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BA (Hons) Animation UCAS code: W271 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline Animation is a versatile, wide-ranging, expressive form, combining visual aesthetics with sound, structured time and emotion. It can be used as entertainment, or a powerful voice for social and political statement. The course seeks to develop technical knowledge and cultivate the understanding of movement, mostly through drawing.

The course is delivered via a variety of teaching methods, including studio and workshop teaching, seminars and presentations. You will complement your practical studies with theory-based modules that investigate the current contextual and historical aspects of the subject. This includes the study of film language, narrative, non-narrative and conceptual approaches to genre and related contextual issues.

Technical hands-on modules will develop the craft of animating through 2D digital, traditional and computer-generated imagery methods. You will learn the following software applications up to industry standard: Maya, Toon Boom, After Effects, Flash, Photoshop, Painter and Premiere Pro. You will hone your editing, creative use of sound, composition and idea generating expertise as well as developing a critical awareness of the subject and establish your own creative individuality.

Careers Typical career opportunities open to graduates include work in animation, television and games design, illustration and the creative and communications industries. You may also continue your studies to postgraduate level on our MA programmes.

Recent student and graduate successes • Depict! Award at Encounters Film Festival 2010: Nominated, “Tap”, Andy Edwards, Paddy Fowler and Tom Massey.

• Winner, FLIP Animation Festival, Best Student Animation 2009: Vegetable Panic, Chris Warren.

• Royal Television Society (Midland) Nominee, Best Student Animation 2009: “Billie and Millie”, James Prankard.

• Winner, BAFTA, Best Student Games Award 2009: Owen Schwer.

• Winner, Royal Television Society (Midland) Awards, Best Student Animation 2008: Troubled, Tim Dowling.

Contact

Images: Ravi Maheru Ravi Maheru Daniel Llewellyn

Steve Arnott, (Course Leader) s.p.arnott@wlv.ac.uk

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Animation lecturers are amazing. they are extremely helpful in getting you motivated. they push you to achieve your best. they also really help find your career path.

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Front image: Ravi Maheru

Final year animation student

BA (Hons) Applied Arts UCAS code: W190 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This innovative, visionary course offers both specialist and interdisciplinary practice in applied arts for design, art and architecture. You will explore the disciplines of ceramics, glass, metal, wood and plastic and gain an awareness of material using a mix of traditional and technological skills.

This course allows you to research, analyse and develop inquisitive, experimental and creative approaches in the management of ideas and encourages you to contextualise your thinking through technical, historical and contemporary research and application. Your work will be underpinned by drawing and digital visualisations. Teaching and learning consists of studio and workshop activities, seminars, lectures, field trips, individual and/or team projects and self-directed research, designed to promote individual strength and design expression. You will learn from renowned practicing designers, artists and researchers involved in a range of professional practice, exhibition and publication. Your involvement in live projects, national and international exhibitions and events will promote exposure of your work to an international audience.

Careers We aim to prepare you to establish yourself as an artist, designer or maker, with the skills to enable you to engage in freelance design or design for industry producing anything from small scale jewellery to large scale architectural installations and interior projects. Graduates have also gone on to postgraduate study, and work in arts administration, curation, teaching and mentoring, community work and arts editorial.

Recent student and graduate successes • • • •

Commission of glass decoration for London department store Selfridges; Commission to design and install a glass work for St Judes Primary School; Goldsmiths Company Awards Biennial Pilchuk Scholarship to work at Pilchuck International Glass Centre, USA. • Participation in European Bronze age project and placement scheme at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

• Selected students have exhibited at: British Glass Biennale, New Designers, Hatfield House; the Wedgwood Royal Wedding exhibition, Bilston Craft Gallery;

Contact Dr Kristina Niedderrer, (Course Leader) k.niedderrer@wlv.ac.uk

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Front image: Matthew Bate

the Wedgwood Museum are delighted with the response and quality of the work from students studying Applied Arts at the University of Wolverhampton. We cannot wait to work with the university again and have already set the date for the next competition.

Nigel Spicer, exhibition officer, Wedgwood Museum

BA (Hons) Computer Games Design UCAS code: W284 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This course introduces you to games design, development and construction.

You will explore areas such as interactive authoring, the creation of digital images, 3D modelling and techniques in scriptwriting and visual narratives. You will gain an understanding of new media, visual and interactive design for games – learning via lectures, seminars, practical workshops, tutorials, group work and live projects. You will develop subject skills and knowledge, your creative practice, and expertise in computer games design. This will enable you to proceed into the games industry as a well-rounded digitally literate professional practitioner, able to respond to the demands of computer games design, and the global and cultural conditions of commercial markets and research/postgraduate centres.

You will manage your own time and develop your ability for self-critical reflection, as well as function within a professional group dynamic, contributing to ideas generation and concept development. You will develop a portfolio of work with which to target specific industry sectors and will investigate the issues and impact of copyright law, licensing and royalties.

Careers This course prepares you for a career as an art director, visualiser and designer in the computer games industry, equipping you with a range of design and software skills. It develops the necessary skills and knowledge to formulate original concepts presented as storyboards and working artwork, supported by an awareness of realisation techniques relevant to game content and production.

Recent student and graduate successes • Recent graduates have built careers at a variety of UK based game companies such as: Rare, Codemasters, RockStar, Blitz, and Rebellion.

• Computer Games Design graduates, John Tearle, Matthew Clark and Sam Cobley have formed their own games design company: ‘Raw Games’. (www.rawgames.co.uk). Their first title The Spire has been nominated as one of the top 10 upcoming independent games of 2010 at The IndieDB. • Winner, Dare to be Digital: Owen Schwehr and a team of University students.

• In 2009 the Gaming and Animation Institute within the university commissioned a student led project on behalf of the Shelfield Community Academy. The £300 first prize was won by Matthew Clarke, a third year Computer Games Design student for his MuckUp History game.

• Winner, Commission competition run by Retherm Renewable Energy Solutions: Stuart Lilford.

Contact Dr Faramarz Amiri, (Course Leader) F.Amiri@wlv.ac.uk

Images: ‘The Spire’ – Raw Games Sam Cobley Jason Barlow Matthew Clarke

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our students work, learn and play in a technologicallyrich, culturally-diverse and supportive learning environment using a wide range of industry-standard software, games development engines and the latest technology and hardware.

Dr Faramarz Amiri, Course Leader

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Front image: Sam Cobley

BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles UCAS code: W295 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This highly creative course will equip you with the skills needed to work within the many facets of the fashion and textile design industry, and offers a wealth of opportunity to determine your creative identity as a specialist or generalist as you progress through the course.

Disciplines include design for fashion, accessories and jewellery, textile design for fashion, and textile design for interiors. You will be introduced to the different aspects of fashion and textile design, through a combination of traditional and new technology, working within bespoke workshops and design studios.

Practice is underpinned by creative thinking, visual and theoretical research, CAD and drawing. Exploration of drawing is integral to the course informing skills and processes, transforming you from novice to expert. Live projects on an international level are major aspects of the curriculum.

Careers We aim to produce graduates who are professional, skilled and dynamic.

Employment opportunities include; fashion, textile, accessory and costume jewellery design; illustration, styling, buying and/or merchandising; design for specific industries eg. rug and carpet, card and gift wrap. You will have the opportunity to engage in freelance work, sell design work through agents and design studios, and work to commission. You may also find employment in other sectors, including education, arts and crafts administration, historical costume preservation, media, and in film, theatre and television costume design.

You may choose to continue your studies to postgraduate level on our MA programme.

Recent student and graduate successes • Hill & Company for John Lewis Partnerships have bought rug designs by Wolverhampton Fashion and Textiles students and sold them nationally.

Suky Kaur whose designs were selected is now working for Hill & Co. • Song Yue’s work was recently selected for inclusion at the 6th International Fibre Art Biennale, From Lausanne to Beijing, held at the Henan Art Museum, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China.

Contact Kayla Owen, (Course Leader) kayla.owen@wlv.ac.uk

Images: Karen Perry Lynsey Harris Serena Perks

i am now part of the Jonny loves Rosie team as an Accessories Buyer, and currently working on a live project for Vogue. University has not only helped me to be a confident and creative person but it has changed my outlook on life and one day i too hope to have my own jewellery business.

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Front image; Parveen Daroch

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Rachel Faulkner, BA (Hons) Fashion Accessories graduate

BA (Hons) Fine Art UCAS code: W100 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline The Fine Art course at Wolverhampton is an intensive studio-based programme, supported by technical workshops, theoretical engagement and a wide range of study visits and opportunities to promote and exhibit your work. You will have freedom to explore your own ideas in a supportive environment, working in one or more media areas. In your first year you will acquire specialist knowledge and practical experience of working in painting, sculpture, printmaking, conceptual and social practice, film, video, photography, performance and installation.

As you progress through the course we will encourage you to test and explore different approaches to fine art practice and to critically evaluate the relationship between idea, media, method and outcome from a personal position.

Your emerging practice as an artist will be further supported and individually focused as you begin to understand how your work and ideas fit within the wider contexts of studio practice and the art world. From artist-led projects and organisations, to more global perspectives, there are wide and varied career trajectories available to our Fine Art graduates today.

Careers We aim to produce informed, independent and reflective fine art practitioners who can adapt their knowledge, understanding and skills for a variety of professional contexts. On completion of this degree a vast number of options will be open to you including becoming a practising artist, work in arts administration, curation, publishing, public art, teaching and other art and design related careers.

Alternatively, you may choose to continue your studies at postgraduate level.

Recent student and graduate successes • Fine Art Alumnus, David Brian Smith exhibited his work in the Newspeak British Art Now II exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, London.

• Luke Plant, Level 2 Fine Art student, has been awarded a prize at the British Art Medal Society Project for his work Beach Bum’s Battered Bus. • Fine Art graduate, Nathaniel Barnett, won the prestigious Ellesmere Sculpture Scholarship which provides a 2-week sculpture residency to create a permanently cited public sculpture.

Contact Maggie Ayliffe, (Course Leader) m.c.ayliffe@wlv.ac.uk

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BAM Construct UK Limited

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Front image: Georgina M Shepherd

it has been a privilege to display your students’ work and we have enjoyed having it displayed within our offices, i am happy to say that we have successfully sold some of the artwork and put your students in touch with the prospective clients who i am sure will be requiring more work for their home or offices.

BA (Hons) Graphic Communication UCAS code: W211 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This popular vocationally orientated course reflects the way that the creative industry thinks and works today, encouraging you to engage with design at a professional level across design for print, screen and conceptual learning/ creative advertising.

Our lecturers are all practitioners – passionate about teaching and getting students motivated – as well as designing, writing and exhibiting locally, nationally and internationally. This course not only encourages you to maintain a sharp focus on the design industry, but also to take a step back to appreciate its place in society at large. You will explore digital imaging, typography, design for screen, art and design history, aesthetics, semiotics, representation, deconstruction as well as ecological, ethical and social issues in art.

Careers We have an established record of preparing students for employment – every year the majority of our graduates enter careers within the creative industries at national and international levels. Typical employment opportunities include: design consultancies, advertising agencies, brand planners, TV and multimedia companies, computer games companies, media content suppliers, exhibition designers, packaging consultants, publishing companies (books, magazines, newspapers), in-house design studios and information design companies. We’re also proactive in assisting start-up companies, and a number of our graduates have gone on to establish successful design consultancies.

Recent student and graduate successes • Graphic Communication graduate Ashley Jessiman won the Glenmorangie / National Museum of Scotland Commission and featured as part of The List Magazine’s March Style issue, featured as “Ones to Watch.”

• Enterprising Graphic Communication student, Sangita Kumari, has written and designed her own magazine, called OCD. • Graduates Louise Carrier, Rachel Collinson and Stefan Cartwright under the company name Rechord were nominated as part of Creative Review’s Creative Futures for Sound and exhibited their sound toy ‘CuBop’ at the Roundhouse, Camden and Digital Women, London.

Contact Jeff Leak (Course Leader) j.leak@wlv.ac.uk www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.com/

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Mark Fones Client Strategy and Creative Director, Wyatt International Limited

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Front image: Liam Murphy

...important in the successful development of my future career path were teamworking, presenting, communicating, time management, typography, ‘real’ briefs and crafting the ‘big idea’ - effectively learning how to tell stories and add substance, meaning and value at every point possible. however, above all, it was gaining access to and developing an understanding of digital communication platforms and technologies.

BA (Hons) Illustration UCAS code: W220 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline Illustration as a profession covers a vast range of predominantly freelance career paths in the creative industries. Our programme aims to develop understanding of the subject while encouraging you to develop a highly individual and increasingly professional approach to your chosen career.

Drawing is fundamental to the subject. From this foundation we aim to develop your individual approach to your chosen career path; you will experiment with a wide range of media, drawing methods, printmaking and software programmes; extend your research and critical skills, and enhance your cultural and theoretical awareness of current practice.

Our intention is to produce independent and informed visual problem solvers who are able to perform effectively in a wide range of creative industries.

Careers This course will give you the necessary skills to become a professional freelance illustrator and the opportunity to work in many exciting areas of art and design.

Our alumni have gone on to produce work for a broad range of creative clients, illustrating book covers, children’s books, CD covers, editorial work for highly regarded clients, advertising campaigns and new media. Many of our students will opt for further study at postgraduate level or a PGCE if they are intending to teach for a career.

Recent student and graduate successes • Our students have consistently achieved success in national competitions, being regularly shortlisted for prestigious national competitions such as the Penguin Design Awards, Computer Arts magazine’s Student Showcase and the Lloyds/TSB Art of Nurture competition. In recent years our students have exhibited work at the Ikon, Saatchi and the V&A galleries.

Contact John Clementson, (Course Leader) johnclementson@wlv.ac.uk www.cargocollective.com/transit www.visualcommunicationwolverhampton.blogspot.com www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Images: Mark Porter Matthew Jones

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total freedom of thought and action. experimentation without limits. A unique and diverse environment that illustration, painting and almost everything that surrounds you become…one!

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Front image: Momoko

George Maraziotis Illustrator/Designer, Co-founder of Comix

BA (Hons) Interactive Media & the Web UCAS code: W283 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This dynamic and exciting course prepares you for the future of the fast-changing world of interactive media and the web. It provides a range of creative, visual, aesthetic, theoretical and technical knowledge and skills. Hands-on practicebased workshops, creative briefs, live client projects and work experience modules are supported by theoretical and academic study. Our friendly and supportive environment encourages creativity and innovation, allowing you to develop your own ideas while learning by experimenting, exploring, problemsolving and collaborating with other students from your own and other courses such as Computer Games Design, Film & Video Production, Animation, and Graphic Communication. Projects provide the opportunity to design and produce a wide variety of interactive multimedia artefacts such as rich-media web sites, interactive videos, edutainment games and interactive interfaces. You will learn to use Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal, as well as essential media asset production skills such as manipulating digital images, recording and editing sound and video, special effects, and 2D animation.

Our well-equipped computer and media studios and workshops provide the ideal environment to perfect industry-standard software packages, processes and techniques. You will study topics including web design, audio visual assets, creative image and video compositing, sound and video production and ideas development.

Careers Opportunities are broad and include work in: web design, digital games and entertainment, special effects, interactive TV, online marketing and advertising, e-commerce, e-learning, online publishing, online broadcasting, responsive environments and installations, museums and galleries, project management, and the design and development of interactive CDs and DVDs.

Contact Dr. Faramarz Amiri, (Course Leader) F.Amiri@wlv.ac.uk www.imediacourse.co.uk

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i received a high level of teaching and support. i believe this course has helped me to progress and now feel ready for my future career within this sector of industry.

Images: Sukhvir Singh Rahma Abdillahi Richard Gromlus

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Front image: Jean Osborne

Jean Osborne, BA (Hons) Graduate 2011

BA (Hons) Interior Design UCAS code: W295 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This course is strongly vocational in its orientation with project work that is both current and relevant. The keys to success as an interior designer are innovation, flexibility and knowledge of specialist skills. You will become familiar with the principles and practices of interior design, including drawing techniques and computer visualisation and explore the historical and cultural origins of design, model-making workshops, the relationship between inside and outside spaces and develop your research skills.

You will have the opportunity to work on live projects, and work within professional workshops and studios establishing a range of design solutions for a wide range of themed environments, be they in leisure, theatre, heritage, exhibition or retail sector spaces. You will think and communicate in a logical and objective way, and be able to develop your career in a field that is subject to constant change in fashion, taste and use of materials.

Careers Graduates have found work in areas including exhibition design, graphic design, multimedia, model-making, concept developing and retail display, as well as working within specialist interior design and/or architectural practices. Careers are also available to you in education, arts administration, retail design or self employment as a freelance interior designer. You may also consider continuing your studies to postgraduate

Recent student and graduate successes • Latvian graduate Leva Andzane successfully joined the prestigious Rauzas Company as a Furniture Designer Trainee after graduating in 2008.

• Level 3 student Anna Sobolewska won 2nd prize in The Annual Student Industrial Tour organised by the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers.

Contact Claire Jolin, (Course Leader) c.a.jolin@wlv.ac.uk

Images: Leva Andzane Leva Andzane Anna Sobolewksa

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Front image: Anna Sobolewksa

it was a fantastic experience for us to meet and work with an external client, and his wealth of information was beneficial to us all.

Anna Sobolewska

BDes (Hons) Product Design UCAS code: W241 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This award encourages you to develop your own ideas and innovative concepts. You will grow in commercial awareness and gain an understanding of aesthetics, innovation, leading technologies, industrial practice, human factors and sustainability. Product manufacture remains central to our design process and our team of enthusiastic, highly experienced staff are also very active in the commercial design industry. This course offers you a highly creative environment in which to develop your ideas. It provides you with opportunities for future careers in the creative industries across national and international markets.

This course builds your knowledge of the fundamental principles of good design including drawing techniques, workshop skills, engineering, research skills, Computer Aided Design and visualisation skills. You will study design theory and identify the important role of the designer in a contemporary global society, and ultimately create a professional digital portfolio of your work enabling you to fulfil your potential and enter the workplace as a designer.

Careers Graduates have gone to work with national and international companies. You may become an independent designer-maker, model maker, graphic designer or multimedia designer, or work in the design marketing and business industry, either working freelance or within a company or design consultancy. You may also consider further postgraduate study or teacher training in Design and Technology.

Recent student and graduate successes • John Margetts, Managing Director of Kuhn Rikon, approached the School of Art & Design regarding a live project working with the company and the School’s Product Design and Interior Design students.

A brief was set to design a new knife to complement their existing range.

Students gave a presentation to John Margetts and seven students’ work was shortlisted and highly commended.

John Margetts came back to see the final products he was so impressed with the work that he decided to give out two awards.

The two winning students were: Ross Enefer and Karl Casson-Lavender.

Their designs are now in production. For more information on Kuhn Rikon visit: www.kuhnrikon.co.uk

Contact Dave Henley, (Course Leader) d.w.henley@wlv.ac.uk

Images: Ross Enefer and Karl Casson-Lavender

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Front image: Stefan Manole

the studio environment enabled us to explore a range of design possibilities and freedom to express our individual creativity.

Tomasz Kaszura

BA (Hons) Photography UCAS code: W640 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline The course allows you to engage with the key ideas and concepts within contemporary photographic practice, and to explore photography as a medium of communication in a number of professional settings. You will learn a variety of colour and black and white darkroom skills, and have access to computer-based design programmes and digital manipulation software.

Practical work will introduce you to cameras of all formats both in the studio and on location, and an optional placement year will give you essential realworld experience. There are regular visits to exhibitions as well as field trips and lectures from visiting professional photographers.

All modules offer an insight into both the technical and creative considerations within contemporary photographic practice and include topics such as; alternative and experimental photography; documentary photography; visual language and creative practice; creative digital practice; location studio and darkroom practice; photography and professional practice within the creative industries; photography and art practice; photography for persuasion; and the photographic document.

This course is accredited by the Association of Photographers: www.the-aop.org

Careers Our graduates have gone on to become successful professional photographers working in such fields as advertising, photo-journalism, fashion and editorial, documentary, studio portraiture and fine art. You may also continue your studies to postgraduate level.

Recent student and graduate successes • Lukasz Gajdek won both the Commercial category and the Overall Winners title at the Light House Student Photographic Award 2011. His prize includes a solo exhibition.

• The prize of £1000 was awarded to recent graduate Marinos Thoma, the overall winner of the sixth Coventry Open at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

• Nat Poole ‘Sids Faces’ Lighthouse Gallery ‘Sid’s Faces’ is a documentation of an unconventional drag queen from Birmingham. Each week, he creates a new character for his role as the host of DV8 nightclub in the heart of Birmingham’s Gay Village.

Contact Su Fahy, (Course Leader) s.fahy@wlv.ac.uk

Images: Nat Poole Marinos Thoma Lukasz Gajdek

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the creative industries module combined with opportunities for work placements has been the making of my freelance career.

Lukasz Gajdek, graduated 2011

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Front image: Kirsty Skears

BA (Hons) Video and Film Production UCAS code: W613 • Full-time/Sandwich: 3/4 years • Part-time: 6 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus Entry requirements: 200 UCAS points, or successful completion of a Foundation Course in Art and Design.

A portfolio review of appropriate visual work is mandatory • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This course provides a range of experiences in the scope, practices and demands of video and film production to prepare you for employment in the media industries or in other industries where media play a part.

You will work on a range of film/programme types, including documentary, drama, social action and commercial productions and develop your skills in project management and working with other people and organisations.

Your studies will include research, scriptwriting, camerawork, lighting, sound recording, video editing, sound design, DVD authoring and creation of streaming media. You will work with actors, composers and musicians and produce and direct drama, documentary, social action and commercial video.

The course is designed to reflect the Skillset National Occupational Standards for video and digital film production.

Careers You will be well prepared for media production roles including production, direction, editing, camera/lighting, sound, and will be suited to entry-level posts in the video, film or television industries, with subsequent progression to more advanced levels. You will be ideally suited to a multi-skilling role in these industries or as a media production specialist in a non-media company or organisation. Experience of working with real clients and collaborators will also prepare you for self-employment or establishing your own business.

Recent student and graduate successes • Winner, African Movie Academy Awards 2011, Best Feature Film: The Mirror Boy, Andrew Webber. Andrew also edited two films at the Cannes Short Film festival 2011.

• Royal Television Society (Midland) Awards Nominee, Best Student Drama 2009: Earthbound, Will Beard, Lambros Panayi, Matt Terentjevs and David Shakespeare.

• Disability Film Festival 2009 Argh...It’s A Disabled Person • Winner, Royal Television Society (Midland) Awards, Best Student Drama and Best Student Production 2008: My Two Best Friends, Matt Bennett, Pete Benfield, Steve Evans, Rahela Jagric and Michalis Michael.

• RTE series commission, Richie Doyle of Creative Productions.

Contact

Images: Andrew Rutter/Chris Cove Kyriacos Mosfiliotis Andrew Rutter/Chris Cove

Tracy McCoy, (Course Leader) t.mccoy@wlv.ac.uk

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the course provided a very comprehensive study into television production from initial concept right through to completion. this course has strongly influenced me and steered me on the right career path. it has made me always want to challenge myself, strive for perfection, and to always think outside the box.

Richard Doyle Creative Director at www.creativeproductions

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Front image: Andrew Rutter/Chris Cove

BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) Photography Sandwell College In partnership with the University of Wolverhampton

Outline This course is ideal for those who are visually creative and who want to move towards a career in professional photography, the HND is focused on the specialist areas of fashion, advertising, documentary and fine art photography, with an emphasis on developing a personal style to suit a potential career path.

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Learn the applications and techniques of contemporary photography Study the theory, aesthetics and practice of professional image-making, Experience a wide range of fundamental photographic work skills Develop a portfolio based on realistic projects including active client briefs Benefit from motivating professional teachers and stimulating group contact Progress towards a degree pathway, or towards working in the industry

The Higher National Diploma builds on the University’s partnership with Sandwell College, giving you dual registration with both and the potential for a fast-track option directly to the second year of the University’s degree programme.

Typical areas of study You will study four mandatory units and twelve optional units. In the first year, the emphasis is on developing a range of skills to visualise and create dynamic images. The second year is an opportunity for you to build an exciting portfolio of intelligent images based around specialised projects of work relevant to your own aims.

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ideas generation and visual communication photographic techniques and technology studio and location practice digital media and applications fashion, advertising and press photography professional and specialist practice

Careers The HND Photography can lead to academic progress at degree level, or to working in the photographic industry.

Some of our graduates progress to degrees in photography or visual communication; others go on to work in photographic practice, including commercial, social, press, travel and other photographic opportunities.

Many of our HND students have received awards and recognition, both nationally and internationally: some have had work chosen for exhibitions alongside noted photographers and inclusion in permanent gallery collections.

Front image: Rachael Timms Images: Charlie Bence Holly Smith

Contact David Waldron, Course Leader HND photography, Sandwell College david.waldron@sandwell.ac.uk

MA Digital & Visual Communications Full-time: 1 year • Part-time: 2 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline This exciting new course focuses on the creative approach important to you, allowing you to develop your interests and expertise in your preferred area within digital media and visual communications. You will enjoy the support and guidance of our staff of artists and designers.

You will be assessed through a mixture of written assignments and creative studio projects. You will be fully supported during studio practice and tutorials to raise the quality of your work to Masters level.

PG Diploma in Digital & Visual Communications This course is intended to develop your critical and research skills in Digital and Visual Communications and will enable you to achieve a postgraduate level of subject-specific practical knowledge and expertise. In addition the course will strengthen your ability to contextualise your practice within critical and contemporary frameworks.

MA Digital & Visual Communications This course will provide you with all of the above and also enable you to reach a higher level of competence in theory/practice within Digital and Visual Communications. Additionally it will enable you to demonstrate that you can work independently and professionally at this Master’s level.

Contact Lester Meachem, Lester.Meachem@wlv.ac.uk Front image: Sandra Remling Image: Asbjorn Andvig

MA Fine Art Full-time: 1 year • Part-time: 2 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

Outline The Postgraduate Fine Art courses at The University Wolverhampton are intensive practice-led studio programmes, supported by technical workshops, theoretical lecture programmes and seminar critique.

A wide range of study visits and opportunities to promote and exhibit your work throughout the course will also be provided. You will be assessed through a mixture of written assignments and creative studio projects. You will be fully supported during studio practice and tutorials to raise the quality of your work to Masters level.

PG Diploma in Fine Art

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The Course aims to: • Provide you with exciting and diverse opportunities to advance and develop your fine art practice, contextual awareness and theoretical knowledge/ understanding within a supportive and creative environment.

• Support you to acquire advanced specialist knowledge and practical experience of working with different contemporary fine art media and its conceptual and theoretical relevance, and importance, including (but not limited to); painting and sculpture, printmaking, conceptual and social practices, intervention, performance, film, video, photography (digital and analogue), sound art, newmedia, digital-media and installation.

• Enable you to develop an advanced level of fine art practice informed directly by a relevant theoretical and contextual framework and independently critically evaluate developments within your individual working practice.

MA Fine Art The course aims to provide you with the above and: • Produce informed independent fine art practitioners who can adapt their knowledge, understanding and skills for a variety of professional contexts and enable you to gain advanced knowledge of presentational strategies within contemporary fine art.

• Build advanced strategies for research through an in-depth exploration of different contemporary methodologies.

Contact Dr Alistair Payne, A.Payne2@wlv.ac.uk

MA Design and Applied Arts Full-time: 1 year • Part-time: 2 years • Location: Wolverhampton City Campus • Contact: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign

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Outline The focus of post-graduate study in Design and Applied Arts is to consider your current and past practice and recognise the opportunities that exist for research, material investigation and professional development. The aim is to provide a framework that will guide your enquiry within your subject specialism of Ceramics, Glass, 3D Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Fashion or Textiles. You will be assessed through a mixture of written assignments and creative studio projects. You will be fully supported during studio practice and tutorials to raise the quality of your work to Masters level.

PG Diploma in Design and Applied Arts The course is designed to open up a range of approaches to the analysis and debate of material practice related to applied arts and design driven outcomes. You will develop the ability to locate your practice within critical, theoretical, professional and cultural contexts, enabling you to achieve a high level of subject specific knowledge and expertise informed by creative thinking and theoretical enquiry.

MA Design and Applied Arts The course will provide all of the above and in addition, will strengthen your ability to exercise initiative and take personal responsibility for your learning through independence.

Contact Patricia Dillon, P.A.Dillon@wlv.ac.uk

The School of Art and Design University of Wolverhampton MK Building, City Campus North Molineux Street Wolverhampton WV1 1DT Tel: 01902 322058 Email: art-design@wlv.ac.uk Website: www.wlv.ac.uk/artanddesign