Course Content
Year One
Your first year is about experimentation.
We introduce you to
- various themes and core skills in creative thinking and making,
- digital design, and
- print.
We will help you
- identify,
- develop, and
- express
your creative
- interests,
- aesthetic sensibilities, and
- approaches to creative practice.
We offer
- design-related workshops,
- peer-to-peer learning, and
- student collaboration opportunities
that give you industry-relevant skills and experiences.
Year Two
Develop your creative and practical skills through
- live briefs,
- industry competitions, and
- employability opportunities.
You may produce work for a range of audiences including national and global clients.
You will be encouraged to develop a personal design ‘handwriting’ that you can apply to your choice of design and specialist interests.
Year Three
- You will be encouraged to consolidate and plan your own programme of work in response to your chosen design interests and creative hand.
- Through this, you will develop a professional portfolio of work supporting your career aspirations.
- You will have regular contact time with tutors who will support your progress.
- Due to the course’s broad remit, former students have gained employment at high street and designer brands, in fashion, interiors, and entered self-employment.