both individual and group projects, with diverse crews and with defined roles and responsibilities

4. Articulate through visual, written and verbal communication an understanding of the power of the moving

image as social and ethical communication.

Course-specific regulations

Not applicable

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Studying will involve your participation in a wide range of teaching and learning activities. The focus is on engaging you as an active learner – there will be few sessions where you are expected to “just listen”. You will be expected to engage in a range of activities designed to support and develop your learning. This will include reading set texts and other materials, perhaps working online, preparing for taught activity and for assessments. For each unit you study you will be provided with details of the expectations on that particular unit through BREO (follow the tab at the top of the BREO gateway to access your units).

The common forms of teaching and learning are:

Workshops:

Practical sessions designed to introduce you to skills, methodological frameworks and conceptual frameworks which will be foundational in developing your approach.

Lectures/workshops:

Used to transfer and contextualise theoretical concepts relating to performance practice. You may also test out ideas in practice within the context of a lecture. Not just about sitting and listening but interactive in approach.

Seminars:

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Designed to involve you in discussion and detailed consideration of theoretical concepts, ideas and production practice. Some seminars may also involve presentation of practical work to both exemplify and develop understanding on a particular topic.

Tutorials:

Small group or individual discussions with a tutor, used to enhance understanding of practice and theoretical concepts through tutor’s feedback.

Work-based practice:

Designed to develop skills through the application of theoretical concepts in practice and to develop a practical understanding.

Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)

PAL is a key part of the student experience and something which all 1st year students have built into their course timetables.

PAL is a weekly, timetabled session which runs throughout term 1 and term 2. Relaxed and friendly, PAL gives you opportunities to connect with your classmates, your subject, and with the university. "By students, for students", PAL sessions are facilitated by 2nd and 3rd year students from your course. They have "been there, done it and got the t-shirt", and have successfully completed the first year.

Your PAL Leaders are well placed to lead discussions and activities to enable you to learn co-operatively and informally with your classmates. You can have a say in dictating what you do in your PAL sessions, giving you a voice and real ownership of PAL. Your PAL Leader team don't teach you; rather they help you to work with your classmates to work things out for yourselves. PAL sessions cover a variety of themes and activities including quizzes about BREO, debating topical news in your subject, discussing lecture content, and guiding you through assignment planning.

As well as working with you to devise sessions, your PAL Leaders work with your 1st year tutors, so they know what you have done in class, and what assignments and exams you have coming up. They have access to your BREO units, ensuring that they are able to give you up to date guidance and news. They always come prepared and will put a session together in collaboration with you and the rest of your group.

PAL is intended to complement your lectures, workshops and seminars, by giving you an informal, but informed space in which to discuss and to share ideas.

Guided Learning:

Designed to support your learning through specific activities, which augment, extend and deepen what’s covered in timetabled teaching activities.

Independent Learning:

This is a crucial part of developing as a learner. Independent Learning is designed to facilitate your independence through enabling you to take responsibility for your learning. You will be required to prepare work outside the class/lecture contact time and should regard this in the same way as preparation and research towards any assignment. The practice of developing an independent, self-motivated approach to learning and delivery of your work is essential to your success and to achieving good marks.

Autonomous Learning:

For some units, particularly at the end of your course, you may be responsible for finding your own material relevant to your specific interests.

Assessment:

In BA (Hons) Film and Television Production your assessments will include formative feedback at each stage of your productions to help develop and improve the creative and technical aspects of your final submitted work. We will assess the way you make the work as well as the quality of the final production. Creative industries expect quality work completed to strict deadlines and we will reflect this in our assessment strategy. The production aspects of the course will be assessed through a wide variety of

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means; small skills based practice tasks submitted via a portfolio, self-reflective reports, short film briefs, individual and group work.

The theoretical aspects of the course will be assessed through essays and presentations, to enable you to graduate as a fluent and articulate practitioner. These assessments will also prepare you for writing a dissertation if you choose this for your major project.

Assessment is not just about ‘grading’ your performance but is an integral and important developmental part of your learning. Preparation for assessment, undertaking the set tasks and using the feedback provided helps you to develop and demonstrate skills as well as evidencing your knowledge and understanding.

Your tutors will provide details of the specific tasks for each unit in BREO. You may also be provided with additional assessment briefings, and staff will use the teaching time with you to explore what is expected within each assignment and how it links to the course and unit learning outcomes.

For every assessment you do, staff will indicate what is required of you, how you will be marked and details of when the assessment is due to be submitted.

If you require further information and help on what is expected for each assessment task then consult your unit tutor. If you want more general help with preparing for assessments then visit the Study Hub: Online BREO Community.

Additional Academic Information

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PAL will be used for the Level 4 unit Reading the Screen (MEDXX2-1).

Level 4 students will intern on Level 5 Non-Fictionmaking (MEDXX8-5) shoots to enable peer learning – this

learning will be acknowledged in your Professional Development Programme site.

Level 5 students will intern on Level 6 Major project productions (MEDX!5-3) to enable peer learning – this

learning will be acknowledged in your Professional Development Programme site.

Initial Assessment

There will be an assessment in week 6 at all levels of study.

At Level 4 this will be in the Reading the Screen unit (MEDXX3-1)

At Level 5 this will be in the Cinema and Narrative unit (MEDXX7-5)

At Level 6 this will be in the Project Development unit (MEDX17-3)

Improving students’ learning

The Film and Television industries are evolving rapidly and so any production skills you acquire as part of

the course will help you begin your career but will rapidly be superseded. The critical and analytical skills you

acquire will enhance your thinking throughout your career and will always be an asset. This means that you

must acquire the higher-level skill of being able to identify your development needs and to be able to

enhance your skills through your own independent learning.

We will help you do this by progressively increasing the level of challenge set within assessment briefs and

transferring support from direct prescriptive skills development to needs analysis and support for your own

self-initiated learning activities.

We will also aid this by supporting your personal development through a Personal Development Plan (PDP).

This plan will start during your induction week and will be updated and assessed each year until graduation.

Upon graduation you will have an external profile (Facebook, blog, website) and a portfolio of work to show

prospective employers, a current CV and work experience gained during your degree. Your work on this

PDP will be aligned to the assessments that you are taking each year and a twice semester meeting with

your PAT will ensure that you are on track with updating your profile and portfolio. The PDP will be

assessed at Level 4 in MEDXX4 Film Production and at Level 6 in MEDX17 Project Development.

You will be able to make extra appointments during any semester with your PAT or with the unit leader of

the PDP aligned unit to discuss your progress or any ideas or issues that you have.

Academic Integrity

Your tutors will make you aware of good academic practice. This includes an awareness of plagiarism and referencing processes; your written work will be submitted via TURNITIN which will automatically check for plagiarism.

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Additionally, all students are expected to:

Prompt attendance at all scheduled sessions.

Involvement and engagement with tasks and sessions.

Submission of all required materials within deadlines.

Notification in advance of any problems, which prevent your attendance or submission of work.

Not to leave and re-enter rooms during teaching sessions without

To switch mobile devices off unless you are using one as an integral technology for the session.

To facilitate an ideal learning environment for yourself and those students around you.

Internationalisation

All units on this course engage with texts from across the globe, students will be expected to engage with films not in the English language and to explore culture others than Anglophone. Global politics affect the production of all film and television texts and thus students will engage with a range of theoretical, political and textual responses to these.

The student and staff body at the University of Bedfordshire is international in its make-up and thus internationalisation is part of the everyday experience for staff and students.

Opportunities for students to travel abroad are offered through the Go-Global programme (Vietnam; China; USA; India) as well as through extra-curricular trips to film festivals across Europe.

Sustainability

This course supports the University of Bedfordshire’s sustainability agenda (http://www.beds.ac.uk/learning/course-design/sustainability ). For example, most information within the course is provided electronically and paper free.

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Section 4 - Administrative Information

This section will be used as part of the approval and review process and peer academics are the target

audience.

Faculty CATS

Portfolio Media

Department/School/Division School of Media Arts and Performance

Course Coordinator David Jackson

Version Number 1/2016.

Approved by (cf Quality Handbook ch.2) University Approval Panel

Date of approval (dd/mm/yyyy) 29/02/2016

Implementation start-date of this version

(plus any identified end-date) 2016/17

Form completed by:

Name: Luke Hockley Date: APRIL 2016

Authorisation on behalf of the Faculty Teaching Quality and Standards Committee

(FTQSC)

Chair: ………………………………………… Date: …..……………………………….

Course Updates

Date

(dd/mm/yyyy) Nature of Update FTQSC Minute Ref:

24/2/2017 Added February start

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Annexes to the Course Information Form

These annexes will be used as part of the approval and review process and peer academics are

the target audience.

General course information

Course Title Film and Television Production

Qualification BA (Hons)

Route Code (SITS) BAFTPAAF

Faculty CATS

Department/School/Division School of Media and Performance

Version Number 1/16

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Annex A: Course mapping of unit learning outcomes to course learning outcomes

Unit code MED013-

1

MED017-

1

MED

XX3-1

MED

XX4-

1

MED

XX6-2

MED027-

2

MED

X16-2

MED

XX9-2

MED

X10-2

MED

X11-2

MED015-

3

MED

X13-3

MED

X17-3

MED

X18-3

Level 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6

Credits 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 15 15 15 30 15 15 60

Core or option C C C C C C C C O O C C C C

Course Learning

Outcome (number)

1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LOL1 LO1

2 LOL1 LOL1 LOL2 LOL1 LOL2 LOL1 LO2

3 LOL2 LOL1 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2 LOL1

4 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2 LOL2

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Annex B: Named exit or target intermediate qualifications

This annex should be used when departments wish to offer intermediate qualifications which sit

under the main course qualification as named exit or target awards, rather than unnamed

exit/default awards.

Section 1: General course information

Intermediate

Qualification(s) and titles

Mode(s) of Study and

Duration

Type of Intermediate

Qualification(s)

Route Code(s) (SITS) of

Intermediate

Qualification(s)

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Section 2: Qualification unit diet

One table to be used for each intermediate qualification

Confirmation of unit diet for:

The units to achieve the credits required may be taken from any on the overall diet for

the main course qualification

A combination of units from a restricted list must be taken to achieve the credits

required (specify the list below)

A specific set of units must be taken to achieve the credits required (specify units

below)

List of units (if applicable):-

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Confirmation of unit diet for:

The units to achieve the credits required may be taken from any on the overall diet for

the main course qualification

A combination of units from a restricted list must be taken to achieve the credits

required (specify the list below)

A specific set of units must be taken to achieve the credits required (specify units

below)

List of units (if applicable):-

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Section 3: Course structure and learning outcomes

One table to be used for each intermediate qualification

Intermediate qualification and title

The Units which make up this course are:

Contributing towards the learning outcomes

Insert LO1 and/or LO2 for each unit into cell

corresponding to the course learning outcome

Unit Code Level Credits Unit Name Core

or

option

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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One table to be used for each intermediate qualification

Intermediate qualification and title:

The Units which make up this course are:

Unit Code Level Credits Unit Name Core

or

option

1 2 3 4

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Annex C: Course mapping to FHEQ level descriptor, subject benchmark(s) and professional body or other external

reference points

One set of mapping tables to be produced for the course and each named intermediate qualification

Course (or intermediate) qualification and title

FHEQ Descriptor for a higher education

qualification

CHE Course Learning Outcome(s)

1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10

Subject Benchmark Statement(s)

Evidence and/or Course Learning Outcome(s)

How the course takes account of relevant subject

benchmark statements

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Course (or intermediate) qualification and title

FHEQ Descriptor for a Diploma of higher

education qualification

1 2 3 4

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Subject Benchmark Statement(s)

Evidence and/or Course Learning Outcome(s)

How the course takes account of relevant subject

benchmark statements

Course (or intermediate) qualification and title

BA (Hons) Film and TV Production

FHEQ Descriptor for a higher education

qualification

Descriptor for a higher education

qualification at Level 6: Bachelor's degree

with honours

Course Learning Outcome(s)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A systematic understanding of key aspects of their field of study,

including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least

some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined

aspects of a discipline

X X

An ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis

and enquiry within a discipline

X

Conceptual understanding that enables the student:

to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of

X X

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which are at the forefront of a discipline

to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced

scholarship, in the discipline

An appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge

the ability to manage their own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources

(for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

X

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Subject Benchmark Statement(s)

QAA Communication, Film, Media and Cultural Studies (2008)

QAA The Framework for Higher Education

Qualifications in England, Wales and

Northern Ireland (2008)

Course Learning Outcome(s)

How the course takes account of relevant subject

benchmark statements

4.3 Graduates of programmes in these fields will demonstrate knowledge and

understanding drawn from the following:

- an understanding of how in creative industries individuals , or collaborative project-

orientated teams are formed, operate and complete their work

1. Critically apply a range of specialist, creative

and technical skills to produce informed and

considered solutions to specific problems in

film and TV production and criticism.

5.2 Graduates will have the ability to analyse closely, interpret and show the exercise of

critical judgement in the understanding and, as appropriate, evaluation of these forms

5.2 Graduates will have the ability to consider and evaluate their own work in a reflexive

manner, with reference to academic and/or professional issues, debates and conventions

And

5.2 Graduates will have the ability to examine such forms critically with appropriate

2. Critically evaluate film-making and TV

practice within critical, historical, economic,

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reference to the social and cultural contexts and diversity of contemporary society and

have an understanding of how different social groups variously make use of, and engage

with, forms of communication, media and culture

technological and aesthetic contexts,

including practices and contexts specific to

each medium.

5.4 Graduates will demonstrate the ability to:

- produce work which demonstrates the effective manipulation of sound, image and/or the

written word

- demonstrate competences in the chosen field of practice

- understand the importance of the commissioning and funding structures of the creative

industries and demonstrate a capacity to work within the constraints imposed by them

- manage time, personnel and resources effectively by drawing on planning,

organisational, project management and leadership skills

3. Demonstrate the discipline and process-

management skills to produce work within

production constraints, in both individual and

group projects, with diverse crews and with

defined roles and responsibilities

5.5 Graduates will demonstrate the ability to employ production skills and practices to

challenge existing forms and conventions and to innovate 4. Articulate through visual, written and verbal

communication an understanding of the power of the

moving image as social and ethical communication.

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Qualification Characteristic

(insert title and year where appropriate)

Evidence

How the course takes account of relevant

qualification characteristics documents

Not Applicable for these awards

Professional body or other external

reference points

(insert title and year)

Evidence

How the course takes account of Professional body

or other external reference points

Not Applicable for these awards

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Annex D: Equality Impact Assessments of Courses and Units

Introduction

As a widening participation institution, equality and diversity considerations are important in all

aspects of our approach to teaching and learning. They are a theme within CRe8, embedded in

our approach to teaching (in the minimum teaching expectations) and feature in staff induction

and development. This annex sets out expectations in relation to the approval of courses and

units and the need to undertake appropriate Equality Impact Assessments (EIA).

Equality Impact Assessments

The following apply.

All courses and all units should have an associated EIA (see forms below).

EIAs may cover multiple courses but individual EIAs are required for each unit.

EIAs will be undertaken as courses come forward for approval or review (there is no

requirement to go back and undertake more detailed EIAs, in line with this policy, than was

previously required).

Further guidance

Guidance from the Equalities Challenge Unit (ECU) available at

http://www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/disability-legislation-practical-guidance-for-academic-staff-

revised/

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Guidance for providers of further and higher education

www.equalityhumanrights.com/advice-and-guidance/further-and-higher-educationproviders-

guidance

Equality Challenge Unit (2010) Disability legislation: practical guidance for academic staff

(revised) www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/disability-legislation-practical-guidancefor-academic-staff-

revised

Higher Education Academy (2010) Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/inclusion/LTsummit_final_report

Higher Education Academy and Equality Challenge Unit: Ethnicity, Gender and Degree

Attainment www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/inclusion/Ethnicity/ethnicity

Higher Education Academy and UK Council for International Student Affairs:

Inclusive assessment in Higher Education a Resource for change available at

http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/disability/Documents/Space%20toolkit.pdf

JISC TechDis: Teaching Inclusively Using Technology

www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/pages/detail/online_resources/Teaching_Inclusively_Using_Technology

Teachability project: Creating accessible information about courses or programmes of study for

disabled students www.teachability.strath.ac.uk/chapter_1/tableofcontents1.html

Teaching International Students Project www.heacademy.ac.uk/teaching-international-students

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Course Equality Impact Assessment

Course Title BA (Hons) Film and TV Production

Question Y/N Anticipatory adjustments/actions

1. Will the promotion of the course be open and inclusive in terms of language, images and location?

YES

2. Are there any aspects of the curriculum that might present difficulties for disabled students? For example, skills and practical tests, use of equipment, use of e-learning, placements, field trips etc. If so then: (a) have these been flagged on the CIF so

that potential students are aware, and

(b) have anticipatory adjustments and

arrangements been put in place.

YES The course uses equipment such as cameras,

lenses and tripods which require dexterity to be

operated. This equipment can be used with

organised assistance if necessary.

3. Are there any elements of the content of the course that might have an adverse impact on any of the other groups with protected characteristics1? If so then: (a) have these been flagged on the CIF so

that potential students are aware, and

(b) have anticipatory adjustments and

arrangements been put in place

NO

4. If the admission process involves interviews, performances or portfolios indicate how you demonstrate fairness and avoid practices that could lead to unlawful discrimination?

n/a

5. Are the course learning outcomes and Graduate Impact Statements framed in a non-discriminatory way?

YES

6. Does the course handbook make appropriate reference to the support of disabled students?

YES

1 Age, Gender reassignment, Marriage and civil partnership, Pregnancy and maternity, Race,

Religion and belief, Sex, Sexual orientation.