Leeds College of Art Prospectus 2014/15 by Leeds Arts University

Contents Success Through Creativity Introducing Leeds College Of Art Your Future Career Our Alumni Association Our Facilities Students’ Union, Sports and Activities Student Support Leeds: An Amazing City Art In Leeds End of Year Show and London Exhibitions Come and See Us We Welcome Everyone International Students Opportunities Overseas Choosing the Right Course Where To Live

Higher Education – Undergraduate 4 6 8 11 12 14 16 18 20 23 24 25 26 28 29 30

Introduction To Higher Education BA (Hons) Animation BA (Hons) Creative Advertising BA (Hons) Fashion BA (Hons) Fine Art BA (Hons) Graphic Design BA (Hons) Illustration BA (Hons) Photography BA (Hons) Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design BA (Hons) Visual Communication Undergraduate Entry Requirements How To Apply – Undergraduate Programmes Funding – Undergraduate Programmes

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Higher Education – Postgraduate Master of Arts in Creative Practice Postgraduate Entry Requirements Funding – Postgraduate Programme How To Apply – Postgraduate Programme

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Further Education

The highest ranked independent art college in the UK.

Introduction To Further Education Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Extended Diploma in Art & Design Access to Higher Education in Art & Design and Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts Further Education Entry Requirements How To Apply – Further Education Courses Funding – Further Education Courses

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Guardian League Tables, 2014

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SUCCESS THROUGH CREATIVITY To a great extent, our reputation goes before us: Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth studied here, as did, more recently, Marcus Harvey, Damien Hirst, Danny Sangra and Omar Kashoura. However, we never allow complacency. We work extremely hard to remain a leading centre for art and design education, choosing from among the brightest international potential to produce some of the most sought-after creative talent. Leeds College of Art is one of only a few independent art schools in the UK, our students enjoy a small, close-knit community in a creative atmosphere where anything feels possible. We believe this is the best environment in which to grow as an artist or designer. But don’t just take it from me: while still with us, many of our students win some of the most prestigious international competitions and awards. There is one further important point I’d like to make: there’s a real-life feel to studying here. You’ll have countless opportunities to learn from, network with and work for some of the best names in your chosen field, thanks to our contacts with industry and practising artists and designers. This adds a vital perspective to your studies, helps to build your CV and will enhance your career.

Simone Wonnacott Principal

I’m delighted that you’re considering coming to Leeds College of Art, where you’ll be immersed in an atmosphere which will help you to discover your own individual talents and potential, where hard work really pays off, and where you have all the resources you need for your ideas to take shape. I do hope to welcome you here as a student.

INTRODUCING LEEDS COLLEGE OF ART In the Guardian Education League Tables 2014 we are the highest ranked independent art college in the UK. Excellent staff: student ratios mean you’ll benefit from as much personal attention and expert advice as you’ll need. Whether you join us to study for a degree, masters or a further education course (after GCSEs or A levels), you’ll encounter a friendly and supportive environment at Leeds College of Art. Our students settle in quickly, benefiting from the best possible start to their studies. Our creative staff We have committed staff who help to create and uphold the values that are fundamental to our success. Our expert tutors and helpful workshop technicians are all highly experienced in art and design. Many of them continue to be actively involved in the creative industries—so they’re well-connected and fully up to date with current practice. They share two major goals: to encourage, support and develop you to reach your full potential and to prepare you to build a successful career after you leave us.

Validated by The Open University Our degree and masters programmes have been developed by our specialist staff and are validated by the Open University, which has an international reputation for the high academic quality of its degrees. Find out more Our programme pages are sure to whet your appetite, but there’s still lots more to tell. So if you want to know more or have any questions, you can: • Come to one of our open events (see dates on page) Visit our website at www.leeds-art.ac.uk

Our excellent facilities We pride ourselves on our state-of-the-art facilities, including fantastic studios, workshops, exhibition spaces, cafés and libraries. You’ll have everything you need, to take your ideas wherever you want them to go. You’ll also be learning the same industry-standard techniques, processes and software you’ll use when you graduate, which means you’ll have great skills to take into the workplace. See page 14 for more details.

• Contact a Programme Leader (contact details are on each programme page) • See some of our students’ work online www.leeds-art.ac.uk • ‘Like’ our Facebook page (under Leeds College of Art) • ‘Follow’ us on Twitter @LeedsCofArt • Visit us at a UCAS fair www.ucas.com

Integrated with industry Your future success is our goal, so we do everything we can to maximise your contact with industry and with practising artists and designers. We offer opportunities to do live briefs, competitions, exhibitions, work placements and much more, and we’ll also help you with your CV, interview and business skills.

Our Sites Blenheim Walk is where our degree and masters programmes run. It’s just 10 minutes’ walk from the City Centre and our other building at Vernon Street (see the map on page 74). Our City Centre site at Vernon Street is where our further education courses take place. Both buildings are on main bus routes and within walking distance of the train station. Close by, you’ll find reasonably priced supermarkets and shops, as well as bars, restaurants, nightlife, entertainment, shops, museums and galleries.

YOUR FUTURE CAREER Gain practical skills and experience to prepare you for employment, creative practice or to start your own business. What could be more important than helping you to build a career based on the skills and talent you develop during your time with us? Work placements All courses encourage placements and you’re usually free to negotiate as many as you like. These are not compulsory but are recommended. Work placements are a superb opportunity to experience real-life practice, and it’s not uncommon for employers to offer jobs to students they’ve met during the placement. Normally placements take place during holiday periods but sometimes they are allowed during term time, depending on whether the placement contributes to your course work. The Personal and Professional Practice modules on your course give you the opportunity to research the creative industries and identify suitable companies to approach, and companies and organisations often approach the College to see if there are any suitable students.

When you leave the College, you might go on to further study. However, you might choose instead to go into employment, to start your own practice, go freelance or, like many of our graduates, set up your own business. We recognise the vital importance of helping you to understand what you want to do, and how to do it, when you leave us. That’s why we work extremely hard to provide you with the right practical skills and experience to give you a competitive advantage as you enter the workplace. We recognise the benefits of strong links with industry and the public sector for your future progression. We develop excellent relationships with national and local creative businesses and practitioners, helping to ensure that you have the skills and attributes you need to build a successful career. Each of our degree programmes has been designed to support your future career, providing opportunities specific to your area of study. These include:

Within this intensively creative and demanding environment you’ll be challenged to become more inventive and experimental.

Live briefs Most courses involve the opportunity to respond to a real-life project. This can lead to your work being published or put into production, as well as employment opportunities. You may also consider entering a range of national and international student competitions, these provide great experience and look fantastic on graduating students’ CVs. We also work with businesses that approach the College with bespoke competition briefs that come with financial rewards as well as result in excellent portfolio pieces.

Business and enterprise skills All students have the opportunity to develop business skills and to access advice on how to set up in business. During your time with us you will gain transferable skills such as teamwork, time management, project management, reflection, problem-solving, selfmotivation and independent decision-making, which are important to employers and for self-employment. To complement this we run enterprise workshops throughout the year and an extensive, weeklong enterprise programme during the summer.

Exhibiting and curating Many of our students have multiple opportunities to organise and curate their own events and exhibitions, in College and at venues across the City and beyond.

CV, portfolio and interview skills We will work with you to ensure you develop professional, well-structured and comprehensive evidence for your talents and skills, and to help you gain that competitive edge at interview (whether for further study, employment or funding applications). To support your development we run employability workshops and sessions throughout the year.

Community Some courses encourage students to use their talents for the benefit of charities and volunteer organisations, this adds real perspective and a local dimension to your experience.

Industry feedback Depending on your area of study, you may receive critiques on your work from leading creative professionals, helping you to gain an understanding of industry standards and expectations. A number of courses also use mentors as a method of linking students with creative professionals in practice or industry.

Light Night The College takes part in Light Night every year with some courses using the theme to produce their first piece of work of the semester. Light Night is an annual multi-artform festival, which takes place in October at numerous venues across Leeds city centre. It is a celebratory showcase for the huge range of diverse and thriving creative activity taking place in Leeds, all year round, and gives visitors free access to exhibits, art and venues that they might not normally see.

Professional events Visits to trade shows and sector-specific events will broaden your horizons and provide great networking opportunities.

AFTER GRADUATION

EVENTS

Here at Leeds College of Art we recognise the challenges facing enterprising graduates and we’re committed to giving you a helping hand to fulfil your ambitions, whether you aim to set up in business or creative practice.

Creative Networks Creative Networks is Leeds College of Art's major professional events programme with talks from a diverse group of high profile speakers from across the creative industries to entertain, challenge and make us think. We have featured a wide range of artists, academics and designers including designer Jimmy Choo, artist David Shrigley, comedian Adam Buxton, film critic and television presenter Danny Leigh, photographer Kevin Cummins and 2012 Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price.

OUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Everyone who has studied with us becomes a valued member of our alumni community. We know that when you leave College the amazing network of peers and creative industry professionals you have become a part of during your time at College is more useful than it ever was. With regular alumni emails and access to closed LinkedIn groups, you can keep in touch with College, fellow and former students and really make the most of this network. Alumni of the College also receive a host of benefits including a quarterly bulletin packed with all the latest news, events and job opportunities, invitations to join us at exhibition previews, as well as College and alumni events locally and nationally. We hope to create a lifelong relationship with all of our former students and the alumni association aims to build and nurture this incredible creative community of College alumni, staff and current students. With notable alumni spanning right from the first graduates of Leeds School of Art in 1846, we want to ensure all our students benefit from being networked with past, present and future students.

For the 2014 academic year we are focusing our attention on our partners, collaborators and people contributing great things to the arts, creative industries, the city of Leeds and Yorkshire, along with our alumni, students and staff.

Fellowships Our Fellowship Scheme provides a platform for those wishing to set up as independent or freelance artists, designers, curators or project managers. Successful applicants are provided with studio space, access to facilities and advice for a period of up to 12 months free of charge, in return for contribution of time to assist the relevant degree programme. We have found that this exchange greatly benefits current students and provides valuable experience to add to your CV. Duke Studios The College has formed a unique partnership with Duke Studios, a creative co-working space in the heart of the unofficial ‘cultural quarter’ in Leeds. Our studio space provides a nurturing environment for recent graduates to establish their own businesses, with support and advice provided by the College and by industry professionals. This space is primarily suited to screen-based ‘clean’ activities such as digital media and design.

Guest speakers and visiting professionals We invite leading talent from local, national and international creative and cultural industries to come and share their experiences with you. Their input helps to spark ideas for your work and provides that ‘real life’ perspective to plan for your future career. These industry professionals provide inspiring lectures, seminars or workshops that include amongst other things, aspects on employability advice and career development in relation to each programme area.

‘In addition to the great tutors and facilities, there were opportunities to collaborate with students on other courses, gain paid commissions, obtain real-world experience externally, and get involved with extracurricular events and activities.’

Just some of our success stories Throughout our 160 year history we have consistently produced the artists and designers of the future: sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth studied here, as did, more recently, Marcus Harvey, Damien Hirst, Georgina Starr, Danny Sangra and Omar Kashoura. In 2013 alone we saw alumni win both the Liverpool Art Prize (Tabitha Moses) and the London Photographic Association Portrait Award (Dan Ross). Alumni of the College work in every area of artistic and creative practice, education and arts management you could possibly imagine, offering a wealth of advice and opportunities to current students, whichever profession you decide to pursue.

Anne-Marie Atkinson, Photographer, BA (Hons) Photography, 2011

‘As a mature student taking a risk retraining in a new discipline, I felt the support of both teaching staff and peers to be profoundly positive. The course provided me with the opportunity to learn industry standard practical skills, whilst developing a solid foundation to grow my design practice in both a creative and business sense.’ David Gasi, Graphic Designer, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, 2011

East Street Arts We have a long standing relationship with East Street Arts (ESA) and have secured studio space for two artists at Barkston House, Leeds for our alumni who are looking to develop their practice. This light and airy space is located 15 minutes from the station and studio holders have access to artists’ networks, resources and opportunities and ESA facilities.

In 2012-13 the guests have included graphic designer Ian Anderson, photographer Anouk Kruithof, furniture designer Nigel Bates, fashion consultant Mandi Lennard, textile curator and historian Mary Schoeser, interior design expert Jonathan Baker and many more. Guest speakers or visiting professionals are either arranged by the programme areas or are part of a College-wide events programme.

The space is shared with fellow professional artists and this is a great platform and space to develop a career.

OUR FACILITIES At Leeds College of Art you will not be held back by the limitations of facilities or equipment. Our fabulous, state-of-the-art resources and libraries offer you the best possible opportunities for proving your talent and your potential. You’ll be able to produce work which meets or exceeds the demands of modern practice in art and design. College shops Our not-for-profit shops and studio resources offer very competitive rates on most of the materials you’ll need, so you won’t need to keep popping into the city centre. We sell a wide range of materials including paints, inks, paper, card, adhesives, portfolios, sketchbooks, film, CD-Rs, DVDs and other stationery. You can also get hold of some specialist course materials through the workshop stores. Our staff are experienced in finding reasonably priced and appropriate materials and will always be glad to help, particularly with more unusual requests.

Computers and multimedia Our computer suites house networks of the latest Macs and PCs, all supported by a team of specialist staff. You will use regularly updated, industry-standard 2D and 3D software for a wide range of applications, learning on similar equipment you’d use in the workplace. Libraries Our libraries are open from 8:30am to 8pm in the week, and from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays (Blenheim Walk only). They offer access to important study resources, including • 60,000+ books

Specialist workshops and studios Our workshops and studios are equipped to industry standards, and are run by highly skilled staff who contribute significantly to our teaching. Most workshops and studios have a drop-in facility, including on Saturdays, so you can carry on working in your own time (providing you’ve completed your workshop inductions). The workshops range across both our sites and depending on your course and level of study you’ll get access to the following.

• 170+ national and international magazine subscriptions • 2,000+ DVDs (plus viewing equipment) • 150+ console games • Computers, printers and scanners • Specialist collections of artists’ and photographers’ books • A growing collection of online subscriptions and e-books

Photography—Our extensive digital and film facilities include five dedicated lighting studio spaces with professional equipment, including an infinity cove. Our darkrooms cover a range of black-and-white process and printing facilities for 35mm and medium and large-format film photography. Equipment is available for students to borrow, including digital and film SLRs; medium and large-format film cameras; medium-format, high resolution digital cameras; portable flash gear; and continuous lighting.

• A collection of recorded TV programmes. Our students can also use other university libraries in Leeds and beyond—but if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, the inter-library loan facility means we can order it in for you.

‘Workshop facilities and the technical staff are excellent. Creates good contacts and exhibition experience. Staff are experienced artists and knowledgeable about their subjects.’ Student Feedback - National Student Survey 2012 Film/video and audio-visual—This workshop offers industrystandard video production and editing equipment, including high-definition Sony video cameras and top-of-the-range editing suites. Plentiful lighting kits include ARRI, KinoFlo and Dedo for location and studio work. An important addition is our high-speed camera which, at 5,000 times the normal speed, offers fantastic opportunities for experimentation. Acoustically insulated sound booths, fitted with state-of-theart audio equipment, allow perfect recordings of the quietest and loudest sounds. We also have post-production equipment for video and audio, allowing you to seamlessly sew your film or sound project together.

Our Hasselblad negative scanner allows professional quality film scanning at both large and medium format and 35mm. Our Mimaki CG60-SR vinyl cutter, enables designs to be cut from many types of vinyl and plastic. Fashion workshops—Our equipment meets the most stringent demands of contemporary practice, including a large number of industrial sewing and knitting machines, pressing equipment, pattern-cutting and grading facilities, and specialist millinery equipment. Wood, metal, furniture and jewellery—Our purpose built workshops for working with wood, metal and plastics are equipped with industrial-standard machinery, with specialist machines (some computer-controlled) supplemented by extensive hand- and power-tools. All methods of traditional and modern construction, along with decorative techniques and finishes, are achievable with wood. For work with metal and plastics we have a new tube-bender and a micro-welder. The facilities include plasma-cutting, electric and gas welding, brazing, milling, folding and turning. Sand, lost wax and vacuum casting can be carried out.

Printmaking—Our impressive workshops are equipped to a high professional standard. Facilities include flat-bed and vacuum-bed screen-printing for textiles and paper, using a variety of print media. We also have three Mimaki digital textile printers and a big dye laboratory. The Diana Nelson workshop provides excellent facilities for mostly paper-based printmaking using a range of processes, including intaglio (drypoint and etching), screen-printing, mono-printing, linocut and experimental computer-based work.

Glass, ceramics and casting—Workshops are used to explore sculptural processes using materials like plaster, wax, latex, moulding rubbers with ceramic and glass facilities. Glass processes include fusing, slumping and simple casting projects. Among the many uses of clay we can also decorate ceramic ware using professional transfer processes.

Digital printing—These facilities enable you to produce professional-standard, large-format digital printing and print finishing. We have two HP Z3100 printers, one of which is capable of printing just over a metre wide. There are also three Epson 4800 inkjet printers – each capable of printing up to A2.

The NUS Our Students' Union is affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS).

STUDENTS’ UNION, SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES Our Students’ Union is here for our students! We want to help make everyone’s time here as enjoyable as possible, helping students settle in quickly within our friendly and welcoming community.

Entertainment Whether you feel excited or nervous about Freshers’ Week, our calendar of activities and events will help you jump straight into College life and allow you to get to know your fellow students and this brilliant city.

We offer a great introduction to a great College and city— but it’s up to students to get the most out of what we offer.

These events are as diverse as our students, so there’s something for everyone.

Our Students' Union is constantly developing and growing ever bigger, and we work hard to represent everyone’s views effectively and support students during their time here with us.

Every year we try to get more out of Leeds for our students. Our links with some of the city’s finest shops, bars and businesses mean you get great deals, up-todate news on attractions and every opportunity to relax and have fun.

Student representation The Students' Union is the voice of our students across the College, the city and the nation.

Events continue throughout the year with parties held at Christmas along with end of the year celebrations. You’ll also be able to get involved with many more events such as our Raise and Give Society (RAG) and our Sports and Activities programme.

We are run by students, for students, to look after students’ interests. Each year, Students’ Union Elections are held to appoint students who will run the Students' Union.

Clubs and societies If you’ve got an interest and want to get other students involved, we’re the people to talk to.

This team is made up of students from across the entire College, working together to ensure all students’ voices are heard and acted upon.

We can help you get a society or club up and running in no time.

At the start of the year, each year within every course will elect its own Student Representatives who will attend important meetings and speak on issues on behalf of their fellow students.

We cater for all sorts, from film clubs through to comics, knitting, life drawing, environmental issues and much, much more. The team is an enthusiastic group, open to any idea - so make sure you tell us yours!

All students are encouraged to get involved at any level. However much you choose to interact, your voice will be heard!

Sports Teams We run two teams that participate in the national BUCS (British Universities & College Sports) Leagues. We currently run a male [18+] football team and a female [18+] netball team.

The NUS campaigns nationally on student issues ranging from tuition fees to safer accommodation and fair access to education. They also provide our staff and Students’ Union team and Student Representatives with excellent training and support.

Our football team is now in its fifth year of competition and our netball team were recently crowned champions of their division in their very first season. Students are also encouraged to enter into individual BUCS championships in a number of disciplines available throughout the year.

The NUS Extra card is also a great way for students to take advantage of hundreds of exclusive deals and discounts online, in shops, in bars and other places.

Contact James Murphy, Student Liaison Officer Email: student.union@leeds-art.ac.uk sports.info@leeds-art.ac.uk Call our Blenheim Walk [main] office: 0113 202 8296 Call our Vernon Street office: 0113 202 8250 Check out our website: w ww.lcasu.org.uk www.lcasu.org.uk/sports Follow us on Twitter: @leedsartsu 'Like' our Facebook page: ‘Leeds College of Art Students' Union’

Sports and activities Get fit, get involved, make friends—and most importantly, have fun! A healthy body leads to a healthy mind, and getting involved in our sports activities will help enrich your student experience by helping you get fit, making friends and having fun. Our general sports activities and classes are open to all students, whether you are an experienced athlete or someone just wanting to improve their fitness. Throughout the year our Students’ Union arranges a programme of varied activities and events - for example, students can get involved in boxing, circuit training, football, netball, table tennis or yoga. Students can also find details of local sports clubs and teams if they want to pursue any sport at a higher level.

‘Being on the Netball team has given me the opportunity to meet like-minded people, whilst getting fit and enjoying sport at the same time.’

Activities are held on-site at the College and at professional, external facilities. Students can find out what’s happening through our website and noticeboards in College. A booklet featuring our sports activities information is sent out before enrolment and can be found at both of our sites, regular updates are also sent to students’ College email addresses.

Netball Team Captain Kathryn Angus,BA (Hons) Photography

Sports Activities Card Students can purchase a Sports & Student Activities Card which enables them to participate in any of our sports activities. The card entitles the owner to free participation in any sports activity provided by the Students’ Union for the whole academic year, and students are encouraged to attend as many classes as they like.

STUDENT SUPPORT Our high-quality student support will help you to enjoy your learning and make the most of student life. Our Academic Development Team Writing doesn’t come easily to everyone, but improved confidence in this area can enhance your creative development. We can help you to develop your skills in research and written communication through taught and one-to-one sessions. We also use a range of assistive technology to help you independently explore and analyse the world of art.

Our Student Advice Team Our Student Advice Team will be pleased to help you with any issue or problem you may encounter. If we can’t answer your particular query, we’ll help you contact the right person or agency, or we’ll speak or write to them on your behalf. We provide information, guidance and/or advice on: • • • • •

Applying for all our programmes Funding your course and your finances Accommodation Counselling and welfare Disability support

Dyslexia is fairly common among highly creative people, so we offer assessments and support as well as advice and referrals on a range of related issues. Meet the Team Frances Bosley — Head of Student Support

Meet the Team Jackie Groves — Student Advice Manager

Karen Tobias-Green — Dyslexia Co-ordinator

Nicola Sheehan — Counsellor & International Student Adviser

Christine Redgrave — Dyslexia and Study Skills Tutor

Ann Trusson — Counsellor & Welfare Advisor

Shelia Hirst — English Language Teaching Co-ordinator

Kate Parker — Student Support and Welfare Administrator

Ella Hession — Administrator

Deborah Powell — Student Support and Welfare Administrator

Telephone: 0113 202 8054 Email: frances.bosley@leeds-art.ac.uk

Telephone: 0113 202 8111 Email: info@leeds-art.ac.uk, We look forward to meeting you!

‘Technical support in plaster, ceramics, wood, metal and print have been a great help. The dyslexiA support has also been amazing and a great asset to College, developing and helping students with written studies’ Student Feedback- National Student Survey 2012

LEEDS: AN AMAZING CITY You couldn’t ask for a more exciting city in which to live and study! Leeds was named ‘Best place to live in Britain’ by Henley Business School, and it has everything you’ ll need to make student life enjoyable and to support your studies. Leeds for shopping Leeds is widely regarded as the shopping capital of the north. There’s everything from vintage boutiques to Harvey Nichols and hundreds of smaller independent stores. The ultra-stylish Victoria quarter is home to Vivienne Westwood, Mulberry and Paul Smith, but you can also find plenty of great bargains—anywhere from our huge Primark to the fabulous indoor Kirkgate Market, where 800 traders sell everything from books to food and fashion. The new Trinity Leeds shopping centre recently opened with 120 shops, bars and restaurants. Leeds for sport Leeds is mad about sport, with a strong heritage in cricket, rugby and football. Rugby and cricket takes place at Headingley Stadium, and it’s a great way to spend a summer weekend with a picnic. But there are also all the gyms, swimming pools, sports clubs and exercise classes you could possibly need to help you stay healthy, make friends and burn off those amazing pub and restaurant experiences.

The city’s safe and friendly feel, fantastic lifestyle and comparative affordability make it the ideal place to live and learn. 91% of residents said they enjoy a great quality of life here and Leeds was named the UK's most femalefriendly city. Although Leeds is one of the biggest cities in Britain, there’s also a smaller village feel in lots of areas, particularly where students live and shop—like Headingley and Hyde Park.

Leeds for opportunity Leeds is one of the UK’s most prosperous and fastestgrowing cities, with an employment rate above the national average (good news for students who’d like to remain in Leeds after graduation or looking for part-time work). Besides being a national centre of excellence for the creative industries, it’s the biggest centre for printing, packaging and publishing as well as the biggest financial, legal and business services centre outside London. The Leeds City Region economy is worth £50bn per annum and has a workforce of 1.4 million.

Leeds for learning Known the world over as a leading centre of learning, Leeds has three universities and several prestigious independent colleges. With over 250,000 students, Leeds offers everything you could need or want—on and off campus! Leeds for creativity Leeds is one of the most popular locations for businesses in the creative industries, especially graphic design, advertising, film and new media. Many of these companies are eager for fresh new talent, so you’ll be exposed to some incredible opportunities while studying and after you graduate.

Leeds for nightlife and culture Leeds is wide-awake around the clock. There’s a huge range of live music in hundreds of venues around the city. Whether you’re into house, dub-step, indie, rock, hip hop, techno, funk, soul, folk, punk, jazz or classical, it’s all waiting for you here.

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The new Leeds Arena has recently opened and there is also the O2 Academy, the Cockpit, the Wardrobe, Stylus, The HiFi Club, Nation of Shopkeepers, and more—including the charming Brudenell Social Club, recently voted Best Small Venue in the North East by NME.

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Leeds for countryside Over 65% of the district is greenbelt land, so there are plenty of trees and green spaces to enjoy. Leeds is less than 20 miles from the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which offers some of the most spectacular scenery and countryside in Britain—ideal for when you want to escape and go walking, canoeing, climbing, mountain-biking, or exploring.

And every August bank holiday, Leeds Festival attracts around 75,000 people to see world-famous and up-andcoming bands (it recently featured Foals, Chase and Status, System of a Down). We’re also home to Leeds West Indian Carnival, Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds Pride, Hyde Park Unity Day, Leeds Digital Festival, the nearby Beacons music festival, and many more.

Leeds for the environment Leeds is set to become one of the UK’s most sustainable cities. Local businesses and public-sector organisations have committed to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2020, and over 1 million sq ft of new developments are rated by BREEAM as ‘excellent’.

Leeds is also very serious about food: we even have an annual Leeds Loves Food festival. There are restaurants and takeaways for every budget and every taste bud, from the good old Yorkshire pudding to mouth-watering Asian and African restaurants and Michelin-starred fine-dining.

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Leeds is the only English city outside of London to have its own theatre, opera house, ballet company and national museum. Its home to Opera North and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, where you can see world-class performances at student discounts. Leeds is home to The Royal Armouries, the UK’s National Museum of Arms and Armour, one of the largest collections of arms and armour in the world. Leeds also has the spectacular Grand Theatre, which hosts comedy shows, ballet, pantomime and more. There are multiplex and art-house cinemas, (the Hyde Park Picture House is one of the oldest in the country opening in 1914), comedy clubs, bowling alleys, traditional ale houses, student pubs, plush city-centre bars, smaller clubs and super-clubs.

Leeds is committed to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2020

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91% of residents said they enjoyed a great quality of life

ART IN LEEDS Leeds is an important centre for the arts in the North, with impressive collections of internationally renowned work. White Cloth Gallery — A new addition to the Leeds arts scene, this unique gallery showcases the best in photography and film.

There are a number of outstanding public spaces close by: Leeds City Museum — On the doorstep of our Vernon Street building, this has recently re-opened its doors after a £20m face-lift.

Mexico Project Space — An exhibition space promoting UK and international contemporary art and curatorial projects.

Leeds Art Gallery — Right in the heart of the city, this impressive gallery houses a world-class collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century British art, with an exciting programme of exhibitions.

The Tetley — a new exhibition and event space in the converted Tetley brewery building, managed by Project Space Leeds.

Henry Moore Institute — Adjoining the Leeds City Art Gallery this award-winning exhibitions venue, research centre, library and archive is a world-class centre for the study of contemporary sculpture.

Annual events The Northern Art Prize — This high-profile award celebrates and promotes contemporary visual artists living and working in the North of England.

The Hepworth Wakefield — This is the largest purpose-built exhibition space outside London, housing some of the finest and rarest examples of work from one of Leeds College of Art’s most famous former students, sculptor Barbara Hepworth, and other art collections from contemporary artists.

Light Night — A Leeds institution! For one night only Leeds artists exhibit and perform in events across the city centre in a spectacular celebration of Leeds’ creativity.

‘Leeds has no shortage of great art collectives, independent businesses and projects, all of which are people doing what they do simply because they love doing it. There are some very inspirational people who have really helped us out while setting up, everyone is more than happy to help each other out just to see the community as a whole develop further.’ Joe Torr, Leeds College of Art Alumni and founding member of Village bookstore

Leeds Digital Festival — Celebrating the amazing digital talent that Leeds has to offer in a showcase of all things digital.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park — A spectacular 500-acre open space in the countryside, dedicated to twentiethcentury and contemporary sculpture. The Financial Times called it “probably the finest exhibition site for sculpture in the world”.

Leeds has a vibrant underground arts scene, with plenty of creatively minded groups throughout the city: Black Dogs, Basement Arts Project, Best Joined Up, Nous Vous, Invisible Flock, Topical Jungle and the Precious art collective.

Arts organisations and studios East Street Arts — The most well-respected and long-established arts organisation in Leeds, ESA offers support to artists in the form of studios and facilities, membership activities, plus a long list of spaces, and an extensive events and exhibitions programme.

Exhibitions at College Leeds College of Art has a large and exciting exhibitions programme held in various locations including our new gallery in Blenheim Walk. During 2012 - 2013 we have shown exhibitions by a wide range of international artists, designers and photographers including New York photographer Nat Finkelstein; Swedish illustrator and graphic designer Hampus Ericstam; video artist Adie Russell; performance artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; and painter Andre Stitt.

Duke Studios — Is a new multi disciplinary creative space in the heart of Leeds offering studio spaces, co-working membership and services. Melbourne St Studios — Regular events and venue hire, studio facilities and membership activity. Temple Works — An Egyptian-style former mill, now a major cultural venue for exhibitions, performances and gigs.

During 2013 - 2014 we have over twenty planned exhibitions including photographer Martin Parr; ‘Mad Men’ illustrator Dyna Moe from New York; artists Boyd and Evans; Californian illustrator and painter Deth P. Sun; artist Helen Chadwick; and an exhibition by street art collective Burning Candy.

Independent galleries Project Space Leeds — an independent, artist-led contemporary art space in the city centre.

Apart from our exhibition programme Leeds College of Art regularly screens artists’ film as part of the Illuminated Room programme, including many rarely seen in the UK. We also regularly exhibit artists’ books taken from the College’s own outstanding collection.

Leeds Gallery — Part of an exciting new development at Munro House, in the city’s unofficial cultural quarter, the Leeds Gallery specialises in photography, illustration and fine art.

END OF YEAR SHOW AND LONDON EXHIBITIONS Every year in May, a buzz starts to circulate around the College as preparation for the end of year show commences. Studios and workshops are re-arranged; there are sounds of loud hammering and hushed conversation, all sorts of interesting-looking items are carefully labelled and stacked. As the weeks go by, staff and students alike seem to move around more quickly, and a real sense of anticipation starts to build. Finally, in June, the College is transformed into a huge temporary gallery, and the doors to the end of year show are thrown open to the public. It’s an amazing showcase of some of the best artistic talent in the country, and anyone can come and see the incredible work our final-year students have produced over the past year.

‘We felt there was a real buzz in the air. Many thanks for making it an inspiring occasion, as always.’ Judge and Trustee of the Kenneth Armitage Foundation John McEwen 2012

Outstanding exhibits Our students regularly win prizes in international competitions, and many of them are practising artists and designers well before they leave the College. Therefore, the work on display is of the highest calibre. Exhibits range from photography to graphic design, illustration to fine art, animation to advertising, fashion design to film making, fashion merchandising to textiles and print.

A great opportunity to visit the College If you’re still deciding on the right art school for you this show offers a fantastic chance to come and have a good look round, meet our tutors and technicians, and be inspired by the work on display. To find out more about this year’s end of year show, including dates and special accompanying events, please visit our website during May and June at www.leeds-art.ac.uk

Fantastic exposure for graduating students All graduating students have the opportunity to exhibit their work in our end of year show. Since the event is open to the public it’s an excellent way for potential employers, and other practising artists and designers, to connect with our students and see who’s doing what. We often have the media in attendance which gives exhibiting students brilliant coverage at the start of their careers.

London exhibitions Following the end of year show many of our graduating students go on to exhibit their work at prestigious industry shows in London which include Free Range, Graduate Fashion Week, D&AD’s New Blood and New Designers. These exhibitions allow our students the opportunity to showcase their talent to a wider industry audience, to help launch their careers and allow them to see potential competition. Many of our students gain placements, internships, job opportunities or secure good contacts from this industry exposure. We support students in exhibiting at these prestigious shows to ensure they get the best possible start to their careers and exploit any opportunities that arise from the exhibitions and related competitions. Some of our students have gained global media coverage from exhibiting at such events, which can then lead to numerous career opportunities.

COME AND SEE US

WE WELCOME EVERYONE

The best way to find out about us is to come and have a look! There are opportunities to visit us throughout the year, and these open events are a great way to meet Programme Leaders, talk to current students, and see the kind of work you could produce.

Leeds College of Art has a diverse student population. Our students range from 16 to 70+ years of age; they come from different ethnic and social backgrounds; a number also have disabilities; and all have different learning styles and needs. The College recognises the benefits this diversity brings,and we aim to provide a learning environment free from discrimination, harassment or victimisation. One of the key aims in our Strategic Plan is “to further develop an inclusive community which welcomes staff and students from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds” and we were delighted to be awarded the Investors in Diversity standard in June 2013.

You’ll also be able to tour our excellent facilities and speak to the Student Advice Team about any financial, accommodation or personal issues you may have.

Open Day Dates 2013 – 2014 Saturday 12 October 2013

10am-3pm

To reserve a place on an open day please visit our website: www.leeds-art.ac.uk

Saturday 2 November 2013

10am-3pm

Wednesday 27 November 2013

10am-3pm

For important details about places and times, please contact our Marketing Team: Tel: 0113 202 8000

Wednesday 11 December 2013

10am-3pm

Wednesday 18 June 2014

10am-3pm

Higher Education - Undergraduate

Email: marketing@leeds-art.ac.uk

Higher Education - Postgraduate

Keep an eye on our website for regular updates on forthcoming events: Visit: www.leeds-art.ac.uk If you have any special requirements to help you get the most out of your visit, please do let us know in advance and we will do our very best to help.

Wednesday 12 March 2014

6-8pm

Saturday 14 June 2014

11–2pm

Further Education - Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Thursday 19 September 2013 Saturday 19 October 2013 Thursday 7 November 2013 Thursday 28 November 2013 Saturday 24 May 2014

4.30pm 11am & 12pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 11am & 12pm

Further Education - Extended Diploma in Art & Design Wednesday 16 October 2013

6.30pm

Saturday 16 November 2013

11am & 12pm

Wednesday 4 December 2013

6.30pm

Wednesday 5 February 2014

6.30pm

Wednesday 26 March 2014

6.30pm

Further Education - Access to Higher Education in Art & Design and Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts

Wednesday 11 December 2013

6pm

Wednesday 26 February 2014

6pm

Wednesday 2 April 2014

6pm

Wednesday 18 June 2014

6pm

We operate a Single Equality Scheme, supplemented by additional guidance for staff, which describes how we will promote equality and diversity as well as tackling and eliminating discrimination.

The Student Advice Team also provide guidance and support on everything from accommodation to learning support issues. Our goal is to create a positive, inclusive environment where students who require additional support have the same opportunities to benefit, wherever possible, from education or other related provision. Our staff are always happy to talk to students about any aspect of their progress.

Equality is about fairness. It’s at the heart of all that we are and all that we do. Equality goes well beyond just equal opportunities: to tackle traditional disadvantage and exclusion, we want to embed equality across all aspects of our work. This includes a commitment to having services that are of equal value to everyone.

If you have practical, physical or mobility problems (or any other disability), please let us know. We have a team of staff who can give you additional support, and we’ll try to provide you with any specific equipment, technology or additional support you may need to help with your studies.

‘The College is a friendly and inviting place to work, giving you freedom to express yourself.’ Student feedback, National Student Survey 2012 The word ‘diversity’ means ‘a range of difference’. We want to acknowledge and value this range of difference, whether in individuals, groups or in communities. We recognise that equality issues are complex and straddle more than just the protected characteristics defined in legislation. Life circumstances and opportunities also affect us, and we need to take account of issues such as cultural and economic background, access to education, physical and social environment, and health in providing services to our staff and students. Our students have regular tutorials with members of their programme team, providing the opportunity to raise any issues of concern, whether personal or programme-related. Personal tutors work with students to provide guidance and support so that problems can be resolved, and that students’ time here is enriching and worthwhile.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS We warmly welcome students from all over the world, value the diversity you bring and pride ourselves on offering a friendly, secure environment in an exciting student city. You will be joining a creative community located in the heart of the city of Leeds committed to nurturing your talent and helping you maximise your potential. Entry Requirements We welcome applications from international students for the postgraduate and all of the degree courses in this prospectus plus our Extended Diploma and Foundation Diploma. Entry requirements are shown on pages 58, 61 and 72. We require IELTS level 5.5 or above for further education courses, IELTS level 6 or above for degree courses, or equivalent, and IELTS level 6.5 for our masters course.

There is perhaps no better place in the world to study art and design than the United Kingdom, thanks to our cultural heritage, Leeds College of Art is recognised as one of the leading specialist art colleges in the UK with over 160 years experience of nurturing and developing creative talent. Leeds is a vibrant multi-cultural city, so, if you wish, you’re sure to find other people with a similar background or interests to you to make you feel at home. Leeds also has one of the largest student communities in the UK, representing more than 100 different countries, so there’s plenty of opportunity to make new friends and expand your horizons. It is also much cheaper to live here than in the south of England and London.

We select our students from overseas based on their academic background and their portfolio of work. Apply through UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) for all BA (Hons) degree courses and for our Masters and other courses use the appropriate Leeds College of Art form and apply direct. For full information go to the College website www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/international-students/ entry-requirements/

We’re here to help Before and after you arrive, our Student Advice Team will offer you the support you need. We can help you to fill in your application forms and we’ll provide information on course fees or anything else you might require. We’ll also give you a welcome pack which explains how to set up a bank account, what to do if you’re ill, how to work in the UK, and much more.

Where to live Leeds offers a wide choice of student accommodation including many recently developed, purpose built developments. We recommend the following residences: • Mary Morris International Residence in Headingley specialises in housing overseas students in Leeds, and is just a short bus ride away. You’ll have your own fully furnished single room with a shared kitchen and shower facilities. Each room has a telephone (incoming calls are free) and internet access. You’ll also have use of a TV lounge with satellite TV, fax and copying facilities, and a laundry.

Obtaining a Visa Our Student Advice Team will help you to apply for a visa. The UK Border Agency website has lots of useful information; visit www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas immigration/studying Studying at Leeds College of Art International students soon adapt to our approach to teaching and learning which is sometimes more relaxed than you may be used to in your home country. Some international students are surprised to find that after classes, students research and study on their own, using the written brief and reading lists. We also tend to put more emphasis on thinking and problem-solving than skills and knowledge alone.

• Liberty Park is a newer development of student accommodation, offering modern facilities including en-suite rooms, a shared kitchen and lounge area, internet access and 24-hour security. For more information and to see pictures, visit our website at leeds-art.ac.uk and choose International Students> Accommodation.

Welcome Once you’ve arrived our welcome tour will introduce you to the main sights in the city centre as well as practical things like where the banks are, the tour then finishes with lunch or dinner. At our welcome buffet, you will meet members of staff and other overseas students who are new to the College, as well as those who are in their second and third years.

‘Leeds College foundation was such an important and special time for me. It was the first place I made art and also where I met the friends who continue to be a huge part of my life, context and career.’ Lucy Clout, Fine Artist, Studied the Fine Art Pathway on the Foundation Diploma in Art & Design 2001

Meeting the staff During the first two weeks you’ll be introduced to the staff you need to know and to our extensive facilities. We will also formally enrol you. Details about enrolment will be sent to you by our Admissions Team.

Helping you settle in As an international student, you may need a little extra support. Our Student Advice Team will offer you information and guidance on a variety of issues, including:

English language support You will be offered English language support as part of your tuition. A qualified tutor will support you with written assignments, tuition in English language, and preparation for the IELTS examination, (if studying at FE level).

• Immigration procedures • Travelling to the UK

Any questions? Contact:

• Accommodation in Leeds • Financial matters

David Braham Head of Internationalisation

• Police registration

Call +44 (0) 113 202 8060 Email: david.braham@leeds-art.ac.uk Skype: david.braham@leeds-art.ac.uk

• Health and insurance • Working in the UK. More information will be provided in your pre-arrival pack, which you will receive once you’ve been offered a place at our College.

Our Student Advice Team is here to help. We also have a dedicated International Student Welfare Officer- Nicola Sheehan who is available Monday to Friday 9am-5pm GMT. Both can be contacted at: Email info@leeds-art.ac.uk Call +44(0)113 202 8131 The International Student Affairs website has lots of useful information: visit www.ukcisa.org.uk

OPPORTUNITIES OVERSEAS There are numerous opportunities for you to work, study or collaborate internationally. GIDE GIDE (Group for International Design Education) is an international consortium of higher-education design schools working together to enrich the experience of design students. Leeds College of Art is one of seven GIDE partners, besides higher education institutions from Germany, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Slovenia and Switzerland. Each year, the institutions participate in an international project with a common theme. Staff and students work in mixed groups towards a public exhibition of selected work, held in one of the countries.

Work placements Recently, our students have negotiated work placement opportunities across Europe and in Australia, China, India, the Philippines, UAE, USA, and beyond. Where you go is up to you! Competitions By getting through to the finals of prestigious international competitions, our students have had opportunities to travel and exhibit across Europe and the USA. Study visits Many of our courses arrange overseas study visits to cultural centres and events in cities such as Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, and New York.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT COURSE We offer lots of different qualifications at different levels, and we appreciate that it can be difficult to work out what’s right for you. So we hope this quick guide will help you identify where you are at the moment as well as the level you’re aiming for. It also shows which programmes are at a comparable level, so you can consider alternative qualifications. Once you’ve identified the level you’re aiming for, turn to the appropriate section in this prospectus to find out more about that qualification and the subject areas you could study. Finally, check out the entry requirements for the programmes you’re interested in on pages 58, 61 and 72. Our Student Advice Team is on hand to offer expert guidance and help you make sense of your various options, so don’t hesitate to get in touch with them on: Call 0113 202 8111.

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To find out more, visit http://gidegroup.wordpress.com/ International volunteering We have teamed up with East African Playgrounds (EAP) to build playgrounds for children in Uganda. Students also support a community development programme with activities centred around arts and crafts, sports and coaching.

Erasmus European study exchange Under the Erasmus scheme UK/EU degree students in Year 2 may have the opportunity to spend a minimum of three months studying at one of our partner colleges in Europe. There are also possibilities for Erasmusfunded work placements in Europe. Most of our degree courses participate in Erasmus.

Foundation Degree*

HNC*

2 Years

1 Year

BA (Hons) 3 Years Top up to BA (Hons)* 1 Year

International volunteering is a great way to give something back, make new friends and travel. It can also help develop personal, international and intercultural skills useful in preparing for life after graduation.

If you’re interested please make enquiries to your Programme Leader during your first year, so we can make applications for an Erasmus support grant. For more information, please visit www.britishcouncil.org/erasmus-about-erasmus

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Postgraduate 2 Years

FURTHER EDUCATION

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Level One Diploma*

Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts

GCSEs*

A Level*

1 Year

Vocational Double A Level*

Extended Diploma 2 Years

Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Highly recommended but optional — see pages 64 for details) *These qualifications are not offered by the College 28

Access 1 Year

WHERE TO LIVE As you’d expect from such a student-friendly city, there’s a huge amount of high-quality, safe student accommodation to choose from – from city-centre apartments to cosy shared houses. And we’ll give you plenty of support in making your choice. Finding somewhere to live can be as exciting as choosing the right course to study. The following accommodation is available through the College: Halls of residence Carlton Hill, Leeds LS7—this is a Unipol-managed property of 51 self-contained flats and town houses, each with their own front door, located just eight minutes’ walk from the college. We have our own allocation of rooms for our students.

Students Aged Under 18 Students who are under 18 years old can have difficulty finding a landlord who will sign a tenancy agreement with them. If you’ll be under 18 when you need to sign a tenancy agreement, it is essential you contact the Student Advice Team immediately.

Liberty Park, Leeds, LS1—this new student development offers modern facilities including en-suite rooms, a shared kitchen and lounge area, internet access and 24-hour security.

Call 0113 202 8111 or email info@leeds-art.ac.uk

‘Carlton Hill is a fun place to live, with lots of opportunities to get to know other students. It’s only a few minutes’ walk from College, which means I’m never late and don’t have to spend money on bus fares.’

Shared housing If you like the idea of shared housing, we work closely with Unipol, a student-housing organisation, with which we run a series of summer house-hunting days. First-year students will be sent information about house sharing as part of the accommodation offer by the College and will have the opportunity to come to Leeds and meet other students who are also looking for somewhere to live. The College and Unipol arrange fun mixing events for you to get to know other students, and you’ll have the opportunity to view suitable properties. You can call Unipol on 0113 243 0169 or visit www.unipol.leeds.ac.uk

Carlton Hill Resident 2013

Pattern Design

LEEDS COLLEGE OF

Higher Education – Undergraduate Introduction Introduction To Higher Education 37 Over the last 160 years, we’ve built38 an international reputation as one of the UK’s leading BA (Hons) Animation independent art Advertising colleges. We are a 40 specialist art and design institution meaning the entire BA (Hons) Creative BA (Hons) Fashion 42 College is dedicated to the study of art, design and crafts, and all the support structures are BA (Hons) Fine Art 44 in BA place toGraphic help Design you achieve your goals. All our resource is invested in facilities for students (Hons) 48 BA (Hons)art Illustration 50 with our excellent staff-to-student ratios, means our studying and design, which along BA (Hons) Photography 52 degree courses offer you an outstanding start to your career. BA (Hons) Printed Textiles & Surface 54

Our teaching also have strong56commercial backgrounds and their courses offer work BA (Hons) Visualstaff Communication Undergraduateplacements Entry Requirements 58 experience in industry. You also have the opportunity to enter major competitions How To Apply – Undergraduate Programmes 58 and many courses exhibit at London trade shows. Funding – Undergraduate Programmes 58 Higher Education – Postgraduate Master of Arts in Creative Practice Postgraduate Entry Requirements Funding – Postgraduate Programme How To Apply – Postgraduate Programme

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Further Education Introduction To Further Education Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Extended Diploma in Art & Design Access to Higher Education in Art & Design and Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts Further Education Entry Requirements How To Apply – Further Education Courses Funding – Further Education Courses

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Short Courses And Children’s Art School

Higher Education – Master of Arts The course is flexible and is designed to meet the needs of a variety of artists and designers. Running from September to August the course gives you many study options. It can be taken as a Full Time MA for one year or a Part Time MA for two years.

Courses include:

The unique programme encourages you to pursue an individual research proposal for the duration of the programme which will allow you to examine and strengthen your own practice and place it at the centre of your studies.

OUR COURSES

Higher Education - BA (Hons) Degrees These are three-year programmes leading to Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree awards. On these programmes, you will develop your analytical and intellectual skills in addition to gaining a thorough understanding of your subject and developing your creativity.

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Animation Creative Advertising Fashion Fine Art Graphic Design Illustration Photography Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design Visual Communication

Course: • Master of Arts in Creative Practice

Degree validation Our Degrees and Master are validated by The Open University which has an international reputation for the quality of its awards. Leeds College of Art Degrees are subjected to a rigorous peer review process to ensure that they are of an appropriate national standard and equip students appropriately to embark on their careers.

COLLEGE OF IDEAS PROGRESS AMBITION EXPRESSION DISCOVERY THOUGHT DIALOGUE TALENT EXPLORATION CRAFT DEBATE Introduction Over the last 160 years, we’ve built an international reputation as one of the UK’s leading independent art colleges. We are a specialist art and design institution meaning the entire College is dedicated to the study of art, design and crafts, and all the support structures are in place to help you achieve your goals. All our resource is invested in facilities for students studying art and design, which along with our excellent staff-to-student ratios, means our degree courses offer you an outstanding start to your career.

Our teaching staff also have strong commercial backgrounds and their courses offer work experience placements in industry. You also have the opportunity to enter major competitions and many courses exhibit at London trade shows.

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Courses include:

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Animation Creative Advertising Fashion Fine Art Graphic Design Illustration Photography Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design Visual Communication

Course: • Master of Arts in Creative Practice

DEBATE EXPERIMENTS MAKING INSPIRATION POSSIBILITY

Introduction Over the last 160 years, we’ve built an international reputation as one of the UK’s leading independent art colleges. We are a specialist art and design institution meaning the entire College is dedicated to the study of art, design and crafts, and all the support structures are in place to help you achieve your goals. All our resource is invested in facilities for students studying art and design, which along with our excellent staff-to-student ratios, means our degree courses offer you an outstanding start to your career. Our teaching staff also have strong commercial backgrounds and their courses offer work experience placements in industry. You also have the opportunity to enter major competitions and many courses exhibit at London trade shows.

HIGHER EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE

‘Tutors are very passionate about what they do and get involved with each student individually. You don’t feel like a number, you feel like a person.’ Student Feedback- National Student Survey 2012

Courses include:

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Animation Creative Advertising Fashion Fine Art Graphic Design Illustration Photography Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design Visual Communication

Course: • Master of Arts in Creative Practice Degree validation Our Degrees and Master are validated by The Open University which has an international reputation for the quality of its awards. Leeds College of Art Degrees are subjected to a rigorous peer review process to ensure that they are of an appropriate national standard and equip students appropriately to embark on their careers.

BA (HONS) ANIMATION Programme validated by The Open University UCAS code: W615 Programme Leader: Mike Smith mike.smith@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8000

You will learn to use industry-standard equipment and software including, but not exclusively, Photoshop, Dragonframe Stop Motion, After Effects, Autodesk Maya and Unity3D. In support of your work you’ll also have access to a range of motion-capture facilities and the cross-college photography, wood, clay, metal and plaster workshops. However, this is not just about technical processes as there is also a strong academic underpinning which will help to contextualise your work.

You’ll study traditional and contemporary forms of animation, developing a deep understanding of what animation is and challenging what it could be. Working in a fast-paced studio environment as part of a small group of highly motivated students, you’ll consider how to solve problems using animation, focusing on character and narrative. This programme of study is carefully balanced to enable you to study traditional forms of animation, and contemporary 2D and 3D computer generated processes. You will work collaboratively as well as developing your own individual creative practice.

What you’ll study Year One — You’ll explore visualisation, character, narrative and sequential thinking, plus industry-standard development processes, software and associated technologies. You’ll consider the practical, conceptual and theoretical concerns of animation and develop an awareness of the opportunities open to you as an animator. Year Two — You’ll expand your understanding of animation and develop skills across a range of media, applications and contexts. You’ll investigate animation as an industrial tool and problem-solving process, identifying your own individual creative interests and content. You’ll also learn essential business skills.

‘You will challenge what animation has been and could be, working collaboratively as well as developing your own creative practice.’

Year Three — You’ll focus on your own creative ambitions and your strategy for becoming a professional animator. You’ll negotiate your own project work and also undertake competitions, live briefs, collaborate with others and undertake studio visits, industrial research and placements, building a portfolio which reflects your individual practice.

Programme Leader, Mike Smith

We’ll encourage you to submit your work into film and animation festivals and competitions. Live briefs will bring you into contact with practising professionals and with clients in industry. There are many opportunities for collaborative projects with other courses, especially Graphic Design and Illustration, and you will network with external organisations and past students. There is an emphasis on developing your employability and enterprise skills, so that you can quickly turn your skills into a successful career upon graduation. We’ll help you to identify and explore new and emerging specialist areas of practice.

Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate work placements/experience , industrial research and studio visits to suit your particular interests or specialisms which will enhance your overall experience. Destination Careers Graduates enjoy a choice of careers in TV (including titles and idents), film, games, visual effects design, 3D modelling, art direction, character/background design, layout, storyboarding, and much more.

What you’ll study Year One — Exposure, Exploration & Creativity. You’ll research creative-thinking models and learn how to think by questioning, and then question your thinking. You’ll also be exposed to studio practice and the roles of art director and copywriter, in addition to the legacy and historical context of the discipline.

BA (HONS) CREATIVE ADVERTISING

Year Two — Creative Strategy, Pragmatism & Realisation. You’ll further develop your copywriting and art direction skills, whilst working within a creative team. As you develop your own skills and strategies, you’ll explore a range of academic theories and start to consider how they impact on creative practice.

Programme validated by The Open University UCAS code: W900 Programme Leader: Fabio Fragiacomo

Year Three — Professionalism, Creativity Development & Reflection. You’ll enhance your strategic thinking by operating as managers, not just doers. You will produce an extended piece of written work from your research that will inform a series of creative outcomes to contextualise your practice, furthermore you will learn how to present your work in a professional manner.

A crucial aspect of this course is its close links with top agencies: you’ll have many opportunities to get involved with some of the world’s most senior creative minds to maximise your exposure to industry practice. It also has a strong academic and theoretical background, which will solidly underpin your creative practice.

fabio.fragiacomo@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8275

‘It’s very rare to see such intelligent strategic thinking on advertising courses – one of the things which makes the Leeds approach special.’

Creativity sits at the core of our proposition and feeds a common desire for originality and innovative thinking. You will study in a vibrant environment in which passion drives creativity. Our ‘Actively Creative’ philosophy requires you to take on first hand intellectual and creative challenges which are developed both in-house and through our industry contacts.

Trevor Beattie of Beattie McGuinness Bungay

By the time you graduate you will be thinking like a creative director, at which point a remarkable 90% of our students have usually secured internships or employment.

This is an outstandingly strategic and creative programme that nurtures individuality through collaboration. It is designed to produce a new wave of creative leaders in advertising. We’ve developed exceptional links with leading international names such as BBH, Beattie McGuinness Bungay, CST The Gate, JWT, M&C Saatchi, McCann Erickson, Mother, Ogilvy & Mather, Gratterpalm, Brass, plus many more ‘must-work for’ agencies. They love our uniquely theoretical and creative approach: we get under the skin of advertising, to produce smart, culturally aware and highly sought-after graduates. Advertising is an exciting field offering global opportunities for creative talent. This is an exceptional programme within that field, designed in consultation with leading professionals and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).

Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate work placements/experience , industrial research and studio visits, to suit your particular interests or specialism which will enhance your overall experience. There are many opportunities to negotiate or win placements in agencies in the UK, Europe and beyond.

Our tutors have considerable industry experience spanning art direction, copywriting and branding, working with some of the world’s leading agencies. In addition they continue to excel in academic research and writing to inform our curriculum. Our tutors will show you how to deconstruct and critique some of the world’s best advertising, using what you discover to problem-solve and to inform and develop your own work. As Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director at BBH, put it: “They’re a great bunch, led by some very bright tutors.”

Studying overseas Study exchanges are possible through the European Erasmus programme and in the USA.

Top agencies have offered coaching, mentoring, work critiques, live briefs, London workshops, competition briefs and work placement opportunities (in places like Brussels and New York). Students regularly win month long placements with big agencies; many are offered graduate employment with agencies they’ve had contact with.

Accolades Students have won countless awards including D&AD, Student Book Awards, Chip Shop Awards, and even Global Cannes Lions (Young Lions’ Gold and Silver). Destination careers Graduates usually find employment within agencies in the first year, working as art directors, copywriters, creative directors, brand planners and account handlers. Some prefer to start their own businesses or work as freelancers.

You’ll also have the opportunity to enter prestigious international competitions like D&AD Student Awards, Young Ones Competition, AdVenture, whilst having an opportunity to pursue European study exchanges either during term or over the summer. You will graduate with your own completed portfolio of work to show potential employers or take forward to post-graduate study.

BA (HONS) FASHION Programme validated by The Open University Fashion specialist subject strands in: Concepts & communication / Design & realisation UCAS code: W221 Programme Leader: Suzy Mason suzy.mason@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8000

Year Three — Concepts & communication strand — You’ll develop a major body of research into a final project, designing and promoting a fashion or lifestyle brand. You’ll also manage and direct a fashion event, managing the accompanying PR and promotion.

We offer support with employability and enterprise skills. You’ll learn how the industry functions and we’ll help you find placements and work. You’ll get support with skills for CVs and interviews, plus how to present a compelling portfolio. We encourage students with a broad range of skills and interests. We’re looking for high levels of motivation and a willingness to learn and grow. Our BA (Hons) Fashion divides into two strands, at interview you will be asked to select which strand you want to study.

Design & realisation strand — You’ll develop a major body of research taking it right through to designing and making a final collection .You’ll produce a professional portfolio of design projects ready for employment.

Concepts & communication strand Looking for a career in fashion, but not necessarily as a designer/maker? This strand could be for you. You’ll explore the full fashion journey from research to concept to production including creative pattern cutting and communication, considering commercial aspects of successful fashion enterprise. You’ll work with other mediums, including photography, film, graphics and illustration. You’ll become a highly skilled communicator, ready to take advantage of a wide range of career opportunities including fashion design, PR, styling, event management, film production, store design, visual merchandising and brand management.

Placements You’ll be encouraged to undertake a work placement in industry in the Easter vacation, possibly overseas. Recent students have worked at Alexander McQueen (Paris), Marc Jacobs, Hussein Chalayan, George, Topshop. ASOS, Bolongaro, Trevor, Dazed & Confused, Full Circle, Harvey Nichols, ITV, Mudpie, Occhio del Riciclone, Vivienne Westwood ,WGSN and SHOWstudio and Roksanda Ilinic.

Design & realisation strand This intensive programme will develop your ability to transform creative 2D ideas into exciting garments. You will learn traditional and creative approaches to design, visual research, illustration, tailoring techniques and creative pattern making. You’ll gain experience designing for a range of fashion genres, from sportswear to high-street and avant-garde, and to undertake work placements. Within the fashion industry you’ll engage with the entire fashion process, from the formation and expression of your initial ideas through to your final collection, and you’ll emerge as a highly credible and accomplished designer/maker. Studying overseas There are international study opportunities through the Erasmus exchange programme.

What you’ll study Year One — You’ll develop your understanding of fashion trends, pattern-making, manufacture, and research skills. You’ll become familiar with CAD software, Photoshop and Illustrator and use them to create professional portfolio work. You will also enter live competition and industry briefs.

The world of fashion is exciting, fast-paced and competitive – We’re based in one of the few remaining specialist art schools, so you’ll have many opportunities to expand your creative skills and to collaborate with other disciplines (such as graphic design and photography). You’ll research and track historical influences through exhibition and museum visits, study renowned designers and contemporary trends, while you explore your own interests and strengths. There is a work placement opportunity in year two, when you might seek work as a fashion assistant with a designer’s atelier or a high-street fashion brand. There will also be an overseas study trip to a fashion destination during your studies.

Accolades We encourage students to enter competitions; recently students’ many prize-winning entries have been put into production and/or led to offers of employment and exposure in national media. Recent awards include winner of the Association of Suppliers of the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI) Student Design Awards, sponsored by Republic, and finalists in the Hawes and Curtis Design competition 2012/13.

Year Two — Concepts & communication strand — You’ll develop innovative, conceptual approaches to designing and making products and garments. You’ll work with computer-aided design and videoediting software as you explore a variety of fashion-related disciplines such as branding, store interiors, packaging, photo shoots, styling and film-making. Industry professionals will also come in and critique your work, offering an invaluable commercial perspective.

Destination careers Concepts & communication strand — Graduates have gone on to work as stylists, event managers, video production assistants, assistant designers, visual merchandisers, brand managers and have set up their own labels.

Design & realisation strand — You’ll respond to an emerging issue, a competition or a live industry brief. You’ll research fashion design for prediction trends, involving visits to exhibitions and you’ll continue to experiment with creative pattern cutting and tailoring techniques. You will explore creative personal research, fashion illustration and innovative fashion craft techniques and fabric manipulation. You will be encouraged to undertake a work placement within the fashion industry.

Design & realisation strand — Graduates have gone on to work as assistant designers in womenswear and menswear, buyers, garment technologists, pattern-makers, art directors and have set up their own labels. Destinations include: Vivienne Westwood; All Saints; Harrods; Harvey Nichols; Republic; Top Shop; Diesel; Etsy; Asos; Paul Smith; Whistles; Barbour; Zara; French Connection; Hawes and Curtis; H&M; AntiForm and Monsoon.

BA (HONS) FINE ART Programme validated by The Open University Specialist subject strands in: Painting & printmaking / Drawing / Sculpture / Media UCAS code: W100 Programme Leader: Sheila Gaffney sheila.gaffney@leeds-art.ac.uk

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The programme supports the development of your studio practice with an emphasis on craft and skill, whilst enabling you to position yourself and your practice in terms of art history and critical thought, so that you will be equipped with the tools to map and research your own concerns. Frequent opportunities for public facing exhibitions and projects prepare you intellectually, practically and professionally for a wide range of rewarding careers in this exciting and dynamic discipline. On joining the programme you will embark on an initial period of orientation, induction and familiarisation after which you will confirm your place within one specialist strand. In each strand there will be regular critiques, seminars and specific material workshops relating to your particular practice involving students from different levels of the programme. There will also be critiques and seminars which involve students from the different strands in order to support and develop your growing understanding of working within the complexity of 21st century discursive art practices. You will also be a member of a tutor group with students from your own level of the programme and come together to share concerns and ideas relevant across the subject strands. As part of our larger community of practice in fine art you will undertake a series of lectures which explore aspects of art history and critical debate, alongside tailored sessions which address your developing personal and professional practice.

Studio practice is linked to the external world at all times. You’ll be encouraged to find and negotiate opportunities to show and perform your work, particularly through exhibitions, events and other public-facing practices. Previous groups of students have created exhibitions and taken part in a range of external arts initiatives as part of their live professional practice. We arrange cultural visits to galleries, exhibitions and events of interest, including visits abroad and excursions within the UK. Fine Art – Painting & printmaking strand Working in specialist studios you will be encouraged to pursue your ideas in and around painting and printmaking processes in an informed and challenging way with a growing understanding of their intrinsic materials. Traditional approaches of making phenomenal surface will be introduced. For example, glazing, wet-on-wet, encaustic, oil or acrylic medium and dry brush work are explored in order to be challenged as part of the wider curriculum in this subject strand. Fine Art – Drawing strand Working in the drawing strand allows you to elevate your drawing from being a well understood core discipline in art practice to being the distinct and exciting art form exhibited in museums and galleries across the world. Our artists will introduce you to processes and visual drawing systems whilst also exploring the integral expressive nature of drawing which is primal, elemental and our most immediate form of image making. You will be encouraged to extend your drawing practice widely in two, three and four dimensions in a range of materials, media and techniques.

The BA (Hons) in Fine Art involves you in a diverse, lively community of people experimenting, challenging, learning and engaged in the business of being an artist in the contemporary world. This studio-based programme is structured around a system which houses four specialist subject strands in Fine Art to enable you to experience a deeper acquisition and performance of skill in your favoured media. Each subject strand is led by an experienced artist in this arena and working in a dedicated subject studio you will engage with a range of strategies to support your development.

Fine Art – Sculpture strand In the sculpture strand you will be introduced to sculpture in its most expansive form. You will explore the notions of object, space, installation, public art and participatory practices to enrich your understanding of the defi nitions of sculptural practice. These considerations will be under scrutiny as part of lively studio debates which will enhance your study. We will develop your techniques in material practices and processes as part of our diverse but focused discussion about sculpture. You will be working in an excellent place from which you can conveniently visit internationally renowned examples of sculpture –The Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Our programme still links the traditional approaches in art education, pioneered by the College when it was called Leeds School of Art, with contemporary strategies and thought in art practice using our modern up-to-date techniques and equipment.

Fine Art – Media strand The media strand engages with technologies that confront you daily in the world – photography, film, video, text, book, electronic and digital technologies. You will explore media and ideas with a diverse approach and be encouraged to embrace appropriate forms of resolution such as installation, performance, screenings, or sound works as you engage with the contemporary currency of these forms of communication. The programme will encourage you to test the boundaries and relationships between different media, or work intensively in a chosen media.

‘The programme involves you in a diverse, lively community of people experimenting, challenging, learning and engaged in the business of being an artist in the contemporary world.’

What you’ll study Year One — You’ll embark on a common introductory programme with a strong emphasis on drawing, an approach for which the College is renowned. This is an initial period of orientation, induction and familiarisation after which you will confirm your place within a specialist strand and join the community of practice of your choice in semester two. Year Two — You’ll develop your work in your specialist strand where tutorials and critiques will extend your studio practice. You will enhance your professionalism through specific modules which focus on artists’ strategies and exhibition practice.

Programme Leader, Sheila Gaffney

Year Three — You’ll consolidate your informed and positioned practice working within the specialist studio strand, undertaking tutorials and critiques to mentor you through your final year. You will position yourself as an emerging professional artist, undertaking an agreed project in the form of a public exhibition and an extensive research project.

Studying overseas There are international study opportunities through the Erasmus exchange programme.

Placements Students are encouraged to negotiate their own engagement with external organisations to enhance their overall experience. In the past these have included creating a public workshop as a group called ‘Handling Space–Being Barbara’ with The Arthouse in Wakefield on the opening weekend of the Hepworth Gallery; an internship as a bronze foundry technician at SSW, the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire; working with the management team of Pavilion on a commission, The Tiger; Additionals, working with analogue film company Cherry Kino; a solo mentored exhibition project with ESA (East St Arts); undertaking volunteer positions in the Learning Department at The Hepworth Wakefield at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on the Breathing Space, Photography and Wellbeing project.

Accolades Our students win many prestigious awards and prizes. Recently, these have included The Kenneth Armitage Student Sculpture Award, Departure Gallery Art Prize, Art Idol, Northern Design competition, Leeds Art Fair (Best in Show), winner of The Northern Art Show Award, Bursary Winner of The Drawing Year at The Princes Drawing School and Free Range Emerging Artist winner. Destination careers Graduates go into a wide variety of careers including independent art practice, community arts, curating and teaching. Some go on to further study at master’s or doctorate level. 46

BA (HONS) GRAPHIC DESIGN Programme validated by The Open University UCAS Code: W214 Programme Leader: Amber Smith amber.smith@leeds-art.ac.uk

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This programme will encourage you to develop your own voice, opinions and individual understanding of graphic design. You will build the discipline and skills you need to succeed in a professional environment. You will explore how the application of type and image can solve problems and communicate ideas, which will engage and challenge your audience. Developing your creative understanding you will be able to communicate both visually and verbally. You will gain a wider understanding of the creative, social and ethical context of contemporary visual culture. What you’ll study Year One — Focusing on the fundamentals of visual language you will explore research methods and design practice around type, language, image, narrative, meaning and message. You will work with typography, print, drawing processes, photography and screen based media.

The studio is the focus, a creative space with an innovative and engaging atmosphere. You will benefit immediately from exposure to the structures and disciplines of a studio environment, learning how individual and collaborative creativity combine to produce exceptional work. Our industry links are extensive with an array of visiting professionals delivering lectures, seminars and workshops. You will have access to our cutting edge Mac suites plus all of the College facilities with countless opportunities for cross-discipline collaboration. Places on this dynamic and fast-paced course are in high demand and you will be expected to put in the hours to reap the rewards.

Year Two — Taking a more self directed role you will develop your design practice using specialist workshops, critical assessments and seminars. This is where audience, context, distribution and ethical issues become fundamental to your practice.

Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate your own work placements/experience which will enhance your overall experience. In the past these have been arranged across sectors such as branding/identity, packaging, information graphics, digital, editorial and publishing. Previous placements include Brass, Build, Creative Spark, Creative Review, Generation Press, SEA, TBWA, The Beautiful Meme, Elmwood, Music, Love, and Leeds Print Festival.

Year Three — You build on your understanding of professional practice, business and marketing skills and project management. Working on a series of self directed, negotiated and competition briefs. You will be supported to build a dynamic portfolio of work as well as exhibiting at the end of year show.

Accolades Students have won countless awards including D&AD, International Society of Typographic Designers, SH!, YCN and Secret 7.

‘This programme will encourage you to develop your own voice, opinions and individual understanding of graphic design.’

Destination careers Graduates work as freelancers, in a studio as part of a design team or set up their own studios. Careers include design for print (publishing, books, magazines and newspapers), branding, promotion, packaging, information graphics, retail and much more.

Programme Leader, Amber Smith

BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION Programme validated by The Open University UCAS code: W220 Programme Leader: Fred Bates fred.bates@leeds-art.ac.uk

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What you’ll study Year One — You’ll explore a range of approaches to communication ideas, concepts and messages through image, media and visual language. You’ll develop your practical and research skills through studios and resourcebased workshops, considering a broad range of historical, contextual and theoretical aspects of contemporary illustration.

The emphasis is on developing your practice as an illustrator rather than teaching you to draw. This is a hard-working and challenging programme, offering fantastic opportunities for you to develop into a sought after practising professional. You’ll work as part of a small year-group of approximately 30, in a studio environment which closely mirrors what you’d find in industry. You’ll have access to excellent facilities including traditional processes and cutting-edge Mac suites featuring all the software you could need. We will consider how illustration can respond to and solve real issues. You’ll have opportunities to exercise your skills by applying them to a range of media including packaging, products, storyboarding for animation, comics, editorial and publishing, caricatures and graphic novels.

This challenging and exciting programme has developed out of the extremely successful illustration stream within our Graphic Design degree and has quickly become a popular choice for those who are serious about becoming a professional illustrator. You will not only develop your strengths as an illustrator but also learn to build your own practice when you graduate. You’ll have exposure to a wide range of applications for illustration (from packaging, editorial and publishing to storyboarding, character design and comic strips), using both traditional and new media to explore your creative ambitions. You’ll take advantage of excellent links with industry and professional illustrators, and on graduation will have the choice of a wide range of career options.

Year Two — You’ll develop your own practice though briefs and self-directed projects, identifying your areas of specialist interest as you learn the professional demands of the creative industries. You’ll apply your work to industrially relevant contexts and products while studying the theory behind your practice. You’ll also learn essential business skills. Year Three — You’ll focus on your own ambitions and your strategy for becoming a professional illustrator. You’ll negotiate your own creative content—including competitions, live briefs, studio visits, industrial research and placements, building a portfolio which reflects your focus. You could collaborate with other students, learning to respond to the demands of the creative industries.

‘This is a hard-working and challenging programme, offering fantastic opportunities for you to develop into a sought after practising professional.’

Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate your own work placements/experience, industrial research and studio visits to suit your particular interests or specialisms which will enhance your overall experience.

Programme Leader, Fred Bates Although this is a relatively new course, the illustration aspect of our Graphic Design degree means we already have excellent industry links for placements, visiting professionals and studio visits. There are many opportunities for collaboration with other courses, particularly Graphic Design and Animation.

Destination careers Graduates will work as freelance or employed illustrators, concept artists, storyboard artists, information visualisers, character/caricature artists, technical illustrators and commercial artists.

A great deal of attention is paid to helping you build your own practice. You’ll learn to generate your own networking, collaboration and exhibition opportunities, and how to find work and clients when you graduate.

They may also work for illustration agencies.

BA (HONS) PHOTOGRAPHY Programme validated by The Open University UCAS code: W642 Programme Leader: Adrian Davies adrian.davies@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8000 What you’ll study Year One — You’ll focus on developing your technical photography skills and learn about historical and contemporary perspectives on photography. You’ll develop your studio practice and cover digital imaging. Year Two — This is a more conceptual year which also builds on your own specialist practice. You’ll learn business skills for freelancing or running your own business, and guest speakers will relate their own experiences. You’ll respond to live commercial/community briefs and do a workexperience placement.

We’re looking for students with a range of interests and an open mind, who embrace broader practices around photography. This is important because photographers increasingly work across genres, from fine art to documentary picture-making.

Year Three — You’ll continue your practice to build an extensive portfolio, and contribute to the end of year show. A module will develop your professional practices, and you’ll be encouraged to find a practising mentor.

This is an outward-looking programme, designed to maximise your employability or freelance success on graduation. Beside learning extensive technical skills, you’ll benefit from enterprise and business skills (including copyright and licensing), networking, mentoring, work-experience and guest speakers. Collaborations with students on other courses, such as Fashion, Creative Advertising and Graphic Design, will help you build a diverse portfolio of experience.

Anyone can press the button on a camera. But we’ll encourage you to critically consider every aspect of this art form, from the composition to the audience to post-production. You’ll learn about the whole world of visual language and image making, from art direction to curating, and learn to use a wide range of traditional and digital formats and equipment. You will understand historical schools of photography as well as the everincreasing cross-over between genres, such as documentary, fashion, fine-art and commercial photography. Most importantly, we’ll help you to identify your chosen path, and prepare you to begin building a successful career.

Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate your own work placements/experience , industrial research and visits, to suit your particular interests or specialisms which will enhance your overall experience. Typically this will be in Year 2, but we encourage you to negotiate other placements to maximise your exposure to professional practice.

Our programme of internationally renowned speakers has included Martin Parr, Anouk Kruithof, Cristina De Middel, Thijs Groot Wassink (WassinkLungdren), Simon Roberts, Kevin Cummins and John Angerson. In the past there have been study visits to Paris, Berlin and New York, plus day-trips within the UK and the Derby Format Festival.

Studying overseas There are international study opportunities through the Erasmus exchange programme.

You don’t even need to come with a camera, we can lend you camera bodies, lenses, lighting gear and much more. You’ll have access to 35mm, medium- and large-format cameras, medium-format digital camera backs, digital SLRs and video. You’ll use our five fully equipped lighting studios, our infinity cove, and two large black-and-white darkrooms with 35mm, medium and large-format capabilities.

Accolades Students have won a raft of international awards, including the Clothes Show Live Young Fashion Photographer of the Year 2012; WPO People’s Choice Video Award 2011; the Fuji Student Photographer of the Year (winner 2010; merit 2011); Clothes Show Live Young Fashion Photographer of the Year 2011 (Runner up); and Google Photography Prize 2012 (shortlisted out of 19,000 entrants).

We also have a colour-film processor, Hasselblad scanner, a digital video-editing suite and DV cameras, and our Apple Mac suites feature industry-standard software. Our library has all of the specialist publications and contemporary journals you might need.

Destination careers Graduates have gone on to work as freelance photographers, for agencies, in galleries and curating, and in post-production.

Work placements Alongside your core study you are helped and encouraged to negotiate your own work placements/experience , industrial research and studio visits to suit your particular interests or specialisms which will enhance your overall experience. Our students are in high demand and many secure work placement opportunities with top studios, companies and designers. In 2013 our students undertook internships in the studios of companies including Liberty, Zandra Rhodes, Jonathan Saunders, Holly Fulton, Ted Baker, Mary Katrantzou, Graham & Brown, Monsoon, Sparkk, Ink & Spindle, Paper & Cloth, Turner Bianca, Global Colour, Tigerprint, Next, Asda and Thornback & Peel amongst many others.

BA (HONS) PRINTED TEXTILES & SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN Programme validated by The Open University UCAS Code: W222

‘The emphasis is on originality and innovation, and the highest standards of work and professionalism.’

This programme has an outstanding global reputation. We look for talented, hard-working people who will develop their own ‘handwriting’, both anticipating and setting future trends. In exchange we offer comprehensive tuition, experiences and opportunities. As a student, you’ll have the significant advantage of your own permanent studio space. We place major importance on drawing, but you’ll also translate your ideas into digital formats. You’ll use cutting-edge computer suites plus professionally equipped workshops for dyeing, screen-printing, heat-transfer printing, digital printing and laser-cutting. The emphasis is on originality and innovation, and the highest standards of work and professionalism.

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Programme Leader, Duncan Harrison Accolades Students win countless national and international design awards. Recent successes, amongst others include: Tigerprint Award -New Designers; Harlequin Award -New Designers; Texprint Winner; Surtex -New York (2011,12 & 13!); Textile Society Bursary Award; Prestigious Textiles Award; Clothworkers’ Foundation Award for the fashion market; Clothworkers’ Foundation Award for the interiors market; Association of Fashion and Textiles Award; Clothworkers’ Foundation Award (Material Construction); fashion.com Scarf Competition; Travel Bursary Awards to Premiere Vision and Indigo –Paris; and CAMAC Wallpaper Design Awards in five categories, amongst many others.

Whilst on the programme students are given opportunities to sell their work at trade fairs. We have exhibited for many years at Indigo in Paris, a leading fashion fabric fair, and also at MooD in Brussels or Maison et Objet in Paris for those specialising in interior fabrics.

Destination careers Graduates of this programme are highly sought-after, joining the design studios of influential companies. Many find jobs in fashion prints and interior products and furnishings; wall coverings; cards and gift wrap; media and publishing; fashion marketing; styling; buying; and interior design. Others set up their own businesses, producing work for private commissions or major brands.

We also show student work at international book fairs, and the New Designers Exhibition, in London, is an opportunity for our graduating students to present themselves and their work to a professional audience and to meet potential employers. First-year students have a week-long study trip to Amsterdam or another cultural capital while second-year students have a choice of two visits to Paris. A further visit to New York is scheduled every three years, open to students on all three years.

This very prestigious programme produces some outstanding graduates who go on to exceptional international careers. Even while still at the College, many students regularly sell their work to textile and surface pattern design industries, and win some of the world’s most esteemed design awards. Students have won over 60 national and international design awards in the past three years.

What you’ll study Year One — You will explore drawing, colour and design and a range of print methods both ‘traditional’ and digital for paper and fabric. We will help you find, develop and express your own personal interests and approach to designing. Year Two — Innovation is the focus, with an outward facing approach to live briefs, events, competitions and placements, whilst striving to develop a personal ‘handwriting’ that you can apply to your choice of design contexts. Year Three — You will plan your own programme of work in your chosen area of specialisation to give you the experience and professional portfolio you require to confidently present yourself to the design industry. The Textile Fellowship allows some students to stay on after graduating and use our facilities to do professional collaborations and/or set up their own business with the support of course tutors.

BA (HONS) VISUAL COMMUNICATION Programme validated by The Open University

As a visual communication student you can use any of the College’s excellent technical facilities for design, illustration, animation, photography, video, textiles and 3D (wood, metal, ceramics, plastics). You’ll also spend a lot of time engaging with the community and negotiating your own briefs and placements. We’ll encourage you to be a free and critical thinker, but you’ll also bring your skills to collaborations with other students, producing significant pieces of work. You’ll always be in control of your own work, receiving support, rather than direction, from staff – all of whom continue to practice independently. You’ll ask yourself what’s going on in the world and who else is doing what you’re interested in. Then you’ll get involved through a combination of networking, volunteering, negotiating live briefs and placements. There are no restrictions on your work and no limits on your horizons.

UCAS code: W211 Programme Leader: Graham Tansley

Recently, student experiences have included setting up a charity for orphans in Nepal; curating large-scale exhibitions (including one which partnered Damien Hirst’s first major show in the north); book illustration commissions from Bloomsbury Press; producing educational videos for Leeds Museum and working alongside graphic designers, photographers, video-makers and illustrators. Recent specialisms have included tattooing, cake-making and event management.

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‘We’re looking for dynamic students who want to have creative working lives which make a positive impact on society.’ Placements Alongside your core study you are encouraged to negotiate placements with businesses, charities, voluntary and community organisations and individuals which will enhance your overall experience and give you a clearer understanding of your proposed professional working environment .

Programme Leader, Graham Tansley What you’ll study Year One — You’ll develop practical skills in filmmaking, typography, photography, graphic design, illustration and book-making. You’ll collaborate with other students and explore the city’s communities, moving towards independent learning and self-directed projects which form the foundation of your second year.

We want independent thinkers comfortable with developing their own briefs, but also capable of creative collaboration. People who want to explore their ideas and frustrations with the world through a wide range of media, from graphic design to filmmaking. People who care about social interaction, and want to have a positive effect on the world around them. We’re looking for dynamic students who want to have creative working lives which make a positive impact on society. Those whose art teachers didn’t quite know what to do with them –students itching to change the world, who need three years of space and freedom to resolve how they’ll do that. On this programme you’ll explore how visual communication can improve the world, and find pragmatic solutions to your idealistic concerns.

Studying overseas International study opportunities exist through Erasmus including our active participation in GIDE (Group for International Design).

Year Two — You’ll identify your audiences and how you want to work in the wider world. You’ll work out the skills you need to develop to a professional standard, and apply them to real life-projects (whether self-directed, client-based or competitions). You’ll exhibit and also develop a portfolio of work to help secure work experience.

Accolades Students have won D&AD awards in disciplines including graphic design, environmental design, copywriting, animation, radio advertising and photography. Recently, they’ve won the ‘2.8 Days Later’ film award and the Woolgather Art Prize 2011.

Year Three — You’ll develop professional and entrepreneurial skills in an area of practice to which you feel passionately committed, supported by an academically demanding research project and facilitated through external links, exhibitions and conferences. On graduating, you’ll be ready to make a positive contribution to your chosen profession and to society, leaving us with a bespoke skill-set and a clear strategy for moving on to employment, self-employment or further study.

Destination careers Graduates have gone on to work in community arts, film and TV, graphic design, illustration, photography, youth work, publishing, broadcasting, new media, teaching and much more, or higher study. Employers include: BBC, ITV, Aardman Animations, VICE Magazine (New York), Wallpaper Magazine, Saatchi & Saatchi, Tate Modern, Design Museum, We Are Fallon, Liberal Democratic Party, Marks & Spencers, Ilkley Literature Festival, Bloomsbury Publishing, David Oldham Photography, Haaretz Newspaper Tel Aviv.

Each year the Programme embraces or initiates a large scale Community Project where all students have the opportunity to engage with a wide range of community organisations and work collaboratively and creatively on a social initiative.

Tuition and living costs Degree students need to pay two sets of costs:

Further support for degree students The Student Loans Company can provide additional support for students with children, disabilities, mental health conditions or learning difficulties - you can find information on this at: www.gov.uk/student-finance/extra-help

• your tuition

HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES Entry Requirements We’re looking for students with the best potential to succeed —irrespective of their background. That’s why we welcome a wide range of qualifications and experience.

How To Apply • Applications for degree programmes are made online through UCAS • For information and help with how to apply online, visit www.ucas.com or call 08714 680 468 or 0044 8714 680 468 if you’re outside the UK.

• Portfolio—you’ll need to show us a portfolio of relevant practical work, demonstrating your ability and enthusiasm for the course you’re applying for. We will also want to see level 3 qualification/s in an art and design related subject (see below).

• The UCAS code for each programme is on the relevant page in this prospectus • Applications should reach UCAS by 15 January

• English—you’ll need to have passed GCSE English Language or English Literature at grade C or above, or Functional Skills in English or Key Skills Communications at Level 2. For mature students, an Access to Higher Education qualification in art and design will also be acceptable to demonstrate English language ability. For mature students who are unable to provide formal evidence of an appropriate standard of English, the College may request completion of its own English proficiency test.

• We use interviews, where we will also look at your portfolio, to select our students • The number of applicants for many programmes is extremely high, so once you have submitted your UCAS application you may be requested by the College to submit some images online which will be used to determine whether you will be invited for interview. Further information can be found on the College website www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/our-courses/how-to-apply/

• Doing a Foundation Diploma?—if you’re studying an accredited Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, you’ll need a minimum of 260 UCAS tariff points**. This is collated from the Foundation Diploma plus your AS and A2 or Extended Diploma results. You’ll also need a GCSE grade A*-C in English Language, English Literature or equivalent (see above).

Funding Universities and colleges across the UK are very conscious of two things currently affecting student finance: the worldwide economic downturn and the new increased fees for degree courses. That’s why Leeds College of Art will do everything we can to help you:

• Doing an Extended Diploma?—you’ll need a minimum of 3 Merits (MMM) from an Extended Diploma in a relevant subject or an overall Merit from a UAL Extended Diploma. You’ll also need a GCSE grade A*-C in English Language, English Literature or equivalent (see above).

• understand the significant benefits of obtaining a degree • understand exactly what you will need to pay, and when, and to whom • understand exactly how you can finance your studies through loans and grants

• Doing AS and A2?—you’ll need 260 tariff points** from your AS and A2 studies. Two of your qualifications must be at A2 level, one of which should be in an art and design or related subject. You’ll also need a GCSE grade A*-C in English Language, English Literature or equivalent (see above).

• your living expenses (accommodation, food and transport, plus studying expenses such as books and materials).

• NSP Scholarship—the National Scholarship Programme is a relatively new scheme under which individual colleges award scholarships to those students in greatest need. For more information you should check our website at: www.leeds-art.ac.uk, and choose Student Support > Student finance > HE Financial Support

Do you live in the UK? You don’t need to pay for your tuition in advance, providing you’re an eligible student. You will be able to get a loan from the Student Loans Company, a not-for-profit, government owned organisation. This will cover the full amount of your tuition fees, which are paid directly to the College each year.

• Bursaries—The College has bursaries that will help support students during their studies. For more information visit: www.leeds-art.ac.uk, and choose Student Support > Student finance > HE Financial Support

You can apply for a tuition loan regardless of the level of your household income. You will need to repay the loan, but not until after you graduate—and even then, only once you’re earning over a certain amount per year. You should apply for student finance as early as possible; you don’t need to wait for a confirmed place.

• a maintenance Grant (which you don’t have to pay back).

• Access to Learning Fund—this fund is designed to help students who begin to struggle financially after encountering higher-than-expected costs, who have an unforeseen emergency, or who face serious financial problems during their course. It is provided through the College and the payments are made directly to students. There are conditions for receiving this support, so you should contact our Student Advice Team.

The Student Loan Company will assess your household income and tell you how much financial help you can expect to receive towards your living expenses.

Helpful links • General information gov.uk (choose ‘student finance’)

Eligible UK full-time students can also get help from the government to cover living costs. There are two main types of funding available: • a maintenance Loan (which you have to pay back)

• Live in England? www.sfengland.slc.co.uk

Do you live in the EU? Students from the EU (non-UK) will be entitled to loans for tuition fees from the Student Loan Company, but not for living expenses. You should call the Student Finance Services European Team on (+44) 141 243 3570, or visit www.gov.uk/ student-finance/who-qualifies

• Live in Scotland? www.saas.gov.uk • Live in Wales? www.studentfinancewales.co.uk • Live in NI? www.studentfinanceni.co.uk • Live elsewhere in the EU? www.gov.uk/student-finance/ who-qualifies • Live outside the EU? www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/ international-students/tuition-fees

Do you live outside the EU? If you live outside the EU and want to study at Leeds College of Art, your application will be very welcome. You can find out all about your tuition costs and how they should be funded at our website: www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/internationalstudents/tuition-fees

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• benefit from exceptional value for money whilst you’re studying with us • prepare for a successful career, so that you can put any student loans behind you as quickly as possible.

• Mature student Access to Higher Education?— you’ll need a recognised Access to Higher Education course specialising in art and design.

We understand that there’s a lot to take on board when it comes to student finance, and there’s only so much information we can cover on this page. That’s why we’ve included some useful web links: and there’s also a lot more information, regularly updated, on our website.

• Doing any other qualification?—we accept a number of other qualifications. For full details, please refer to our course entry requirements on the UCAS website and the UCAS tariff points tables at www.ucas.ac.uk

Go to www.leeds-art.ac.uk and choose Student Support > Student finance.

**Tariff points gained at AS level will only count towards the overall tariff score if the same subject has not been taken at A2 level. A guide to tariff points may be found on the UCAS website at www.ucas.com/students/ ucas_tariff

POSTGRADUATE MASTER OF ARTS IN CREATIVE PRACTICE Programme Leader: Sam Broadhead sam.broadhead@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8097

The programme is intellectually demanding, but not theory heavy. It’s ideal if you have experience as a practising artist or designer and a need to devote time and energy to your work in a real art-school community and atmosphere. Learning will be dynamic and interactive, and cohorts will be encouraged to share and collaborate with one another. We are a specialist art and design institution, so there are many contacts within the College to ensure that you’ll communicate and collaborate with fellow creative people. Specially selected staff, with postgraduate expertise in their particular fields, will be on hand to give MA in Creative Practice students individual advice and insight. Staff will encourage you to forge links within industry, leading to the development of original work which has relevance to a specific market. Tutors are involved in practice-led research which will continue to enrich the MA programme throughout the course. Tutors are passionate, engaged and will help you get the best out of your practice. You will have full access to the industry standard facilities in the College. We provide workshops for specialist disciplines, areas in which to exhibit and well-supported networks of PCs and Macs. Our Libraries offer you access to over 30,000 books and 140 national and international magazines, as well as a vast range of multi-media resources. The College’s on-going commitment to maintaining up-to-date industrystandard technology means you’ll be able to produce the highest-quality work, meeting or even exceeding the demands of modern practice in art, craft and design. The course is flexible and is designed to meet the needs of a variety of artists and designers. Running from September 2014 to August 2015 the course gives you many study options. The Master of Arts in Creative Practice is available to study for one year Full Time or two years Part Time. Entry Requirements Typical applicants for the MA in Creative Practice could be art and design graduates with a 2:1 or above or current practitioners wishing to direct or redirect their work in the following ways:

Our Master of Arts in Creative Practice has been devised for creative practitioners; recent graduates and professionals who wish to examine, strengthen and deepen their practice within their own context. This course is all about the individual. The unique programme encourages you to pursue an individual research proposal for the duration of the programme which will allow you to examine and strengthen your own practice and place it at the centre of your studies. It addresses the needs of graduates in art and design, who want to continue to develop their practice; develop their identities in the context of the creative and cultural industries; maintain contact with other creative practitioners; develop freelance or other career paths in the context of a portfolio career.

Please complete our application form, which you can find at www.leeds-art.ac.uk or from our Admissions Team (call them on 0113 202 8000 or email admissions@leeds-art. ac.uk). Please follow the instructions on the application form carefully, and be sure to provide all the information requested so we can deal with your application promptly.

• Deepen their understanding of their practice • Extend existing skills

Funding Our current fees are available on our website www.leeds-art.ac.uk

• Work at a higher level • Understand or create a context for their practice • Understand their practice as research

All alumni of Leeds College of Art who have studied a BA (Hons) degree will qualify for a discount of between £250-500. Students who pay their fees in full before the 1st August will receive a discount of 2%. Please note: early payment discount cannot be claimed in conjunction with any other discount.

• Develop knowledge about the methodologies of creative practice • Meet with other like- minded practitioners in order to develop their work through discussion and critical evaluation How To Apply The course is not about developing new skills, instead you are helped to extend and deepen your own skills, experience and ideas, so a research proposal is a key part of the application process.

Useful links Professional and Career Development Loan (PCDL) – to find out more, call the PCDL helpline on 0800 100 900 or visit www.direct.gov.uk/pcdl For charities and trust fund support – to find out more visit www.family-action.org.uk or at www.turn2us.org.uk

The proposal will outline what you hope to explore, and should be a project which will last throughout the course of your study, with a firm outcome at the end. Interviews will play a crucial role in selection. 60

FURTHER EDUCATION ‘OUR COURSES PROVIDE YOU WITH The opportunities to engage with the wider art world community AND The chance to work with a wide range of materials within different disciplines.’ Suzanne Archer, Head of Further Education

Introduction Whether you’re completing GCSEs, A-levels, an Extended Diploma or returning to education having spent time away from it, a specialist college can offer many benefits: – Excellent equipment – Expert staff – Specialist careers guidance – An understanding of your aims and aspirations

– Support with academic difficulties – Strong links with higher education and employers – A creative and supportive working environment, alongside like-minded students.

You can study a wide range of subjects to help you towards your ultimate career goals, or to help you decide what your aspirations should be.

If you’re currently doing A-levels, Extended Diploma or similar level 3 qualifications and are not yet ready to specialise at Higher Education level then the next step is the Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (page 64).

Our courses offer the chance to experiment in and experience a range of art, design and craft disciplines all designed to build on your prior experience and enable you to progress to the next level.

If you’re returning to education having spent a period away from it then our Access to Higher Education in Art & Design or Level 2 Diploma are designed especially for you (page 70).

If you’re currently doing GCSEs then the next step is our Extended Diploma in Art & Design (page 68)

FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN Awarding Body: University of the Arts, London

You will work with a large team of experienced and enthusiastic staff who are all practising artists and designers. The team has extensive experience across a wide breadth of art and design disciplines. Tutors will support you through the UCAS application process and help you find the most appropriate BA course for your future development. Admissions tutors at highly selective HE institutions look favourably on applicants with a Foundation Diploma.

The course arranges a series of educational visits with the different specialist pathways to enrich your experiences and support your research and understanding. A programme of lectures, seminars, research and reading will introduce you to the breadth of art and design. You will develop an understanding of contemporary practice within your specialist area and will compile a critical journal; this will prepare you for the discussions that you will have in the studio and at degree-course interviews.

The ability to draw is one of an artist and designer’s most valuable tools—that is why drawing, in its many forms, underpins all elements of the course.

The intense nature of the course makes it vitally important that you come prepared to work hard and put a lot of effort into what is a very challenging yet highly enjoyable year.

Within this intensively creative and demanding environment you’ll be challenged to become more inventive and experimental. You will develop your analytical and critical faculties in relation to the work of contemporary artists and designers and also in relation to the work developed by students on the course.

Course Leader: Sean Kaye sean.kaye@leeds-art.ac.uk

0113 202 8089

‘The programme is designed to enable you to progress to the degree programme of your choice: our students are very highly regarded by the most prestigious art schools, nationally and internationally.’ Programme Leader, Sean Kaye During Stage 1 you will be set a range of short projects that will develop your understanding of art and design ‘languages’ in a wide range of media. You will also develop your technical understanding across a range of workshops.

This intensive one year programme is long established and nationally respected. The qualification was originally developed at Leeds College of Art in the 1950s by Harry Thubron, alongside Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton at Kings College, Newcastle. The course remains at the forefront of Foundation education today. The programme is designed to enable you to progress to the degree programme of your choice: our students are very highly regarded by the most prestigious art schools, nationally and internationally. The course emphasises problem-solving, idea generation and critical thinking; you’ll be asked to reject your preconceptions and take risks outside your comfort zone. You will learn through playful experimentation and will develop lateral thinking strategies in order to approach problems from new angles. The course gradually moves from wide ranging staff-led projects at the beginning of the course to a position of independence by the end. Students devise and undertake a significant project in the final stage of the course.

In Stage 2 you will work within a Specialist Pathway focusing on either MAGPi (including moving image, advertising, graphic design, photography, illustration), Fine Art (including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, film and video, performance) Textiles, Fashion & Design for Performance (including constructed textiles, embroidery, surface pattern, fashion design, costume design), or Object and Spatial Design (including architecture, interior design, theatre design, transport design, product design, furniture design, jewellery, ceramics, glass). You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of media including printmaking, photography, wood, metal and plastics, fabric-printing and dyeing, computer software, book-binding, glass, ceramics, jewellery, animation, moving image and film. As well as technical workshops you will engage in a series of one-to-one tutorials and group critiques. Stage 3 is a 12 week project proposed, time managed and undertaken by you. This fosters the independence required to undertake the most challenging undergraduate courses. The project forms the bulk of the work that you will exhibit in the End of Year Show, which is always well attended by art and design professionals, friends and family.

Our ideal students We are looking for talented people who have learned from a range of creative and life experiences and who are genuinely excited by the possibilities of art and design practice. Due to the intensive nature of the programme, you will need a high degree of motivation and a commitment to hard work.

Where next? We have developed strong relationships with the leading UK and international undergraduate art and design programmes. Our students consistently progress to BA art and design courses within Leeds College of Art, Goldsmiths, Chelsea, Central St Martins, Wimbledon, Glasgow, Edinburgh and further afield. 96% of our students go on to study art and design at degree level and then on to high-flying careers across a wide range of disciplines.

Entry requirements • Applicants should have a minimum of 1 A-level or equivalent plus three GCSEs at grade C or above.

The intense nature of the programme means that you make lifelong friends whilst on the course who become important members of your creative network across the many cities that our students progress to. The course has a ‘family’ ethos and most students come back and visit on a regular basis to share their knowledge and experience with current students.

• Applicants should be 18 years old by 31st August on the year of entry. • We interview all applicants with the minimum entry requirements who apply by Jan 15th. We look at applicants’ GCSE results/projected A level grades. At interview we will carry out a portfolio review and will explore applicants’ understanding of contemporary art and design. Where you’ll study and past students You’ll be based at the College’s Vernon Street site, with full access to excellent facilities across all disciplines. Past students have included Danny Sangra, Sam Arthur, Georgina Starr, Damien Hirst, Marcus Harvey, Georgia Shaw, Jill Shaddock, Phil Proctor, Laura Carlin, Alex Farrar, Nicholas Wheatley, Lucy Clout and Si Scott.

EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN Awarding Body: University of the Arts, London Course Leader: Andy Grayston andy.grayston@leeds-art.ac.uk

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Our ideal students Most of our students have completed GCSEs and are interested in a career in art and design. Our ideal students are passionate about art and design, self-motivated, and keen to experience a diverse range of materials, techniques and processes. This is a demanding course which requires hard work and dedication in a supportive environment which will help you to realise your full potential in your chosen specialist subject area.

This course provides the vital bridge between school and university, helping you to become an independent thinker and practitioner. Different pathways exist within each discipline. In fashion/textiles, you could specialise in fashion design, costume design, fashion styling promotion, textile design, design craft or surface-pattern design. In fine art, there’s painting, sculpture, photography, film and illustration. Graphics offers typography, web design, video, illustration, animation, advertising, editorial design and photography, while 3D includes product design, spatial design, interior design, architecture, design craft and theatre design.

‘This intensive two year course provides the vital bridge between school and university, helping you to become an independent thinker and practitioner.’

Year One — You’ll be introduced to the principles of art and design theory and practice, plus practical skills. You’ll explore and experiment as we help you choose a specialism in fashion, graphic design, textiles/surface pattern design, 3D design, or fine art, and you’ll finish the year with a major project in this area.

This two year programme will help you to discover your talents, interests and strengths in a wide range of disciplines. It provides the art and design building blocks needed to help you specialise in fashion, graphic design, textiles/surface-pattern design, 3D design or fine art, whilst encouraging diverse specialisms including photography, film, animation and computer based design. For committed students the course is an attractive alternative to A-levels and our students’ breadth of experience and portfolios leads them to progress onto a range of prestigious, highly competitive degree courses across the country including those at Leeds College of Art. Some students elect to go directly into employment.

Course Leader, Andy Grayston

Year Two — You’ll be stretched and challenged as you deepen your knowledge and experience of the discipline you’re working in. You’ll prepare for degree-level study by becoming increasingly independent, and you’ll develop your portfolio for highereducation applications and interviews. You’ll work through a range of briefs, including real-life projects with external organisations, plus a final major project and your contribution to the end of year show.

Entry requirements We look for at least 4 GCSEs at A-C, but we also attract students with large numbers of high-grade GCSEs or AS levels. We expect to see a portfolio of your work, particularly observational drawing. Where you’ll study You’ll be based at Vernon Street, in Leeds City centre, with full access to excellent resources and workshops across all disciplines.

Throughout, you’ll learn about the historical and cultural contexts of art and design, and study the work of other artists, designers and craftspeople. There will be opportunities for day-trips to exhibitions (such as London, Liverpool, Newcastle) and to take part in regional and national competitions. We’ll help you with job searches, writing CVs, interview skills and offer guidance and support through the UCAS application process.

Where next? The majority of students progress to higher education; some choose to do a Foundation Diploma or seek employment.

Our ideal students We’re interested in people from a range of backgrounds, who bring a huge variety of experience and abilities. We welcome students who are returning to education, who are wishing to make a start with their career in the Arts as well as those looking for a career change. Our students work extremely well together, forming friendships which last long after leaving.

These courses offer a supportive atmosphere in which to develop your skills and interests, and to build your confidence.

ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN ART & DESIGN AND LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA IN VISUAL ARTS Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts Awarding Body; University of the Arts, London Access to Higher Education in Art & Design Awarding Body; OCNYHR, Wakefield Course Leader: Adam Stone

Successfully completing them will enable you to apply for art and design degree courses here or at any other higher education institution. We’ll help you with your UCAS application, although you won’t be pushed down the University route if that’s not what you want. We offer lots of individual guidance as to which course and institution are right for you, plus support in putting together a strong portfolio of work as part of your application.

Entry requirements No formal qualifications are needed at Level 2, although you’ll need to demonstrate your interest in art and design. You won’t need to show a portfolio unless applying straight for the Access to HE course. Students coming onto Year 2 will also complete a short summer project.

Most students do the Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts as Year 1 (a level 2 qualification) and Access to Higher Education as Year 2 (a level-3 qualification), but some come straight onto the Access to Higher Education; we’ll help you decide at your interview.

When you’ll study Level 2 Diploma students are in the College on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Access to HE students come in on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. All classes take place from 10am-3.30pm.

Level 2 covers drawing, colour, 3D work, computer graphics, photography, ceramics, print-making, art and design history (Modernism: 1880s-1960s), and information and research skills. You’ll explore your own strengths and begin deciding on your future specialism. There will be a major project where you will respond to a given theme in your own choice of media.

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Where you’ll study Your main base will be a large studio in our Vernon Street building. You’ll also have the use of our computer suites, print-making facilities, photographic studios and darkrooms, and our 3D workshops (ceramics/glass, casting, metalwork, and woodwork/plastics).

Level 3 includes skill development and visual awareness, portfolio-building, visual studies, a broad-based project, self-directed briefs, and contextual studies (Post-Modernism: 1960s onwards). You’ll have the opportunity to work on live briefs (competitions or community projects). Each year we arrange visits to galleries, museums and sculpture parks.

Where next? In recent years, 100% of students wanting to progress from this programme to degree level study have gained places on higher-education courses of their choice, including highly competitive local and national courses.

‘This programme is for you if you’re just starting out or looking for a new direction in life, and if you’re serious about a professional career in art and design.’ Course Leader, Adam Stone

This exciting three-day-a-week programme is ideal for students of any age who are returning to education. There are two stand-alone, yearlong courses: the first for Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts, and the second for Access to Higher Education. Students usually progress from one to the other; however, those with experience and a clear idea of their preferred specialism can go straight into the Access to Higher Education. Previous qualifications or experience aren’t essential, yet many graduates win places on the UK’s most competitive degree courses including those at the College. This programme is for you whether you’re just starting out or looking for a new direction in life, and if you’re serious about a professional career in art and design.

FURTHER EDUCATION COURSES Entry Requirements

How To Apply Applications for the following courses are made directly via the application form on our website at:

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design You should normally be at least 18 years old with a minimum of one A-level plus three GCSE passes at grade C or above, or equivalent qualifications. You should also be able to present a portfolio of work which demonstrates your interests and ability in art and design.

www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/our-courses/how-to-apply/

Extended Diploma in Art & Design You should be at least 16 years old, have a minimum of four GCSE passes at grade C or above, or an Intermediate GNVQ or Level 2 Diploma in Art & Design at a Merit or above, and be able to present a portfolio of work which shows your interest and ability in art, design and/or technology.

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SHORT COURSES AND CHILDREN’S ART SCHOOL Course Leader: Sharon Bainbridge sharon.bainbridge@leeds-art.ac.uk

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You can also get the application form from our Admissions Team (call them on 0113 202 8000 or email admissions@ leeds-art.ac.uk). Please follow the instructions on the application form carefully, and be sure to provide all the information requested so we can deal with your application promptly.

Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts and Access to Higher Education in Art & Design There are no formal entry qualifications for this course, but you will be required to show us examples of work which demonstrate your creative side or skills such as drawings, paintings, models, garments or photographs. Students with sufficient experience in art and design may progress directly to the Access to Higher Education course.

Before returning it to us, check that you have:

Mature students If you’re older than the typical college entrant and don’t have traditional qualifications, we will consider your relevant experience as well as your educational background. Your application form should provide as much information as possible for consideration by admissions staff and, if we consider it to be relevant, we’ll explore it further with you at interview.

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Alternatively, students who live in Leeds and wish to apply for the Foundation Diploma or Extended Diploma can do so online from the Leeds Pathways website. Your school or college will be able to give you a username and password. Visit www.leedspathways.org.uk Funding Students on certain courses may be eligible for financial support (subject to government guidelines and funding): • Level 2 Diploma in Visual Arts • Extended Diploma in Art & Design* • Foundation Diploma in Art & Design* * For 2013/14 the government has introduced a system of loans for students over 24 years old on level 3 courses. For more information, please contact our Student Advice Team on Monday-Friday from 9am to 4.30pm. Call 0113 202 8111 or Email info@leeds-art.ac.uk Helpful links www.gov.uk/advanced-learning-loans Live outside the EU? www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/international-students/ tuition-fees

Our enormously popular creative short courses are open to any adult, regardless of their experience in art and design. They present a superb opportunity to learn and/ or continue to practise a specialist craft in your own time, taught by highly qualified tutors and with full access during the course to the College’s excellent facilities and workshops. We know that people study the courses for different reasons - some want to learn new skills, others to develop and perfect existing skills and feel more confident in their practice. For others it is their chance to take steps towards changing their careers and future work. Our courses can support all of these.

Creative Short Courses The courses are available as creative evening sessions running for up to ten weeks, Saturday Courses, or through our Easter and Summer Schools, to enable you to really immerse yourself into a subject. Children’s Art School In addition to the short courses for adults, Children’s Art School aims to offer children and young people their first insight into the art college and introduce and expand their opportunities to work within art & design. We offer a range of Saturday and holiday programmes for ages 7-18 from textiles to animation, 3D to drawing & printmaking. Our Portfolio programme can help support those wanting to prepare for Foundation or degree study. Professional Courses Organisations often choose to send individuals on our courses to fit around work commitments and help them develop new skills. We are able to produce tailor made study programmes for your workforce, anything from a 2 hour programme to a two week course in a specialist area. We work with the expertise from our degree programmes to develop these opportunities with you. If you are looking for a new way to approach team building we can develop an innovative day for your team to work creatively together. This could be through creative thinking and ideas development or experimental drawing and design work.

‘These courses offer a supportive atmosphere in which to develop your skills and interests, and to build your confidence.’ Sharon Bainbridge, Short Course Programme Leader

Further information is available at www.leeds-art.ac.uk

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By Taxi Taxis are available outside Leeds train station, at taxi ranks in the city and at Leeds Bradford International Airport. By Air Leeds Bradford International Airport is about eight miles’ drive from the city centre, with taxis and buses available to and from there. Manchester Airport has regular, direct rail connections to Leeds train station.