Electronic Publishing  MSc / MA

This course is accredited by the British Computer Society for partial fulfilment of the academic requirement for Chartered IT Professional.

Scholarships and Bursaries

• UK/EU applicants - up to £2,000
• International (Non-EU) applicants - up to £2,000
• Loyalty Bursary Scheme for City University London graduates - up to £2,500

Find out more about these funding opportunities.

Course overview

Delivered by the Department of Information Science and the Department of Journalism, students are taught by a unique combination of experts with specialist knowledge in areas such as: design, publishing, technology and content production.

City University London's Master's in E-publishing is one of the longest-established and best recognised courses of its type. We produce graduates with immediately marketable skills in creative design, technology, and business / management processes relevant to electronic publishing. 

After a set of core modules, you choose elective modules covering technology and design - preparing you for the increasingly specialised demands of the industry. You are also encouraged to collaborate with an organisation involved professionally in electronic publishing as part of your project. 

Our employment record is excellent and our graduates are working at some of the leading organisations in the field, not just in the UK but across the world. You also benefit from superb computing and audiovisual equipment and facilities, including four dedicated PC/Mac labs with specialist software, broadcast-quality audio studios, portable audio recording outfits for location use, and digital video and stills cameras.

Computing and Information Systems Brochure

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Find out what our current students are up to…

City's MSc Electronic Publishing students to redesign Engineers Without Borders UK website

The students will be working closely with EWB-UK to develop initial concepts, digital prototypes and, finally, demonstration sites.

The project is part of the course's Design and Layout for the Web module and will last three months, culminating with presentations to the charity's directors.

City Students Work with Stealth Start-up

City's Master's in Electronic Publishing students have spent the Autumn term of 2012 working with a stealth-mode start-up whose advisors include a well known internet influencer.

The site is currently under development and not even open to the public. The City students were given full access and asked to provide feedback on the site's concept and execution.

In return the start-up gave the students insights into the challenges facing dotcoms and also provided guest lectures on online marketing, copywriting, and community management.

City Electronic Publishing student Jane Denton said: "Being part of something from the outset is special. Our involvement has meant that we have had a unique insight into the thinking, creativity, and sheer hard work which goes into launching a new platform".

Another student, Ryan McConnell, said he found the insight gained "invaluable. What I learned through the collaboration will stick with me because it is tied to an actual product and not an abstract example."

Dr Neil Thurman from City University's journalism department said "I was delighted that this collaboration worked so well. It shows the mutual benefits of academic / business partnerships. I am currently talking to them about how our collaboration can evolve over the longer term."

Electronic Publishing class of 2012/13 invited in as guests  to Live Blog

The students Live Blogged for four hours at the Westminster eForum on Cloud Computing. Guests at the Forum included the Andy Nelson, HM Government Chief Information Officer and Dr Mark Ferrar, National Technology Officer, Microsoft UK.
Read more here.

RESEARCH NEWS:

Congratulations to EP graduate Jean-christophe Pascal, whose dissertation research was the starting point for an article that has just been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. The reviewers said the article makes "a valuable contribution to current policy debates about the development of the UK local" media. Link to article here.

Congratulations to 2011 EP graduate Anna Walters, whose dissertation research was the starting point for an article that has just been accepted for presentation at the 2012 World Media Economics & Management Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece on 25th May. The research, on Live Blogging, was conducted - in the summer of 2011- in partnership with Guardian.co.uk.

PROFESSIONAL LINKS:

During the Spring term 2012 students on the EP programme have been undertaking a redesign of the web site of the Saint Brides church on Fleet street as part of their Design and Layout module. They presented their final work to Saint Brides in May 2012.

Two students Pearlyn Quan and Maria Font will be working with The Guardian this summer helping them research the user experience of their new iPhone and iPad applications. They'll also be investigating Guardian readers' reactions to a new form of news presentation called Live News Blogging.

Student to head to the University of California

Andrea Jezovit is California bound this summer as part of City University London's study abroad programme with the University of California, Berkeley. Andrea will be taking part in the prestigious News21 project, an investigative reporting project distributed through innovative forms of multimedia journalism. She will be working alongside Berkeley students for ten weeks and then writing about her experience as part of her EP Master's dissertation.

Google choose EP student to work at their London 'GooglePlex'

Current student Meg Morigami has secured a prestigious summer internship at Google London's 'GooglePlex'. Meg will be working on the user experience of their new YouTube mobile interface, and writing up the results as her dissertation.

Student to work with CISCO on a new website project for RECLAIM

Joanna Smith, will be working with CISCO this summer managing the development of a new web site for award-winning Manchester charity, RECLAIM. RECLAIM work with vulnerable young people from deprived areas of Manchester and the new website will enable the young people to stay connected to their mentors and each other once they have graduated from the RECLAIM programme.

Three EP students to work at a large financial services company

Vocalink has taken on three current EP students, Anna Strepetova, Christian Casey, and Owen Dodds to work on social media and web design projects this summer. This is an exciting opportunity with a large financial services company who process most of the UK's salaries, household bills, and pension payments.

Postgraduate Open Evenings

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