Digital Information and Media Management

Duration:

One year full-time. The academic year (September to September) is divided into three semesters: September to January; January to June; June to September.

Assessment:

The taught part of the course (Part 1) is delivered and assessed through lectures, student seminars, practical exercises, case studies, course work and formal examinations. Successful completion allows the award of a Diploma. The subsequent successful submission of your dissertation (Part 2) leads to the award of a Masters.

Entry Requirements:

2:2 Bachelors (Honours) degree in any subject, or equivalent, with 6 weeks (around 200 hours) work experience in a relevant sector. Non-graduates will be considered individually based on relevant work experience

English Language Requirements:

If you have a Bachelor’s degree from a UK University, you do not need to take an English proficiency test.

Non-native English speakers who do not meet this requirement must take a University-recognised test of academic English language proficiency. For further information please see our English Language requirements page.

Course Fees:

Please see the tuition fee pages for current tuition fees. Please note that all fees are subject to an annual increase.

Funding:

Funding opportunities may be available, please check our funding calculator for details.

The Masters in Digital Information and Media Management is designed to give you a thorough understanding of the professional theories, principles, ethics, legislation, policies and technologies that underpin the discipline. You will go beyond this to interrogate the structures and systems that define the digital information lifecycle in order to find more efficient and productive ways of operating. The world-class instruction from our departmental staff will be augmented by visiting professionals from cutting-edge organisations. By the end of your course, you will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the organisational and technical processes surrounding information governance and digital information management.

You will achieve this by applying your specialist skills to real-life situations throughout the course. By making the most of this experiential learning, you will graduate with a valuable skill-set gained through hands-on experience of this increasingly important subject. Your study will culminate in your academic dissertation, a significant piece of independent research, on any aspect of digital information management that holds particular interest for you. You may choose to use this study as a showcase of your expertise or as a springboard into future study or research. In addition to this first-rate education in digital information management, you will also develop a skill set perfect for almost any role in any business or postgraduate workplace.

You will be confident in research, analysis and planning, as well as writing, reporting and argument formation to justify your decisions in managing an organisation's most precious commodity: information. These are just some of the skills you will gain which will make you a desirable employee for a wide range of public and private sector organisations and businesses. The University has a proud tradition of research excellence, as demonstrated in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014) assessment. It placed the university in the top 50 institutions for research power and intensity. It submitted 77% of eligible staff and 95% of the university's research was of an internationally recognised standard.

Why study Digital Information and Media Management at Aberystwyth University?

• hands-on project working with professional digital information managers
• training in industry standard cataloguing and preservation software
• education in relevant coding languages
• 3-4 day hands-on methods and tools workshop
• intensive dissertation workshop to support research topic
• identification and develop research skills
• professional conferences, visits and lectures
• 3-4 day study tour in London.

This degree will equip you with latest developments in digital information curation, both in terms of technological and theoretical approaches. By balancing the theory with the practice, you will be strongly placed to succeed in the jobs marketplace, particularly in organisations that prize well-trained managers of its most valuable resource: information. The course will also equip you with a wide range of more general work skills – in research, analysis, writing, presentation and management – ensuring your employability is improved across the board.

The breakdown below will provide you with an illustration of what you may study:

• Recordkeeping Theories and Contexts
• Recordkeeping Process and Practice
• Digital Collection Development
• Digital Preservation
• Practical Project
• Knowledge and Information Architecture

Choose from optional modules including:

• Studies in Management
• Information Systems in Organisations
• Digital Information Literacy.

How will I be taught?

A wide variety of teaching methods are used. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops and practical classes. High quality teaching and supervision will enable you to realise your full potential. You will be encouraged to take responsibility for your own learning and work on projects both individually and in groups.

A number of different types of assessment are used throughout the postgraduate programme. In addition to essays and professional reports, you will give individual and group presentations. You will receive constructive feedback on all coursework assignments.