Digital Industries
Digital industries are now the strongest performing sector of the UK’s economy.
Digital Industries at Wakefield College
Whether you’re into designing apps, developing games or pursuing a career in digital marketing, here at Wakefield College, we’ll give you the skills you need to succeed in the digital industries.
Digital industries also offer flexibility. There’s lots of transferable skills, so those with one specialism can easily move on to another.
There’s a wide range of digital job roles available across a wide range of different companies and organisations, so you won’t be limited to doing one type of work with a digital industries qualification.
Key Points
- Highly qualified delivery team and purpose-built workshops
- Industry-recognised courses
- Excellent success rates – above the national average
- Students learn outside the classroom in real working environments
- Links with the community through local projects
- All students are entered into the QUEST Scholarship run by the ICE
There was always a focus on employability on the course – on having relevant skills – whereas a lot of courses don’t. We were encouraged to learn independently, which is important in the industry, getting good guidance but not having it all done for you is key.
Digital Industries Show Reel
See what our 2023 Digital Industries Cohort have been working on!
Case Studies
What our students say about us...
There was always a focus on employability on the course – on having relevant skills – whereas a lot of courses don’t. We were encouraged to learn independently, which is important in the industry, getting good guidance but not having it all done for you is key.
I’m 30 years old and I’ve worked within a forensic psychiatric setting since I was 18 and never really considered doing anything else. However, I saw an opportunity to study this course and thought I’d give it a go! While there’s obviously an academic spin on everything, the course is run like a workplace environment where tasks are set so I learn how to do things for myself.
I was blown away by the graduation ceremony and how professional and nice it was. It made me feel proud and my parents were incredibly proud too.
I was blown away by the graduation ceremony and how professional and nice it was. It made me feel proud and my parents were incredibly proud too.
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The Feed
IT specialists help students improve their career prospects
Specialists from Intelligency and Binary Managed Solutions (BMS) recently delivered talks to Information Technology students at Wakefield College as part of its Industry Day.
Eliot Ferrier from Intelligency, a specialist digital intelligence consultancy and Curtis Holt,…
Digital Industries
14 February, 2023
The Level 2 students have been hard at work making sprites for their endless runner games
Digital Industries
10 December, 2021
For their first foray into Sprite/Pixel Art, our Level 3 First Years have hit the ground running making content for their Top Down Shooters!
Digital Industries
21 November, 2021
Level 3 have been working on their Game Design ideas and have been doing it old-school
Digital Industries
21 October, 2021
Digital Industries Courses
Where could a course lead...
What’s New
Catch up with the latest news & events in Digital Industries at Wakefield College...
Escape Technology hosts wall vinyl competition for Wakefield College students
Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
Wakefield College has teamed up with Escape Technology to host a wall vinyl competition - giving its Digital Industries students an exciting opportunity to display their artwork across the College. The students put their creativity to the test by designing a wall graphic which incorporated Escape Technology’s logo and celebrated the College’s partnership with the company.
West Yorkshire Colleges secure funding to accelerate digital innovation in education
Friday, 10 November, 2023
West Yorkshire Colleges have been successful in securing £6.9 million from the Department for Education to digitise teaching and learning in key sectors. The funding is part of the Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) and will launch a West Yorkshire digital innovation project led by colleges.
Fun and Games at the First Games Careers Week
Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
Last week the Level 3 Games Development Students were treated to the first Games Careers Week at Wakefield College. With big studio names and practitioners providing virtual talks and networking to the students across 5 days it was a fantastic opportunity for invaluable insights into the art of being a games developer.
I’m 30 years old and I’ve worked within a forensic psychiatric setting since I was 18 and never really considered doing anything else. However, I saw an opportunity to study this course and thought I’d give it a go! While there’s obviously an academic spin on everything, the course is run like a workplace environment where tasks are set so I learn how to do things for myself.
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