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‘The mouth is a sensual receptor, the site of speech, and a passage-way between the internal and external. For me, this is relates to the idea of drawing as expression.

Drawing with my mouth has allowed me to investigate the relationship between mark-making and a direct physical gesture, where the tongue acts as a tool, dictating the action and journey within the space. This has led to a visceral quality in the work that I believe is my attempt to respond to an experience of being. For in the making of the work, taste, smell and touch become paramount in highlighting a sensory experience that is at once extremely personal but also universal.’ Blair Staff, BA (hons) Fine Art 2009

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Contents Welcome Vision Statement Being a CSAD student CSAD - a place where science and technology meet the creative mind Why choose Cardiff?

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Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design)

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Undergraduate Programmes Fine Arts BA (hons) Fine Art

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Material Arts BA (hons) Ceramics BA (hons) Product Design BSc (hons) Product Design BA (hons) Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors*

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Creative Communication BA (hons) Graphic Communication BA (hons) Illustration BA/BSc (hons) Mobile, Web & Games Design BA (hons) Music Production & Technology BSc (hons) Music Production & Technology BA (hons) Media Studies with Visual Cultures

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Architectural Studies HND Architectural Design & Technology BSc (hons) Architectural Design & Technology BSc (hons) Building Maintenance & Management BA (hons) Interior Architecture

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UWIC Programmes in Bridgend College UWIC Programmes in Barry College

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How to apply for a CSAD Undergraduate Programme How to apply - UCAS students Applications & Interviews - UCAS students International Students

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Masters Programmes MA Ceramics MSc Advanced Product Design MSc Ecological Building Practice Certificate in Professional & Research Skills: Art & Design MA Art and Design: Fine Art MA Art & Design: Communication MFA (Master of Fine Art) MDes

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Research Degrees 91 Research Degree Students 95 Professional Doctorate Ecological Building Practices 97 CSAD Information Research at CSAD Research at CSAD Enterprise at CSAD Cardiff Open Art School CSAD Affiliates CSAD Alumni CSAD - What makes us tick?

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...Welcome

At Cardiff School of Art & Design, we believe in being at the top of our game and that includes being able to deliver programmes that really make a difference. We give our students every opportunity to explore all kinds of creative and professional possibilities, in an environment that recognizes the importance of taking risks and seizing the initiative. We are interested in ideas and how these are examined through practice.

We are situated in the real world and recognize the roles that architects, artists, makers and designers can play, not least in the recovery from recession. We are especially committed to equipping all of our students with the courage and skills needed in a world where they will have much to offer. Because of this, our graduates are able to make a difference, wherever they are and in whatever field they find themselves in.

Being a CSAD graduate means a lot and employers recognize this. Our students work on real projects for real companies, or show their work in recognized public arts venue, all before completing their studies. They know how to get on.

All of this happens in one of Europe’s most vibrant capital cities, where culture and the arts are extraordinarily lively and the mountains and sea close at hand. It’s a city of architects, designers, makers and artists. It’s also a city of sport and entertainment, not to mention Dr Who and Torchwood!

We look forward to meeting you and to welcoming you further to Cardiff School of Art & Design.

Professor Gaynor Kavanagh DPhil MPhil FMA Dean Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Cardiff School of Art & Design aims to be a visible force in the arts and creative industries, with a reputation for programmes, research and enterprise that befits a European capital city.

Vision Statement

We believe in the innate creativity of the individual and seek to provide opportunities for students and staff to develop their best talents. CSAD graduates are distinguished as being makers and thinkers, capable of originality and inventiveness.

Hannah Jones BA (hons) Fine Art 2009 ‘The lecturers are great for putting you in touch with their contacts. I won the Helen Gregory Memorial Prize which enabled me to go to Italy to work with an artist known to my tutor. The experience was invaluable.’

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Richie Lee due to graduate in BA (hons) Illustration 2010 ‘I can’t tell you how good this course is. It is so much better than my expectations. It’s a lot more contemporary and concept driven than I realised.

The people on the course, students and staff, are fantastic. We learn from each other’s various skill sets and interests. That’s when the magic happens when you collaborate.’

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...being a CSAD student Art Schools are places of passion and vitality. They are places where great ideas are forged, as well as places of intense debate. Cardiff School of Art & Design is part of that tradition. We are a leading Art School in a European Capital city and we are as passionate about Art, Design and Architecture today as we have ever been.

Our students share our commitment to continue the vitality of the Art School into the future. No one has a stake in the future more than students, that’s why we put you, at the centre of everything we do.

Whether it is the teaching, the research or the social life of the School, we design everything with students and the future sustainability of art and design in mind.

Studying for a degree at Cardiff School of Art & Design is a demanding experience. We want everything we create in our School to be of the highest quality. We believe you will make the most of it, getting as much out of it as you put in and helping to continue our real reputation for real excellence.

Studying at Art School is a journey that will take you to amazing places. You will make discoveries and learn your subject, have opportunities to travel across the planet to our partner Universities, make friends for life and maybe even fall in love – who knows.

Through your own creativity and research and hard work, you will be on the way to a professional career as an artist or designer or architect, or perhaps to further study towards a postgraduate degree and even a doctorate. Almost all of our staff are practicing artists and designers and have extensive experience of

working in industry, they are working at the leading edge of research in our disciplines and are experienced and committed to education too. It is little wonder that our staff and student retention rates are so high: once here, people chose to stay.

To match the excellence of our staff, we have a very wide range of resources and facilities. There are many specialist workshops and studios including those for painting, sculpture, sound, ceramics, print, textiles, graphics, architecture, and product design. CSAD has equipment that other Art Schools can only be nostalgic about, we still have a foundry for casting non ferrous metals for example.

We have managed to keep the best of our history and have combined it with the facilities of the future; at CSAD you will find well equipped CNC model making workshops, digital music studios, audio visual labs and plenty of specialist digital imaging equipment too. The old and the new combine to make a dynamic and atmospheric 21st Century Art School.

You will study on a programme together with a group of students who have been carefully selected for their enthusiasm and ability. Each programme has been carefully designed to offer a balance of taught workshops, practical sessions, lecture programmes and

time for your own self-directed research time in which you can really shape your own expertise. We care about all of our community and so offer excellent support structures and activities for students and you will have your own personal tutor to steer you through your studies.

We have first-rate learning and teaching support, as well as specialist help for those who might need it in an emergency. In addition you have a wide range of student clubs and associations to choose from, extraordinary sports facilities at Cyncoed and a superb social life in a City packed with students. The Art School has its own bar ‘Tommy’s’ which holds regular events, including live bands, so it’s a place where we play as hard as we work.

We look forward to meeting you at Cardiff School of Art & Design and hope you will be part of its reputation and history.

Dr Steve Thompson MA RCA Deputy Dean & Director of Learning & Teaching

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Paul O’Lamasney MA Ceramics 2008

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CSAD - a place where science and technology meet the creative mind Art and design is not an alternative to science and technology – they come from very similar intellectual traditions. Science is one of the ways in which human beings satisfy their desire to know something, art is another way.

Just as artists have looked to science for new materials and for new ideas, so scientists are increasingly looking to artists to help them give substance to their discoveries. Scientists know that the old ways of understanding the world no longer work, they know they need to work with other people, like artists and designers who also want to understand things and can look at the world from a different direction. Engineers and scientists and artists and designers who deny this synergy will have little part to play in the 21st century.

This way of working together has a long history stretching back into the mists of time. In the 20th century the Dada movements and the Futurists looked to scientific understanding, the Surrealists to new ideas of psychiatry and today artists are experimenting with genetics and robotics. Architects and designers have always called upon the latest scientific developments in their designs. Very often they have made demands of science and engineering for new materials and structures.

Today science, technology and engineering have parts to play at the centre of CSAD’s creativity.

Technology can be understood to be the product of

that knowing, a human response to the world and a way of making the world in its own terms. Sometimes, we think of technology only in the way in which it appears in its latest forms and somehow think that art is a rejection or resistance to it - but that is a mistake.

Today people often refer to technology when they mean computers or electronics, but they could just as easily refer to painting, printmaking or ceramics which can also be thought of as kinds of technologies.

At CSAD ,we have research students who are investigating new techniques and also the psychdynamic perception of forms. Ceramicists who use chemistry, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics in their practice. In painting, we have researchers who are working with neuroscientists on as aspects of human consciousness, perception in attempts to understand how the mind works. Textiles researchers are experimenting with new ways of digitally forming and cutting materials. Product designers are exploring the engineering aspects of electronic systems, designing new medical devices and leading research into new engineering production methods. Media researchers are finding new ways to understand how artificial systems can replicate and enhance the ways in which humans understand things, their research will one day

lead to new kinds of intelligent machines or even new ways of understanding what is essential in a human being. At CSAD, we have musicians who are experimenting with wave forms and the generation of new kinds of sounds and games designers using their skills to understand medicine better. We also have researchers who are using science in creative ways to make the world better for autistic people and other researchers who are calling upon scientific knowledge to build a more sustainable future in an era after carbon energy.

All of our art and design researchers know that the 21st century is going to be extraordinary. One day we will look as quaint and old fashioned as the people of 1909 look in old movies and sepia photographs. What will the people of 2109 be doing, how will they live - we can’t know for sure, but we do know that artists and designers working today will play their part in shaping that world, just as the artists and designers who explore the ‘age of the machine’ a century ago helped to shape ours - for better of for worse. It’s an awesome responsibility.

Dr Steve Thompson MA RCA Deputy Dean & Director of Learning & Teaching Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Ben Iturralde & Ben Crosskey due to graduate in BA (hons) Illustration 2010 ‘We’ve just come back from Stockholm where we spent time with a renowned illustrator. It was an excellent opportunity to experience what life will be like as a professional illustrator.’

Ben I: ‘I grew up in Mexico, my parents live in New York and I chose to study here because Cardiff is a really cool city and the course is excellent.’

Ben C: ‘The relations with staff are really good.

They’re so helpful and approachable and they allow you freedom to explore the areas you’re interested in and that suit your working style.’

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Why choose Cardiff?

Emilie Collins BA (hons) Contemporary Textile Practice 2009 ‘I’m originally from Paris but I couldn’t find a course in France that met all of my requirements. I came to CSAD as it offered a course that allowed for creativity and had strong practical elements.

I’d recommend bringing a bike, because there are lots of attractions accessible to the city such as the Penarth seafront and Cardiff Bay.’

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Elizabeth Wayne BA (hons) Fine Arts 2009 ‘Cardiff has a strong artist community. On our course we have exhibited in the city centre which was a great way for us to get our work into the community.

Since coming to Cardiff I have joined the BBC National Chorus of Wales which has given me the opportunity to do the Proms and travel to Paris.

I’d have never experienced these things if I hadn’t studied here.’

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Andy Man BA (hons) Interior Architecture 2009 ‘I’m originally from Hong Kong, but have been in Cardiff for six years now. The college I studied my foundation course at recommended studying at CSAD. There’s a good social scene as part of the course so I have found making friends quite easy. My advice to any overseas students coming over to study is to go out as much as possible in the first and second years, as you won’t have any time in the third year!!!’

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Chris Coughlin due to graduate in BA (hons) Mobile, Web and Games, 2011 ‘This course is great for career development.

Some of our projects have been quite James Bondesque!!

The lecturers’ knowledge base is huge and they put you in touch with their contacts - our lecturer has introduced us to some great inventors, which has been very inspirational.

There are lots of excellent facilities here, some of the time we use the facilities in other departments and campuses - so we always get what we need. We have a Wii and Playstation that we integrate into our studies.’

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Samantha Yip due to graduate BA (hons) Product Design 2010 ‘I’m really enjoying my course - I have learnt so much more than I thought I would through exposure to all aspects of design.

There is an excellent social scene with a good cross over between year groups.

Cardiff is the ideal place to live - I can’t think of anywhere I’d like to study more, it’s got a great mix of everything all in walking distance!’

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Delyth Horle Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design) 2009 ‘The campus is great, with influences around every corner. I’m staying on to study BA (hons) Fine Art here in September.

We’ve been to London and to Poland, which was awesome, the best trip I’ve ever been on.

As well as learning stuff, I’ve made lots of new friends.’

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Zahraa Haji Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design) 2009

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Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design) Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: One year full-time, Two years part-time

career potential:

course content:

assessment:

A year on Foundation helps you make your mind up about which direction is best for you. It gives you time to experiment and explore. Are you a sculptor or an architect? Are you an illustrator or a printmaker? Are you a ceramist or product designer?

The course provides the first step in the training of creative artists and designers in all fields. It will enable you to make the transition from school, college or other backgrounds to the highly competitive and specialised demands of Higher Education within art and design.

You will be assessed throughout the course in both formal assessments and personal tutorials. These are conducted once each term, where interim grades and advice about your work are given. The end of year Foundation Diploma is offered on the basis of a combination of your performance through the year, and your end of year exhibition.

This course has an excellent reputation and a strong tradition of preparing students for taking on a degree course. Indeed, many of our students progress to one of the degree courses available within the School, eventually finding employment in all areas of art & design, including: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Media, 3D Design and Crafts, Fashion and Textiles, Photography and Teaching.

If you want to work alongside others who are as keen and talented as yourself, then you should take your first steps on an exciting journey of discovery by studying here.

Term one: You will begin the first term with an investigation of the fundamentals of visual language, through an intensive examination of drawing, colour, and a range of basic 2D and 3D visual languages and processes. There is an important connection between theory and practical work, visual research is an integral part of the course.

Term two: In the second term, you will be able to choose an area of specialisation from the following: Fine Art painting, Photography, Graphic Design (which covers illustration), Fashion/Textiles, and 3D (which covers ceramics, product, interior, theatre, furniture design and sculpture). There will also be workshops in a number of technical areas. Again there is an important connection between theory and practical work.

Term three: In the third term, you will work on a major personal project based on your chosen area specialisation in term two, leading to an individual exhibition at the end of the course. On passing the course you will be awarded the WJEC Level Four Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design).

validated by: WJEC entry requirements: A good portfolio of practical art & design work, especially drawing from observation, and you should have one of the following: • Five passes at GCSE level at grade C or above (or equivalent) • Three passes at GCSE level at Grade C or above (or equivalent) and one at A level/AS level or equivalent • Other degree, diplomas, overseas or equivalent qualifications or experience. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/artfoundation/ Programme Director: Richard Waring Administrator: Debbie Alsop - dalsop@uwic.ac.uk

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Undergraduate Programmes

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Oliver Whiting BA (hons) Fine Art 2009

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Fine Arts Our ambition is very simple - to make Cardiff School of Art & Design one of the best places in the country to study Fine Art. We do this by offering a challenging curriculum founded on principles British art schools have fostered over decades: imaginative thinking, critical awareness, sound technical knowledge, and a deep understanding of art history. We strongly encourage students to develop their drawing skills, working from life and the model, to gain lasting proficiency with tools, materials and processes, and study significant artworks as a source of inspiration and guide to excellence. Working in our city-centre studios and having access to a superb historical collection at the National Museum, our students are not only immersed in a rich contemporary art scene but have intimate contact with great artists of the past.

We embrace new creative opportunities - new technologies, new media hybrids and interdisciplinary practices. We are aware that the art of the future, whatever it looks like, will be different from the art of the present or the past. Our students are the artists of the future, and we encourage them to break moulds, to look afresh at what is possible, at what art can do or say. Using technologies like robotics, the internet, or interventionist practices like walking or social engagement, by combining painting with performance or sculpture with sound, new artists will continue to surprise, excite and confound their audiences.

All our tutors are practicing artists, theorists or writers who use their knowledge and experience to nurture new talent and promote the next generation of creative practitioners. Our technical staff are closely involved in helping students with practical issues of process, craft and material manipulation. We have generously appointed studio spaces, and technical resources covering a huge range of media. All this helps provide an art education of the highest quality and to best prepare students for success in whatever career they pursue.

If you are hard working, ambitious and determined we would like to develop your talents and help fulfil your aspirations. There are few things more rewarding than seeing our former students succeed, and we hope you will be one of them.

Dr Robert Pepperell Reader in Fine Art Head of Department of Fine Arts

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Sonia Zhang BA (hons) Fine Art 2009

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BA (hons) Fine Art Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: On completion of the course, many of our graduates develop their professional practice by renting studio space and pursuing their careers as independent artists. Many find work in art-related occupations.

Our former students are currently employed as teachers or lecturers, in journalism or art writing, as gallery curators or exhibition organisers and assistants, as researchers for publishing houses or in television production, film or digital media.

Many will undertake postgraduate study, entering teaching through attaining a PGCE or continue the development of their work and ideas by undertaking an MA or MPhil in the UK or abroad. course content: This is an exciting, stimulating and flexible studio-based course that will give you a broad-ranging introduction to Fine Art in year one and then enable you to specialise in your chosen medium in years two and three, or to work across disciplinary areas.

The course offers five specialist areas of study: Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Writing, Media Arts and Performance, each led by tutors who are also practicing artists and eminent in their fields. We offer additional support in photography (including digital and traditional), electronics, animation and ceramics.

The course allows you to explore the relationships between the different disciplines and media while giving you an opportunity to develop your talents to

the full in areas that interest you most. Regular visits from significant contemporary artists allow for direct contact with the wider art world and help to build your understanding of the professional context in which artists work. You will also be introduced to a range of histories and theories of art, which will help to inform your own ideas and place your work in a wider context.

We pride ourselves in promoting the balance between traditional print process and the innovation of new digital media.

We offer all our students expert workshop guidance in etching, silkscreen, lithography, experimental relief printing, book arts, and digital manipulation techniques.

specialist areas: painting

media arts and performance

The painting area in Fine Art is a challenging and rewarding environment, which celebrates this ancient and complex activity whilst engaging with the wider current debates surrounding Fine Art practice.

Students each have a dedicated studio space, and regular access to both in-house and visiting teaching staff throughout their three years. We deploy a range of teaching methods - face-to-face tutorials; group criticisms; seminars; lectures; and skills and methods workshops - designed to develop your confidence, intellectual and hand skills. Drawing, and the development of appropriate drawing strategies are a core concern at Cardiff, in order to strengthen your visual sensibilities and ability to realise your ideas.

The area offers a dynamic and experimental element of the course that encourages a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary art practice. Performance art, photography, animation, video, sonic, interactive and installation art, and digital media are explored to enable you to reflect your own ideas and research.

printmaking Personal ideas can flourish through the development of high level skills and this is the central aim of the study of the printmaking area.

Staff members work with you to deliver lectures on the history and development of performance art, video and media arts. You are encouraged to contribute to weekly shows and are supported through tutorials and technical workshops covering photomedia (digital and traditional), image manipulation (Photoshop, etc.), video shooting and editing, Web design and DVD authoring. sculpture What defines sculpture is up for grabs: the world of ideas, matter and things are open for reshaping by each generation of artist/sculptors.

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Andrew Johnstone BA (hons) Fine Art 2009 ‘The space you are given here to work on the sculpture programme is fantastic heaps better than the other unis I looked at, that was one of my deciding factors.’

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Sophia Lewis BA (hons) Art and Creative Writing 2009

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BA (hons) Fine Art Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: Three years full-time

In the sculpture area, students learn a variety of traditional and innovative processes and skills which are taught in relation to ideas, history and contexts.

A questioning approach is taken to the making of sculpture, its perimeters and values. Alongside studio practice, you will explore current and emerging debates within art and learn how art institutions and public art organisations function and the role you can choose to take in relation to them as an emerging artist. writing The Writing area within the BA Fine Art Programme offers students the chance to explore all aspects of writing within an art-making context. The purpose of the area is to support truly innovative work where writing is incorporated into, or comments upon, other forms of artistic practice.

Students will engage with the creative use of writing in relation to a range of media and methods, including book arts, publication, installation, digital media, photography, sound, film, painting, clay processes, sculpture, and time-based media. They will also be well versed in art theory including history, philosophy, criticism, and curation.

structure of the programme:

history and theory of art:

Year one: You will be introduced to the full potential of the Cardiff School of Art & Design, its teaching philosophy, facilities, teaching areas, technical services, and the general ambiance of the city and its surrounding areas.

In the first module you are able to select from a rich palette of media and skills to start to build your own artistic identity, at the end of which you will make an initial choice of specialist study. You are then based in one of the five disciplinary areas for the duration of the course but are given plenty of opportunity and support to work across areas if appropriate.

The history and theory of art component of the course is a vital source of ideas and references that will enrich your understanding of the discipline of Fine Art. It is taught through lectures, seminars and workshops designed to engage your intellect and imagination and support your understanding of the context within which artists work.

Year two: The second year is a time for greater speculation and experimentation. It is also a period when you can start to focus your personal interests and specialist skills.

You will take part in discussions, seminars, skills workshops as a compliment to your studio-based practice. Overall, it will be a period of self-evaluation aimed at providing a deeper understanding of your unique concerns and creative personality.

Year three: This year is often seen as the time for consolidation of ideas and techniques, which have matured throughout the second year. However, it is important that this does not inhibit your experimentation or curtail your willingness to take risks. In the final module you will mount a major exhibition that will be open to the public, and is an opportunity to launch your future ambitions as a creative practitioner.

assessment: You will be assessed throughout the course through practical studio-based projects and written assignments.

UCAS code: W100 entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/fineart Admissions Tutors: Dave Shepherd - dshepherd@uwic.ac.uk Stewart Geddes - sgeddes@uwic.ac.uk Tel: 029 2041 6669 Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Lisa Ferrett BA (hons) Ceramics 2009

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Material Arts Our Department of Material Arts is dedicated to the intimate world of the ‘Maker’ and the highly connected and diverse world of the ‘Designer’. We deliver programmes that are relevant and responsive to the rapidly shifting economic and social climate. So these are programmes which don’t stand still, but rather evolve and merge the idealistic and the pragmatic.

As a student on one of our programmes you’ll be introduced to ways of working that develops your curious, inquisitive and entrepreneurial disposition, allowing you the opportunity of developing a personal manifesto aligned to your newly acquired skills. Our Department consists of four dynamic programme areas. The staff teams are passionate about their teaching and most are practicing artists, designers or makers.

The product design programme offers you two routes, the BA(hons) and the BSc(hons) Product Design. Both programmes are designed to develop sophisticated and innovative problem solving skills, whilst ensuring a high level of commercial viability in an ever competitive eco-aware Industry. Graduates from our Product Design programmes, have gone on to work in some of the most prestigious companies and design consultancies around the world including Dyson, Herman Miller, and the BBC. Our Ceramics programme has, over recent times, developed a niche reputation for producing artists and makers with exceptional skill, creativity, vision, and technical expertise. This is down to a highly skilled ceramics staff, all of whom are practitioners; our excellent resources and technical staff ensure that you’ll quickly develop a confident ‘hands-on’ approach to using the equipment.

Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors is a new degree where emphasis will be placed on developing graduates who can enter both the Fashion and Interiors Industries with expertise in textile design, fabric manipulation, applied decoration, and surface pattern.

Our programmes will encourage you to create work that can cross over the discipline boundaries. Recent experiences have shown that hugely creative projects have developed when ceramicists or textile designers start using specialist equipment in Product Design and visa versa. If you believe you have the necessary drive, enthusiasm, and commitment to follow one of our programmes, then we’d be delighted to hear from you!

Richard Morris MA RCA, FHEA Head of Department of Material Arts

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Hazel Wiggin BA (hons) Ceramics 2009

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BA (hons) Ceramics Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: The main aim of the course is to create confident and self-sufficient ceramicists with excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills, who succeed in their chosen career discipline be it fine art, design or craft.

Graduates follow a wide range of careers related to ceramics and visual arts with many establishing their own practice, while others have gained employment working in education, community arts, art therapy and the design industry. A significant number of graduates progress onto the school’s prestigious MA Ceramics course and can subsequently pursue Doctoral studies in ceramic research.

The course provides a wealth of opportunities for professional practice and enterprise activity that enables students to be well informed about their career decisions. course content: This is a vital, exciting and challenging course that encourages a wide innovative approach to clay based art practice. Central to the philosophy of the course is the emphasis we place upon fostering your creativity, through the evolution of visual and practical skills and technical understandings. History and theory forms an integral part of the course, enabling you to understand the ways in which your practice is informed by the work of artists, designers and makers in the past and influenced by the theories and debates of today.

You will be taught by a team of highly experienced academic and technical staff, dedicated to ceramics.

Their input is complimented by lectures and

workshops, delivered by eminent artists, makers and theorists from across the UK, Europe and other key centres in the world.

Year one: The emphasis in this year is on developing process skill and material understanding. You will undertake a series of studio and workshop-based courses, introducing you to a range of methods of working with clay which include hand-building techniques, throwing and mould-making. Ceramic technology including firing and glazing is taught in ways that will enable you to understand and apply the principles with confidence.

Practical work is supported by historical and theoretical studies including visits to museums and galleries across the UK and Europe.

Year two: The emphasis in this year is on creativity and exploration. You will build on your understanding and skills developed during the first year. Individual exploration and interpretation is encouraged along with a self-directed study approach, through negotiation and close tutorial guidance. Projects are underpinned by historical and theoretical lectures and supported by a dynamic visiting lecture programme. You will have the opportunity to undertake relevant work experience and are encouraged to take part in our international exchange programme.

Year three: Throughout the final year emphasis will be placed on individual realisation and professional practice, not only on the standard of work produced but in the identifying of markets and opportunities available for pursuing your chosen career route. You are given the

opportunity to further focus and consolidate your individual interests, producing a body of creative work for a public exhibition at the end of the course as well as for exhibition in national shows such as New Designers. Your studio practice will be informed by and developed through your dissertation. assessment: You are assessed through completed studio project work, essays and seminars throughout the course.

The degree classification is based on performance in year three of the course.

UCAS code: W232 entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/baceramics/ Course Director: Ingrid Murphy imurphy@uwic.ac.uk

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BA (hons) Product Design Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: Product designers are highly innovative problem solvers who apply their knowledge and skill to create desirable products. The professional nature of our course prepares you for the creative demands made of the practicing designer.

Our graduates are extremely creative, motivated and above all versatile individuals. They are capable of working in a design role, management role, running their own company, involved in research, design education, marketing, sales, model making, commercialisation of their undergraduate design work and much more. On successful completion of the undergraduate programme they also have the option of continuing their studies on the MSc Advanced Product Design course. course content: Our Product Design course has a BA and a BSc route, with approximately 80% commonality.

The BA route has an emphasis on the aesthetic, user and ergonomic aspects of product design.

Our first class facilities enable you to develop state of the art virtual prototypes, facsimile models and real working products. We interact with industry and run 'live' projects with national and international organisations such as Dyson, Linpac, GUL International, BBC Dr Who. Our students at UWIC have also won prestigious competitions such as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Liverpool Design Awards, Institute of Engineering Design, Corus etc.

Year one: • Design process and user needs • Research techniques and design history • Presentation skills, 2D and 3D sketching and modelling • Materials and manufacturing • Introduction to engineering and technology • Live projects • End of year exhibition Year two: • Design development • Product usability and interface design • Sustainability, trends, career opportunities • Advanced materials and manufacturing • Live projects • End of year exhibition Year three: • Design competition • Live projects • Business management and career development • Dissertation • Major design project (optional collaboration with Industry) • End of year exhibition

UCAS codes: W240 entry requirements: You will be invited to an interview and portfolio review where you will be asked to provide evidence of a good standard of sketching, problem solving and creativity together with a passion for Product Design. In addition, we will offer advice and answer any questions you may have on your current / future projects. entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/productdesign Admissions Tutor: Glynn Stockton gstockton@uwic.ac.uk

assessment: You will normally be assessed throughout the course through project, presentations and written work.

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BSc (hons) Product Design Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential:

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Product designers are highly innovative problem solvers who apply their knowledge and skill to create desirable products. The professional nature of our course prepares you for the creative demands made of the practicing designer.

Year one: • Design process and user needs • Research techniques • Presentation skills, 2D and 3D sketching and modelling • Materials and manufacturing • Introduction to engineering and technology • Live projects • End of year exhibition

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Our graduates are extremely creative, motivated and above all versatile individuals. They are capable of working in a design role, management role, running their own company, involved in research, design education, marketing, sales, model making, commercialisation of their undergraduate design work and much more.

On successful completion of the undergraduate programme they also have the option of continuing their studies on the MSc Advanced Product Design programme. course content: Our Product Design programme has a BA and a BSc route with approximately 80% commonality. The BSc route has an emphasis on how the product works and the technical issues involved in the design process.

Our first class facilities enable you to develop state of the art virtual prototypes, facsimile models and real working products. We interact with industry and run 'live' projects with national and international organisations such as Dyson, Linpac, GUL International, BBC Dr Who. Our students at UWIC have also won prestigious competitions such as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Liverpool Design Awards, Institute of Engineering Design, Corus etc.

Year two: • Design development • Product usability and interface design • Sustainability, trends, career opportunities • Advanced materials and manufacturing • Engineering and technology for design applications • Live projects • End of year exhibition Year three: • Design competition • Live projects • Business management and career development • Research and design project • Major design project (optional collaboration with Industry) • End of year exhibition

entry requirements: You will be invited to an interview and portfolio review where you will be asked to provide evidence of a good standard of sketching, problem solving and creativity together with a passion for Product Design. In addition, we will offer advice and answer any questions you may have on your current/future projects. entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/productdesign Admissions Tutor: Glynn Stockton gstockton@uwic.ac.uk

assessment: You will normally be assessed throughout the course through project, presentation and written work. There is also an exam at Level 1 and two at Level 2.

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Barbara Stephens BA (hons) Contemporary Textile Practice 2009 ‘I’ve had fun on the course, but it’s been challenging and you have to be prepared to really work. I’ve painted all my life and had more recently become interested in stitching, that’s why I was recommended to apply to CSAD. The piece I worked on for my final show draws from my American roots and combines painting and stitching techniques.’

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BA (hons) Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors* Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time *Subject to validation

career potential: Textile designers are hugely influential on both fashion and the design of fabric for interiors. It is they who inspire these industries and help mould the future of our clothing and both home and work environments.

With this degree, graduates can enter a wide range of careers including studio designers or makers/artists, stylists, buyers, marketing officers, and freelance designers. course content: The Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors course provides you with the necessary skills to enter the Textile, Fashion or Interiors Industries as a Textile Designer. It will provide you with a rich educational and professional experience, and will challenge you to extend your creative abilities and practical and manual dexterity.

Theoretical and contextual understanding of design and making, together with a thorough and relevant professional training underpin both routes.

Year one: The first year is diverse, and will introduce you to an imaginative programme of themes through a variety of creative workshops, lectures and tutorials. Visual studies and drawing provide the means for exploring ideas. Fundamental ideas about colour, pattern, texture, image and form, together with technical and practical hands-on making skills, are developed in your first year. Lively lectures and seminars examining the role of the Textile Designer in the Fashion and Interiors Industries will underpin your studio practice.

Year two: You will continue to explore the Textile Designer’s input to the Fashion and Interiors Industries. You will start to make a decision, with the help of exciting, live, commercially biased projects, about which particular pathway you wish to follow. The emphasis here will be on you developing your individual and creative flair, coupled with a greater understanding of the commercial and professional Textiles Industry.

assessment: You will be continuously assessed through a modular programme of practical and written projects.

UCAS code: W231 entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk Programme Director: Christina Shannon cshannon@uwic.ac.uk

Year three: In the final year, you will be focused on a professional approach, developing your own personal language of Textiles and research. External consultants, designers and makers contribute to this stage of your course.

External student placements, and professional practices are encouraged, and opportunities for public exhibitions and International competitions are a key feature of this year. You will also have the opportunity of exhibiting your work at New Designers in London, the national showcase of emerging talent in the UK.

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Nicole Miles due to graduate in BA (hons) Illustration 2011 ‘I’m from the Bahamas and I really love living and studying in Cardiff. The Welsh people have been so friendly… and the other students.

My favourite module so far has been animation.

I’ve got loads of examples of my work up on my blog and I’ve had work published in book too.

I really enjoy what we do, it’s great seeing what everyone is working on, the studio atmosphere is brilliant.

My design recently won the Department’s Christmas Card competition, which was excellent - I couldn’t believe it!’

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Creative Communication The Department of Creative Communication is a community of people who delight in the unexpected and solve problems with imagination and creativity.

The future ecology in which designers will operate is taking shape and it does not look like a world we have been used to. For some time our Department has been at the centre of this revolution. Today, our graduates are helping to shape the future by changing what it means to work with design and media technologies. We passionately believe that we must continue to accept this shift, to shape to understand its nuances. And so we have put together a careful combination of courses in order to allow students to do just that. Our students embrace both new and traditional technologies and approaches and mix techniques without prejudice. We do not separate our students by the technologies they utilise. That is why we offer a curriculum that combines the techniques and skills which have been at the core of our culture for thousands of years, with the teaching of the craft of designing for and with the most exciting and dynamic new and emerging technologies. This combination of edgy forward thinking and a deep love of our history is what makes Creative Communication at Cardiff School of Art and Design such a unique, exciting and relevant place to study in preparation for a career in the 21st Century.

I am lucky that my job is so easy, the staff in my department are expert, enthusiastic teachers and practicing artists and designers, who transmit their enthusiasm to the excellent students we recruit. Cardiff is of course a great place to be a student, but it is fantastic to work in a vibrant and optimistic European capital city with a strong culture of creativity too. Our studios at Llandaff are spacious and the architecture of our department encourages an intense and creative, community atmosphere.

Where you decide to go with your practice is in your hands, the opportunities are here for you to invent the future of the media world. Our aim is always to help students to develop the skills they need to be active employed and selfemployed creative practitioners. The shape of that future is very much up to you, this is not a factory, every one of our graduates is an independent and creative thinker. Our graduates tell us that they are pleased they came to Cardiff School of Art and Design and the positive community culture that supported them. If you want to be really good at what you do we‘d like to invite you to join our ambitious and open-minded community and to work alongside the other motivated and ambitious students that typify our department.

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BA (hons) Graphic Communication Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: New technologies mean that communication is undergoing an exciting evolution. If you are creative, curious, articulate and passionate about graphic communication, our programme allows you to develop your imagination, through unrestricted creativity, in order to prepare yourself for engagement with this ever-changing landscape.

We have strong links with international design companies such as The Brand Union, Together, Carter Wong Tomlin , Futerra and The Partners. Graduates pursue high level design and research careers in print, digital screen-based media and the moving image. course content: The experienced team of tutor designers and technical demonstrators share a passion for innovative, original and experimental work across a fantastic range of media and processes. Students learn how to use traditional and electronic media, approach a brief, and analyse design, as well as research and think more creatively.

Experimental and commercially oriented briefs allow the development of real professional skills. Throughout the course, visiting speakers with a range of expertise within graphic communication help students to prepare for the transition from study to employment.

Year one: The first year provides the basic principles of visual communication and the technical skills to help you express your ideas with originality and impact.

Students are encouraged to create their own words and images and to interpret content provided by others: poetic, lyrical, informational, formal, informal, dramatic or political.

Year two: Year two provides an opportunity for specialisation in either word-based, image-based or digital screen based communication. Professional skills are developed following briefings from real clients with real communication problems to solve. Year two ends with a formal Exhibition from which a number of local and national design companies select students for summer work-experience.

Year three: The third year focuses on the professional and creative challenge of live briefs and competitions and to create their own projects. Professional studies prepare the students for life after the programme.

UCAS codes: W210 entry requirements: Entry is via portfolio interview. International students can apply via an electronic portfolio submission. entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/graphics Admissions Tutor: Ruth Dineen - rdineen@uwic.ac.uk Programme Director: Ian Weir - iweir@uwic.ac.uk

assessment: Students are continually assessed throughout the course through practice based studio projects and written assignments.

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BA (hons) Illustration Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: Illustration has been enjoying a renaissance, and the demand for innovative and multi-skilled illustrators remains constant.

Illustrators can pursue careers within the expanding world of animation, books and magazines, web and game design, conceptual design for film and television, advertising, scientific and product visualisation.

Markets for fine art and authorial illustration have grown, alongside traditional client-led practice.

Graduates may find career pathways in other areas where a high level of communication and creative skills are required. course content: Activities are planned to help each student find their creative voice and enable the future direction and purpose of their work. To engage with new opportunities and rapid technological shifts, the successful illustrator needs a range of practical abilities and the willingness to adapt their work to different contexts and purposes.

The course content is therefore designed to students to operate in multi-tasking situations where digital and handcrafted processes interconnect. Students are encouraged to develop their own portfolios and skillbase by taking part in self-authored, collaborative and live projects.

From first to final year, there will be a progression from tutor-led to negotiated projects. You will develop awareness of the demands of professional and commercial practice, a process enhanced in year three by live projects. Wider-ranging modules exploring illustration’s contemporary and historical contexts will support this aspect of your development.

The programme is taught by academics with extensive experience in commercial and educational illustration, interaction design, animation, non-fiction illustration, fine art and exhibitions. A range of visiting speakers with niche expertise in illustration and creative business also support the course.

The principal aspects of the programme are: • Illustration studies: the development of the practice of visual communication.

• Drawing and visual experimentation: establishing the foundation and structure for illustration and visual communication.

• Critical studies: providing a background of contemporary theory, and the means to reflect and understand how and why illustrators communicate with their audiences.

• Professional studies: preparation for the reality of practising in the visual communication industry.

assessment: Through this course you will be assessed through a combination of practical based work and written projects.

UCAS codes: W220 entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/illustration Programme Director: Chris Glynn - cglynn@uwic.ac.uk

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Meurig Rhys Bird due to graduate in BSc (hons) Mobile Web and Games 2011 ‘I’m enjoying studying here a lot and have learnt so much already.

We’ve just designed an interactive headset with motion sensors and facial recognition using a wii remote and web cam - that’s been my favourite project so far.’

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BA/BSc (hons) Mobile, Web and Games Design Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential:

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Mobile Web and Game Design students are innovative and dynamic thinkers whose decisions drive the future development of technology rather than follow it.

The course is relevant, intuitive, technical and creative.

By working alongside other students and with our tutor designers, technicians and researchers, students develop a rich and speculative understanding of design, interactivity and new media which prepare them to lead and create within a changing economic, social and cultural environment.

Our students aspire to be the architects of new technologies, rather than its ‘construction workers’.

On the Mobile Web and Games Design course, students learn how to traverse the increasingly pervasive nature of computers and computing, in a world that is enjoying, embracing and driving an augmented culture.

The opportunities and problems that accompany technological developments that we are seeing in interactive TV, web products and systems, music production, interactive and networked art, content for wireless mobile platforms, architecture and games design industry for example, provide a great many opportunities for graduates.

The world is looking for creative graduates who can bring their imagination and strategic skills to understand the wider social and creative potentials of this new world. This programme is also offered as a top-up third year.

Studio practice is supported by seminars and lectures that explore a diverse range of philosophical and contextual ideas. Students work together to make the most of projects and workshops in our fully equipped laboratories and studio spaces.

Wired and wireless internet connectivity is provided for all students, as well as the opportunity to use sound studios, art and performance spaces, editing facilities and most important of all - the inspiration of others.

Year one: We introduce students to the key skills that are needed for the new media age. These include: visual communication, human technology interaction, radical thinking, game play as well as the means to develop technical solutions.

Year two: The second year builds on first year skills with an emphasis on communication design, narrative strategies and production essentials. There is also more emphasis on more focused design methodologies and professional practice as students develop their evaluative and critical abilities.

Year three: Students define their own expertise and locate themselves within a creative research and professional context. This self-directed learning allows students to make full use of their creativity, strategic abilities and flexibility. The transition from undergraduate study to employment, or further research, is planned and instigated long before graduation. At every stage of the programme, we encourage students to work within a professional environment on 'live' projects. assessment: You are continually assessed throughout the programme through practical and written projects.

UCAS code: BA: GW42 BSc: GW4F entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk Programme Director: Stuart Neil - sneil@uwic.ac.uk

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Joe Prescott due to graduate in Music Production and Technology in 2010 ‘I already knew some people studying in Cardiff, so knew it was a great place to be a student.

Student finances don’t allow you to go to lots of big concerts, but Cardiff has loads of great local gigs Barfly is particularly good for live music.’

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BA (hons) Music Production and Technology Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

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BA (hons) Music Production and Technology is a brand new, dynamic course of study designed to encompass all the latest music, ideas and technologies relevant to the creative music technologist of today.

Whether you choose to study the BA or BSc strand, you’ll study a common first-year, so even if you do find that the grass really is greener on the other side, you’ll have the opportunity to seamlessly transfer between programmes before you commence your second-year of study.

Assessment across the programme is mainly through a combination of written and practical coursework.

A small part of the assessment is also done through written examination.

Year one: • Sound Technologies I Principles • Sound Technologies I Experimental • Studiocraft • Composition Tool Kit • Sonic Design • Modernism • After Modernism

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You will have access to CSAD’s music studios and music technology lab facilities, which are fully equipped with the kind of industry standard equipment you would expect to find in top end music and film studios the world over. Using these facilities, you will explore avenues as diverse as creative sound design, composition, sonic arts, sound technologies and electronics.

All of this will happen within the School’s Department of Creative Communication, where you will have the opportunity to work alongside other designers, technologists and theorists from courses including Web Design, Media Studies, Graphics and Illustration.

If you have a desire to discuss the dub, experiment with the electronic, tweak the treble and solder the sonic, then studying Music Production and Technology in the unique environment of CSAD is for you. Career opportunies include: sound design, music production industry, sound production for film and TV, sonic arts practitioner, recording and live sound engineer.

Year two: • Acoustics and Sonic Spaces I • Sound Technologies II • Music Technology and Composition • Production Project • Music Machines • Sonic Arts Project • Contemporary Society and Cultural Theory • Dissertation Preparation

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entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk Programme Director: Matt Erichsen - merichsen@uwic.ac.uk Lecturer: Jon Pigott - jpigott@uwic.ac.uk

Year three: • Final Creative Project • Professional Portfolio • Dissertation • Minor Technical Project • Live and Interactive Sound Design

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Lee House (on guitar) due to graduate in BSc Music Production and Technology 2011 ‘I’m really, really enjoying this course - it’s just what I wanted it to be.

My goal is to become a music producer.

I’m in a progressive metal band from Brighton. I’m the singer. Since I’ve been here, we’ve done quite a bit of gigging and have performed at Bloodstock, and at Progpower UK we supported Paul Gilbert. The course has really helped with my band, the skills I’ve learnt go into the production of our own music.’

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BSc (hons) Music Production and Technology Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

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Our recently updated BSc Music Production and Technology is an exciting course of study giving you a first hand ‘under the bonnet’ view of music technology, along with the opportunity to work with the more creative aspects of your subject.

Whether you choose to study the BA or BSc strand, you’ll study a common first-year, so even if you do find that the grass really is greener on the other side, you’ll have the opportunity to seamlessly transfer between programmes before you commence your second-year of study.

Assessment across the programme is mainly through a combination of written and practical coursework.

A small part of the assessment is also done through written examination.

Year one: • Sound Technologies I Principles • Sound Technologies I Experimental • Studiocraft • Composition Tool Kit • Sonic Design • Modernism • After Modernism

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You will have access to CSAD’s music studios and music technology lab facilities which are fully equipped with the kind of industry standard equipment you would expect to find in top end music and film dubbing studios the world over.

You will study sound technologies and sound engineering alongside production techniques and modern music composition, all within CSAD’s Department of Creative Communications.

Here you will have the opportunity to work alongside other creatives, technologists and theorists from courses including Web Design, Media Studies, Graphics and Illustration. If you are technologically minded and passionate about music then this is the course for you. Career opportunies include: audio technician, audio and multimedia service industries, film and TV sound production, audio equipment design and manufacture, recording and live sound engineer.

Year two: • Acoustics and Sonic Spaces I • Acoustics and Sonic Spaces II • Engineering Analysis and Reporting • Sound Technologies II • Sound Technologies III • Music Technology and Composition • Production Project • Music Machines • Dissertation Preparation

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entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk Programme Director: Matt Erichsen - merichsen@uwic.ac.uk Lecturer: Jon Pigott - jpigott@uwic.ac.uk

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BA (hons) Media Studies with Visual Cultures Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: Cardiff is the heart of Welsh ‘Media-land’, so it is not surprising that on the completion of the programme, graduates will typically be employed in media related companies; public relations, advertising, teaching, publishing and journalism. We also hope that a number of our graduates will continue with postgraduate study.

The degree delivers an excellent range of transferable skills, not least in relation to research, analysis and presentation, required for many forms of employment. course content: This course enables a specific understanding of contemporary visual media and questions how we attempt to make sense of ourselves in an increasingly image-saturated society.

It will provide students with knowledge and understanding of media studies, its history, genres and forms, in relation to broader social, cultural, political and theoretical contexts.

whole. In this year, we help students to learn the skills of studentship, in addition to beginning to identifying academic language and concepts.

Year two: This year will have the specific focus on social and cultural representation. This is broken down into a number of definite areas such as: Reality, Subcultures, Gender and Sexuality and Consumerism. Students will be expected to apply knowledge developed in Year One to achieve a more sophisticated understanding and articulation of the visual cultures and practices which surround us.

Year three: The final year allows students to build on the confidence and experience gained by engaging in two dissertations that will reflect interests developed over the degree and possible career interests. Using the advanced levels of techniques developed over the course, students present their research to an audience.

This will constitute part of the final assessment. assessment:

This course will enable students to explore a diverse range of texts/mediums such as fine art, gaming, films, television and the Internet. It will introduce students to major thinkers and theoretical debates about the way that contemporary culture is dominated by the visual.

There is continuous assessment throughout this modular degree. However, only year two and three contribute to the final degree classification.

Year one: This is an introductory year in which study skills, theoretical concepts around media studies and visual analysis are introduced. Skills and theories, learned at this stage, will act as a foundation to the degree as a

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entry requirements: We welcome all potential students with a passion for academic reading, analysis and an interest in the world around them.

At A level, we require a minimum of 285 points on the UCAS tariff (or equivalent). Students from A level Media Studies, Film Studies, Sociology and Psychology, would find in particular, that this degree taps into some of the major concepts studied at A level.

We do not limit entry to A level, prospective students with equivalent qualifications and experiences are welcomed, and students from non-traditional academic backgrounds are also encouraged to contact us. All applications are to be made through UCAS, and we may also invite you for an interview. entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/mediastudies/ Programme Director: Dr. Ashley Morgan - asmorgan@uwic.ac.uk

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Architectural Studies This is such an exciting time to get involved in the creation of our built environment. As environmental pressures continue to mount, there will be significant changes to the way in which buildings are designed, constructed, modified and upgraded in the next decade or so.

The courses offered by the Department of Architectural Studies encompass a wide range of disciplines, ranging from conceptual architectural design processes and technical detailing through to project planning and property maintenance and repair. Courses are centred around design studios which provide wonderfully vibrant environments for stimulating creative activity and discussion.

You will find that our staff are extraordinarily passionate about what they do and are committed to providing a firstclass learning experience. Many staff are also involved in research which informs teaching across the department, ensuring that our graduates are well prepared to engage with the challenges faced by the construction industry in the 21st century.

We are keenly aware of the significant responsibility placed upon all those involved in the design, construction and maintenance of the built environment to protect the natural environment, and so you will find that sustainability is a key theme that permeates through all our courses. This is no mere lip-service to this most vital of issues, but a genuine commitment to empower our students to design and build with integrity and sensitivity.

The truth is that there is much in our built environment which is, at best, mediocre; our goal is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills and passion to aim for, and achieve, excellence.

Former students of the department can be found working all around the world, and we are delighted, although frankly not surprised, to receive many glowing reports from employers concerning the quality of our graduates. In fact many final year students over the years received offers of employment before completion of their course.

Make no mistake about it, we expect a lot from our students, but the benefits to be reaped are great, and we can guarantee that your time in UWIC will be fulfilling, enriching and thoroughly enjoyable.

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HND Architectural Design and Technology Campus: Llandaff Course length: Two years full-time (also available part-time and part-time as an HNC)

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You can expect to follow a rewarding career as an architectural technologist in a range of organisations that require the specialist technical design skills this course provides. Most graduates find employment with architectural practices, although opportunities exist with building contractors or any large corporate company that has its own in-house design team. Careers can also be pursued in more specialist areas such as project management or architectural conservation. The course is accredited by the chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) and you will be eligible, after a period of relevant experience, for membership at Technician grade.

The course aims to provide you with the necessary skills to become effective and integral members of design teams and to contribute to the detailed design and construction of a range of building types.

You will be continually assessed throughout the course and undertake a number of assignments and design projects. There will also be examinations in some areas.

You will have the opportunity to progress to the final year of the BSc (Hons) Architectural Design and Technology degree upon successful completion of the HND and, after graduation, will be eligible to work towards full membership of CIAT as a Chartered Architectural Technologist.

Working in a studio environment, you will study building techniques, materials and services and will learn to apply your knowledge through project work. A range of different presentation techniques will be employed, including manual drawing, model-making and use of a range of computer aided design programmes.

Year one: You are introduced to core subjects of building technology, materials and environmental science and supporting subjects such as architectural draughting and computer aided design (CAD).

Year two: You will cover further building technology and be introduced to other subjects such as building contract law and economics. There is also a major project that allows you to integrate theory with practice.

accredited by: Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

UCAS code: 12KW entry requirements: 120 UCAS Tariff Points from at least one A Level, or equivalent further information: uwic.ac.uk/courses/construction Admissions Tutor: Nick Evan - nievans@uwic.ac.uk

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BSc (hons) Architectural Design and Technology Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: This vocational course allows graduates to follow a career as a professional architectural technologist, working alongside architects and other construction professionals on the design of new projects or the refurbishment and repair of existing buildings.

Most qualified architectural technologists work in private practice, although there are opportunities to work in other organisations that have their own design teams, such as building contractors or large corporate companies. Graduates can also pursue careers in related areas such as project management or architectural conservation.

Graduates will be eligible, after a period of relevant experience, to apply for full membership of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists to become a Chartered Architectural Technologist. course content: Course activity is centred on our well-equipped studios- lively and stimulating spaces where students and tutors interact in a variety of different ways; some formal others, more relaxed, but all designed to encourage creative and analytical thinking.

You will learn about different building techniques, materials and other factors that impact on the technical design of buildings. The course enables students to develop key presentational skills, including the use of computer-aided design (CAD) and apply a creative attitude to the detailed design of projects. You will also develop an appreciation of the historical context of architectural design; will learn the values of environmentally responsive building design and study innovative building techniques.

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Year one: You will be introduced to the core subjects of building technology, materials and environmental science.

You will develop skills in CAD visualisation and modelling, technical hand drawing and presentation.

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Year two: You will cover further building technology and subjects, including building contract law and economics. There is a greater emphasis on relating theory to practice and integrating acquired knowledge through design projects.

A major design project is undertaken, allowing students to develop a design from a client’s brief through to presentation and detailing.

Year three: The focus of the final year is around two major designbased projects and a dissertation.

You will be continually assessed throughout the course and undertake a number of assignments and design projects. There will also be examinations in some areas. accredited by: Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.

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entry requirements: 285 UCAS Tariff Points from at least two A Levels (or equivalent) entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: casd.uwic.ac.uk/architecture Programme Director: Anthony Whyman - twhyman@uwic.ac.uk

You will also cover specialist subjects in architectural conservation, management and professional studies.

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BSc (hons) Building Maintenance and Management Campus: Llandaff Course length: Three years full-time (also available part-time)

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Graduates will be eligible for employment with a wide range of organisations. All buildings require maintenance and refurbishment and the ability to effectively manage this process is valued by local authorities, housing associations, the owners of commercial property, surveying practices, contractors and others. There are also good prospects for starting new businesses in this area of activity.

• The construction of buildings • Maintenance technology and techniques • The management of building maintenance works • Business organisation and management • Property and contract law • Surveying buildings • Finance and economics related to property maintenance • Environmental building practises

Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile.

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The built environment is all around us. It is houses, factories, offices, shops, roads, car parks and underground services. Many will take this infrastructure for granted but it is not permanent; if it is not regularly maintained it will quickly deteriorate. This course aims to prepare you to manage that maintenance process - safely, effectively and economically. There are many elements to the course to reflect the diversity of skills that the maintenance manager must possess, from managing a business to organising the repair of a dangerous structure. It is never less than an exciting and demanding job.

You are continuously assessed by projects and examinations. Where appropriate, projects are practical in nature and include visiting and surveying a range of properties.

further information: casd.uwic.ac.uk/construction Programme Director: Simon Cousins - scousins@uwic.ac.uk Part-time HNC and HND in Building Technology & Management also available.

Please visit our website for further information on these courses.

accredited by: The Association of Building Engineers UCAS code: K490

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Alex Keeler due to graduate in BA (hons) Interior Architecture 2011 ‘This course has an excellent reputation and strong career prospects - that’s why I decided to come to here. If you’re not fussy, finding work in Cardiff is relatively easy, I’ve had agency work on and off to fund my studies. There’s a great atmosphere on the course, even between the different years. There’s a group of us first years in today helping the third years put their exhibitions together.’

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BA (hons) Interior Architecture Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: Three years full-time

career potential: The world of architecture is at a critical tipping point. After centuries of obsessing with the singular focus of ‘the new’, the shift is at last to the remodelling of what exists, and to the creative ecological recycling of existing buildings for new uses. Some might have called this Interior Design.

For us, this has always been our realm of Interior Architecture. We led the field and we are still out there.

You can find excellent employment in interiors and architectural firms and also in the worlds of exhibition and museum design, furniture, product and theatre design. A few follow the pathways to design journalism, project management, environmental research, design teaching and post grads in design history and theory. The scope is wide; the level of transferable skill, high. The course’s e-mail database of the past 20 years of students acts as a wonderful global employment exchange for students on the course.

With this distinct degree in Interior architecture as their bedrock, a small percentage of our students have gone into architecture postgraduate qualifications (after a period in practice). course content: As the UK’s first accredited Interior Architecture course (1989), we regard design as a creative but analytical process. You develop a critical response to any challenge. A passion for poetic assembly is encouraged and our focus is on creating distinctive moods for distinctive client groups - we look at the re-modelling of

every aspect of existing buildings, not simply the surface decoration and domestic ‘makeovers’ of ‘ Changing Rooms’. We have created an intensive ‘studio’ culture with our staffroom at its hub, to prepare you for a very fast moving industry. There is no ‘hotdesking’. Every student has a studio place. Energy conservation and ecological services design has been a long-standing part of the second year curriculum, balanced by socio-political issues and debates throughout the whole three years.

Year three: A 10,000 word dissertation is completed with support through one-to-one tutorials; there is a professional practice exam and wo studio projects, one assessed in January and one in June, the latter being the majority of the Degree award, on the final major self-choice project where you select the city the building, the client and the brief. It’s you.

Year one: An intensive series of conceptual and analytical design exercises in the Winter term is followed by two/three five-week design projects to rattle the cage of what is possible. 19th and 20th century design philosophies are explored along with the fundamentals of materials and making. Foundation skills in CAD visualisation, technical hand-drawing and verbal presentation are delivered. Weekly ‘Issues in Contemporary Design’ theory seminars are held in group seminar formats with three essays delivered in the year.

Progress through the course is based on continuous assessment. Only third year work counts towards the final degree classification.

Year two: Several major projects are undertaken - the first exhibition related, the others allowing students to invent their own programmes for a selected series of existing city buildings. The weekly Theory series of video seminars wraps around the delivery of a 3500 word seminar paper and leads to the development of the dissertation outline for Year three. Intense detailing and fabrication knowledge is developed alongside sophisticated presentation skills.

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UCAS codes: W250 entry qualifications and applications procedures: Please turn to p 67 for our advice on how to apply and the entry level for this programme. Essentially, we have an open mind on the qualifications you bring with you.

We simply want to be convinced that you have the commitment to pursue this degree and the skills to make it worthwhile. further information: uwic.ac.uk/courses/art Programme Leader: Patrick Hannay - phannay@uwic.ac.uk

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UWIC Programmes in Bridgend College

Foundation Degree in Contemporary Furniture Design Full-time and Part-time Contact: Huw Williams (Course Director) 01656 302370 hwilliams@bridgend.ac.uk BA (hons) Degree in Photographic Practices Full-time and Part-time Contact: David Lewis (Course Director) 01656 302370 dlewis@bridgend.ac.uk Website: www.bridgend.ac.uk

UWIC Programmes in Barry College

Foundation Degree in Contemporary Textiles Practice Full-time and Part-time Foundation Degree in Graphic Communication Full-time and Part-time Foundation Degree in Ceramics Full-time and Part-time To Apply: Student Services: 01446 25007 www.barry.ac.uk/apply Website: www.barry.ac.uk

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How to apply UCAS students We know that choosing where to study is a big decision, Helping you to make that decision is something we take very seriously at Cardiff School of Art & Design.

UCAS students

What kind of students do we want?

All applications for all full-time undergraduate programmes are made through UCAS. We hope that you will pick Cardiff School of Art & Design as one of your five UCAS choices

We expect all of ours students to be motivated and intelligent of course and are very happy to welcome applications from students from any part of the world, with any educational background and with any kind of disability. If you have a disability that you think might affect your experience as a student please contact UWIC’s Disability Adviser for an informal chat if you are thinking about applying to Cardiff School of Art & Design - 029 2041 6170 www.uwic.ac.uk/disability.

Information on how to apply and copies of the forms are available on-line (www.ucas.ac.uk) and through schools, colleges and careers offices.

The closing date for applications to study at CSAD is 24th March. We have chosen this date carefully specifically to allow students applying the time they need to prepare and present their portfolio. When we call you for interview we want to be sure that your portfolio is at its absolute best and that you are relaxed and confident in your choice, that is why we have chosen the later date.

Be sure not to rush to accept the first offer you get, you should choose your degree, the Art School the University and the City in which you will study with the same care with which we select our students.

Remember you don’t have to make a choice until you have heard from all of your choices. We think it is wise to make your choice on the basis of a visit and an interview.

Entry levels For all our undergraduate programmes, our entry level is 285 points.

What does this mean?

285 points is equivalent to: Foundation, with distinction, or 1 A level @ C and Foundation, with merit, or 2 A Levels @ C and Foundation, pass, or 3 A Level @ B or 1 A level @ A + 1 A level @ B Please remember, we are always willing to talk with you about your qualifications. Importantly, we recognise your experience and your qualifications, even if these

lie in very different areas and don’t match up to the points score. Remember it’s your potential and commitment that we are most interested in and make exceptions, wherever appropriate.

Selection If you pick us as one of your five UCAS choices your application form will be sent to Cardiff School of Art & Design by UCAS. Once it arrives, it will be considered by the tutors who teach on the programme you have applied to study on. Even though we always have lots of applicants we promise to process your application as soon as we can and to read it very carefully.

We will then decide if we think you would be the kind of student who would make the best of CSAD and will invite you to an interview. Sometimes we may decide that we do not need to call overseas students to come to an interview. But you can be sure that the academic staff will consider carefully the information provided by you on your UCAS form.

We know that you are also making a choice. Please take the chance to come and visit Cardiff, meet our staff and students and to soak up the atmosphere here on one of our Open Days.

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Applications and Interviews UCAS students Considering your application The UCAS points tariff is only our starting point.

When we read your application form we are looking carefully for evidence that you would be able to make the most of studying here. We find that it is especially important to choose good referees.

Your range of qualifications or experience and your enthusiasm for your subject need to be clear when we read your form - it is enthusiasm and dedication that we are looking for above all else.

Some programmes such as BA Ceramics, BA Contemporary Textile Practice and BA Fine Art like to accept students who have already undertaken a Foundation Programme in Art & Design. It is important to recognise though that Foundation Studies are not the sole requirement for access to the art programmes.

Other qualifications, for example, a good range of GCSEs and A levels or their equivalent, at a suitably high standard in appropriate subjects, will be viewed positively.

For the design, architecture and construction programmes, at least two relevant A levels or their equivalent is required with courses having different points requirements. Please access the website and follow the links to the programmes you are interested in to find out the exact requirements (www.uwic.ac.uk/courses/).

Work and other relevant experiences can also be taken into account as equivalent to academic qualifications.

What we will be looking for is sufficient evidence of your ability to sustain study at degree level.

It is also a great opportunity for you to interview us, to visit Cardiff, meet our staff and students, soak up the atmosphere here and ask questions that you did not raise on your Open Day visits.

We are also keen that you should demonstrate a good standard of English, either through a GCSE in English or through competence in written communication.

For some programmes GCSE Maths or the equivalent is also necessary. If you are in any doubt about the relevance of your qualifications or experience please contact us.

Portfolios

Interviews and offers In some exceptional cases, we will be confident that we can make you an offer without needing you to come to an interview. However, where it is especially important that we see evidence of your work, we will invite you to bring a portfolio to an interview.

Where you need to present a portfolio it should contain your art and design work. It is often helpful if at least some of it relates to the area in which would like to study. Remember we see a lot of students with wonderful portfolios, make sure yours represents the very best you can do. We are looking for talent and enthusiasm and a willingness to experiment too.

Don’t forget the telephone number!

If you are not sure and want to have a chat, phone us: +44 (0)29 2041 6154 or +44 (0)29 2041 6637/6696.

Where this isn’t possible, for example because of distance, we will ask to see digital or other images of your work and can interview you on the telephone. The interview isn’t like a job interview, we will try to make it as enjoyable as possible for you so that you are relaxed and able to show your enthusiasm for your chosen subject and to explain to us something about your motivation.

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Catia Silva Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design) 2009 ‘I’m from Portugal and English is my second language. I found the language thing a problem at first, but have persevered because I really like what I’m doing. My tutors have been really helpful, so have my friends on the course.’

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International Students The Cardiff School of Art & Design has a long history of welcoming students from around the world. With students from 125 different countries, the university has a unique cultural mix. Whether you study for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at CSAD, you will have the opportunity to obtain a prestigious qualification that will help to ensure success in your future career in a global creative industry.

“The great thing about UWIC is that I get to interact with students from different backgrounds and countries so I can benefit from their different views and experiences.”

Vijaya Kumar Ventkatesh, MSc Advanced Product Design from India

The Cardiff School of Art & Design Experience The cultural diversity of the Cardiff School of Art & Design creates a dynamic environment, where you will be encouraged to share experiences, ideas and beliefs.

This has resulted in an internationalised curriculum with the work of our students being recognised in a global context, putting you on the pathway to the professional career of which you have dreamed.

“My tutors at UWIC invest a great deal of energy into my theoretical inquiries, whilst the workshop technicians have been incredibly generous with their knowledge and support of my pursuits in bringing my inquiries to fruition.”

Rena Friedent, MA Ceramics, from USA

The Cardiff School of Art & Design’ is committed to ensuring that all our international students have a positive, productive and enjoyable experience.

The School has an International Co-ordinator who is available to help you with any aspect of your work and life both inside and outside of the university.

A programme of support includes: • Free Airport Welcome at London Heathrow or Cardiff • Induction Programme • Guaranteed accommodation • Student support services • Weekly drop-in sessions with CSAD’s International co-ordinator • Buddy System where you will be paired with a student from the UK • Free English Language and Study Skills support • Full Cultural and Social programme (including a visit to London, shopping in Bath and walking in the beautiful Welsh countryside) Studying as an international student in the internationally renowned Cardiff School of Art and Design is a life-changing experience. During your time with us, you will develop personally and professionally as an artist or designer. Immersed within our creative environment, you will find new inspiration for your work through different cultural perspectives.

We look forward to meeting you and to you joining in the great experience that is the Cardiff School of Art & Design.

Application and admission as an international student Please contact us if you need advice on entry requirements, applications process and the level of proficiency needed in the English Language. We can be more flexible about the timing of application for international students than for home students, as we appreciate that your circumstances may well be very different. We understand that coming to an interview may not be possible, although we would love to show you around. Instead we can talk with you on the phone and possibly ask to see images of some of your work.

Welcome to CSAD, your place is here.

Gareth Barham BA (hons) MCSD CSAD International Student Co-ordinator gbarham@uwic.ac.uk +44 (0)29 2041 6902 Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Masters Programmes

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MA Ceramics Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: One year full-time (three semesters, 45 weeks) Two years part-time (six semesters, 90 weeks)

career potential: Having celebrated its 25th year of student intake the programme remains one of the longest established discreet Masters Ceramics programme in the UK. Over 500 students (with a third from countries outside of the EU) have successfully completed the programme. Many of our graduates are today’s leading practitioners, researchers, academics and educationalists in the field of ceramics and related professions within the visual arts. course content: The MA programme aims to enable each student to identify their true interests and concerns as artists, designers, or makers. From this, students develop appropriate methods through which to explore their ideas and articulate them effectively in imaginative or innovative ways through the medium of ceramics.

‘I would like to give my congratulations and very best wishes to the students and ex students who have played such an important role in their contribution to the excellence of your Ceramics programme and to our cultural industries in Wales.

It is internationally recognised.’

Jane Hutt AM Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government

Students are engaged with key theories and contemporary debates, thus fostering their understandings of the ways in which these can influence the development of their artworks, and their future practice as artists, makers or academics.

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At the beginning of the programme students develop methods and strategies through reflecting upon known and unfamiliar modes of practice. The outcome of this initial project can confirm or give new direction through the conceptualization and expression of ideas, whilst exploiting appropriately the unique material and visual properties of the medium of ceramics.

entry requirements:

It gives opportunity to examine these issues in depth and begin to develop ways of articulating their intentions within the work that can be evidenced as an outcome of deep focused enquiry, constant reflection and sustained application.

Within the taught programme, an overarching series of lectures and seminars will provide you with grounding in research methods and engage you with key contemporary debates. Workshops introduce you to new materials and processes, as well as strengthen existing knowledge and experience, and are run throughout the year. As the programme progresses, your practice is supported by individual and group tutorials.

You are assessed through completed projects of studio practical work and research, based upon visual and written text and a final exhibition.

Students pursing this programme normally have a BA Hons degree in the visual arts. Many graduates who undertake the programme come to us with a number of years professional experience as practitioners or enter from related areas such as teaching, occasionally postcareer. All will be seeking to extend and develop significantly their practice and deepen their knowledge and understanding of ceramics.

Applicants should have one of the following: • A good Honours degree (in an appropriate discipline) • Appropriate professional experience within the subject • Strong portfolio of work. further information: csad.uwic.ac.uk/maceramics/ Programme Director: Peter Castle - pcastle@uwic.ac.uk

At key stages in the development of a project, visual presentations are employed to identify main concerns, to document progress and enhance your overall student experience. The balance of study time is normally 75% practice, and 25% theory.

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MSc Advanced Product Design Campus: Llandaff Course length: One year full-time two-years part-time

career potential: Cardiff School of Art & Design and the National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR) combine their state of the art design and manufacturing expertise to underwrite this unique MSc programme.

The programme is designed to equip our students with an advanced knowledge of the techniques, technologies, tools and philosophies being employed by today’s forward thinking designers.

It is principally aimed at enabling our graduates to develop their careers in contemporary product design, product development, and design management.

Graduates can therefore expect to find suitable employment in modern design consultancies, product design and manufacture companies, or high-tech companies dealing in the development of so called ‘information appliances’ such as smart mobile phones. course content: You will be encouraged to develop your professional product design skills including the essential designer’s skills of concept sketching, employing form shape and colour, product design specification, formal presentation and time management. You will also study the more technical aspects of design such as Design for Manufacture, Advanced 3D CAD, Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing. In addition to these more technical aspects of design you will gain a deeper understanding of the increasingly important ethical and ecological issues, faced by today’s product designers.

A key advantage of the programme is its industrial placement. You will be offered assistance in gaining a placement either in industry or within PDR. You will also be in a position to draw on real-world case studies from our industrial partners and PDR who will provide lecturing input and genuine "live" case studies for you to work on.

All students studying for the MSc will also undertake the following taught modules: • Advanced Product Design Principles and Practice • Sustainability (ecological) Issues in Design for Production • Research Techniques and Principles • User Testing and Evaluation • Form Shape and Colour A Professional Development Portfolio module is also included to enable you to focus the course on your individual career aspirations.

assessment: Assessment will be continuous throughout the programme and will be based on coursework, project work and presentations. entry requirements: Successful applicants will normally hold an Honours degree (2:1 or above) in product design, engineering design or architectural design. However, applicants with equivalent qualifications and/or professional experience will also be considered. further information: http://csad.uwic.ac.uk/MscAPD/ Programme Director: Paul Wilgeroth - pwilgeroth@uwic.ac.uk or call 029 2041 6902

The culmination of the MSc programme is the Major Design Project. The focus of your project is largely your choice, for example you may choose to specialise in such areas as Inclusive design, Sustainable (Ecological) Design, Rapid Product Development (which focuses on the design and development of products through to manufacture using rapid product development techniques), or Computer Embedded Devices (which develops techniques for designing and prototyping high-tech information appliances such as smart mobile phones).

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MSc Ecological Building Practice Campus: Llandaff Course length: one year full-time, two years part-time

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course content:

assessment:

The Masters in Ecological Building Practices (EBP) has been developed and is being delivered in collaboration between the Department of Architectural Studies in CSAD at UWIC and the Graduate School for the Environment, Centre for Alternative Technology (GSECAT).

The course content depends on whether students wish to transfer to the professional doctorate programme in EBP and therefore graduate with a PGDip in EBP, or graduate with an MSc in EBP first. If it is the former then students complete two 20 credit core modules and four optional modules.

Students are assessed through completed projects for each module, which includes reports, design projects, computer simulations and a series of practicals.

GSECAT is one Europe’s leading environmental centres and have significant experience in developing and delivering Masters programmes.

The core modules are Ecological and Environmental Contexts and Research Methods and the optional modules are chosen from Thermal Design of Buildings, Ecological Aspects of Building Systems and Services, Renewable Energy Systems, Computer Simulation, Health and the Built Environment, Ecological Design Project, Materials and construction, and Environmental assessment and legislation. For students who remain on the MSc programme they also have to complete a core 60 credit Dissertation module.

The MSc EBP programme is taught in Machynlleth and also UWIC’s Llandaff campus.

The programme is structured, to enable students from a wide range of built environment disciplines to develop knowledge and skills related to ecological issues. There is currently a lack of understanding in how to balance the often conflicting issues of society’s requirements for buildings, the availability of resources, both social and economic, and ecological imperatives.

The programme is particularly suitable for students employed in work related to the built environment, either professional or craft based and combines short and intensive attendance sessions accompanied by a fully supported and active Virtual Learning Environment.

The programme is fully supported with print and web based materials, with materials from all modules available on the programme website. There are also many additional resources and teaching materials available to students on this programme in relation to sustainability, renewable energy technologies and ecobuilding.

entry requirements: Applicants should have one of the following: • A good Honours degree (in an appropriate discipline) • Appropriate professional experience within the subject • Appropriate craft experience within the subject. further information: Dr John Littlewood (UWIC) jlittlewood@uwic.ac.uk Dr Simon Tucker (GSECAT) simon.tucker@cat.org.uk

The delivery has been designed for working practioners in mind in that each module is taught faceto-face over two days (except computer simulation and a design project) and the remainder of the tuition is through the virtual learning environment.

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Certificate in Professional and Research Skills: Art & Design Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: one day a week (autumn term) part-time students have longer to complete coursework

The Certificate in Professional and Research Skills: Art & Design (CPRS) is a postgraduate award. It aims to provide a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the range of methods, strategies and debates which can apply to art and design professional practice research. It is built around the four key areas of professional practice: research method, research design, and the criticality that is essential to the generation of knowledge. The programme will enable students to devise and construct a successful programme of research and professional practice to their art or design subject in the MDes, MFA, MA, MPhil and PhD programmes.

The CPRS programme has been informed throughout by the recommendations from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, by the precepts from the Quality Assurance Agency with regard to research skills training, and UWIC’s Continual Personal and Professional Development policy.

The programme offers training in the following areas: • Professional Methods Students are familiarised with a range of methods applicable to professional intervention or research in art and design.

• Research Methods A range of quantitative and qualitative research methods specific to art and design are introduced and explored, and students select and gain experience in those relevant to their research.

• Project Design How to design and management a clear, informed and well-constructed strategic project or research programme.

• Critical Positions in Art and Design An examination of the role ‘position’ plays in the formation of a critical voice and a project focus, explored through key contemporary debates in the theory and practice of art and design. further information: Graduate Studies Co-ordinator: Dr Clive Cazeaux - ccazeaux@uwic.ac.uk or call 029 2041 6680

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MA Art and Design: Fine Art Campus: Howard Gardens Campus Course length: one year full-time, two years part-time

career potential: The MA Art and Design (Fine Art) is a programme for practicing artists who want to explore intellectual and creative territories that are current and challenging.

After a sustained period of study, graduates of the new MA Art and Design (Fine Art) programme are well placed to pursue their career as practising artists in a contemporary context. Others may also develop their careers in arts administration, teaching or lecturing, or as a researcher in the wider creative industries or academia. course content: The MA Art and Design (Fine Art) will help you develop your practical and theoretical interests in relation to a body of artwork that is important in a contemporary fine art context.

To do this, you will: • Formulate an original, professionally designed and managed project that extends your knowledge and understanding of fine art.

• Reflect on the knowledge, skills and understanding that you need in order to further this body of work.

• Familiarise yourself with a range of contemporary research positions the field.

• Be involved in debate and discussion relating to fine art at an advanced level.

• Toward the end of the course, produce a high-level final exhibition of professional practice that synthesises the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired on the programme.

assessment:

All staff involved with this new MA Art and Design (Fine Art) programme are actively involved in making or writing about art. They bring this knowledge and experience to the programme, entering into an ongoing dialogue with you in order to develop and strengthen your art practice.

Applicants should have a good BA Honours degree (or equivalent), preferably in a related field.

On leaving the programme, you will not only have a better understanding of your art practice, but will also be able to contribute to the wider art world by making a living as an artist or researcher within the cultural sector. Increasingly, our MA graduates choose to pursue their research to Doctoral level, enrolling for a PhD at Cardiff School of Art & Design or elsewhere.

This programme is offered in both full-time mode (one year duration) and part-time mode (two year duration).

In both cases, the programme is delivered on one day per week during the first and second Semesters (October to June). You will be expected to be selfdirected at all other times, negotiating your own programme of learning with your personal tutor.

Assessment is though a combination of portfolio review, essay, viva voce examination, dissertation and a final exhibition of work. entry requirements:

further information: Programme Leader: Simon Pope - SPope@uwic.ac.uk or contact the Programme Administrator, Nicola Brown - NBrown@uwic.ac.uk www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/mfa

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MA Art & Design: Communication Campus: Howard Gardens Campus Course length: one year full-time, two years part-time

career potential: The MA Art & Design: Communication is a programme for practicing artists and designers who want to explore intellectual and creative territories that are current and challenging.

This programme provides students with the opportunity to undertake practical and theoretically-led projects addressing the creative dimensions, social contexts and cultural significance of mediated human interaction. It seeks to encourage innovatory practice and the scholarly investigation of what is a complex field of means, intentions and humanistic potentials.

As an MA Art & Design: Communication student, you will develop your own creative and practical abilities, as well as a critical insight into your chosen mode of creative communication - be it graphic, sonic, illustrative or interactive for example You will work towards a certificate in academic research skills, and attend a series of research seminars. Your period of study will culminate in the exhibition of new, practicebased or theoretical work, and the writing of a dissertation.

More particularly, the MA Art & Design: Communication will help you to develop your practical and theoretical interests in relation to a body of work that will be relevant to a wider social and cultural context. To do this, you will: • Formulate an original, professionally designed and managed project that extends your knowledge, understanding and practice within the field of communication.

• Reflect on the knowledge, skills and understanding that you need in order to develop this body of work.

• Familiarise yourself with a range of contemporary research positions within the field.

• Be involved in debate and discussion relating to contemporary communication at an advanced level.

• Toward the end of the course, produce a high-level final exhibition of practice-led or theoreticallysituated outcomes and academic scholarship that synthesises the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired on the programme course content: After a sustained period of study, graduates of the new MA Art & Design: Communication programme are well placed to pursue their career as practicing contemporary communicators in a variety of professional or creative industries contexts (for example graphic design, illustration, new media, the mass media, journalism, public relations and marketing). Others may seek to develop their careers in education and academia (teaching, lecturing or further research).

Staff involved with the new MA Art & Design: Communication programme are actively involved in making or writing about many different areas of contemporary communication. They bring this knowledge and experience to the programme, entering into an ongoing dialogue with you in order to develop and strengthen your professional practice and intellectual outlook. On leaving the programme, you

will not only have a better understanding of communication in its widest sense, but will also be able to contribute to that field as a creative communicator, administrator, teacher or researcher.

We anticipate that some of our MA Art & Design: Communication graduates may choose to pursue their research to Doctoral level, enrolling for a PhD at Cardiff School of Art & Design or elsewhere.

This programme is offered in both full-time mode (one year duration) and part-time mode (two year duration).

In both cases, the programme is delivered on one day per week during the first and second Semesters (October to June). You will be expected to be selfdirected at all other times, negotiating your own programme of learning with your personal tutor. assessment: Assessment is though a combination of portfolio review, essay, viva voce examination, dissertation and a final exhibition of work. entry requirements: Applicants should have a good BA Honours degree (or equivalent), preferably in a related field. further information: Programme Leader: Kevin Edge - Kedge@uwic.ac.uk

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MFA (Master of Fine Art) Campus: Howard Gardens Campus Course length: one year full-time, two years part-time

career potential: This programme is designed to fit the requirements of contemporary professional artists. Graduates of the new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme are well placed to pursue a career within the field of contemporary visual art. course content: Our new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme focuses on the professional aspects of an artist's work.

You will develop and strengthen your existing practice, within a critical academic context, through a negotiated programme of learning with the support of staff and technicians.

As an MFA student, you will also work towards a certificate in professional skills. We welcome recent graduates as well as those with more established practices.

The MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme aims to develop your ability to: • Formulate an original, professionally designed and managed project that extends your knowledge and understanding of fine art.

• Reflect on the knowledge, skills and understanding that you need in order to further this body of work.

• Familiarise yourself with a range of contemporary professional positions the field • Be involved in debate and discussion relating to fine art at an advanced level.

• Toward the end of the course, produce a high-level final exhibition of professional practice that synthesises the knowledge, skills and understanding acquired on the programme.

All staff involved with the new MFA (Master of Fine Art) programme are actively involved in making or writing about art. They bring this knowledge and experience to the programme, entering into an ongoing dialogue with you in order to develop and strengthen your art practice within a critical, professional context.

We particularly welcome recent graduates and those whose career is already focused on art practice and the production of new work. This may include teachers or lecturers who want to develop practice-based projects within an educational environment, or artists who are undertaking residencies or commissions and who wish to enhance their professional work through a process of critical self-reflection with the support of subjectspecialist academic staff and technicians.

This programme is designed so that you will be able to sustain your professional practice whilst studying towards your Masters qualification.

This programme is offered in both Full-time mode (1 year duration) and Part-time mode (2 year duration). In both cases, the programme is delivered on one day per week during the first Semester (October to January). At all other times you are expected to be self-directed, negotiating your own programme of learning with your personal tutor and supervisory team. assessment: Assessment is though a combination of portfolio review, report and reflective-journal writing, viva voce examination and a final exhibition of work. entry requirements: Applicants should have a good BA Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field. We also recognise the value of prior learning and experience within related fields. further information: www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/mfa/ Programme Leader: Simon Pope - SPope@uwic.ac.uk Programme Administrator: Nicola Brown - NBrown@uwic.ac.uk

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MDes Campus: Howard Gardens Course length: one year full-time, two years part-time

career potential:

typical career destinations:

With emphasis on practice, the MDes is intended for those who have, and wish to maintain, a career in any form of professional design practice. The MDes provides an opportunity for advanced design study in the context of a professional situation and will be attractive to graduates in employment who would like to study for a higher degree; employers who are seeking a means to develop their staff and: design entrepreneurs seeking intellectual support in the development of a design idea.

• Professional Design Practice • Design Enterprise • Design Management • Further Post Graduate and Doctoral Study

The MDes programme has been designed with Continuing Professional and Personal Development in mind and will open opportunities to develop further career opportunities and to develop designers as managers, strategists and entrepreneurs.

MDes students will receive masters level training in specialist, subject-specific intellectual tools that will serve them in good stead, primarily as professional practicing designers and managers of design enterprise. Additionally, they will be given the transferable skills of strategic vision, agility, reflection and critical evaluation which are in demand in relation to 21st Century global entrepreneurship in the wider economy and workplace. Wherever possible they will work with and involve their employers, clients or stakeholders in regard to their own development and that of their particular design project.

entry requirements:

assessment: The assessment for this programme is through a combination of portfolio review, report and reflectivejournal writing, vive voce and a final exhibition of work.

Applicants should have a good BA Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field. We also recognize the value of prior learning and experience within related fields. further information: Programme Leader: Kevin Edge - kedge@uwic.ac.uk www. csad/uwic.ac.uk/mdes/

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Research Degrees Cardiff School of Art & Design has a long history in the generation of art and design research. It has an active and supportive research environment, and its supervisors have significant expertise in the various ways in which art, design and engineering theory and practice can contribute to knowledge.

The School’s research is recognised as playing a key role in supporting economic, social and cultural development in Wales and the UK. Through its research, CSAD aims to generate new knowledge and understanding of art and design, and to contribute to the creative industries, the cultural sector, manufacturing, the professions and the community.

Furthermore, the School is a co-founding institution (with Newport School of Art Media and Design), of Wales Institute of Research in Art and Design (WIRAD), allowing the research experience of its students and supervisors to be enhanced through cross-School collaboration and exchange.

CSAD provides opportunities to undertake supervised research that lead to the awards of Master of Philosophy (MPhil; 1-2 years full-time, 2-5 years parttime) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD; 3-4 years full time, 4-7 years part time).

The awards of MPhil and PhD are achieved through a sustained piece of original investigative research leading to a thesis that can be theoretical or practicebased. The School welcomes research degree applications in the following fields: art, design, design technologies, and the history and theory of art and design.

It is also keen to promote interdisciplinary research between art and design and other fields of practice or enquiry.

Details of subject areas in which CSAD staff are especially keen to supervise research can be found on the School’s Research Degrees website at http://www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/researchdegrees/ supervisors.htm.

The School’s MPhil and PhD programmes provide training in generic research skills, applicable to all subjects, and in research skills and methods which are specific to art and design. Details of the art and design research training programme can be found under the heading of the Certificate in Professional and Research Skills programme elsewhere in this prospectus.

For further details, contact Dr Clive Cazeaux, Graduate Studies Co-ordinator, on 029 2041 6680 or ccazeaux@uwic.ac.uk.

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Research Degree Students Alison Graham Full-time PhD research student in Ceramics The investigation is grounded within theories associated with the creation and perception of visual phenomena, specifically key psychological and physiological principles relating to the illusory properties of colour and tone.

My research examines selected artists who exploit the illusory effects resulting from the ways they apply and compose colour in their artworks. These findings have been used to develop a framework for the conduct and evaluation of the studio-based strand of the project.

Practical trials explore illusory effects identified both through the literature/field review and independent practice. These effects include the role of the coloured ground, tonal gradation, contrasting colours, gradation of contrast and the relationship between pigment and glaze, with specific regard to the effects of transparency and opacity and how the physical properties of these relationships affect the production of hue, tone and saturation. A final set of trials will examine the ways arrangements of selected combinations of pigment and glaze create illusory effects of depth and movement, and the aesthetic results and other relevant outcomes will be evaluated, according to terms drawn from the theoretical strand of the study. A series of new artworks will demonstrate the ways combinations of pigment and glaze, and the composition of these, can be exploited to articulate the illusory effects of depth and movement on ceramic surfaces. (taken from http://www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/ researchdegrees/example_agraham.htm)

Jan Bennett Part-time PhD student in Fine Art The subject of this research is the representation of genetically and technologically modified humans within contemporary visual art practice and popular and scientific media. The study examines their respective roles in forming public opinion as well as in educating readers and viewers in relation to potential and developing technologies; comparing and contrasting the context for and objectives of artists and scientists in relation to biotechnology. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate through both theory and practice, the ways in which the critical intersection between art and science informs our understanding of human being and human becoming.

My research is conducted through a survey and investigation of the creation, development and cultural placement of biogenetic and biotechnological imagery within the visual arts, popular and scientific media; theoretical perspectives concerning biotechnology, visual theory and case studies. The practice, the reflexive and subjective material realisation of the critical and objective visual and theoretical enquiry leading to the production of artworks which participate in and challenge the opposition between progress and transgression in art and science, investigates how these oppositions relate, conflict and intersect. (taken from http://www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/ researchdegrees/example_jbennett.htm)

Sara Moorhouse Full-time PhD student in Ceramics My research examines and analyses the spatial activity created by colour combinations, drawn from landscape, when applied to three-dimensional form.

Colours perform spatially upon a two-dimensional surface in a multitude of ways and these may be affected significantly by other formal qualities of threedimensional works.

My research has shown that bands of colour arranged upon the three-dimensional bowl, display spatial manoeuvres that are not found within identical alignments of hues upon a two-dimensional surface.

A key finding to date is the ‘tilt effect’, an illusion that bends form and creates tension between inner and outer surfaces. This phenomenon is so resolute and compelling, that not only can a dual tilt appear, but further unexpected spatial events can be produced.

Such effects, once determined, may be used as an abstract language across the mediums of painting and ceramics.

Through manipulation of hue, the colours and spirit of landscape can be represented; through hue and form, and so illusion, landscape can be further realised, to suggest its weight, movement, contours, scale and ambiguous nature.

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Professional Doctorate Ecological Building Practices Campus: UWIC Llandaff/GSECAT Machynlleth Course length: Two to nine years part-time (typically three and a half years)

career potential: The Professional Doctorate in Ecological Building Practices (D.EBP) is the sixth title within UWIC’s successful Professional Doctorate programme, which has been running since 2005. The D.EBP is the first poffessional doctorate programme in CSAD and builds upon the MSc in EBP, and commenced in April 2009. The D.EBP has two intakes each year, September and February. Like the MSc in EBP, the D.EBP has been developed and is being delivered in collaboration between the Department of Architectural studies in CSAD UWIC and the Graduate School for the Environment, Centre for Alternative Technology (GSECAT).

The course was developed to meet the growing requirement for specialist knowledge and skills in the field of built environment, with particular reference to environmental and ecological practice.

Doctoral degrees are awarded for the creation and interpretation, construction and/or exposition of knowledge which extends the forefront of a discipline, usually through original research. Holders of doctoral degrees will be able to conceptualise, design and implement projects for the generation of significant new knowledge and/or understanding and have the qualities needed for employment that require both the ability to make informed judgements on complex issues in specialist fields and an innovative approach to tackling and solving problems. The distinction between the PhD and the Professional Doctorate is that whereas a PhD focused on the development of new theory a Professional Doctorate focuses on the development of new professional practice knowledge.

The Professional Doctorate Programme aims to meet the demans for high level professional craft and professional ‘green jobs’ which have been highlighted as extremely important to mitigate against climate change and also extremely important to the economics of the UK. In 2008 and 2009, both the Welsh Assembly Government and the UK Government launched in 2008 a funding strategy (Green Skills) to meet the need for green jobs.

The delivery has been designed for working practitioners in mind in that the majority of tuition is through VLE, using Blackboard software and video conferencing. The initial CPC module is taught and assessed over three intensive days plus a further day for presentations. Thereafter, there is a minimum attendance of once a year face-to-face, but students are encouraged to join a number of other face to face and VLE research seminar sessions during each year at either GSECAT Machynlleth or UWIC Llandaff.

course content: The course commences with an MRes and is integrated within the Professional Doctorate programme and offers rigorous training in research methodology. It comprises the Professinal Development Portfolio (twice). Contextualising Professional Change module (CPC) plus specific student centred research methods element with the Advanced Research: Pntological , epistemological and methodological perspectives module. The MRes offers students the opportunity to identify a professional change context through the Professional Development Portfolio and the contextualising Professional Change module and to develop their understanding of research methodology through Advanced Research: Ontological, epistemological and methodological perspectives module alongside a customised programme of personal development in the Professional Development Portfolio Module.

assessment: Students are assessed through completed projects for each module which includes reports specific to their chosen professional practice research project. entry requirements: Applicants should have one of the following: • 120 credits from a relevant master programme including a 20 credit Research methods module degree. For students who have not undertaken a 20 credits Research Methods module from a relevant masters programme will undertake this module from the MSc programme in EBP. further information: Programme Directors: Dr John Littlewood (UWIC) jlittlewood@uwic.ac.uk Dr Simon Tucker (GSECAT) simon.tucker@cat.org.uk csad.uwic.ac.uk/mscecologicalbuildingpractices/ Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Research at CSAD Cardiff School of Art & Design is a centre for both research and knowledge generation. In the 2008 RAE exercise the assessment panel found that in Media Arts, Fine Art and Ceramics, CSAD is world leading and that the rest of our research is Internationally excellent. This spectacular result is a testament to the dedication and quality of the School’s staff.

Most of the School’s academic staff are either research active or directly involved with knowledge generation and exchange of value to the economy and cultural environment. The School’s research strategy calls for staff to engage with research that enhances their teaching activities, thereby directly benefiting the School’s students.

CSAD is a founding member of the Wales Institute of Research in Art & Design (WIRAD www.wirad.ac.uk), which is host to a wide variety of exciting research into art, design and architecture.

Here are details of some of the Research Groups and Centres based in the School.

Centre for Creative Pedagogies Art & design pedagogy has traditionally been based not on subject-knowledge, but on a philosophical position that affirms the ‘emancipatory and transformative' nature of education. Staff active in this theme are exploring the extent to which art & design strategies are supported by theoretical and/or action research studies, and looking at the cross-disciplinary and cross-

cultural potential of best-practice in the sector. In addition, research is being undertaken in to the relationship between this pedagogic model, and the development of student creativity, motivation and independence.

Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR) The Centre for Fine Art Research provides a medium through which a number of groups with differing interests within the same generic field can interact and collaborate. The Centre’s groups include: CFAR Group: Painting Research Members of the Group use journeys as inspiration for new workings. Along the way they are creating a ‘museum’ of materials that contextualise and examine their individual thinking in the context of the creative process.

CFAR Group: Colloquium for the Study of Walking as a Visual Practice A peer network of international artists is being established by the Colloquium to develop the concept of walking as an art practice.

CFAR Group: History and Theory of Art, Design and Media Promotes original investigation in the fields of the history and theory of art, design and media.

CFAR Group: Printmaking Research Group (PROOF) Creates print-based works of art in collaboration with artists such as Ivor Davies, Terry Setch and Mary Lloyd Jones. Mary has worked with the Group extensively over the past two years and recently had a major launch of her digital work at the National Library of Wales, the design and production of which was in collaboration with the PROOF members.

Centre for Research in Ceramics This Centre’s wide ranging research outputs include Jeffrey Jones’ book The Studio Potter in Britain, a refereed international journal, Interpreting Ceramics: www.interpretingceramics.com and the Researching Ceramics Online Database: www.researching ceramics.net

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Research at CSAD Over 73% of Cardiff School of Art & Design’s academic staff are research active, with a commitment to research outcomes that are beneficial to our sectors and to student learning. A high proportion of this activity addresses particular problems or issues through original enquiry, experiment and practice.

Our work is making a realistic and positive contribution to culture, the environment and the economy, in Wales and worldwide.

Sensory Design Research Group The Group’s aim is to design, develop and distribute a range of experiential, sensory and educational technologies. Its Reactive Colours™ project secured support funding from National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and interest from many organisations including Smart Technologies Limited, Architects of Air, National Autistic Society UK and from Autism Cymru. The group’s leader, Wendy Keay-Bright is holder of an honorary Autism Cymru S4C Charity of the Year Award in recognition of her work.

MeAT MeAT research is lead by a philosophical discourse centred about embodied interaction. We imagine and make theoretical and practical experiments that explore how technology is enacted as a component of the soma. We also develop strategies for the implementation of enactive technologies and collaborate in our research with Transtechnology : University of Plymouth. (http://www.wirad.ac.uk/research-themes/meat/) Textiles Research Group The many possible ways in which textiles may interface with digital textile practice is being researched by this Group who wish to analyse technology’s impact on creativity and innovation.

Ecological Built Environment Research and Enterprise (ebere) EBERE focuses on research and enterprise centred on the creation and preservation of the Built Environment from an ecological perspective and which adopts a holistic approach to principles and application at the micro level for shelter and to the macro level for communities and beyond. Groups active in this theme are investigating how design techniques, strategies and applications can take a low impact and harmonious approach to enhance how people use the built environment for their living, working and for their leisure environment.

Further details of our research and our involvement with the Wales Institute for Research into Art & Design see: http://www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/research.htm Dr Steve Gill, FHEA Director of Research Cardiff School of Art & Design

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Enterprise at CSAD Cardiff Open Art School enterprise at CSAD The enterprising students and staff in Cardiff School of Art & Design engage in a variety of activities, creating knowledge and sharing ideas, contributing to the vibrant culture of Wales’s capital city and beyond.

You’d expect an Art & Design school to exhibit work and we do - both at the heart of where we work and in the fabulous venues available throughout the city.

We’re not shy of showing off internationally either, with exhibitions in Europe and even as far away as China.

We share our expertise in other ways; working with businesses to maximise their research and development, supporting new initiatives within a company with a graduate knowledge transfer partnership or ensuring their existing staff have the skills needed to meet today’s challenges by offering tailor made continuous professional development programmes.

We share our skills and knowledge, offering accessible short courses through Cardiff Open Art School, providing an opportunity for everyone to engage with the Art School experience.

As one of the leading Art & Design Schools in the UK we take our role in the creative industries very seriously. For five years now we’ve championed the Welsh design community by organising the internationally renowned Cardiff Design Festival. This annual event celebrates successes with a showcase of the best work and a series of talks, events, exhibitions, parties.

We’re fiercely proud of our relationship with employers, working closely to ensure that our graduates have the skills that make them highly sought after. We run live briefs set by industry partners, involve practitioners in developing curriculum and play a leading role with the appropriate skills councils, making sure we play our part in creating a future designed for success.

For further examples of the projects we enjoy, please visit: www.csad.ac.uk www.cardiffdesignfestival.org

cardiff open art school Do you love the idea of studying art but don’t want to commit to doing a degree? Then Cardiff Open Art School provides a wonderful opportunity for you to develop your art and design skills whether for personal enjoyment or to build a portfolio to help you apply for a job or course.

It’s a great way of getting the buzz from meeting up with like-minded creative people each week and to be a part of the university’s lively culture with our exciting programme of exhibitions and talks. Each term we run evening classes in painting, life drawing, inspirational drawing, printmaking, Adobe Photoshop, ceramics and digital photography, and also organise Summer and Easter Schools, the perfect alternative to a more traditional holiday. Our courses are open to all ages and abilities, from absolute beginners to experienced artists. No qualifications are necessary, just enthusiasm and a desire to learn and experiment. All our tutors are practicing artists and designers and provide students with one to one mentoring and advice as well as whole class tuition.

We've recently joined forces with Fotogallery to offer a unique new programme of short courses in photography, digital video and web design at the Chapter Arts Centre, Canton. For the latest information on the courses that we’re running visit: www.csad.uwic.ac.uk/coas.htm or call 029 2020 1560 Cardiff School of Art & Design

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CSAD Affiliates The purpose of the non-academic Affiliate Programme is to enable participants to develop their skills, knowledge and practices at postgraduate level.

Affiliation can help graduates develop their ability to pursue an independent creative career as a practising artist or designer. It can also be used as an opportunity to build up a portfolio of work, prior to applying for postgraduate degree opportunities within the School.

Affiliates may join us for an agreed timescale, either in the term or vacation periods, subject to space and facilities being available.

Each affiliate will have an agreed plan and formal agreement with us, before the placement can begin.

Subject to the degree of need, affiliates could have arrangements for mentoring and technical support during the course of their placement.

Affiliates will need to abide by the rules of conduct of the University and use the studio space or facilities provided for the sole purpose as identified in the agreement. They will hold responsibility for health and safety in the same ways as a member of staff or a student.

The School will provide access to studio/workshop space and appropriate technical facilities for the span of the agreed Affiliate Programme. This will also include lighting, heating and access to the campus library and open access computers.

The fee will not cover the cost of consumable materials. But, access to relevant lectures and seminars on masters and research seminars can be provided.

It anticipated that placements will be for a minimum of 10 weeks or the maximum of a year. The weeks can be taken sequentially or in groups, subject to CSAD facilities and resources being available. Affiliates must abide by the access agreements undertaken.

Interest in affiliation to Fine Arts and Ceramics areas are especially encouraged.

For further information and for discussion of possible affiliations, please contact Angie Dutton, Enterprise Co-ordinator, adutton@uwic.ac.uk

Centre for Personal & Professional Development UWIC’s Centre for Personal & Professional Development offers a wide range of courses designed to improve skills.

Whether it’s pursuing an interest or gaining accredited qualifications to improve a Continuing Professional Development portfolio, we can help. We work with communities, employers, artists, designers, teachers and individuals to develop courses that are relevant to you.

For more information or for a list of courses currently planned please contact: Centre for Personal & Professional Development University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB Tel: 029 2020 1560 uwic.ac.uk

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Sculpture studio Howard Gardens

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CSAD Alumni In July 2009, Howard Gardens Gallery curated a show It wouldn’t have been worth it without the struggle featuring graduates of our programmes who are making a name for themselves, such as the Fine Artist, Marega Palster. Showing recent work is just one of several ways that we can help our graduates. Another is to enable graduates to use our facilities through the CSAD Affiliates programme for the production and development of their own work. You can put yourself on our mailing lists to be sure to be invited back to our exhibitions, lectures and degree shows. And as a CSAD graduate you become part of UWIC Alumni Society…

So, you’re thinking about studying at UWIC - but have you ever wondered what will happen after graduation?

We know for a fact that the skills and ideas you develop here will stand you in good stead and that you will be best placed to carve out for yourself the career you want. Over the years, CSAD graduates have made a real difference as designers, makers, architects and artists. They have brought their skills and ideas to many forms of creative engagement that have been quietly enriching our lives in so many ways.

Amongst CSAD graduates is the fashion designer, David Emanuel who studied here 1972-75. The international product design guru, Ross Lovegrove and fashion designer, Julien McDonald, both took their Foundation year at CSAD. These are just three of thousands of extraordinary people, who once studied with us and are now successfully working in the arts and creative industries worldwide.

The people you meet at CSAD are likely to be friends and professional contacts for life. Just as you will keep in touch with them, so we are keen to keep in touch with you Whatever their chosen field, our alumni (latin for nurslings, foster-sons or pupils, but used by universities to mean ‘former students’) are brought together by the simple fact that they studied at the Cardiff School of Art & Design.

We’re proud of the education we provide, and of the students who come here, and that pride does not stop at your graduation ceremony - we’re here for you for the long term. We look forward to welcoming you into our network, and to making sure that the network works for you.

If you wish to contact the Alumni Officer please call 029 2020 1592, or email alumni@uwic.ac.uk

If you choose to study at UWIC, you become a member of the UWIC Alumni Society as soon as you graduate.

UWIC Alumni benefit from a lifetime of opportunities, which include access to the UWIC Careers Service for many years after graduation, as well as access to libraries and sports facilities. Add to this the network of individuals who excel in their chosen field, and you’ll see that being a UWIC Graduate has definite advantages,

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What makes CSAD tick?

Dean of Cardiff School of Art & Design Professor Gaynor Kavanagh DPhil MPhil FMA

Deputy to the Dean and Director of Learning & Teaching Dr Steve Thompson MA RCA

Everyone at CSAD is committed to ensuring that the School is one of the best in the UK. We believe that our research, learning, enterprise and teaching are seamless activities and the source of our individuality as a school. To be top-flight in any one of these areas means being top-flight in them all. That’s where we are at...

We are risk-taking, imaginative and driven to make a stand for all that is worthwhile in the arts, design and architecture.

We believe that our students are our colleagues, co-conspirators and companions.

Director of Research Dr Steve Gill FHEA

Director of Enterprise Olwen Moseley BA FHEA

We are in this together!

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The information in this prospectus is also available on the CSAD website:

csad.uwic.ac.uk where content can be viewed in your preferred format.

The information given in this prospectus is intended as a general guide to UWIC, its courses and facilities, and does not form part of a contract. UWIC reserves the right to modify or withdraw without notice any of the courses or facilities described in this prospectus.

All the information contained in this publication was correct at the time of writing.

Compiled by: CSAD Edited by: CSAD Designed by: Sarah Garwood, Creative Services, UWIC Cover photography by: Phil Boorman Photography by: Phil Boorman, Mal Bennett, CSAD and Dave Barnes Printed by: HSW Print A warm thank you to all the academic and support staff and students who helped with the production of this prospectus.

All wood/pulp used in this publication was sourced from sustainable producers and responsibly managed forests that create minimal environmental impact.

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Last word...

Sophie Oates BA (hons) Fine Arts 2009 ‘I love Cardiff - you can’t get bored here - I’m staying!’

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ATHROFA PRIFYSGOL CYMRU, CAERDYDD

YSGOL GELF & DYLUNIO

CAERDYDD

Wrth galon creadigrwydd yng Nghaerdydd am dros 140 o flynyddoedd

‘At the heart of Creativity in Cardiff for over 140 years…’

Cardiff School of Art & Design University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), Howard Gardens, Cardiff, CF24 0SP Tel: +44 (0)29 2041 6154 Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6944 University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB Tel: +44 (0)29 2041 6637/6696 Fax: +44 (0)29 2041 6640 csad.uwic.ac.uk

All wood/pulp used in this publication was sourced from sustainable producers and responsibly managed forests that create minimal environmental impact.

Please recycle this publication.