The World of Media at NULC

On Thursday 3rd July pupils from St. John Fisher Catholic College took a short walk over to Newcastle-under-Lyme College to take part in tasters from our Art, Design & Media department.

The day began with an A Level media studies session in the College’s Sixth Form Centre. During this session the pupils learned all about the world of media and details of what a media course at Newcastle-under-Lyme College entails.

Once the pupils had chance to look through previous student’s work, they were split into groups and given the task of inventing a magazine and designing the cover. When the pupils were presenting their magazines to the group, they were all very confident and had each thought about every aspect of launching a magazine, such as the target audience and sale price. They came up with fantastic ideas and designs that were creative and innovative. NULC media studies lecturer Natalie Weatherer commented that she could see the ideas working in the current market.

St. John Fisher pupil George Dodd commented; “This taster was awesome, a really intriguing subject that I would love to study”. Kiera Beeston also enjoyed the session, he said: “The media studies taster was brilliant, it has definitely made me consider taking it as an A Level”.

After a short break in the College’s Starbucks coffee shop, the pupils began their second session of the day, in photography. NULC photography lecturer Terry Kane briefed the pupils on what to expect in the College’s dark room and explained about health and safety when using the different chemicals required to develop photographs. Pupils used a wide range of objects to create various shapes and develop photograms. Lucy Shelley had a great time, she said: “I loved it in the dark room, the session was amazing. I learned a lot and would pick this course.”

When the pupils of St. John Fisher Catholic College were asked what they enjoyed about the day, the most popular reply was “Everything!”

If you are a teacher and would like to organise a taster for a group of pupils, please contact the school liaison team; Gareth & Tara on 01782 254347 or email schools@nulc.ac.uk