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Overview
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This is a school-college partnership course. We can only accept online applications from Glasgow City school students (S4-S6). If you attend a different school please use the Contact Us button to get in touch.
Studying in our industry standard studios, this course gives you the opportunity to discover the core concepts of radio and podcasting production.
Whether you want to be a presenter or a producer, you will develop skills in programme development, preparing content for online and broadcast distribution and microphone presentation skills.
Working collaboratively, you will create podcasts and programmes that showcase your skills and detail your experience.
Minimum entry requirements
This course would suit imaginative, technically minded, and inventive students who are keen to expand their skills and have a genuine interest in radio or podcast production. Applicants are expected to have National 5 English.
What you study
- Media: Radio Journalism.
- Media: Radio Interviewing.
- Media: Presenting for Radio and Television.
- Media: Making a Radio Programme.
After the course
Over the past decade, podcasts have become one of the most popular forms of audio entertainment in the UK. Podcasts are still most widespread among young audiences, with close to 40 percent of UK listeners aged 26 to 35 listening to podcasts on a weekly basis. With further qualifications and experience you could work in radio or podcasting as a Presenter, Producer or Engineer.
Continuing Study
Successful completion of the NPA enables students to progress to a host of courses within the Creative Industries faculty including Radio, Television, Journalism and Media.
Explore the Full Course Progression Pathway.