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many years. The arts is one of the ?elds in which small, specialist
private providers are often the brightest of the lot. Remember the
general rule: the harder it is to enter, the higher the chance that
you will have of pursuing your ambition.
If you are expecting lectures the whole day long, the arts is not
the ?eld you should involve yourself in. The physical infrastructure,
human resources and opportunities to exhibit and perform are
going to be crucial.

Studying the Arts
As mentioned before, while this course is extremely competitive,
the arts & creative industry is dynamic, exciting and offers plenty
of opportunities for hard-working creative types. You will be
able to stand out with a graduate quali?cation besides allowing
yourself to polish your technical and creative skills.
Your ?rst step might be to study foundation diploma in art and
design. Through this course, you will discover and explore to learn
things around you through your engagement with your tutor via
projects. To prepare you for future studies or work, the course
aims to develop really strong visual communication skills and
critical approaches to practice using relevant media, processes
and materials in the realisation of creative ideas. All these will be
produced through personal exploration and experimentation.
Other than that, you will be able to develop the ability to research,
analyse and evaluate information and ideas to develop creative
solutions. You will also be rewarded with all your works and
ideas compiled and presented in a considered and comprehensive
portfolio as part of your unique and personalised body of work.
In the beginning, you will be taking short projects to familiarise
yourself with basic visual language and to develop that
fundamental skills. These projects will be led by your tutor.
This beginning stage is diagnostic and is designed to help you
learn through discovery and exploration about different ways of
researching, evaluating and generating ideas.
Then, longer projects will be given which will con?rm through your
work what specialist area is the most appropriate for you. You will
continue to hone your skills, and you will start to integrate your
research ideas and creative approach to the generation of ideas
within a chosen subject or discipline. Preparation and production of
an appropriate portfolio of work and personal statement will also
begin at this stage.
During your ?nal years, you will begin to initiate your own research
and take responsibility for your own learning. This will be done
by proposing and undertaking a project which re?ects your skills,
abilities, ambition and chosen area for future study. The recognition
of your project at this ultimate stage of the course should
demonstrate evidence of your ability to integrate planning, research,
project management, ideas generation, evaluation and re?ection as
part of your repertoire of creative skills.

Career Prospects
In the months immediately after graduation, graduates are able
to enter a diverse range of industries, ranging from private sector
employers such as marketing and sales and advertising, to public
sector services such as education and culture.
According to statistics collected by universities, art graduates’ ?rst
destination after university may only be a short-term one as they
use this period to explore options available to them. Compared to
their peers in other disciplines, they tend to secure their preferred
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