About Children's Literature, Media and Culture
CLMC addresses the relationship between children’s and young adult’s texts and media, and how this relationship is interpreted, understood and responded to within different educational, social and cultural frameworks. This is especially important now and in the future, as texts and media have an impact not only on cognitive development but also on social inclusion and cohesion as well as on industry expansion.
Children’s and young adult (YA) literature and media has become a global business (that includes toys, video-games, apps and other development of technology), tightly interwoven with a broad range of cultural activities, and reaching readers through a variety of new channels. In the light of new technologies, innovative analytical models are required for both studying these texts and for identifying the literacy skills needed to make sense of them. At the same time, texts and media are reflecting greater linguistic and cultural diversity. Therefore, we need a new ‘repertoire’ of literacy and cultural skills, such as language awareness, intercultural communication and visual understanding, to deal with these emerging text and media types.
The holistic study of children’s literature, childhood culture and media can provide the platform for examining the evolution of texts and developing these new repertoires of skills. The integration of theoretical and empirical approaches throughout the programme will allow graduates to create innovative strategies for promoting reading, improving literary competence and incorporating media and digital technology in learning and teaching. The communication and cooperation skills developed in CLMC, together with the understanding of the global, as well as the local contexts, will allow students to move towards positions of leadership in institutions and organizations that seek to shape education and in particular, the development of specific literacies (print, media, digital) that are relevant to 21st century children and young adults.
CLMC 2023-2025 Intake information
Please be advised that CLMC previously received funding for ERASMUS MUNDUS Scholarships (2019-2022) and now continues to offer students the same jointly delivered 2-year programme with the same opportunities for mobility periods spent with other CLMC consortium partners.
In this case, please kindly note that entry for 2023-2025, the CLMC programme will run as in previous years but on a self-funded basis only.
Fees for the 2 year programme:
International:
- £16,640 per annum
Home:
- £7,680 per annum
EU:
- £9,920 per annum
The EU/EEA fee value reflects the difference in fee status at the EU partners in the programme consortium.
The fees listed here cover tuition only. The University of Glasgow can only collect fees in Pound Sterling at the published GBP values and subject to exchange rates at the time of payment. As the programme contains various mobility periods, students will need to cover their own airfares between each chosen partner.
For more information about potential funding opportunities, please visit our programme webpage

Fees and funding 2023
