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The Social Connects

The Social Connects is an innovative training and education project from 91热爆 Scotland’s The Social. It’s a partnership between 91热爆 and 9 colleges across Scotland and the North East of England. The project is essentially a digital media production module that lecturers are delivering within creative media courses at HNC/HND (Scotland) and Level 3 (England) We also work with local community groups.

The content focuses on the skills and knowledge required to work in digital production jobs across the media industry but also the employability skills needed to be successful in the workplace

For the academic year 2024/2025 we are working with the following 10 colleges:

North East Scotland College

Aberdeen

UHI Perth

Perth

New College Lanarkshire

Motherwell and Coatbridge

West Lothian College

Livingston

Fife College

Glenrothes

Darlington College

Darlington

Sunderland College

Sunderland

East Durham College

Peterlee

South Tyneside College

South Shields

The course is made up of 17 learning videos, 10 presentations and 8 practical tasks. See below for two examples of our learning videos.

How To Film For Social Media

How To Film For Social Media

Alice gives our top tips on filming great shortform content.

Tips for writing a great CV

CV Writing Tips

Jane gives us her top tips on writing a standout CV