2 Contents 2 Empower your Creativity 48 BA (Hons) Jewellery Design THE 8 Creative Careers 52 BA (Hons) Performing Arts 10 Partnerships 54 BA (Hons) Photography GATEWAY TO 14 Our city 56 BA (Hons) Popular Music

18 Your Creative Space 58 BA (Hons) Short Film Making 24 Student Housing 60 BA (Hons) Textile Design YOUR CREATIVE 26 Your Student Experience 64 MA in Contemporary Crafts 28 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design 66 MA in Fine Art FUTURE. 30 The Portfolio Course 68 Other Courses

32 Top-up Degree Programme 69 Short Courses

33 Critical Studies 70 How to Apply

34 BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing 72 Fees and Funding

38 BA (Hons) Contemporary Design Crafts 74 International Students

40 BA (Hons) Fine Art 76 Map

42 BA (Hons) Graphic & Media Design 77 Did you Miss?

44 BA (Hons) Illustration 78 Open Days

46 BA (Hons) Illustration & Animation

Disclaimer Photography Contributions from: While every effort will be made to adhere to the Oliver Cameron-Swan syllabuses, dates and times within this prospectus, the Matt Davies Through developing expertise in your College reserves the right to amend, without notice, the Sophie Foulkes contents quoted. Every care is taken by College Dan Haworth-Salter specialism, critical thinking, and a collaborative of Arts to ensure the accuracy of this prospectus and to Rosario Mawby provide the courses and services described. The College Dee Montague approach, you’ll develop the skills you need to build cannot, however, guarantee their provision in the event of Joel Munson circumstances beyond its control (such as lack of demand, Doug Norton an exciting future for yourself and others. changes in government policy or industrial action) but, in Emma Pugh such an event, will make reasonable effort to provide a Emily Nicholls When you feel confident in yourself, comfortable suitable alternative. Toni Ward Ruth Zuleika Cameron-Swan taking creative risks, and are articulate and reflective In accepting any offer of a place, you consent to this MASH Cinema photo: about your work, great things will follow. notice as a term of contract between you and the Christopher Preece infinityunlimited.co.uk College. All enrolled students are required to abide by College regulations. With Thanks to all the students and staff who have contributed to this prospectus 3 1 Being part of our creative Empower community inspires you to your Creativity think deeper and reach higher. It is a space where you can imagine different futures, and it gives you the courage to make these happen.

Sarah-Jane Crowson Scholarship Development Manager

We’ll encourage you to be: Collaborative Curious

Brave Join our creative community Inventive Here you’ll join a dynamic At HCA you’ll achieve more than just a BA (Hons) or MA creative community. With high degree; you’ll gain a whole new perspective on the subject Individual levels of contact time from that you’re passionate about. Studying here will transform tutors, and strong bonds with how you perceive the arts in our society, and prepare your peers, you will receive you to make your mark on the world. both support and challenge to achieve your ambitions.

3 Creative collaboration We take it personally Key to your experience at HCA will be engaging with other creatives in a unique, gives us the collaborative atmosphere.

At HCA you will quickly get to know all the students starting your course with you. You power to will be taught by passionate staff who are often active practitioners in their own right. They will take the time to get to know you, understand your talents and be personally invested in your success. change the Students and staff enjoy a dynamic A place to find your footing conversation, in which ideas and inspiration can flow both ways. Our historic city, set in the midst of an world. exceptional landscape, is friendly and relaxed Our size and focus make joining HCA a with a real sense of community and plenty very different experience to joining vast of great events and activities to get involved non-specialist universities. At HCA the with. Here you can find inspiration, develop whole environment is led by creativity. Here, your talents, forge friendships, and create talent is always recognised and potential is without boundaries. never lost in the crowd. We champion our Throughout history, the greatest cultural students as individuals – celebrating each Our technical facilities include exceptional achievements have only been possible person’s successes. access to specialist workshops in textiles, 3D through the meeting of minds in places fabrication, print, ceramics, small metals, and where ideas collide and the talents are Our scale also means that we are naturally spacious studios. outward-facing. We welcome high profile, diverse and complementary. industry speakers to run masterclasses We have professional studios for music, and give inspiring lectures. All students are photography, and a fully-rigged black-box given opportunities to take live briefs from style performing arts theatre. You can real clients, work on exciting projects with plug into all the tech you need with digital external partners, and share their work with media suites for graphic design, illustration, a wider audience. animation and film making. 5 Make a Connection Option Modules At HCA we’re proud to come Students choose to join us at HCA for many At HCA, we encourage and support you to from a long tradition of specialist different reasons – but an overwhelming theme explore your creativity beyond boundaries. is a sense of ‘fit’ of HCA. For this is a place where Many of our art and design degrees include an arts schools where students have you can truly be yourself. No house style will be option for you to take a complementary module pushed upon you. Instead, inspiring staff will outside of the core programme. This can be a always been encouraged to be encourage you to be daring, brave and inventive, great opportunity to broaden your perspective and help you discover your own unique creative or develop a specialist interest. radical, questioning, and engage voice. We don’t want you to fit the mould – feel free to break it! with big issues.

With a sense of community, both inside and HCA is rooted in place – outside HCA, you’ll be encouraged to engage with real social issues and to think about the is a very special and beautiful location potential impact of your work. We empower you – but always connected to the world. to make the work you are passionate about and I became principal of Hereford College develop a deep integrity in your own practice. of Arts after a long career in the BBC, So here, in our college built at a very human scale, you can carve out your own place at the yet our students never fail to inspire heart of something much bigger. me. They are true creative citizens and through the work they produce and Creative Freedom their careers in the creative industries and beyond, we are proud of the At HCA, your creative development is given myriad of ways that they contribute to top priority. Our scale allows us to reject rigid discipline boundaries. We offer inductions in our economy and society, and have any workshop regardless of your degree, all Teaching Excellence a positive impact in the world. available to you, right from the very start of your study. Our workshops are exciting places full Based on the evidence available, the TEF Panel of innovation and cross-pollination between judged that delivers courses. You’re likely to find graphic design high quality teaching, learning and outcomes students working companionably alongside for its students. It consistently exceeds jewellery students, or fine artists in healthy rigorous national quality requirements for debate with artist blacksmiths. UK higher education.

*The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a new scheme introduced by the Abigail Appleton Department for Education for recognising HCA Principal excellent teaching and learning.

7 Creative Careers • • • • • Creative Futures published March 2018 Creative Deal, Sector Industries Government’s the in quoted * Figures whatever your choice of career. knowledge and skills that underpin success, HCA will help you develop the personal qualities, there is awealth for of you opportunity to explore. work an as independent freelancer for amix of clients, international firm, to set up your or ownsmall to business, is whether booming; you want to get ajob in aprestigious begin preparing for your future career. The creative sector From the day you at Hereford start you College of Arts, employment beyond the creative industries. creative industries. the beyond employment in creative jobs 1million than more are There professional occupations. and businesses sectors, ofindustry range awide sought-after across highly are degree acreative you through develop skills The equivalent. or adegree at least with by people held are creativein occupations jobs of majority – the matter Qualifications your career. to build exciting which in area and It’s adynamic strategy. industrial government’s the in sectors priority of the one as –classified future UK’sthe economic of heart at are the creative industries The economy.* ofthe rest at the fast as twice growing are and people 2million employ billion, £92 worth are Britain’s creative industries • • • life: acreativefor working skills practical essential to develop chance their chosen programme, will be given the of regardless at HCA, student Every degree HCA Enterprise Programme other training resources. resources. training other and workshops talks, through your skills extend and to top-up have opportunity the you’ll programme, HCA the Enterprise with but modules ofyour degree part as topics important cover you will these many cases In How to set up as a creative freelancer acreative freelancer as up to set How Marketing for Media Social website out astand to create How • • • • • • You’ll to demonstrate: able be sought-after much by and employers. life, working for important so skills, transferable of give you will asuite A creative degree Valuable Transferable Skills learning outcomes at HCA. outcomes learning and teaching in the embedded arethey find life you’ll and productive purposeful and a for skills core are We these believe Problem solving solving Problem Curiosity Creative critical and thinking Collaboration complex ideas expressing when articulate Being Adaptability • • • • • • • • including: Programme Launchpad HCA Graduate month 18 an access can graduates new our all 2019 from So, creative network. their broaden to events at with HCA that continue engage to and peers, with staff,stay to in touch experienced from follow-up advice to seek opportunities value graduates Our daunting. and exhilarating both feel can your career in steps first the that taking We understand at graduation. air the into board mortar your you’ve tossed after you long support Your to HCA continue with will relationship Launchpad Programme HCA Graduate You will also be invited to apply for: You for: to apply invited be also will (from 2019). HCA’s hub incubation business new scheme. Residence in Artist HCAThe Graduate showcase exhibition. alumni and HCA staff annual An opportunities. andsocial networking other and to HCA exhibitions, Invitations programme. course HCA the short on Discounts Skype). via or (in person plan development review ofyour professional and face-to-faceA ‘creative health-check’ events. Programme Enterprise to advertised Free access pages. web showcase graduate HCA'son page profile A professional

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Deer Castle’s Eastnor in setting magical a with Soul, Du Cirque from festival El Dorado ofstorytelling. forms all and books speakers, profile high ideas, big featuring Hay Festival event. annual year old 900 this in centre city ofthe heart the into Fair May atmosphere. carnival areal and music performance, floats, river parades, with river city’s Carnival River Festival. Film Rural UK’s the in biggest cinema of world pick the and UK ofthe rest the before films new acclaimed critically FilmBorderlines Festival – experience – a nine day art trail, where artists artists where trail, day –anine art – all the fun of the fair bought bought fair ofthe fun the –all – an enchanting boutique boutique enchanting –an – an international festival festival international –an – a celebration of our ofour –acelebration – 17 OUR CITY Your Creative College Road Campus College Road Campus is a historic listed, Space red-brick building, complete with towers and turrets and the odd hidden spiral staircase. Facing a big sunny lawn and dotted around with sculptural work; it’s an uplifting space to

The 3 years of your degree studies are an study and create in every day. Campus Road College amazing opportunity both to be experimental, and to refine your skills. With the studio space However, don’t let the Victorian façade fool you: inside the building you’ll find up-to- Folly Lane Campus you crave, and plenty of support in specialist date kit and all the specialist resources workshops, HCA is a fantastic creative you need. There are PC and Mac suites, In complete contrast, Folly Lane campus place to hone your craft. printing facilities (including large format), is an entirely modern building, fronted by media stores (with professional image, The Hub. This has an innovative design sound and music kit available to loan for featuring tree-like structural beams that free), photography studios and dark rooms. create a contemporary and flexible space for Performing Arts have their own rehearsal socialising, hot-desking and exhibitions. studio suite, and across the courtyard is the Experience Music Department with practice rooms and As well as hosting our Extended Diploma professional recording equipment. courses, our Folly Lane Campus features a • Specialist workshops, available 5 days a full-functioning ‘black box’ style Performing week – giving you great levels of access. This campus is home to our university- Arts Theatre with versatile staging, raked • No boundaries to your creativity – inductions level students. The studio spaces are high seating and a professional lighting rig. You’ll are available to you in all workshops, ceilinged and spacious, and each with their also find music studios, photography studios, regardless of your course. own distinct character. It’s an ideal place sprung-floor dance studio, even more media • IT and Media Suites. to be creative – with room for plenty of stores and a library with a well-stocked • Expert guidance of technical staff. individual workstations. The top-floor library student shop. • Spacious, well-equipped studios. is well-stocked, full of beautiful specialist books and journals. At HCA, our experience shows that the right mix of excellent teaching, creative spaces, technical The Student Union café is the place to catch facilities, and experienced, technical staff will up with your peers over coffee or lunch. empower your creativity. Designed and built by our students, the space has a flexible layout, perfect for pop-up events. Campuses Hereford College of Arts has 2 main campuses, just a gentle 15 minute stroll apart. Folly Lane Campus Lane Folly

Both campuses are centrally YOUR SPACE CREATIVE located for the city centre, bus and train stations. 19 Immerse Yourself in our Specialist Workshops Our workshop staff are technical experts in their field and play a crucial role in your hands- on learning at HCA. They are passionate about their discipline, and equally passionate about passing on the knowledge and expertise they’ve gained through their own practice. Many are still active designer-makers in their own right. Media and IT With their help, you will learn new processes Specialist Technical Demonstrators and and become proficient with specialist kit. Technicians are also available to help They will encourage you to take your practice you master media kit, and IT hardware to the next level, and will be there to support and software. From how to set up a boom you as you make your ideas come to life. microphone, to printing large scale images, they will be there to support you.

IT Resources Our students are in a unique environment with total • IT Suites with specialist software available on Apple Mac and PCs. freedom to explore various • Open access areas. departments within HCA. • Quiet study areas in Library spaces with I love those moments when Assistive Technology. • Exhibition quality large format inkjet printers. you see a student realising, • Sound & video production areas. “I’ve got this”. • Animation facilities. • Virtual Learning Environment. Ian Berrill, Senior Technical • Free access to Microsoft Office 365 for up to Demonstrator five devices with 1TB of cloud storage.

Available from Our Media Stores • A large choice of guitars, keyboards, decks, drums and electronic instruments. • A range of Macbooks and laptops, audio interfaces, midi controllers, hard-drives, accessories. • SLR/DSLR cameras, 35mm cameras, tripods, lenses. • Blackmagic and Panasonic cine cameras, HD video cameras. • Location recording equipment (including YOUR SPACE CREATIVE track, dolly etc). • Projectors, video mixers, Super 8. 21 Explore decoration and glaze mixing. glaze and decoration surface with to experiment You have also will opportunity the throwing. and to casting building slab and coiling from processes of range abroad access can you workshop ceramics the In Ceramics encourage experimentation. and levels ofability all for workshops access Weopen offer traditional and digital techniques. ofboth variety ahuge using for students to gain experience opportunity an provide facilities Our photography workshop Photography vintage Letterpress. vintage our to have proud retained very are by experienced printmakers. We used etching as such processes complex to more through print, lino and collagraph as such techniques accessible simple, more from ranging ofprocesses range extensive an offers workshop printmaking Our Printmaking and precious metals. precious and ofnon-ferrous avariety in colour and decoration surface form, in can explore and develop ideas Students maquettes. scale small and jewellery for area specialist our is workshop metals small The Small Metals machine stitch, machine knit and weave. and knit machine stitch, machine hand free as such textiles constructed and printing heat transfer flocking, 3D print, screen include Highlights pattern. surface and to textiles your approach with innovativebe experimental and you to that encourage workshops process ofspecialist range extensive Wean offer to textiles. approach multi-disciplinary and abroad HCA has Textiles Ceramics, Small Metals and Printmaking. and Metals Small Ceramics, Textiles, as such areas in practice their to complement facilities workshop the use ofstudents A range processes. and diverse materials, tools, technologies with to experiment able be you will Here properties. their and materials into curiosity that fosters environment creative avery is workshop 3D The Fabrication3D 23 YOUR CREATIVE SPACE Finding a Room Student Housing You can find details of available rooms to let on our website from the spring term onwards. We encourage you to arrange accommodation as soon as possible, starting by contacting some of the HCA Students (aged 18+) can access a range of good quality, landlords to arrange viewings. Landlords’ I enjoyed living in shared affordable accommodation. Housing is available in halls of details are available on our website with residence and in shared student housing through our network each advertised property. student housing. Moving into of accredited local landlords. Rents are very reasonable shared student housing gave compared to other university towns. me the chance to meet new people from other year group and courses, as well as being Our Student Housing Service will support you Halls of Residence in finding suitable properties. Many rooms are given the opportunity to available for around £90-£110 per week* (often A small number of rooms are available for make lifelong friends. including utility bills) but please see the housing our students in halls of residence, right section on our website for the most up to date opposite our College Road campus. These Daniel information. The housing web pages list all rooms represent convenient, affordable Final Year Student available accommodation. They also provide accommodation. Rooms in halls are normally guidance on how to choose a property and allocated to first year students. Transport useful tips on what to think about before you sign a contract. Shared Houses Hereford is well-positioned with easy-access to Birmingham, Bristol, The majority of our students live in privately Cardiff and Manchester. rented houses that are owned by our approved *Prices advertised at time of going to list of student-friendly local landlords. Most Commuting to College By Train press (Summer 2018). houses are within easy walking distance of the campuses, close by the city centre. Sharing a The railway station is about a 15 minute house with other students from HCA is a great walk from College Road campus. Good Birmingham 1 hour 30 minutes way to get to know people from across different rail links to Hereford from Newport, and Birmingham Airport 2 hours courses; many strong friendships are formed Shrewsbury, make commuting on either of these lines easy; trains are regular and this way. Bristol 1 hour 45 minutes journey times are under an hour. There is Our landlords are all accredited under the also a regular service between Hereford Cardiff 1 hour 5 minutes Midlands Landlord Accreditation Scheme and Worcester, via Malvern. (or equivalent) and sign up to our college London, Paddington 3 – 3 ½ hours housing guidelines. Rest assured we also There are bus routes from neighbouring hold copies of the properties’ electrical towns and border counties and the city bus Heathrow Airport 3 hours 30 minutes and gas safety certificates. station is also about a 15 minute walk. Manchester 2 hours 15 minutes Some students drive by car to college, To view properties: however with limited campus parking, we Manchester Airport 2 hours 15 minutes www.hca.ac.uk/student-housing ask students to apply for a permit with a small annual cost. Permits are allocated STUDENT HOUSING STUDENT Housing Advice: based on the distance students are Email: [email protected] travelling to college each day. Call: +44 (0)1432 262132 25 friends and enjoy your student experience. across our college which will help you to settle in quickly, make here. United by our creativity, there is areal sense of community study. 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you best. suits area specialist what Decide design. and to art your own approach Find support. teachingIndividual tutorial and ofprojects. Work avariety on exciting cohort. creative ofan part environment, workshop Work within a dynamic studio/ 31 THE PORTFOLIO COURSE BA (HONS) Top-up Degree Critical Studies Programme Practice in Context Whatever your choice of degree, I’ve learnt so much from our at HCA you will study a tailored lectures and feedback from Our top-up degree programme has You will be encouraged to develop your programme of critical and cultural my essays was helpful and been designed for students who have thinking and understanding in your chosen studies that we call Practice in field, and to become an independent and constructive – made me feel successfully completed an HND Context. This puts your personal critically aware practitioner. You will undertake more confident in handling the or Foundation degree in a relevant creativity into cultural context – a major piece of research as well as improving next one. I also have a much subject and now wish to convert their your technical and creative skills through a both historical and contemporary better understanding of the existing qualification into a full BA programme of negotiated projects. – and gives you a structured way principles of design and how Honours degree. of thinking about the meaning and You will be encouraged to exhibit, take up artists work. live briefs and competitions, and pursue value of creative practice. Top-up students from other institutions have the opportunities to improve your understanding Internal Student Survey opportunity to join our existing third years for of the creative industries and enhance your Practice in context is delivered by both the final year of the BA (Hons). We will help you own professional development. In the majority degree course staff and specialist critical to quickly integrate into the course and HCA, of courses there will be an opportunity to studies lecturers, and is always relevant so you can enjoy all we have to offer during this exhibit at a national graduate showcase to your discipline. This lively and engaging exciting year final year. exhibition in London. academic programme is supported by research and thinking skills workshops. BA (Hons) Top-ups Include For more details on individual courses please You will produce written assignments read the BA (Hons) course pages in this exploring key themes. • Contemporary Design Crafts prospectus or visit our website at UCAS Code: W790 www.hca.ac.uk. During the first year, our students are • Fine Art provided with a solid grounding in the history In the third year, all our BA (Hons) students UCAS Code: W101 of their studio subject. You will discover undertake a substantial piece of self-directed • Graphic & Media Design how all creative practice is influenced by research on a theme of their choice. You UCAS Code: W214 its historical and cultural context, including needn’t worry if you currently think better • Illustration contemporary events and conditions, the through making and doing; we’ll give you the UCAS Code: W221 available technologies of production, creative skills and confidence to use your academic • Illustration and Animation work previously made by other practitioners, insights as a meaningful part of your creative UCAS Code: W222 and the ideas, values and beliefs of the practice. In fact, students tell us they find this • Jewellery Design cultures in which the work is produced. a valuable, transformative opportunity. UCAS Code: W721 • Photography In the second year, you will be introduced to a We know that whatever your area of creative UCAS Code: W641 number of theoretical approaches which will practice, it will be improved by developing • Popular Music Validated by: help extend your understanding of creative a deeper, academic understanding of your UCAS Code: W342 University of Wales Trinity Saint David practice. There is an emphasis on the role discipline. The ultimate aim of the Critical Short Film Making of theory in challenging conventional ideas Studies programme is to give you a solid

• STUDIES CRITICAL & PROGRAMME DEGREE TOP-UP UCAS Code: P314 Full-time: Part-time: and perspectives, introducing new analytical intellectual basis to support the creation of • Textile Design 1 Year 2 Year concepts and enabling our students to look your final body of work as original, perceptive, UCAS Code: W235 at familiar material in a new way. meaningful and coherent. 33 Blacksmithing Artist BA (HONS) of avibrant industry. constantly evolving to meet the demands sculpture. The syllabus for this degree is architectural design to interior product and You can explore a breadth of practice from environmental and socio-political conversations. function, but also with many broader cultural, blacksmith’s concern for material, and process, They engage not only with the traditional cohesive bodies of work forged in hot, metal. graduates Our metal design. create original and its place at the forefront of education in forged This course an has international reputation for defining redefining and the cultural of the position forged design. metal Our graduatesOur are Course LeaderCourse Del Done teaching or artist residencies. artist or teaching including: consultancy, community arts, sector creative arts wider the in careers study. Youpostgraduate explore also can or world, the across smiths for working gain experiences by becoming journeymen Others objects. gallery to small metalwork forged exterior scale large from ranging work producing and workshops, and studios design up setting practitioners; employed self- as careers develop Many graduates skills. management business essential with equipped aware, practitioner critically You independent, an be will Course this After Chile. from Francisco Gazitua and USA the from Italy, from Quinn Patrick Giordani Roberto have included contributors Recent professionals. industry from masterclasses You specialist in participate also will practice. own design their into insights giving artists, and designers international and national by high-profile, delivered is series lecture ofMetal’ ‘Masters Our requirements. to client ofworking experience develop and live briefs external on commission You to to work have will opportunities Links Industry fabrication. digital of understanding an gain also you will skills, traditional Alongside making design. metal forged that drive contemporary concerns the theoretical concepts and the practical both with You to engage encouraged be will plastics. and textiles, ceramics, wood, including available to you at HCA, Additional workshops are specialist also Europe. in forge training-based largest staff, have to the will you access support technical and by lecturers Supported 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

Illinois University at Carbondale USA. at Carbondale University Illinois Steneby, Sweden, and the Southern HDK ofGothenburg, University the international including institutions, major other with relationships close has programme The environment. a professional You in your work exhibit and curate will ofNational Blacksmithing. School at the training skills metalwork and forging You specialist receive will developed. and honed tested, be will skills design your where ofArts College vibrant and You ofadynamic part be will practice. metalwork forged ofcontemporary forefront at the programme, respected Highly www.hca.ac.uk/artistblacksmithing For more information visit: W720 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 35 BA (HONS) ARTIST BLACKSMITHING I love the adventure of Hay Festival’s partnership with HCA and the way it constantly challenges the students to confront cultural and political realities, in the ways we imagine the world together.

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37 Design Crafts Design Contemporary BA (HONS) way of doing things. a point of view, or to adifferent suggest our makers are well placed to articulate hands on practical ability to experiment, in both material and the and process, for exciting innovations. With expertise of disciplines, creating the opportunity collaborative working across arange contemporary practices. We support of traditional fusion and At HCA we explore the evolving.continually The role of is craft My tutors agreat do job, constructive their with they are encouraging, approachable and and approachable Internal Student Student Internal feedback. Survey different contexts. different of variety awide across your skills apply and to develop knowledge the gain you will today, craft and ofdesign world the within working exciting thinkers and makers most ofthe to some access With experience. industry and live briefs of collaborations, avariety through networks professional your to develop opportunity the given be ofstudy, years your three Over you will Links Industry designer, maker, and entrepreneur. as endeavours future for skills right the all and practice design of contemporary haveyou will understanding in-depth an worlds, material and visual both in pioneer aware. As a critically and expert technically be you will ofyour degree, end the By issues. environmental and ethical, cultural, including ofsubjects range varied You’ll and to arich to respond invited be self-reflective. to be and framework toability create within objects a critical important the foster will course This key practices. making in expertise develop you will textiles and ceramic glass, metal, wood, in sessions regular With workshops. specialist our within your skills developing whilst ideas and process, materials, between You dialogue ongoing an explore will making. hands-on through developed skills craft and expertise material with together innovative to process, an and approach principles design new blends course This programme on page 64) and teaching. 64) teaching. page and on programme (see MA study our postgraduate heritage, & museum curation, administration, arts employment, sector to cultural progress creative sector, the can within graduates options ofemployment range to awide addition In path. career aportfolio follow amaker, as self-employment want to or may who choose students we support and agraduate, as destinations multiple explore to skills the You with equipped be will Course this After 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

year ofyour course. every in opportunities Exhibition practice. professional Explore innovative solutions. design requiring clients real from briefs live on project to work Opportunity professionals. crafts leading with Masterclasses process. and material to mastering approach on ahands- –with doing through Learn www.hca.ac.uk/CDC For more information visit: W900 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 39 BA (HONS) CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CRAFT Fine Art BA (HONS) that excite you most. ofbody work by exploring the subjects artistic course and develop aunique sculpture, and installation. You will set your own photography, video, digital, performance, sound, including: paint, drawing, print, ceramics,textiles, experiment across awide range of media the constraints of style’. a‘house students Our practice,to contemporary fine art free from This course encourages apersonal approach arts institutions. arts within roles other or curating therapy, art art, community teaching, artist, aprofessional as working as: such sector, arts creative the within ambitions career future to your and own goals tailored placement awork in You supported be will Trust. Nolan Sidney the and Arts Meadow West Midlands, Art New including organisations, nationaland visual arts HCA regional, have local, excellent links with Wider Links world. arts you havehelp wider the in impact that will collaboration and communication in foundation astrong develop you will today. activity, group Through artist apractising ofbeing challenges the meet and work develop their to confidence and skills, technical support, the with students to provide designed been has course The yourenrich learning experience. further will artists professional Visiting assistance. technical expert as well as curators and artists practising experienced from support to tutorial excellent access You environment. have will studio thriving in a teaching group Wesmall offer work. interdisciplinary produce and boundaries you make for to transgress will easy it college arts specialist our in Studying and site-specific responses. residencies, exhibitions, as events such get involved excitingalso with collaborative You’ll issues. political or cultural, social, of range awide with engage or form; or making, mark place, storytelling, memory, identity, as such subjects diverse explore to haveHCA creative freedom the students university teaching. university or college, school, for aPGCE or 66, page on programme MA our as –such study to postgraduate continue graduates of our sector. Many creative arts wider the and Art Fine contemporary within ofcareers range abroad to pursue equipped are Graduates Course this After 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

partners. working with our of network external projects site-specific and placements, work exhibitions, residencies, events, collaborative Exciting print. and ceramics photography, textiles, Workshops 3D, including video, professional visiting artists. with workshops and Lectures Space. course’s events the Project in and projects student collaborative Weekly student. every for space Lively studio culture with individual oflecturers. team individual tuitionPersonalised from a www.hca.ac.uk/fine-art For more information visit: W102 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 41 BA (HONS) FINE ART Media Design Media & Graphic with of plenty individual work space. studios offer a relaxed learning environment technicians and when –as you And our it. need access help from industry-active tutors and smallerOur group sizes mean you can own, unique graphic style. passions and aptitudes, and to develop your your journey through the course on based your Youdesign. will encouraged be to personalise and technical abilities in graphic and media This inspiring degree fosters strong creative BA (HONS) on graphic arts developson graphic arts abroad It allowsIt creative highly students versatile, resourceful graduates. original art within the context the within original of art to adopt an individual approach GRAPHIC ARTS PATHWAY GRAPHIC Our visual communication.visual Working is provingis popular. increasingly to creating experimental and experimentalto and creating range that of skills in result Course LeaderCourse Innes Jones

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house style. ofa constraints the from free Develop your unique graphic voice, pathway. arts ofagraphic option the with your own passions, Explore projects. live on industry professionals Work experienced alongside making students. film and animation, illustration, photography, with: Collaborate equipment. and workshops, staff, to teaching Fantastic access media. print and screen ofcontemporary variety a wide includes work whose professionals practising experienced, from Learn www.hca.ac.uk/GMD For more information visit: W216 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 43 BA (HONS) GRAPHIC AND MEDIA DESIGN Illustration murals or other installations. within the urban landscape in advertising, includingscreen, diverse and unexpected places on anything from the printed page to the digital Thesepersuasion. worlds can brought be to life stimulus education for entertainment, or but believableimaginary worlds the as visual As an illustrator, you will called be on to create educates. explains and inspires, communication tool that describes, entertains, make sense of acomplicated world. is a It throughout our lives, illustration helps all us heritage and culture. From childhood and Illustration of our part visual is an important BA (HONS) Illustration is motivation. speaking to the HCA to the speaking Sir Quentin Blake Quentin Sir students at Hay students Festival 2013 and delivering workshops to the public. to the workshops delivering and illustrations, Festival format large –providing great exposure and experience at Hay have gained HCA also students years, recent ways. In interesting and new in your skills you to apply challenge will briefs Live project Morley. Nick and Shearer Charles printmakers master and Xavier Pick artist war Murray,Ian Grandfield, Geoffrey Carlin, Laura Richardson, Matthew Gibbon, Rebecca Hannah, Jonny Hicks-Jenkins, Clive Illustrators: award winning included have These course. to the contribute practitioners visiting ofexpert A range Links Industry of audiences. innovative to avariety ways to communicate and imaginative that create processes image-making and drawing on you’ll focus course, broad-based this Throughout more. and prints maps, publications, press small and zines books, picture novels, graphic as: such of outcomes to arange it applying before style, personal and language visual you aunique to develop encourage that will projects and workshops of You range awide in participate will communication. picture visual and making to approaches high-tech and traditional both explores course inspiring This or towards teaching. towards teaching. or study gravitate to postgraduate others whilst practice, their they develop as other each support and resources and skills knowledge, to share partnerships group small form Some designers. or illustrators freelance as creative sector the within employment enter graduates ofour majority The Course this After 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

evolve style. aunique and language your ownDevelop visual practitioners. high profile visiting Inspiring, advice. technical expert and Exceptional to tutorial access support make your own. workspacesIndividual that you can workshops. print and classes drawing Regular studio environment. afriendly in teaching group Small www.hca.ac.uk/illustration For more information visit: W220 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 45 BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION & Animation & Illustration natural link between illustration and animation. responds to this demand and embraces the moving-image and animation. This course for imaginative, entertaining work, especially Programme makers and advertisers are hungry the landscape for visual content creators. on small-screen mobile devices is changing The huge growth in our consumption of media BA (HONS) already that sad Ionly have Being at HCA one been has of the best decisions Ihave decisions best of the facilities are amazing. Iam facilities are amazing. made. It is brilliant is It made. the and months left on my course. left months But full of thanksBut how for brilliant being here here being brilliant Level 6Top-up Graduate has been. has Claire in Barcelona. Animation Oscar-nominated Javier Mariscal and Amsterdam, in Ryan Barbara Director have Creative met students past the In visits. national local, inspiring international and on practitioners You professional meet will Sharrat. Nick fellow honorary HCA with up teamed and Jeffers Oliver at Blake, Hay Festival Quentin seminars with in have taken part students Our Animation. ofSalty’s Salter Sandra and Hodgson BAFTA Jonathan Animators: director winning and Gibbon Rebecca and Ursell Martin Hearld, Mark Grandfield, Geoffrey Pattullo, Clive Hicks-Jenkins, Jonny Alice Hannah, award-winning Illustrators: have included These course. to the significantly contribute practitioners visiting ofexpert A range Links Industry portfolio and showreel. adistinctive preparing and own specialism your defining both, or animation, illustration, either in projects ambitious more with allows to you final year The experiment ofoutcomes. range a wide for making finishing, and developing, shaping, planning, creative cycle the in ofresearch, other. each You adept support become will and ideas to discuss agroup as closely work and students, illustration specialist You the with space astudio share will expensive production. and lengthy require that doesn’t making film- sharp, witty byled drawing, short, and that isn’t animation that moves, illustration pervasive digital aesthetic. This includes to a alternatives that offer processes animation and illustration experimental and traditional with engage students Our MA programme. MA ofan part as study to further progress may or teachers, and demonstrators technicians, as creative industries the in ofroles range abroad for equipped also are Graduates companies. production multi-media or houses design and media animator, related for in-house to work or illustrator- afreelance as your career begin to You your showreel to use able be will Course this After 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

evolve style. aunique and language your ownDevelop visual visits. and practitioners invited Inspiring support. technical and to tutorial access studio environment with exceptional afriendly in teaching group Small animation. creative expressive, innovative,Explore animation. and illustration across skills Boost your employability with flexible www.hca.ac.uk/illustration-animation For more information visit: W892 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 47 BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION AND ANIMATION Design Jewellery or what it could be. what contemporary jewellery is, that explore your own ideas about considered and thoughtful designs you’llideas and processes, create of adornment. Through investigating and challenge conventional notions encouragedbe to explore materials objects relating to the body. You will is built around creative design for This exciting degree programme BA (HONS) residency as an annual prize. annual an as residency ‘Alloy’graduate a group offer also –who jeweller’s own vibrant Hereford’s including owners, gallery and professionals industry well-developed links with national and local has course The college. after life professional you to begin prepare will own practice on your final year, In your emphasis arena. international and alocal on professionals and makers with experience valuable gain and to make connections encouraged be you will year, second the In competitions. industry high-profile as well as ‘live’ projects, real in to take part You opportunities given be will Links Industry technologies. digital by using and by machine, by hand, making and You designing in skills acquire will field. the in expertise and creative practice each withvisiting their professionals, own and demonstrators technical of lecturers, You by ateam taught be will discussion. group and tuition individual both from share ideas and experiences and benefit students where environment a supportive you’ll join course, friendly and small this On original design practice. your own developing through it to express and creative your to find voice, freedom and You support the given be will technologies. and materials ideas, contemporary embracing whilst heritage, rich subject’s the traditional making skills that craft reflect You workshops. learn will specialist our and studios in based course, apractical is This community arts, or postgraduatecommunity arts, study. teaching, through or creative design, wider maker,in employment find or independent an You to become equipped be will Course this After 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

Designers ‘One to Watch’ ‘One more. and Designers New Awards, &Design Craftsmanship Award,Bursary The Goldsmiths’ Metal Precious Goldsmiths’ The Company, Goldsmiths’ the from your Mark’ ‘Mark as: awardsin such have recognised HCA been students residency prize. annual an offer Alloy –who group jeweller’s to avibrant home is Hereford and gallery owners. organisationsnational professionals, and local links with Well-developed experts. technical Specialist workshops, overseen by student. every for space studio Designated experienced practitioners. of ateam from support Personalised www.hca.ac.uk/jewellery-design For more information visit: W700 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 49 BA (HONS) JEWELLERY DESIGN 51 Performing Arts Performing • • • • Facilities at HCA include: you can expand your artistic horizons. In our distinctive school environment, arts bespoke work placements. performance-making and two at its heart, we’ve adegree designed with collaborative proactive in co-developing work. In response, for audition calls, successful practitioners are ever before. Rather than waiting passively a broader and more complex skill-set than industry, but it requires to have performers is adynamic,Performing fast-growing Arts BA (HONS)  studios, textile workshops Recording studios, photographic Sprung floor dance studio space theatre Fully equipped spaces Rehearsal actually peforming with do This shows course you so much moreso much you can arts –that’sarts why I’ve enjoyed itsomuch. Performing Arts Student Arts Performing Andrew yourself up as aself-employed as practitioner. up yourself set and plan abusiness to write how learn year, your second In you will course. of the year first the from company arts performing own their run students Our insights. industry you valuable bring also will choreographers years. Projects with external directors/ second and ofyour first each in – one You experiences have work will bespoke two Links Industry your own practice. to promote marketing strategies important learn you’ll also ofwork, portfolio rich this innovative performance spaces. Alongside and to festivals, theatres, professional from ofvenues arange in staged be They will students. film and music, art, or directors year,each professional with collaborating You several performances create will and business planning. design, website making, music editing, film as: such creative arts, the in entrepreneurs successful to become they need skills practical the learn also students Our tutors. from attention levels ofindividual high from you’ll benefit groups, small in Working directingwriting, andchoreography. voice, movement, acting, including: skills, developing a comprehensive repertoire of you it, how create and is performance what you allow to rediscover will course This *Travel, accommodation, and festival tickets included. postgraduate study. or ofemployment areas to other skills collaborative your creative and transfer or teaching, or management art as such arts creative the in opportunities broader explore theatre-maker. and Youperformer can innovative an self-sustaining as and career You’ll ofyour own to take ready control be Course this After 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

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53 BA (HONS) PERFORMING ART Photography area that excites you the most. up for asuccessful career, exploring the profession of Photography, it will set you photographic voice. Within the diverse for you to develop your own, unique skills, techniques and conceptual ability This course is to designed provide the ideas and brands. documenting and promoting places, people a powerful role in contemporary society: medium for creative self-expression. has It Photography is our world’s mostubiquitous BA (HONS) Bridget Coaker ofTroikaBridget Editions. as such insiders industry important from reviews portfolio and advice receive will You Dewe Mathews. Chloe and Nelson Zed Roberts, Simon as such photographers UK best ofthe some with lectures specialist through engage and clients You major for live on projects work will Links Industry settings. urban characterful and landscape local exceptional including trips field practical in take part also You programme. lively to this will integral all are speakers, guest eminent and festivals, national international and and galleries to visits reviews, portfolio links, Industry Art. Fine and Image Constructed Landscape, pathway on: afocus Art with Photographic the or Portrait; Fashion, Documentary, Photography pathway which includes: Editorial the either to pursue choose can photography, you location and studio within ofgenres arange exploring After ofyour own practice. potential and context ofthe understanding adeep and skills, technical creative you and with empower varied They professional experience. will have and rich technicians and lecturers of team Our experienced cameras. film and darkrooms traditional as well as facilities and You equipment latest to the have will access careers in teaching and arts administration. arts and teaching in careers developed or study MA postgraduate to have continued Many graduates also curation. and art fine retouching, photo fashion, and advertising architectural, events, and travel, wedding documentary, of photographic practice including: have range graduates adiverse Our Course this After 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

creativity individuality. and –we your value style house No alumni. successful and satisfaction student High national photographic competitions. in participate and liveon briefs Work professionals media alongside national level. or at regional course, year ofthe every Professional exhibition experience, support. technical expert and to tutors access great with teaching group Small darkroom. atraditional and studios photographic two including facilities Excellent school community. arts adynamic within environment studio creative media A stimulating www.hca.ac.uk/ba-photography For more information visit: W643 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 55 BA (HONS) PHOTOGRAPHY Popular Music Popular passionate about. passionate have the freedom to explore all you styles are own audiences, and on this course, you will toJazz Heavy are Metal, ‘popular’ with their broader range of of All skills. music from types theory, or work across all three areas for a songwriting orperformance, popular music You will follow one of three specialist pathways: composers and musicologists. performers, This industry-focused course is for designed BA (HONS) excellent facilities, excellent support. Excellent staff, Internal Student Survey Student Internal set up your up own initiative you if set prefer. can or festivals, music or studios, recording with local community music organisations, placement on to work have opportunity the You industry. active music the in will currently also are tutors course experienced Our Links Industry workshop skills. and ensemble recording, live sound, studies, contextual theory, music promotion, and marketing events in management, grounding You course. athorough develop also will principal study instrument throughout the your on provided is tuition Individual genre. whatever your ambitions your musical you to achieve support and musicians, thoughtful versatile, We want you to become vocationally-based programme. exciting, an with ofthis all into taps course This reputation. industry an with studios recording oflocal anumber also and agents producers, musiccomposers, managers and thriving community of city-based musicians, a is There centre. arts Courtyard at The programme music varied and scene music live aburgeoning music, community festivals, ofmusic tradition astrong has Herefordshire working. collaborative and independent involve will both projects Exciting adaptability. musical developing of styles, study, will avariety play, in music write and You musicians. available to professional ofwork range the exploring and expertise, your musical developing music, in a career you for prepare will programme degree Our further postgraduatefurther studies. to progress also can Students journalism. music marketing, and event management education, business, music production, songwriting, performance, options include career Potential musician. professional aself-employed self-sustaining as and You to work have will foundation asolid Course this After 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

students from other disciplines. creative arts with collaboration forExciting opportunities audio. recorded live with and engage and Study facilities. Mac Apple standard Industry suites. production and facilities studio Access excellent rehearsal spaces, arrangers. and practitioners,performers, composers outstanding professionals, industry from classes master and exclusive insights Week provides HCA Music annual Our year). 24 per weeks week, principal study instrument (1 hour per your on 1-to-1 tuition instrumental lecturers. industry-based visiting and ofin-house team Strong www.hca.ac.uk/popular-music For more information visit: W341 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 57 BA (HONS) POPULAR MUSIC Making Film Short and digital content creation. making form for storytelling contemporary short industries. You will develop specialist skills in film you for working in the creative, media and film industry-focused degree is to designed fully prepare powerful communication tools of our time. This film is one of Short the fastest-growing most and BA (HONS) producers, in a live media environment. alive in media producers, working writers and filmmakers, directors, from support and input invaluable receive content. form will You short and film short developing, producing and delivering placements; ofindustry a range from benefit students Our content. digital and film ofshort edge cutting the on are makers working film contemporary ofaward winning community vibrant Our Links Industry within this growing dynamic and sector. working for need you profile online the and practice film yourdevelop own specialist to you enable will This film. in professionals ofspecialist arange including tutors, from support sizes offer excellent class Small media. social through storytelling and graphics motion film, short interactive and serial film, narrative short including: production andpublication, to approaches multi-platform utilising practice offilm arange with engage You skills. will technical and production advanced you with equip will course The globe. the around at festivals exhibited and 4, Channel and BBC on broadcast been has work Their media. digital and film across experience telling over with 25 story company years’ acreative media is Media partner. Rural award-winning an industry with course this delivered and developed HCA has writer and producer. and writer ofphotography, script director recordist, operator, camera sound lighting, directing, cinematography, editing, film production, video including: roles production or offilm arange across practice working your own You to establish ready be will Course this After 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

creators. content and specialists industry Excellent from support experienced set. skill extensive an and practice Develop your individual filmmaking school environment. art dynamic our in creatives other with collaborationRich opportunities community. film short avibrant Join sector. this for demand growing rapidly the to meet creation content digital and film form short crafting Focus on partner.award-winning industry an with delivered and developed course orientated Innovative industry www.hca.ac.uk/short-film For more information visit: P313 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 59 BA (HONS) SHORT FILM MAKING Textile Design experience in an increasingly virtual world. and agrowing desire for tactility and sensory of cultural such issues as narratives, sustainability, you will encouraged be to consider awide range plastic, wood, and metal. In the design process, ‘textile’see far as more than cloth; it can paper, be creative design to awide range of materials. We This course explores the innovative application of reimagined across many of modern life. aspects this is an exciting time the as role of textiles is being technologies at of the contemporary design, heart architecture. With sustainability and emerging and exterior design applications from lighting to but is also critical in awide range of other interior Textile design plays role an important in fashion, BA (HONS) in Paris and New York. New and Paris in fairs trade as at events such internationally and locally, nationally sold and exhibited to have chance your work the with briefs live on work you will course, the Throughout design. textile woven in name’ big ‘next the as tipped Larkin, Beatrice and CROP; brand vegan knitwear free ofcruelty designer and creator Morris, Kate manufacturing; textile sustainable loop’ of‘closed apioneer Ella Doran, designer pattern surface Solanki; Seetal studio, er of Ma-tt- founder and consultant research currentlypractitioners, featuring: material You exciting an ofexternal with team work will Links Industry galleries. and externally, employers with and community HCA’s within both projects creative dynamic on by working skills collaboration and You will develop excellent communication you to experiment. encourage and you techniques new teach will demonstrators technical Expert programming. electronic to digital through weaving aloom, on hand from and printing, sublimation to digital screen-printing from ranging processes, ofspecialist range avast explore can you function, innovative and form both in that are you materials wantIf to create media, and retail. and media, marketing, related as well as forecaster; trend stylist, aviation and sector; automotive in applications interior; and textiles, fashion, for designing including: industry, textiles dynamic the in opportunities employment You to access well-placed be will Course this After 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

design. contemporary in oftextiles potential the and transformationalsustainability Explore topical such issues as industry. with developed co- finish, and colour, material, exploring module new A pioneering practitioners. external profile high our with experts ofindustry arange from Learn employability. your to boost specialisms multiple across skills Develop demonstrators. technical and tutors from support level ofindividual Great all disciplines. across to workshops access Exceptional www.hca.ac.uk/textile-design For more information visit: W231 UCAS Course Code: 3 Years Full-time: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 6 Years Part-time: 61 BA (HONS) TEXTILE DESIGN 63 Crafts Contemporary individual creativeindividual practice. an exciting to advance opportunity their makers, from awide range of disciplines, This dynamic Masters programme offers MA wish to move study. to PhD wish on may makers Some residencies. and teaching sector through consultancy, community arts, creative arts the in opportunities wider exploring for skills of transferable range career. Youportfolio have also will abroad a with acreative professional or trader’ a‘sole as yourself maker, to establish ready awarecritically designer-maker or artist- and expert, technically independent, an be you will course ofthe At end the Course this After finished. has course the after long sustainability and viability,relevance to ensure that aim skills entrepreneurial and professional of both development the on emphasis an is There facilities. and ofworkshops range to awide access great and seminars, lectures, tutorials, group supervision, by close supported project-led are studio-based, and Modules your practice. and yourin thinking innovation to foster designed all exploration, and experimentation research, rigorous and vocabulary academic by arich informed Yourcreative vocabulary. be will practice and technical your own visual, extend and think conceptually,challenge boundaries, you to encourage will programme The discipline. the of forefront to the your work to push tools critical the given be you will crafts; contemporary re-interpret re-think and to Challenged level. to ahigher it develop other. You and practice on your reflect will each inform and they how inspire see and skills practice-based and your academic- both You to build have will opportunity the conversations thinking about making. and you exciting in immerse will course The Direct to the College the to Direct Application: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

and library facilities. library and by photography,IT film, supported forge, the and ceramics jewellery, metals, small printmaking, textiles, including workshops craft equipped ofwell- range to awide Access individual studioDedicated spaces. support. and supervision dedicated and small and groupIndividual tutorials practice. sound commercially and creative both for skills entrepreneurial and professional both Develop and processes. media your ideas, extend and Explore practice. your MA inform and to underpin Engage with research methodologies your study. MA for platform the be that will proposal aresearch develop and your practice conceptsconcerns, and focus of central the analyse and on Reflect www.hca.ac.uk/MA-Contemporary-Crafts For more information visit: 65 MA CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS Fine Art practitioners institutions. and arts within collaborative projects with other creative and artist individual an your objectives both as expectedbe to explore and rigorously define across different media platforms. and You will debate and dialogue working between artists The course is multi-disciplinary; it promotes critical your own practice. investigate and reconsider assumptions underlying practice.Fine Art You will encouraged be to developments within the field of contemporary and refine their work in the context of recent to criticallyartists reflectchallenge, upon, This practice-based Masters programme enables MA Arts and the Sidney Nolan Trust. Nolan Sidney the and Arts Meadow West Midlands, Art New including organisations, nationaland visual arts regional, local, excellent links with HCA has Wider Links postgraduate study. you further for prepare also will practice-based research methodologies Developing skills. practice professional of arange with artist independent an as your position enhance will course The withprojects external partners. collaborative and live on briefs work and tours, and visits workshops, lecturers, visiting seminars, grouptutorials, critiques, it should be experienced. You will receive how take and should work their forms what challenge about and assumptions reflection, ongoing share to exchange ideas, students and staff for forum astimulating provide to is aim The provision. MA ofour aspect adistinctive is culture studio A vibrant work. artists ways which in hybridised increasingly the and society within artist ofthe evolving role the to relating questions with engaging works, ofart distribution and production the surrounding discourse contemporary to You to respond encouraged be will Direct to the College the to Direct Application: University of Wales Trinity Saint David Validated by: teaching or PhD study. PhD or teaching via education in continuing consider in their chosen specialist field, or may practitioners professional as successfully to operate equipped well be will Students Course this After 4. 3. 2. 1. HIGHLIGHTS

and facilities. and ofworkshops range to awide access post-graduate and Vibrant studios support. personalised levels and of supervision highly to provide numbers group Small within their practice. working assumptions or underlying ways habitual of reconsider and to challenge encouraged are Students the course. of philosophy to the central is practice and theory ofcritical synthesis The www.hca.ac.uk/MA-Fine-Art For more information visit: 67 MA FINE ART Other Courses Other

• • • • • Highlights HCA certificate oncompletion. an receive will but you qualification accredited an confer not does course The programmes. degree ofour facilities and excellent teaching ofthe advantage by taking your practice want to advance and standard to ahigh working you if already are ideal is programme The critiques. group regular and tutorials by individual supported work, ofpractical discussion the through skills critical your develop and practice to studio introduced You level modules. be will degree of their part as students undergraduate alongside You level. at ahigher taught studying be will flexible way of a very offers programme This LevelHigher Study Programme      Great access to workshops and teaching staff. teaching and to workshops access Great your practice. of direction future the about clarity Gain distinctive visual style. your own developing ofwork, a body Build forfunding education. higher to access unable are who students for Ideal programme. semester two a across BA (Hons) students alongside Study subject the including programme, of this details further for 273359 01432 call or [email protected] contact For more information please options. the Arts London, or RSL. or London, Arts the of by validated UAL: are University courses These • • • • include: Creative subjects degree level. at us with to study to progress choosing of them anumber with year, two course, or one pre-degree a on campus Folly at our Lane based are students These level students. pre-degree our for courses we have offull-time range abroad Arts, to the solely dedicated region the in college only As the Courses Level College Pre-degree Digital Music Performing Arts Performing &Design Art Short Courses Short support their own professional development. own professional their support to all techniques, new introduce and skills refresh that help ofworkshops programme tailored our from benefit can practitioners and teachers Creative professionals, editing. video and photography, design web example: –for workplace their for skills new that want to acquire organisations or individuals for We ofcourses arange provide to you! new completely something to try afraid be don’t so beginners, for suitable are Many resources. and workshops technical ofHCA’s advantage take full outstanding and tutors by expert our led are Courses the experience. enjoy at youthat work and you own pace can so designed are courses at our HCA; study further for preparation in yourdevelop skills to or fun, for simply techniques digital and crafts, arts, new you want to learn Whether creative potential. their to explore individuals for atmosphere relaxed and flexible a offers programme course short popular Our Email: 845302 01432 Call: www.hca.ac.ukVisit: Further information [email protected] workshops brochure. and course short our in and website options different available onthe many the all of details more See • • • • • • • Includes: The Varied Programme   TeachersArt for Development Professional Aged Children Workshops for School Secondary Business Workshops Graphics Computer &Photography Video Art Fine Crafts Design 69 OTHER COURSES & SHORT COURSES Entry Requirements for Portfolio Entry Requirements for MAs Course (Foundation Diploma in Art How to Apply • Applicants should have an advanced & Design for mature students) understanding of their particular discipline • Minimum age 21. and be able to demonstrate their ability • No formal entry requirements, however to sustain research at MA level. Before you apply on the UCAS website www.ucas.com regarding you will be interviewed and need to bring a • Applicants should be (or about to become) key dates. Should you require any assistance portfolio of your work. graduates. Preference will be given to good It’s a great idea to come along to one of our in applying please feel free to contact our honours graduates although exceptional popular open events (see page 78) that are held registry team. Entry Requirements for BA (Hons) applicants from a non-academic throughout the academic year. These events background will also tbe considered. will give you and your family the chance to meet • Minimum age 18. •  Professional makers, designers, the teaching staff and current students, view Part-time BA (Hons) & BA • Portfolio submission (where applicable) craftspeople and fine artists who wish to the College and its facilities and learn more (Hons) Top-ups and successful interview or audition. reposition their practice may also qualify. about student life at HCA. Please book online Students should apply direct to HCA by 30 • Academic achievement - we would • Applicants should submit a short proposal to reserve your place or email enquiries@hca. April; however, we will always consider late normally expect applicants to have of up to 500 words, detailing a proposed ac.uk. applications. Please contact us for the HCA achieved 80 UCAS Tariff Points at entry programme of study, supported by a Higher Education part-time application form. but whilst qualifications are important our portfolio of current practice, which will Foundation Diploma in Art & Design offers are not solely based on academic form the basis of discussion within and Portfolio Course results and we may make offers based on the interview. MA Fine Art & MA other evidence of talent and suitability for Students should apply direct to HCA via Contemporary Crafts the course. Recognition of Prior Learning our Further Education application form. Mature students with related experience. Applications should be made direct to the • Opportunities Application forms are available from the College on our MA application form – please • Applicants whose first language is not autumn term onwards, either from the Careers contact us for an application form or download English and require a tier 4 student visa The college welcomes applications Centre at your school or college, by contacting it from our website. must achieve Level B2 in an approved from students with prior learning and/or us directly, or from our website. The application secure English Language test prior to previous experience. Further details on deadline is normally 31 March; however, we will enrolment. For further guidance please eligibility can be found in our Admissions always consider late applications. Entry Requirements for Foundation visit the UK Visa and Immigration website Policy www.hca.ac.uk/admissions-policy. Diploma in Art & Design www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa. Alternatively, please email [email protected] Higher Level Study Programme • Minimum age 18. if you would like further advice. One A2 or Extended Diploma in a creative Applications should be made direct to HCA on • subject (although exceptions based on Entry Requirements for BA For all admission enquiries our Higher Level Study Programme application portfolio are possible at HCA’s discretion) (Hons) Top-ups Call: 01432 273359 form – contact us at [email protected] or plus 5 GCSE’s (inc. English & Maths) at 9 to Email: [email protected] Successful completion of a Foundation call 01432 273359 for further details including 4 (previously A* to C). • Degree (FdA) or HND in a related subject entry requirements. Applicants that do not fully meet the entry • (evidence of prior learning will need to requirements for English or maths may still be provided). Full-time BA (Hons) & BA be considered; this will be discussed further Portfolio submission (where applicable) (Hons) Top-ups at interview. • and successful interview or audition. Successful portfolio and interview. Full-time students should apply through UCAS, • Applicants whose first language is not Applicants whose first language is not • in accordance with their procedures and • English and require a Tier 4 student visa English and who require a tier 4 student timetables. Please use the course code listed must achieve Level B2 in an approved visa, must achieve Level B1 in an approved on each course page in this prospectus or on secure English Language test prior to secure English Language test prior to our website and also note that our institutional enrolment. For further guidance please

enrolment. For further guidance please visit APPLY HOW TO code is H18. All of our degree courses have an visit the UK Visa and Immigration website the UK Visa and Immigration website initial UCAS deadline of 15th January 2019. at www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa. www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa. There is also a wealth of information available 71 BA (Hons) Part-time colleges who have successfully completed Fees and Funding a Level 3 or equivalent course within the The tuition fee for 2019 entry has been set last 2 academic years and progress to a at £4,500 per year for all part-time courses. degree programme at Hereford College A loan is available for part-time students to of Arts. Please see page 13 for a full list of for UK and EU Students 2019-20 cover their tuition fees in full which they do qualifying institutions. not have to repay until after they graduate, and once they are earning over £25,000 Academic Support The New Office for Students Higher Level Study Programme per year. Specialist additional support is available for All higher education providers are now required For more information, please contact The HCA Cash Bursary students with identified learning difficulties/ to register with the Office for Students (OfS) [email protected]. disabilities. This may be through individual - the new independent regulator for higher The HCA Cash Bursary is designed to benefit tutorials and study skills sessions, mentoring education in England. For students to be eligible students who are a new undergraduate support or assistive technology, and is for funding from Student Finance England, Postgraduate (MA) Courses starting Higher Education for the first time currently funded through the Disabled they must be studying on an eligible course in 2018, are ordinarily resident in England, Please check our website for the most up to Students Allowance (DSA). Any student at a provider registered with OfS. The OfS and from a low income household (£25,000 date information. who believes they have a difficulty/disability will start publishing providers on its Register a year or less). Each cash bursary is £1,000 should speak to our specialist team to from July 2018. No provider is able to confirm for full-time students and £500 for part-time, discuss the best way to support their studies. whether student support is available until it has BA (Hons) Full-time which students receive in their first year a decision from the OfS. HCA have made an The tuition fee for 2019 entry has been set at only. For more information, please visit our Our Higher Education Disability Officer application to register and expect a decision by £9,000 per year. The vast majority of students website. can offer advice, guidance and support September 2018. We will publish the result on can apply for a student loan to pay for tuition in applying for the Disabled Students www.hca.ac.uk/OfSregistration or visit www. fees which they do not have to start repaying Allowance and to signpost other helpful officeforstudents.org.uk for more information. until after they graduate, and once they are Internal Progression Bursary services. earning over £25,000 per year. All students who have studied and Students applying for DSA must have a successfully completed a Level 3 course Foundation Diploma in Art & Students should apply to Student Finance current diagnostic assessment report within the last 2 academic years at Design & Portfolio Course England, Wales, Northern Ireland or SAAS or medical statement which has been Hereford College of Arts and progress to completed by a relevant professional. Our No tuition fees will be charged to students (Students Award Agency Scotland) for a undergraduate study at HCA will be eligible Higher Education Disability Officer is happy under 19 on 31st August in the year in which student loan for tuition fees and a student to receive a bursary of £500 for full-time to answer questions about obtaining this they start their course (with the exception of loan for maintenance as early as possible for students, and £250 for part-time, in their first information. It is worth noting that Student students from the Channel Islands). Students assessment, even if unsure of their final place year only. Finance England states that it is the student’s aged 19–23 years studying for their first full level of study. responsibility to pay all costs associated with 3 qualification may be entitled to tuition fee obtaining this evidence. remission. Students aged 19 years and over may There will be no further fees or charges to pay Partner Colleges wish to find out more about Advanced Learner apart from some specific costs for trips and Loans – please visit www.gov.uk/advanced- additional materials used on the course. You A first year bursary of £500 for full time learner-loan. can find more information about these costs in students, and £250 for part time, is available the detailed Course Information Guides, which to students from our progression partner are available to download from course pages on our website. For more information Visit: www.hca.ac.uk Students from a European Union country should visit our website for updates on funding. Fees For general funding enquiries for international students (non EU) are different; For more information about student FUNDING AND FEES Call: 01432 273359 please see the international students section on loans and other help available Email: [email protected] our website for the most up to date information. Visit: www.directgov.co.uk 73 International Entry Requirements Check the most up to date information on the course you are interested in on our website Students at www.hca.ac.uk. • Applicants should demonstrate that they have reached the entry standard stated on pages 70 and 71. Equivalent qualifications from an applicant’s own country will We welcome international students also be considered as well as other How to Apply qualifications such as the International for the diversity and energy they Check the most up to date information on the Baccalaureate. bring to our creative community. course you are interested in on our website at • Applicants requiring a student visa We value their global outlook and www.hca.ac.uk. whose first language is not English will variety of cultural perspectives they need to provide evidence of sufficient competence via an approved test. can offer. Hereford College of Arts • Applications from international students are accepted for full-time courses only (not For more details on this please visit the is friendly college, of a scale where part-time). We also do not yet offer MAs for Visas and Immigration website at everyone can get to know each other, International Students. www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa. helping international students to If you would like to make an enquiry email us • A portfolio of work – either on CD/DVD • or an online portfolio. quickly feel at home. Hereford is a at [email protected] and let us know: the course you are interested in, the year of entry • All applicants will be interviewed either in International Fees historic city and recognised as a very (most of our courses start at the beginning person or via Skype to ensure that entry safe place to live. or end of September), your name, nationality, requirements are met and that the course For a complete listing of fees and terms of country of domicile and your contact details. is suitable. Proof of existing qualifications conditions for international students please • If you want to apply for the Foundation will need to be presented at the visit our website for the most up to date Diploma in Art & Design, please apply direct application stage in order to comply with details at www.hca.ac.uk. to us using our Further Education application UK Visas and Immigration requirements. form which is linked from the individual course page on our website. As part of the visa process applicants Immigration & Visas • For degree courses you will need to apply will need to able to show UK Visas and through the Universities and Colleges Immigration that they have access to As a general rule the earliest date you can Admissions Service (UCAS). This can be sufficient funds to pay for their fees and to apply for a visa is three months before completed online at www.ucas.com. UCAS support themselves. You will therefore the start date of your course. You will provide very good guidelines for international need to prove to the College that you receive a Confirmation of Acceptance for students on their website. have access to such funds as part of the Studies (CAS) number from HCA once • As soon as we have received your application application process. you have completed all the requirements we will get in touch with you to help you along and the College is happy to proceed with each step of the application process. your application. Please check the UK Government website at www.gov.uk and the UK Council for International Student Affairs at www.ukcisa.org.uk for the most up to date information regarding visas and Don’t forget to email us with any entry into the UK as a student. There is also questions you might have good advice available at the British Council STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL Call: +44-1432-273-359 website at www.britishcouncil.org. Email: [email protected] 75 Map Did you Miss?

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Open Days

We look forward to welcoming you to BA (Hons) Open Days 2018-19 one of our open events. Please note these Open Days are for all our Please book online at www.hca.ac.uk BA (Hons) degree courses except BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing, which has separate or email us at [email protected] open days to include a visit to the forge. to reserve your place and be sent more details. At our College Road campus: The dates shown are correct at time of • Sat 13 Oct 2018 – 11am College-wide Open Day – both campuses printing; however, please do check the will be open including Foundation Diploma website before planning your visit as in Art & Design details may change from time to time. • Thurs 25th Oct 2018 – 4pm Including Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Please see the website for • Sat 3rd Nov 2018 – 11am further details of additional • Wed 14th Nov 2018 – 11am open days for: • Thurs 29th Nov 2018 – 4pm • Foundation Diploma in Art and Design Including Foundation Diploma in Art & Design and the Portfolio Course • Wed 5th Dec 2018 – bookable tours 10am - 4pm BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing • • Wed 20th Feb 2019 – bookable tours 10am - 4pm • MA courses • Wed 1st May 2019 – 11am 79