The document provides information for freshers joining the Media and Communication course at Coventry University. It outlines highlights of the city of Coventry including arts, culture, sports, and nearby attractions. It also summarizes fresher week events and what the course offers students including opportunities for international experience, employability modules, and no extra costs. Popular careers in media and communications are also listed such as journalism, marketing, public relations, television and film production, and digital technology development. Students are encouraged to make the most of support and opportunities at the university.

1. Mediaand
Communication
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2. MC meaning
Communication media refers to the means of delivering and receiving
data or information. In telecommunication, these means are
transmission and storage tools or channels for data storage and
transmission.

3. Media and Communication
Media studies courses may vary significantly in their content and
approach to the subject, but most offer a combination of practical
preparation for various media careers, alongside opportunities to
analyze media representations from different perspectives – including
moral, political and historical.

4. Highlights of activities and events
Coventry will allow you to find anything you could possibly imagine
from a vibrant ultra-modern city and also due to the prime location of
the university’s city centre location, as everything is within a
reasonable walking distance.

5. Highlights of activities
There are several activities available, being:
•Arts and culture
Belgrade Theatre and Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, which displays cultural gems for drama, art, music
and drama.
The Coventry Transport Museum, which holds the worlds largest collection of British road transport.
•Sport
Watch Coventry City Football Club play at the Ricoh Arena.
SkyDome Arena to watch a Coventry Blaze ice hockey match.
Brandon Stadium to watch regular greyhound racing or even the speedway riders.
Coventry Rugby Club
Godiva Harrier for the city’s main running club.
•Nearby attractions
Shakespeare’s Stratford-Upon-Avon (30 minutes away), bus services regularly run linking from Coventry to
Stratford, Leamington Spa and the castles of Warwick and Kenilworth.

6. Highlights of events
Here are some of the events held at Coventry for Fresher's Week:
•Powder Paint Party
•Fresher's Fest
•Tricky Disco
•Bubble Luv
•Forbidden Nights
•Kasbah (popular venue)

7. What Media and Communications offers
freshers?
• A continuously evolving course which responds and develops every day to the challenge of what it means
to be a media professional in the 21st
Century.
• Add+Vantage modules which will increase your employability
• Opportunities for international experiences.
- Recent trips have included places like: Bilbao, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Hangzhou, New York,
Paris, Malmo, Prague, Udine and Venice.
- On top of this you can decide to undertake an extra enhancement year either studying or working
abroad.
- Global Leaders Programme
• There’s no hidden extras, this includes:
- any mandatory UK residential field trips, site visits and trips,
- 1,000 sides of black and white laser print,
- tuition fee waiver for placement and study abroad year,
- a mobile technology pack

8. What fresher's might bring to the Media &
Communication course and what their expectations
are:
• On this Media and Communications course at Coventry University, students can bring a variety
of different skills, knowledge and also their background to share with other students on this
course in order of them to develop and interpret different thoughts and ideas.
• Fresher’s can expect to work hard with timing and work load, striving for the best they can be,
and make the most out of everything they do.
• As well as this, more practically fresher’s can input imagination, creative thinking, and new,
and interesting ideas that are relevant in the media industry today.
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Design
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9. What fresher's have to do to be
successful
• Ensure you are punctual and your attendance maintains at a high
level, especially to all tutorials, lectures, workshops and seminars.
• Be considerate of others opinions/ beliefs.
• Communicate using the appropriate manner.
• Pay close attention to detail.
• Take part and continuously read in order to gain a better
understanding of key concepts.
• Be critical and always speak what is on your mind.
• Work hard and do things to your fullest potential.

10. Careers in media and communication
According to www.topuniversities.com a wide and ever-growing
range of careers in media and communication are available, for those
graduating with either an undergraduate (bachelor’s) or postgraduate
(master’s) qualification in the field. Many of these sectors are highly
competitive, and most students will boost their employability by
gaining some practical experience alongside their studies.

11. Popular careers in media and
communication:
• Journalism
• Copy-writing careers
• Marketing careers
• Public relations (PR) careers
• Television and film production careers
• Careers in digital technology development

12. Welcome and ENJOY!
• Coventry has a lot to offer but it is up to you to take the initiative and use
everything that they have in order to succeed.
• Take advantage of everything you see: technology packs, personal tutors,
extra curricular activities and so much more.
• Excellent support network with easy access across the campus
• Many travel opportunities which are often funded so you don’t have any
added worries.
• Programmes such as Add+vantage and global leaders programme enable you
to prepare and strive for the highest.
• Coventry prepares you for the future so get ready for a bright one!