The design industry is a remarkable environment needing ideas, with new processes, techniques and technologies regularly developing. With our courses; Design: Communication, Design: Creative Media and Design: Applied Arts, you’ll get the chance to investigate these. Our aim is to produce graduates who can combine their conceptual and technical skills in art, design and media, and who are also design practitioners sharing a philosophy. This will enable you to consider design ideas holistically, strategically, objectively, socially, and economically as well as creatively. Designers who can respond creatively to applied art and design problems remain in high demand. We place a strong emphasis on the language of design through exploration and expression of ideas and use of materials processes and practices. Our courses promote excellent communication skills and professional aspects of practice and encourage innovative and interdisciplinary use of media and materials. There is also a strong emphasis on developing interpersonal skills through collaborative projects and teamwork.

Our graduates go in to careers in education, galleries, restoration work, museums and retail. Alternatively you could become self-employed as an artist, technician, designer or craftsperson. Further study opportunities are also available at MA or PGCE level.