MA Publishing

Master of Arts

PG Dip Publishing

Postgraduate Diploma

PG Cert Publishing

Postgraduate Certificate

Master of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate

MA Publishing, PG Dip Publishing, PG Cert Publishing

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Compulsory

Choose can choose up to two elective modules worth 30 credits or may choose additional modules from the compulsory electives.  

Electives 

Core

Students choose at least two Compulsory Electives 

Compulsory Elective 

Taught component There are two core and two compulsory modules, all 15 credits: 

Taught Modules 

The Independent Project module is required for the award of an MA

Independent Project

Programme Structure

The global publishing industry is changing dramatically - and so are the skills needed by the next generation of publishers. Located in the heart of the commercial centre of this global industry, the City MA in Publishing bridges the gap between knowledge and practice. The programme provides you with a systematic understanding of the current international publishing industry, and a critical awareness of insights drawn from both scholarly research and professional practice. Through both analytical and applied modules, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to your own research or advanced professional practice, and a critical awareness of the nature of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge relating to publishing. The conceptual and applied understanding that you gain will enable you to critically evaluate current industry practice as well as research and advanced scholarship in the discipline; to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them; as well as, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses.

Continue to advance your knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level.  

Values and attitudes

Analyse the practices of contemporary publishing structures within publishing organisations, and the cultural, technological and economic context of the industry. 

Knowledge

Deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate your conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences. 

Skills

Manage resources and time and work to deadlines and develop the ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable contexts. 

Demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level. 

Apply your enhanced conceptual and research understanding to your own independent project to develop new knowledge or hypotheses to the understanding of the industry. 

Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility  

Demonstrate a commercial appreciation of the impact of digitisation on publishing, including in the appropriate choice of publishing medium to meet the needs of different markets. 

Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations  

Demonstrate original and creative application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline and the industry. 

Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development. 

Develop innovative commercial and research insights into current challenges facing the industry, informed by the forefront of both professional practice and academic research. 

Critically assess information from a range of sources, and integrate it into your own analyses and projects related to the industry. 

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In teaching and learning, the strategies adopted are to prepare and assess your ability to recognise, tackle and solve problems in a realistic professional context. As far as possible, reference is made to current issues and subject to commercial confidentiality, material and information from current business conditions. Our aim is to produce professionally aware practitioners with an analytical, research-informed appreciation of current issues within the publishing industry and the strategic options that can be applied to them.  
Knowledge and Understanding outcomes are acquired through a mix of formal lectures, workshops, seminars, coursework, tutorials, project work and independent learning and research. Visiting speakers from the industry and related fields are invited regularly to support your learning, underpin the module projects, and contextualise knowledge and skills gained elsewhere in the programme. You are also encouraged through a variety of strategies to reflect on professional practice and professional frameworks. 
Attitudes and values are taught through the personal example of lecturers, and through a critical, reflective approach to work in publishing. Senior members of the industry regularly visit the course, act as role models, and often sponsor projects.  
Intellectual and cognitive skills are developed through the programme’s lectures, seminars, tutorials, coursework, assessed work placements and dissertations. Subject specific and transferable skills are developed in the modules through lectures, seminars, tutorials, coursework, an optional assessed professional placement or project, and a final Independent Project.

Curriculum Catalogue

Publishing - MA

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