Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Creative Practice: Music Production (part-time)

When & Where

15 September 2025 - 30 June 2027 ( 300 hours, 30 weeks )
Waterloo Centre

Quick Facts

Availability Yes
Course Code W25MPPN04B
Suitable For 18 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

The Certificate of Higher Education Creative Practice: Music Production course at Morley College London is a flexible full- and part-time programme offering a subject specific and multidisciplinary creative education. It equips students with creative, personal, and professional skills through individual and collaborative projects, culminating in a final independently conceived project to empower their creative direction and career aspirations.

Over this one-year full-time or two years part-time course of level 4 study, students gain and develop a solid grounding in music production, additionally focusing on wider skills of analysis, reflection, research, and digital competencies. Collaborative projects introduce the dynamic nature of the creative industries and build essential capabilities for multidisciplinary work.

Throughout the course, students are encouraged to explore, innovate, and apply their music production and wider creativity skills to real-world challenges, shaping their ambitions in a supportive, individual and multidisciplinary environment.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

By the program’s conclusion, students are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to progress to level 5 studies.

Class format and activities

You will learn actively through studio and workshop-based teaching. Teaching and projects will make use of our industry-standard specialist facilities, such as Mac labs (with iMacs, audio interfaces, DAW software and MIDI controllers), Pro Tools-based music recording studio centred around a 24-channel SSL AWS analogue mixing desk, with three linked live performance spaces, Rednet links to concert halls and outboard hardware, a project studio for solo work, and networked radio studios in all three centres.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have achieved a level 3 qualification with 64 UCAS points in a relevant creative subject, GCSEs, grade 4/C in English (or an equivalent qualification). For non-native English speakers, an IELTS 5.5 is required. We offer places based on your existing sound production or music creation work shown to use at interview. All students should be computer literate, with a working knowledge of programs like Microsoft Office. We invite all applicants to a taster day to experience practice sessions and present their portfolio in a personal interview.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, including those who do not have formal qualifications, are mature students, have relevant work experience and have qualifications different from those typically required. If this applies to you, you will need to show you have the aptitude and potential to succeed on the course. We will assess this during an interview, following Morley's Accreditation of Prior Learning Policy and Procedure and Student Transfer Plan.

What you need to know before you enrol

This course will be delivered in person by attendance at college and online via live webinars and e-learning. All students will need to attend college between 2 to 3 days a week full-time and 1 and 1.5 days a week part-time and access live webinars and e-learning where required. Students are expected to undertake independent study and complete assignments and coursework outside of college time. The College has a range of specialist resources to support the delivery of the programme. You will have access to Mac labs and studios, available to book with studio staff. Students will be assessed through graded projects and coursework, assignments, and reflective journals.

What you need

If you are interested in applying for the CertHE Creative Practice: Music Production, then please apply using the link on this webpage. The qualification is awarded by Ravensbourne University London. You can apply for student finance at https://www.gov.uk/student-finance-register-login. This course can be studied in full-time or part-time modes. You will need access to a laptop or PC to carry out independent study and complete assignments. Relevant textbooks and other materials are available in the library or through the module pages on the college’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

What you can do next

On completion students can progress into our Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Creative Practice: Music Production (level 5) or our BA (Hons) Creative Practice: Music Production (levels 5 and 6).