T Levels are two-year qualifications for 16-19-year-olds in the UK that are equivalent to A Levels and Level 3 qualifications. They combine classroom studies with real industry work experience to prepare students for successful careers. The T Level in Media, Broadcast, and Production offered by Global Academy is designed to prepare students for a career as a technician in the broadcast technology sector of the media industry. The course includes an industry placement of at least 45 days, during which students will gain valuable experience and develop the skills needed to work in this field. The course is taught for 80% of the time at the Academy, where students will learn the skills that employers need, and the remaining 20% is spent in a meaningful industry placement. Upon completion, students will receive an NCFE T Level in Media, Broadcast, and Production, which is equivalent to 3 A Levels and offers up to 168 UCAS Points. This qualification can lead to an apprenticeship, work in the media industry, or further study in a media-related field.
The T Level sixth form course is aimed at preparing students for a career as a technician in the broadcast technology sector of the media industry.
Global Academy will be working closely with the following employers as part of the T Level sixth form course who will host a student placement across the two year course:
- AE Live
- EMG
- Global
- IMG
- NEP
- Timeline TV
- Sky
- Sunset + Vine
- Warner Bros Discovery / BT Sport
- More to be announced!
The type of projects which you’ll do during the course could include:
What qualification will I get?
Students taking this course will receive an NCFE T Level in Media, Broadcast and Production – which is equivalent to 3 A Levels. The course offers up to 168 UCAS Points – depending on the grade you have achieved (pass, merit, distinction, or distinction*).
What partners are involved in this course?
Across the course – you will be required to complete an industrial placement of at least 315 hours (approx 45 days). This will provide you with an invaluable insight into the demands of working within the creative media industries and will equip you with professional skills such as undertaking research, generating ideas, communicating ideas, developing ideas working collaboratively with others and developing your reflective practice.
Global Academy will be working closely with the following employers as part of the T Level sixth form course who will host a student placement across the two year course:
We will also be working with Rise Up Academy to deliver this unique programme. The Rise Up Academy is an outreach programme delivering broadcast engineering and technical workshops to primary and secondary school children aged 9 through to 18 years old. It’s intention is to inspire, educate and inform children and young adults about the pathways and career opportunities available to them within the broadcast technology industry.
The broadcast media technology industry is facing a severe skills shortage and is currently not able to recruit the engineering and technical talent it needs. BT Sport, ITV, Discovery, Sky, Gravity Media, dB Broadcast and BBC Studioworks are amongst many broadcast companies who clearly state they need more technical and engineering talent.
Where could this course take me?
The T-Level in Media, Broadcast and Production is a Level 3 course which combines skills development with work experience and will equip students to go on to gain an apprenticeship, work within the media or study media or a media-related course at a degree level at university.
Possible jobs could include:
- Audio visual technician
- Live sound engineer
- TV or film sound technician
- TV of film production assistant
- TV or film producer
- TV or film camera operator
- Media researcher
- Radio broadcast assistant
- Video Editor
- Broadcast engineer.
What are the entry requirements for this course?
To be considered for this course – you will need to achieve 5 GCSEs at 4 or above (including English and Maths) as well as demonstrate a passion, dedication and interest in the technical side of media, broadcast and production.