The Creative and Media Diploma Level 2 Qualification is designed to equip learners with creative knowledge, skills, and understanding required for careers in the creative industry. Learners study units across disciplines like visual art, graphic design, fashion, drama, and more over two years. They also complete work experience and functional skills exams in English, maths, and ICT to earn a qualification equivalent to seven GCSEs. The aim is to develop creativity, confidence, and skills in thinking, questioning, exploring, creating, and communicating.

1. The Creative and Media Diploma Level 2 Qualification

2. What is the creative and media diploma? The Creative and Media Diploma is a qualification designed to equip learners with the necessary creative knowledge, skills and understanding required to progress in this broad industry. It allows learners to combine a number of disciplines relating to various employment sectors of the creative and media industry. The aim of the qualification is to develop creativity and confidence in the ability to think, question, explore, create and communicate.

3. Creative and Media disciplines... 2D Visual Art 3D Visual Art Graphic Design Product Design Fashion Drama Advertising Textiles Footwear Audio and Radio Dance Interactive Media Animation Film Photo Imaging Television Music Computer Games Creative Writing Craft Publishing and printing (from 2009)

4. How does it work? Learners will study a total of seven units over the period of two years: Unit 1: Scene Unit 2: Performance Unit 3: Artefact Unit 4: Record Unit 5: Campaign Unit 6: Festival Unit 7: Project Report (based on one of the above units) Learners also need to complete 10 days work experience within the media arts industry.

5. Example pathway Performance Campaign Festival Scene Record Artefact Year one Year two Project report You will also study for your functional skills at level 2 in English, Maths and ICT to gain the full Creative and Media diploma qualification.

6. What is it worth? Each unit is compulsory and learners must attain a grade C or above. When learners successfully complete the course and pass their functional skills (Maths, English, ICT at Level 2) their qualification equates to 7 GCSE’s.

7. Why choose the diploma? Because you are CREATIVE . Because you are INNOVATIVE . Because you are INQUISITIVE . Because you are a TEAM PLAYER . Because you are HARD WORKING . Because you are an INDEPENDENT LEARNER . Because you want to ACHIEVE .