How does Film & Television Studies prepare students for the world of work? 

Here are some of the skills of students studying Film and Television Studies which are sought by graduate recruiters:

• Teamworking and collaboration
• Excellent levels of spoken and written communication in person, on the page and on the screen
• Audio-visual fluency: the ability to closely analyse contemporary and historical audio-visual media
• Digital literacy: close familiarity with an extensive range of online information and communication tools and resources
• Intercultural awareness: engagement with global film and television cultures
• Deep research skills involving problem-solving, information gathering and critical thinking

Film and Television Studies includes a compulsory skills module for first-year students introducing them to core academic and transferable skills and the links between their course and the world of work.

This emphasis on workplace development skills is embedded across the entire teaching and assessment curriculum and involves an increasingly diverse range of assessment practices that includes:

A number of modules offered to students also develop tailored practice-based learning opportunities related to the sector. These include:

All students are strongly encouraged to participate in the Warwick Award, which enables Warwick undergraduates to identify and augment their own subject-specific and transferable skillset, with a view to implementing their individual strengths in the recruitment processes and the world of work.

What do Film & Television Studies graduates do?

Sectors where graduates work (but are not limited to):

Sample occupations include:

Further Study:

MAs in aspects of Film and TV Production: Directing, Cinematography, Post-Production. MA Marketing/ PGCE and Teach First Education Programmes.

PhD Film and Media Studies; Scriptwriting and Editing post graduate programmes. 

What do our graduates say?

Andrew McGee (BA Film Studies 2016) is a freelance post-production specialist and producer, working as an online and offline editor across documentaries, short films, TV broadcast advertising, music videos and projects for public sector organisations such as the NHS. He is also an independent director and his short films have been shown at numerous film festivals.

"The critical knowledge and analytical skills I gained over my three years in the Department have helped me immeasurably when approaching my own filmmaking. The depth of my understanding of every aspect of the medium have been instrumental to approaching new projects. University is the best time to find likeminded people to learn new skills with and groups such as the Filmmaking Society were a great platform for learning outside the pressures of the workplace. Your degree at Warwick gives you a huge edge. The modules provide a deep academic study of film and television history and will help underscore your understanding of the entire industry and its creative processes."

Opportunities available at Warwick include:

Careers support from our professionally trained staff, opportunities to meet recruiters and attend events, help finding work experience and free careers support after graduation.

Derived from the HESA Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after successful completion. Contains HESA Data: Copyright Jisc 2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.

*discoveruni.gov.uk/ includes information from the national Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after graduates complete their course. For some career paths, graduates need to gain relevant experience, often at non-graduate level. It may therefore take some graduates longer than others to secure a graduate-level job.