1. Task 1-
My Progression Route
By Liam Desa

2. Progression opportunities within the Creative media Sector
Higher education courses:
Gaining developed learning will progress your skills and understanding of the media industry.
In higher education you can go on to doing a diploma/ degree in your preferred field of the media industry.
Going through higher education will increase your opportunities to get a career in the media industry.
You would usually need UCAS points to get on to most of these courses.

3. University Explain how you get UCAS points to go to university
List degree courses you might consider to progress in your career
UCAS stands for University and Colleges Admissions Services.
They help process your applications to universities and colleges of higher education. They process over two million under-grad course applicants each year.

4. Degree courses
Give details (summarise from website) of degree 1 you might consider taking
1 degree I will consider taking is BA (Hons) Commercial Photography.
This course involves developing my photography skills in a modern commercial. It will also develop my creative and technical skills, I will also be able to study the impact of photography on society.
This course is 3 years long in Ealing, which is in west London.
The link to this course is
The minimum UCAS points for this course are 112 points.
My current course offers UCAS points
The minimum would be 72 which is a Pass
120 as a Merit.
Then 168 as a Distinction.

5. Degree courses continued.
I would also consider taking MDES Graphic Design, it is a 4 year course at the university of derby, if I was to do the course full time, it would take 4 years to do the course or 6 if only part time UCAS points are required to enter this course or atleast Five GCSEs at or above Grade C (or Grade 4), including Maths and English
The course intales:
Graphic Design Practice
Visual Culture: History
Visual Exploration
Visual Problem Solving
The link for the website is:

6. Pros and Cons of HE (Higher Education) courses
Meeting new people
Learning the depth of your subject.
More likely to get a job with a degree
Leads to better jobs
Learn to do stuff independently.
Cons:
The fees
The risk of taking out loans
No guarantee you will succeed
Not gaining any work experience in this time.
Change of heart
Massive workload

7. Work experience
There are many opportunities for work experience in Torbay. There are many types, some are work placement, apprenticeships and internships.
Employer: I Bounce
Address :Unit 1 Milber Trading Estate Newton Abbot TQ12 4SG
Employer: Channel 4
NOTE: you need to a professional from the industry to find out what skills they recommend and how they entered the industry- do this now!

8. Pros and Cons of Work experience
I could get a job with just work experience, if I had enough knowledge of the roles and responsibilities, it would also get me references from the previous work experience. The first job could be something small such as desigining something for their social media.
Does an Apprenticeship constitute as work experience? Does an Apprenticeship constitute as work experience? They are both very similar, the trainee decides whether it is an apprenticeship or just work experience.
Pros:
Opportunity to be hired at the end.
No commitments to the actual industry and able to try out the role.
Cons of work experience:
Unpaid

9. Training
You can get training by attending courses or you can apply for a low paid job which involves training
Ibounce is a business that offers training in media related subjects, it is a low paid job, it can open many opportunities.
Tell me about the company and insert a picture of that business
Ibounce is a trampoline park that offers opportunities in the media industry, they are currently looking for an apprentice.

10. Pros and Cons of Training
You can get a job with training, if you started at a lower pay job with training, it can open up opportunities in higher paid jobs.
Cons:
There may be different ways of how people do the training, your future employer may want it done a specific way, which you may not have been trained on.

11. Conclusion
In conclusion to this presentation, I think the best way in for me, is to go in to a low paying job, get the training that is required for me to pursue my career in this industry. I think it is the best way in because it will give me a lot of experience, I won’t have to pay any student fees and also I will be able to use the low paying job as a future reference, to help me move my way up in to better positions. Also if I was to have a change of heart with this industry, I would be able to get out of it a bit easier due to have not paying so much for a degree.