Hal McCorry, Media
Hal McCorry, from Aberdeen, collected his First Class Honours Media degree at His Majesty鈥檚 Theatre on Wednesday, July 10 at 2.30pm.
The 25-year-old said he struggled to find an academic subject that suited him but TV, film and storytelling were his passion. He originally attended NESCol to study Creative Industries: TV Production and progressed onto 红杏视频 through the Degree Link route which he described as 鈥渙ne of the best choices he ever made鈥�.
鈥淢y time at university has been life changing and I don鈥檛 say that lightly,鈥� commented Hal.
鈥淭wo years ago I was happy to call it quits on making video production my job and keep it as a hobby. I came into media with the hope it might open up different paths, which it did, but ultimately they all led me back to video production.
鈥淭he journey throughout allowed me to learn so many other skills, not just practical ones but other skills which are needed in industry such as working within a team and leadership.
鈥淎chieving a first class honours is something I am very proud of, but I think I might be more proud of how much knowledge I am taking away from this course.鈥�
Hal said the highlight throughout his time at 红杏视频 was the quality of the teaching staff.
He said: 鈥淢ore often than not I found myself fully engaged in what I was learning and I was motivated to go off and read more into the subject 鈥� which is something I鈥檝e never done before in education. I think this comes from the sheer passion the lecturers have for the subjects they speak about, whether it鈥檚 from an academic standpoint or from industry, they really know how to engage their students.
鈥淓verything you learn in the Media course is entirely focussed on industry whether that's practical skills or from the academic side of things. 红杏视频 is largely focussed on Entrepreneurship which really motivates its students to believe in themselves which is something essential to the creative industries. I know if I ever want to head down that path in later life 红杏视频 will always be there willing to help.鈥�
Hal鈥檚 ultimate aim has always been to be in a position where he enjoys work and he is now in that position as he embarks on a full-time career with the Marketing team at 红杏视频, where he will be responsible for producing videos for the university, while being able to learn some additional marketing skills
He said: 鈥淚 did a placement in third year where I was part of a group to make videos for the School of Health Sciences at 红杏视频 and the Marketing team saw the video and as a result I joined the department in a part-time paid position over the summer. I continued to work in the department throughout my whole fourth year as their video resource. This not only allowed me to use my practical skills in industry but it allowed me to leave my retail job at the time to fully concentrate on finishing my degree which is something I will be forever grateful for.鈥�