this course regularly go on to work with CAD and design teams both locally and globally . The collections this year include handmade and laser-milled , mokume-gane , extravagant knives , fine wedding jewellery and tiaras .

Previous Design For Industry graduates who are making their mark around the world include Jack Row , Katy Tromans and Becky Williams .

BA ( HONS ) JEWELLERY DESIGN AND RELATED PRODUCTS These students have completed a three-year programme , exploring material , form and concept as related to contemporary jewellery and related objects . Here the students are free to work in an experimental way , using materials such as dye-sublimated aluminium , laser-welded steel , moulded silicone and concrete , often alongside precious materials , to create contemporary collections which challenge what jewellery can be . The show this year features vessels , wearables , jewellery in all manner of materials and even ragdolls and clothing . The course has recently changed name and will be BA ( Hons ) Jewellery and Objects from 2018 entry onwards .

Previous graduates from this course include Fei Liu , Alice Clarke , Ami Pepper and Farrah Al Dujaili .

BA ( HONS ) HOROLOGY This course is the only degree programme in horology available

anywhere in the world . The students have honed their skills in precision engineering and design , using lathes , mills and digital technology alongside unbelievably accurate hand-skills to create timepieces from tower clocks to wristwatches . Many of these students will also have completed the British Horological Institute exams as part of their studies . There will be a mixture of handmade clocks , as well as restoration and repair projects in this part of the exhibition .

Some of our graduates are placed within the most prestigious and well-known brands such as Richard Mille , Swatch , Patek Phillipe and Roger Smith and Laura Turner is one of the curators of Horology at the British Museum .

BSC ( HONS ) GEMMOLOGY AND JEWELLERY STUDIES Like horology , this is the only degree-level programme in gemmology anywhere in the world . Based in our custom-built laboratories in the Birmingham Assay Office , these students have studied diamond grading , mining , gem-testing , valuations , international business and more . Due to the very theoretical nature of this course , these students will be presenting photographs and videos of their work .

The gemmology course has only been running for a very short time but already our graduates are working for Gemfields in Zambia , the new gem-testing arm of the Assay Office in Birmingham and one , Kyalo Kiilu , has even started his own sapphire mine in Kenya .

OTHER COURSES We have a wide range of parttime and evening classes and some of them will be exhibiting during this time . Many of the participants on these courses are retired masters , experts in their own right who keep their skills up-to-date at the school .

The gemmology course has only been running for a very short time but already our graduates are working for Gemfields in Zambia

Once the show is over in Birmingham , selected students will take their work to the annual New Designers festival in London .

We ’ d be delighted to welcome Jewellery Focus readers to the School of Jewellery Graduate Show , which runs from 12 – 17 June inclusive and is open from 9am – 4pm . On Saturday 17 we have an open day for the school in general from 10am-3pm and there is a special Industry Evening on the 13 June which is by invitation only . Should you wish to be included on our Industry Evening guest list , please email Brendan . StJohn @ bcu . ac . uk

In addition to this undergraduate exhibition in June , our Graduate Certificate and MA programmes showcase graduating students at other times of the year . The Graduate Certificate programme is a six month intensive course which prepares students for the MA course . This year there are 15 students that will be graduating and they will showcase their achievements at Parkside ground floor gallery , from 24 – 28 July . This year the graduating students from the MA Jewellery and Related Product programme will be showcasing their works alongside the MA Fine Art students at the Birmingham School of Art . The private view will be on 1 September and the show is open to the general public until 14 September .

Annabel Large