Political Communications

Goldsmiths, University of London
Postgraduate PgDip Full-time 1 Year Digital media, production, and technologyMedia studiesPR and communicationsPolitics

About this course

This programme in Political Communications offers teaching that is critical, innovative and diverse. It combines theory with practical, applied elements, and draws on a range of research and contemporary examples.

  • The programme covers political communication from national and international level, down to the local and personal – from governments and parties, to NGOs and local acitivist groups. You'll have the opportunity to engage with cultural, alternative and digital, interactive communication as well as traditional mass media.

  • The Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has been ranked second in the UK for 'world-leading or internationally excellent' research (Research Excellence Framework, 2021) and 16th in the world (third in the UK) in the 2024 QS World Rankings for communication and media studies.

    Develop your critical thinking

  • This dynamic programme offers critical engagement, asking difficult questions about politics, economic policy, society and the media.

  • You will not only gain an understanding of the forms and impacts of political communications. It will also help you contextualise that knowledge in relation to the structures, institutions and actors that are at the heart of politics and media.

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 3 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: PgCert

    Location: London

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: London

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: PgDip

    Location: London

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1133 Public relations and communications directors
    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
    2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians
    4124 Finance officers

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    London
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Digital media, production, and technology, Media studies, PR and communications, Politics

    Offered by

    Goldsmiths, University of London

    Lewisham

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