What is the Tick?

You know you want to work in creative media, but you have no idea which course to study or which university to go to. With so many media courses out there at institutions all over the UK, how can you possibly know which are the best?

Actually, it’s surprisingly simple.

Pick the Tick.

The Skillset Tick is a kitemark of quality indicating the media degrees and universities best suited to prepare you for a career in creative media.

For a course or institution to be awarded the Skillset Tick, you can be sure that it has undergone a rigorous assessment process conducted by experts working in the Creative Media Industries. They only give the Tick to those courses and universities that have the strongest links with industry.

This ensures that the courses keep up with the rapid pace of change in creative media, and students benefit from using the latest technologies and working with industry throughout their studies.

Employment in the Creative Media Industries continues to grow at an annual rate of 2%. However, there is an oversupply of graduates who have received a general ‘creative media’ education.

Employers don’t want to have to provide new employees with basic skills and knowledge that they should already have learnt, and they haven’t got time to sift through hundreds of mediocre applicants to find the one who can hit the ground running. They’ll be looking at a simple indicator of the best graduates.

So, Pick the Tick to stand out from the crowd.

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