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Principal’s welcome Blue section Welcome to South Essex College 002 General information Why choose us? Achieve your potential with South Essex College 003 About South Essex A great place to live, work and study 004 The Forum A new library in the heart of Southend 012 1 Get connected Our links with industry 014 Well equipped for your future Technology to support your studies 018 Student Council Your voice matters 022 The Union @ University of Essex 024 Green section Course index 026 Courses A to Z Entry requirements What you will need to enrol 027 Q&As Black section Our students and graduates have their say 086 Interviews with our students Learner services Red section Supporting your success 108 Support information Accommodation Student accommodation support 110 Disability support Provision for disabilities and learning difficulties 112 Returning to learning Mature students 114 How much will it all cost? Fees and funding 116 International students Information for overseas students 118 Applying for your course How to apply 122 University of Essex A collaborative partnership in Southend 126 How to find us Travel and transport information 130 Application form Join us 133
Photo courtesy of Southend Borough Council It’s no secret that the cost of higher education has gone up, but at South Essex College we are committed to offering you a quality higher education experience at a price that won’t break the bank.
With higher education programmes that are career-focused and devised in partnership with employers, you can expect real long-term outcomes at the end of your studies. Whether that’s through ensuring a smooth transition to employment in your chosen field or to further postgraduate training, you will leave with the skills and, more importantly, with the experience you need to achieve your career goals. 2 3
Why choose us?
► High-quality degrees ► Everything on your doorstep! Our degree programmes are validated by The majority of our higher education the University of Essex, one of the UK’s programmes are offered at our Southend leading academic institutions, ranked in Campus with the remainder being delivered the top ten nationally for research. We also at our Thurrock Campus. Both Southend offer degrees validated by the University and Thurrock offer a wealth of things to do of East London, which also has a strong and places to see whilst excellent transport reputation for quality research and for links mean you won’t have any trouble its expertise in supporting students on getting around! flexible, part-time and distance learning programmes. ► Supporting you all the way Our dedicated Learner Services advisers are ► Quality outcomes for our students on-hand to support you from the moment The majority of our higher education you apply to the day you graduate and even Higher education at South Essex College students achieve a First or 2.1 in their beyond. degrees. What’s more nine out of ten of our graduates go straight into employment or ► Flexibility and convenience “We work hard to inspire our on to further study after they complete their Many people study with us because they students to aim higher and attain degrees. are looking to juggle a family life alongside the skills and qualifications they their higher education studies. With half ► Career-focused degrees of our higher education students classed need to support a successful future Our degree programmes are devised in as mature students, you won’t feel out of in life and work.” consultation with employers to ensure place. What’s more, the structure of our you’re fully prepared for the increasingly courses enable many to continue in part- competitive job market. time employment whilst studying. - John Hayles, Acting Principal & Chief Executive ► You’ll save money ► Technology and resources With tuition fees well below the national We believe that our students should have average you will not have to borrow as access to the most current technology and much to complete your degree. resources and our degree programmes fully integrate industry-relevant technologies into ► More time with your tutor their curriculums to produce graduates who Our students often remark on the amount are fully prepared for industry. of one-to-one time that they have with their lecturers. With a high ratio of lecturers to students, you will get more of their time and knowledge. Southend is one of the most happening towns outside of London and is the artistic and cultural hub of the South East. As a key centre of the Thames Gateway, the town is alive with opportunity and potential.
Art Festivals There’s a strong community of artists The College’s very own Southend Festival in the town with regular art shows and spans the whole of June and showcases exhibitions. Leigh Art Trail, the Beecroft the freshest local talent by artists and 4 and the Focal Point Gallery offer a diverse performers across art, music, film, literature 5 range of photographic and art exhibitions and the performing arts. The Leigh Folk with regular visits from international artists. Festival now attracts world-renowned artists The College even offers its own in-house and Rochford’s Shoplands Music Festival art gallery on campus and also works provides a stage for the crème de la crème with Metal, an arts organisation which of local musicians. In September, Chalkwell commissions arts projects about issues Park plays host to the Village Green Festival, affecting people’s lives, such as urban which offers a variety of music, comedy and regeneration, economic sustainability and arts events. environmental change. For more, visit www.metalculture.com. Other local festivals worth checking out ► Southend Film Festival (April) Theatre ► Southend Festival of the Air (May) Southend’s major theatres, the Cliffs Pavilion and the Palace Theatre, attract ► Village Green (June) West End touring productions, international ► Thurrock Festival (July) classical concerts, ballet and opera, drama, jazz and the biggest names in comedy. Comedy You can also catch theatrical productions Southend has proven itself to be a fertile at the newly renovated Clifftown Theatre breeding ground for comedy with the A town on the up in Southend, which offers productions by likes of Phill Jupitus, Russell Kane and Lee students of the East 15 Acting School, part Evans all hailing from the area. Fans of live of the University of Essex. comedy can find belly laughs at several popular venues in and around the town, Music and the biggest names always include Southend is host to a thriving alternative Southend on their tours including Jimmy music scene bursting with home-grown Carr, Alan Carr and The Mighty Boosh.
talent (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, The The Edwardian Palace Theatre in Westcliff Horrors, These New Puritans) as well as attracting the likes of Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Charlatans and the Manic Street Preachers. A variety of venues in the town ensures a selection of live music for all tastes. Photo courtesy of Southend Borough Council Island Photo courtesy of Southend Borough theme park Adventure over Southend’s Fireworks With seven miles of award-winning Blue Flag beaches, comprehensive transport links, as well as a significantly lower cost of living than London, Southend is the ideal place to live, work and study.
Great transport links A cycle-friendly town A comprehensive public transport system Southend is set to become one of Britain’s serves Southend and the surrounding top cycling towns. With significant areas. With bus and train services available, investment from Government, Southend 6 including nine rail stations in the borough Borough Council and its partners are in 7 that lead directly to London, getting around the process of making Southend more is a breeze. cycle-friendly with dedicated bike lanes for cyclists. A shopper’s paradise With our campus right beside Southend’s Parks, gardens and history bustling High Street you’re never far from Southend offers many lavish parks shops and services, many of which offer and gardens, offering everything from discounts to students. Nearby you have wonderful estuary views, beautiful floral Basildon’s Eastgate Shopping Centre while displays, riding stables and woodland. It slightly further afield, London shopping is also a town steeped in history, with a is less than an hour away by train, as are 11th century castle, an ancient priory and Bluewater, Lakeside and Westfield Stratford churches mentioned in the Domesday City, three of the biggest shopping centres Book. You can find out about the recently in Europe. excavated Saxon King at Priory Park and Central Museum. By day Sport and leisure A full range of sports and leisure facilities are available throughout the borough. Southend is home to Southend United Football Club and you can watch live league games at Roots Hall, the Shrimpers’ stadium near Priory Park. Essex Pirates Basketball team are now based in Southend and Essex County Cricket Club play their home games in nearby Chelmsford. Southend also has its own rugby team, based at Temple Farm. Being a coastal town windsurfing, sailing and kitesurfing are popular local pastimes, with speedboat racing and a sailing regatta also taking place each year. Hiking fans will enjoy country walks around the picturesque Photo Courtesy of Southend Borough Council annual Festival of the Air Photo Courtesy Southend Borough Southend’s Hadleigh Downs and the mountain bike track created for the London 2012 Olympics offers a challenging off-road course. With the growth of Southend as a university town, the town offers a huge variety of entertainment options for all tastes and interests, from restaurants, pubs and clubs to cafés and theatres.
A world of cuisine Leigh-on-Sea. Here you can try the Sand Bar, With around 300 places to eat in the or for the more lavish, The Boat Yard, which borough, from large chains to independent offers fine sea views. Also worth visiting are family-run restaurants, Southend offers The Dining Room and The Sandbank on London Road, Rossi’s ice cream parlour and 8 a choice of global cuisine, with French, 9 Spanish, Indian, Italian, Chinese, Greek, Oldham’s fish and chip shop in Westcliff. Portuguese, Mexican, British, American, Polish, Japanese and Thai delights on offer. Drinking The Arches seafront pavement cafés are There’s no shortage of pubs in and around popular destinations for breakfast and the Southend area. In addition to the By night lunch, whilst the Pipe of Port and Tomassi’s student-only venue, The Union are local favourites. (see Page 24), central Southend offers everything from familiar chain pubs such A short train ride from the College you will as The Slug and Lettuce and Wetherspoon find yourself in the chic surroundings of to the tucked away pleasures of Clarence Yard and The Mews. Meanwhile, three stops on the train will take you to Leigh-on- Sea, with its fashionable bars and nightlife, while the historic fishing village of Old Leigh offers a mix of old and new with traditional quayside pubs and wine bars.
Clubbing A variety of lively clubs are scattered across town offering everything from ambient, garage and trance, to rock, metal and grunge. The famous TALK nightclub close to the seafront has long been a popular destination for dancers. Mansion and Mayhem offer hard house, trance and a whole host of other club nights, and all the clubs are within walking distance. More alternative nights take place at The Alex, Chinnery’s, The Sunrooms and The Railway Hotel, all of which are in close proximity to one another. Photo courtesy of Southend Borough Council historic landmarks Photo courtesy of Southend Borough The Kursaal, one of Southend’s Students at our Thurrock Campus will discover that the area is rich in history and culture, with no shortage of fun things to see and do, from stately homes to one of the biggest music festivals in the world!
Close to London Entertainment Our Thurrock Campus is serviced by trains Every August, Hylands Park hosts the from Southend and Basildon and is only V Festival, one of the biggest music festivals a stone’s throw from London Fenchurch in Europe, if not the world. Previous line-ups 10 Street station. have included Eminem, Rihanna, Coldplay, 11 Foo Fighters, Kings of Leon, The Prodigy Country and wildlife and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not to be The county boasts huge swathes of green missed! belt country and many important wildlife habitats. Notable open space includes Blackshots Fields in Grays hosts The Big Langdon Hills Country Park and Grove Weekend at the start of August featuring House Wood, managed by Essex Wildlife a massive live stage that plays host to Trust as well as the ancient woodlands bands and DJs. There is also a traditional of Epping Forest. Museums and historic fairground carousel and a Ferris wheel. buildings in the area include Coalhouse Motorsport enthusiasts will love Arena Fort, Tilbury Fort, Purfleet Heritage and Essex, which regularly hosts speedway, Military Centre, Thurrock Museum and banger and stock car racing events whilst Walton Hall Farm Museum. Finally, the football fans can watch Grays Athletic neighbouring county of Kent is renowned Football Club in action. as ‘The Garden of England’ and features the picturesque towns of Whitstable, Broadstairs, Rochester and Canterbury.
Essex history Essex is a treasure trove of history with so many attractions to visit. Essex features several stately homes: Audley End House near Saffron Walden was once a royal
Maldon boats at sunset Photo courtesy of www.visitessex.com palace, while Ingatestone Hall has been owned by the same family since the 16th century. Layer Marney Tower is the tallest Tudor gatehouse in Britain, featuring gardens and parkland, and Hyde Hall near Chelmsford offers beautiful gardens Out and about in Essex managed by the Royal Horticultural Society. You can also walk in the footsteps of John Constable at Dedham Vale and Stour Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Students starting degree programmes in 2013 will benefit from a brand new state-of-the-art library and teaching facility currently being built in the heart of Southend.
Called The Forum Southend-on-Sea, the £27 million scheme, a joint enterprise between Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, the University of Essex and South Essex College will provide a new public and academic library, as well as all new teaching and learning 12 facilities. The four-storey Forum will also play host to a new café and lecture theatre, 13 as well as a brand new public art gallery.
an artist’s impression The Forum Southend-on-Sea: an artist’s Coming August 2013 When you embark on your educational journey with us, we will make sure you never lose sight of your end goal: preparing for your chosen career!
Our links with industry Expert training Our degree programmes are vocational, The College is an Apple Certified blending academic study and professional Training Centre for Education (AATCe), practice to instil the confidence and develop which enables us to deliver high-quality 14 the skills, knowledge and networking training and certification in key software 15 contacts necessary to ensure that our applications used by professionals. We were graduates embark on rewarding and also the first official Nikon Academy in the fulfilling careers. UK with benefits that include seminars for students where Nikon’s own experts Across all faculties we maintain close are available to deliver information and links with a wide variety of prestigious demonstrate new hardware. organisations, from high-tech corporations like Sony, Apple, Microsoft and Nikon to We are members of the National Skills non-profit organisations such as the NSPCC Academies (NSA) in Creative and Cultural, and Mencap. All our industry partners Financial Services, Retail, Advanced contribute to the production of exciting live Manufacturing and the Peter Jones project briefs and competitions. Enterprise Academy. NSAs are Government-supported institutions that Over the next decade, many new jobs are led by employers in collaboration with will require more advanced skills from colleges and training providers nationwide. potential employees. Our programmes are career-focused and are devised in Membership of these NSAs means that consultation with local employers to we are able to provide up-to-date and improve your employment prospects. career-focused learning programmes for We also deliver programmes that lead our students with the support of key to professional accreditation (e.g. our industry sectors. Microsoft and Apple Academies).
Our links with industry
facebook/southendfestival Business Social Work Sport South Essex College is a partner institute Our business lecturing team has significant Our innovative three-year Social Work A regular roster of sporting personnel visit of the Film and Digital Media exchange commercial and professional experience degree programme is currently accredited the College to speak to our higher education (FDMX), which offers skills development, as well as connections with key employers by the General Social Care Council (GSCC), students including Sport Essex, the official training, careers help, networking and across the region. This means you will shortly to become the Health Professions body for sport in Essex which is recognised research. See Page 19 for more about the experience live projects and case studies Council. The Faculty of Health, Care by Sport England and the Department for technology available to students at that are relevant and based on successful and Public Services has good working Culture, Media and Sport. Sport Essex is South Essex College. companies to prepare you for the business partnerships with Southend-On-Sea dedicated to ensuring that anyone interested world and give you a sense of the Borough Council, Thurrock and Essex in sport will achieve their highest potential. Guest speakers and master classes challenges that actual businesses face. In Councils, the YMCA, Kids Inspire, Trust Our sports students have also benefited The College has links with numerous addition, many of our business graduates Links, the Terrence Higgins Trust, Family from talks from physiologists, rehabilitation industry professionals, who include: have gone on to successful careers with Mosaic, Catch 22 and individual service therapists, coaches, sports development ► Phil Dale high profile companies such as Ernst and users who continue to play a crucial role in officers and personal fitness instructors. Lead animator on Young, Lloyds TSB and Jaguar Land Rover. overseeing the quality and development of 16 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride 17 the programme. Live projects Mike Milne Network Technology ► Those studying within the Faculty of BAFTA/OSCAR winner and Director of On location A strong theme of our Network Technology Media and Creative Arts will benefit from Computer Animation Framestore degree is the embedding of the Cisco Media and creative arts students can an exciting programme of live briefs, Barry Purves Certified Network Associate (CCNA) expect to make the most of our extensive developed in partnership with high-profile ► BAFTA/OSCAR Nominated Director/ programme into the course modules, which industry contacts and close proximity to companies like NBC and Universal, who Producer/Animator ensures that students are equipped with London. Throughout the year we run an participate in setting the project brief and current industry knowledge. Register with extensive programme of guest speakers, in reviewing your work. We also involve the ► John Ronson the Cisco Academy and gain certification industry visits (including Sky and Universal), local community in live projects including Investigative journalist for each element of the CCNA course. exhibitions and gallery visits as well as local museums, galleries and voluntary ► Teddy Sheringham taking part in a number of local and organisations such as Southend-on-Sea Former England, Tottenham Hotspur and Computer Games Design national festivals. Computer Games Design Museum and Planetarium, the Focal Point Manchester United footballer For Computer Games Design students, the students also have the opportunity to visit Gallery and Southend Borough Council. ► Danny Crates College has recently become a member the International Games Convention in Sports students also complete a live Paralympic record holder of The Independent Games Developers’ Tokyo to meet industry professionals and assessment where they plan, organise and Sport Essex personnel Association (TIGA), which allows us to find out about the latest developments in deliver a community sport event to local the gaming industry. schools and organisations. In 2010, one ► Katie Cuddon follow industry innovations and provide Sainsbury Scholar in Sculpture and students with a quality of knowledge. group managed to raise approximately £500 for Cancer Research. Drawing at The British School at Rome ► Lee Lennox A taste of the workplace Music video director The Network Technology degree provides ► Mick Cooper an industry-based project offering you Director of the Master’s in Counselling experience of networking in action. ► Marcie Begleiter Previous students have been placed with LA-based storyboard artist and organisations such as Lloyds TSB, FMI art director Solutions and Entuity. Such placements ► Simon Swords regularly lead to offers of permanent Local awarding-winning entrepreneur. employment. Honorary Degree holders Early Years students spend one day a week ► Mark Foster in a work-placement setting, putting theory One of the most successful into practice. British swimmers of all time ► Sir Teddy Taylor Interior Design students have taken up work The most celebrated parliamentarian to placements with companies such as KSS stand for a South Essex constituency Design Group, DEGW Design Consultancy, Phill Jupitus Zebra and Fletcher Priest Architects ► Comedian and TV personality (amongst others). ► Alison Moyet Multi award-winning recording artist. With technology advancing at an ever-increasing rate, it’s crucial that you have access to the technology and software you will be using once you enter employment.
We are committed to giving you access to the exact equipment, facilities and software applications you will use in the workplace through degree programmes that are specially designed to produce graduates who are technologically savvy and well-placed to enter graduate employment.
18 Information Technology Games Development 19 Our purpose-built Higher Education Students on the Computer Games Design Centre at the Southend Campus offers degree will use DarkBASIC Professional, approximately 100 high-spec PCs and Macs the most advanced games development for students to use outside of timetabled package available, enabling the creation sessions. We manage a high-speed internet of 2D and 3D animations, environment connection and WIFI hotspots on campus mapping, lightning-fast 2D sprites, cartoon which mean you can connect from almost shading and much more. Games designers anywhere. Our network also allows access will also get to grips with Autodesk Maya to the College intranet which provides and 3D Studio Max, a modelling, animation links to hundreds of online journals and and rendering package that has been used periodicals, as well as sports results, forums, to create the visual effects for blockbuster college policies, student council news and films such as Avatar, the Harry Potter more. franchise and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. Finally, networked PCs allow Engineering for LAN-based gaming environments to be Those on our engineering programmes will explored. have access to excellent facilities including Computer Aided Design (CAD) suites, Sports a science laboratory, a materials testing Our Personal Fitness and Sports Studies laboratory as well as an electrical/electronics programmes offer a range of specialist laboratory, a pneumatics and hydraulics resources. A training gym for planning and laboratory and a mechanical workshop. delivering sessions to clients is available, which provides students with resources such as cardiovascular and resistance machines and a range of free weights. Our sports laboratory provides students with a consultancy space to assess a client’s weight and nutrition, as well as access to statistical analysis software such as SPSS. Technology to support your studies Media and Creative Arts Music As well as holding the prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Award status Our music facilities include Extreme, our for media students’ work with Fair Havens hospice, the College is also an Apple Certified off-site recording studio. This multi-track Training Centre for Education (AATCe), which offers students a jump-start in film, studio uses Pro Tools for recording, has television, recording and other new media careers. As an AATCe, we offer first-class digital a wide variety of microphones, various education in the key software applications used by the professionals. outboard gear and an additional mix-down suite for post-production work. Extreme Photography also includes four rehearsal rooms, a variety We became the first official Nikon Academy of instruments including a Yamaha acoustic in the UK, which offers exclusive benefits piano and a range of guitars. to students on our BA (Hons) Photography degree, including seminars where Nikon’s Students will also use the computer music own experts deliver a wide range of studio in the main building which utilises professional music-creation software such 20 information on subjects ranging from the 21 latest technology, to its use in a professional as Sibelius and Logic. environment. Students will also be able to take advantage of a generous discount Film and Television scheme on photographic equipment. Our Media Department has a £250,000 High Definition (HD) Sony-approved Our photography department includes television studio which gives students the a tungsten flash studio, black and white opportunity to produce broadcast-quality darkrooms with manual processing, digital television programmes. With television facilities including Macs, film scanners and switching to digital in 2012, the Sony studio high-quality digital printing. We also offer a ensures our graduates are well prepared for comprehensive range of traditional cameras the transition. in 35mm, medium and large formats. We even have an on-campus gallery for Students have access to broadcast-quality displaying your work. HD video cameras, which they can borrow for their individual projects, and our Apple Interior Design editing suites can be used to edit and polish Students on the BA (Hons) Interior footage. Design programme will be trained to use Computer Aided Design (CAD) and image Other specialist learning spaces manipulation packages, such as AutoCAD Our art and design courses feature Architecture and Photoshop. specialist technical studios appropriate for print, photography, sculpture and digital Fashion manipulation. We also have animation The fashion department is equipped with TV studios, photographic darkrooms and Gerber suites, which are used for pattern studio production areas. Our BA (Hons) cutting and production of fashion design. Digital Animation degree not only covers The department also has specialist textile CGI development but also offers students design equipment, exactly what you would the chance to study traditional methods of see and use in industry. animation. No matter what you choose to study with us, you can be assured that we are well equipped to help you succeed and realise your potential. Every student at South Essex College is automatically a member of the Student Council. Run by students for students we are here to make sure that your voice is heard and that your student experience is the best it can possibly be.
What do we do? Why should you get involved? We love running events. South SX Fresh It means you get to be part of a fantastic kicks off the year – a month-long festival student experience, but we need your help of events and an opportunity to make new to make it work. During Freshers’ Week, we 22 friends, get lots of free stuff and meet your recruit Programme Reps to help at Student 23 Student Council. Then throughout the Council events and as representatives for year, we work with the University of Essex Student Council meetings. You get to Students’ Union to run events and charity work with some great people, all of whom initiatives. are investing in shaping the future of the College for the benefit of all. Plus it is We also organise regular Student Council valuable experience you can put on your meetings where we invite key members of CV. the College’s HE staff to discuss your issues, comments and ideas. We are routinely How do I stay in the know? consulted on behalf of the student body Between meetings, you can keep up-to- on the development of College policies and date with all of the gossip from the Student constitutions and have had a great influence Council on Student Life C_Space and on on the services provided to students. For the College’s Facebook and Twitter pages. example, we supported the creation of a You’ll often find us about campus running dedicated HE study centre and helped make events, so if you do see us and want to get some positive changes to the availability involved, why not come and find out what of learning resources in the library. We’re we’re up to? a big part of several student projects too from the student bulletin to video diaries Want to know more? and social networking. Everything we do is Drop us a line on Facebook or email at about making your time here exciting and [email protected]. memorable. This annual event is a great opportunity for new students to make friends and get lots of free stuff stuff opportunity for new students to make friends and get lots of free Fair: This annual event is a great Freshers’ South Essex College’s Southend Campus is situated next door to the University of Essex’s Gateway building which houses The Union, home of the Students’ Union of the University of Essex.
South Essex College higher education students are more than welcome to use The Union and enjoy the benefits that come with membership. As well as all the fantastic services offered below, The Union also sells hot and cold food and drinks at discounted prices and is decked out with comfy seating, plasma TVs, study areas, computers and a meeting room. 24 25 Sports clubs and societies You can join any of our sports clubs or International nights, quiz nights, karaoke, societies, all of which are listed on: live bands, party nights and games nights are just a few of the most popular events. www.essexstudent.com/southend/ We also have Sky and show any sports sportsandsocslist/ matches that are requested on our plasmas, so you can sit down and unwind at your We currently have a men’s football and own student venue. a men’s basketball team who compete in British Universities and Colleges Sport Earn while you learn (BUCS) against other universities, and are The Union also offers paid work for planning to have women’s basketball, students to be undertaken flexibly around badminton and fencing in these leagues their studies. There are also plenty of from October 2011. We also have many volunteer positions within the Students’ successful student societies including an Union such as Flirt reps, student DJs, enterprise society, travel society, Greek photographers and journalists. society and Christian society. Union Pass Activities Entry to The Union can be secured with the University of Essex The Union also runs adrenalin-pumped purchase of an annual £5 Union Pass, which activities such as karting, paintball as well can be purchased directly from The Union, as trips to London. There is a summer and Gateway Building, University of Essex, Luker winter ball where external venues are hired Road. - the last summer masquerade ball was held at the impressive Cliffs Pavilion theatre. National Union of Students (NUS) NUS is the national voice of students Social events helping you to campaign, get cheap student The Union, with its new licensed bar open discounts and provide advice on living 11am till late, hosts different events every student life to the full. NUS cards can be Monday to Saturday evening, so there is obtained from Learner Services in South something for everyone. With each event Essex College. based on student feedback - free entry, great drink offers and often prizes - you Visit www.nus.org.uk to find out how it won’t want to miss out. can benefit union members. Course index Entry requirements The College has a general entrance requirement which is described in terms of A-levels, vocational A-levels, AS levels, GCSEs and a range of other qualifications that we regard as equivalent. Please also refer to the course pages in this prospectus for more detailed information about the entry requirements for specific higher education programmes. General entry requirements ► Progression Diploma All applicants are expected to have GCSE ► Advanced Diploma English Language and/or Maths at grade C or above or the equivalent. Applicants CertHE, DipHE, FdA and FdSc 26 can use Key Skills at Level 3 as part of their 40-120 UCAS points are normally required 27 UCAS points total, providing the key skills to be awarded from one or more of the do not overlap with other qualifications following: (e.g. Numeracy and A-level Mathematics). Some courses offer an Exceptional Entry ► GCE A-level (one grade E) Portfolio option, which means that relevant ► BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma/Diploma/ industry and/or life experience is considered Subsidiary Diploma/Certificate [QCF] rather than formal qualifications as an ► BTEC National Award/Certificate/Diploma alternate route to entry. [NQF] ► Progression Diploma If you are not applying directly from a school or college you will need to show ► Level 3 Advanced Diploma recent evidence of your ability to undertake ► Extended Project (minimum 40 UCAS degree-level work and that you have the points – please see individual pages for necessary study skills. You will be asked UCAS entry points) to demonstrate an equivalent knowledge Business Studies ... 30 Journalism ... 58 of the subject and if you have not had Although the following qualifications are Computer Games Design ... 32 Music Performance, any formal education for a period of time not on the UCAS tariff they are considered you may need to undertake some sort of for entry to any of the above programmes: Production & Composition ... 60 Construction Management ... 34 preparatory course before studying with us. ► QAA-approved Access to Higher Education Diplomas Counselling ... 36 Music Production ... 62 If you would like to discuss your eligibility ► European/Welsh Baccalaureate Creative Writing for Media ... 38 Network Technology ... 64 before submitting a formal application, please contact our admissions team on ► Level 3 NVQs Criminology & Personal Fitness Training ... 66 ► Practising professional qualifications Forensic Investigation ... 40 0845 52 12345 Photography ... 68 or via email at ► Open University courses Digital Animation ... 42 Production for Live [email protected] ► Continuing education qualifications bearing appropriate validated higher Early Years Education ... 44 Performance & Events ... 70 BA/BSc (Hons) Degrees education credits Engineering ... 46 Social Studies ... 72 Our vocationally-oriented degree courses Welsh Baccalaureate Social Work ... 74 normally require a minimum of 160 UCAS Fashion, Communication points to be awarded from one or more of As a new qualification, the College will & Marketing ... 48 Special Education Studies ... 76 the following: consider applications from those who successfully complete the full qualification. Fashion Design ... 50 Sports Studies ... 78 ► At least two A-levels Teacher Training ... 84 ► BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma/Diploma/ Direct entry to the second year Fine Art ... 52 Subsidiary Diploma/Certificate [QCF] Textiles & Fashion ... 80 Some of our faculties are happy to consider Graphic Design ... 54 ► BTEC National Award/Certificate/Diploma applications for entry to the second year Interior Design ... 56 TV Production & Screen Media ... 82 [NQF] of study on the basis of qualifications you ► International Baccalaureate may have obtained elsewhere. For direct ► AQA Baccalaureate entry to the second year we would normally expect you to meet the standard entry requirements for admission to the first Frequently asked questions Does the College accept the If you would like a detailed comment year and demonstrate relevant additional about the admissions process Extended Project? on your eligibility before submitting a academic achievement. We also operate How does the College feel about Although our offer will ask you to obtain formal application, please contact our within the structures of the European Credit vocational courses? specific tariff points (or equivalent), admissions team stating which course Transfer System (ECTS). Some of our courses have a strong we do take the Extended Project into you are interested in and giving details of vocational element and applications consideration. It demonstrates your your qualifications and experience. Formal CRB checks from students taking certain vocational motivation to explore a subject in greater applications should be submitted through Some courses detailed in this prospectus qualifications are welcomed. Students who depth and provides an opportunity for UCAS in the normal way. may involve regular access to children or have a mixed portfolio of qualifications further development of analytical, critical vulnerable adults. Where this is the case, (e.g. BTEC National Award/Certificate and thinking and independent research skills. International and you will be required to complete a Criminal A-levels) are also welcomed. If your results fall short of the offer level European Union Applicants Records Bureau (CRB) check. by a small margin, for example one A-level The College welcomes applications from Does the College use unit grades in the grade, your Extended Project result may be candidates educated in other European Please note that in most cases if you are taken into account. countries and from elsewhere in the world. 28 admissions process? 29 unable to obtain a satisfactory CRB check We do not use unit grades as standard What else will be taken into account by you will be unable to continue onto the procedure; however, unit grade information Please refer to Page 118 for more course. These checks are undertaken may be used on receipt of examination the College when making offers? information relevant to international prior to admission and are at a cost to the results to consider individual applicants who The admissions tutors for each subject take students, including entry requirements and applicant (cost to be advised at the point of do not meet the conditions of their offer. the following factors into account when tuition fees. application). deciding whether to make you an offer: Will the College accept A-level General ► GCSE performance, including possession Occupational health checks Studies and A-level Critical Thinking? of prerequisites (e.g. Mathematics and/or Some courses detailed in this prospectus Yes. All of our faculties accept either A-level English at Grade C) or above may require you to complete a satisfactory General Studies or A-level Critical Thinking, ► AS-levels, including subject mix and occupational health check. This check will as these awards require you to demonstrate declared results involve the completion of an occupational a range of skills and knowledge. health questionnaire. In the event that ► A-level or equivalent qualifications, you are unable to obtain clearance as a including subject mix, need for Will any courses require me to sit prerequisites, and predicted grades result of this check, you will be unable to additional aptitude tests? A good personal statement, expressing continue onto the course. These checks are We will not ask you to take any of the ► clear motivation to study the subject undertaken prior to admission and are at a existing aptitude tests (e.g. LNAT, BMAT) and demonstrating necessary relevant cost to the applicant (cost to be advised at as a prerequisite for admission. We believe experience and academic skills such the point of application). that the existing system for assessing as critical thinking, analytical and applicants provides enough information to problem solving skills, as well as good make informed decisions. communication skills ► Enrichment and extra-curricular activity, including work experience, qualifications (e.g. Duke of Edinburgh, Young Enterprise), positions of responsibility held, evidence of non-academic achievements and engagement in relevant cultural and social activities, which would be indicated in your personal statement ► Reference from school, college or employer ► Interview/audition performance (if required) ► Portfolio evidence (if required) ► Any relevant mitigating circumstances which have a bearing upon your application Business is a broad subject covering a diverse range of areas from finance to marketing, human resources, project management and law. This is a highly vocational course that Business Studies CertHE will give you the skills that employers are looking for. Your studies will emphasise the Campus: Southend BA (Hons) challenging nature of the business environment and many of the assignments on the Awarding body: University of Essex course are based on ‘live’ project briefs from organisations such as Southend United Football Club, which will enable you to develop skills that are transferable, practical and relevant to industry.
Year 1: You will study a broad range of Areas of study: Include advanced research, areas that will give you an insight into individual project, business strategy, business such as finance, human resources, operations management and corporate marketing and law. These build firm governance. foundations for the rest of the degree 30 31 programme, both in terms of knowledge Events and trips: The course features a and skills development. There are a special guest speaker and programme of number of assessment methods ranging visits where you can attend lectures and from reports and essays to presentations, other sessions that are delivered by leading seminars and examinations. You will be people in the business world. Previous provided with the support you need to speakers have included representatives from develop the skills necessary for success. Merrill Lynch, Exeter City Football Club, Fujitsu, Olympus KeyMed as well as local Areas of study: Include managing people, MPs. Other activities have included visits to business law, the business environment, Wembley Stadium, talks by entrepreneurs event management, quantitative at the O2 Arena, Chelsea Football Club and techniques, finance, business planning and the Nissan Car Factory. marketing.
Level CertHE BA (Hons) Year 2: You will build and expand upon your learning in the previous year, focusing Duration 1 year, 3 years, on the use of technology in business, full-time full-time economics, human resources and finance. UCAS points 80 160 Additional GCSE English and Maths at grade Areas of study: Include business research, Requirements C or above (or equivalent). business finance, business technology, organisational behaviour, applied economic UCAS Code N102 N100 theory, entrepreneurship.
Year 3: This is the most challenging year in terms of content, and you are expected to be more independent than in previous years of study. You will need to be particularly organised and draw upon the skills that you have developed throughout the programme. Modules are contemporary in nature and allow for wide discussion. Advanced Research (Management) and the Individual Project (Dissertation) allow you to research and specialise in a specific element of business that you are interested in, with Career opportunities appropriate guidance from a supervisor. Our graduates pursue a variety of careers, with a number making choices directly related to their studies. Recent graduates have gone into accountancy or finance- related jobs, as well as marketing, retail, human resources, graduate schemes and teaching. Others have gone on to more advanced study at Master’s level. With the ever-growing popularity of PC and video games and the associated range of media products, graduates from this programme will be well placed to enter an exciting Computer Games Design BSc (Hons) and innovative career in one of the most dynamic media industries there is. As a student Campus: Southend on the course, you will use state-of-the-art games design and graphics software including Awarding body: University of Essex Flash, Photoshop and 3DS Max, Maya and Motion Builder.
Year 1: You will be introduced to the games Year 3: This final year of the course brings design concepts used by professional games together all the elements of the previous developers and learn the foundation skills two years to enable you to focus your required to design and produce assets used research on one particular area of study in the industry. in order to produce a piece of academic 32 writing that is analytical and critical in its 33 You will develop an awareness of games approach. The programme culminates in development production processes through a final project designed to highlight your practical work-oriented modules such as key strengths, with a particular focus on Game Programming, 3D Modelling for innovation, while encouraging creative Games, Digital Image Manipulation, and development in areas of your choice. Storyboarding. Theoretical modules such as Videogames and Society, and Games Design Areas of study: Include games omnibus enable you to critically examine historical, exhibition, game production management, contemporary and emerging computer computer games business, advanced 3D games. techniques, final project.
Areas of study: Include game Taking it to the next level! programming, 3D modelling for games, 9,000: Number of people employed in the digital image manipulation, storyboarding, UK games industry. videogames and society, game design. £1 billion: Contributed to the UK economy. Year 2: You will build on the skills Source www.TIGA.org developed in the first year to include areas such as games engines, 3D level design and 3D animation. These modules will form Level BSc (Hons) the foundation of your game design and 3D Duration 3 years, full-time modelling skills, enabling you to produce UCAS points 160 sophisticated and professional results. Additional GCSE English and Maths at grade Requirements C or above (or equivalent). You will also develop your skills in a variety of contexts and media for audiences across UCAS Code WG24 numerous game genres and technologies related to games design and development practice. Specifically, the Game Engines module will enable you to investigate a variety of game engines and systems used in the creation of an interactive game.
Areas of study: Include 3D animation, Career opportunities games engines, 3D level design, browser- Our graduates can consider employment in the games development industry based games, dissertation preparation. or in other creative industries such as advertising, film and web design. You may wish to continue your studies at Master’s level or progress to specialist postgraduate design programmes, or alternatively to professional teacher training courses. Construction management is central to the growth of the construction industry and the UK economy. This programme, developed in consultation with industry, offers a natural Construction Management FdSc progression to a full BSc (Hons) Construction programme and is well-suited for those Campus: Thurrock seeking management roles in the construction industry. Awarding body: University of Essex
Year 1: In this year, you will gain a programming and resource management foundation of knowledge and skills alongside the relevant legal, professional relevant to the work of a trainee and regulatory frameworks. construction manager, building technologist, architectural technologist There is strong emphasis on analysis and 34 or surveyor, which will enable you to relate evaluation of subject-specialist concepts and 35 theory to daily industry practice. procedures. By the end of the programme you will have gained significant sector You are encouraged to apply your job skills knowledge and competence to experience to meet the requirements of undertake middle to senior management programme modules. You are provided responsibilities. You will have also gained up with guidance to develop the ability to 240 credits, enabling progression to a full for independent learning through research BSc (Hons) Degree. and report writing. By the end of the first year, you will be more confident in Events and trips: You will benefit from discharging your responsibilities in various educational trips to key UK construction work roles. projects, such as The Olympic village, The National Self Build & Renovation Centre Areas of study: Include building and the Othona zero carbon project. You construction, applied construction will also have the opportunity to attend mathematics, health and safety guest speaker lectures delivered by industry management, professional communication experts from the Chartered Institute studies and professional practice. of Building and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Year 2: By the second year of the course you will progress to resolving construction Level FdSc problems of more complex industry scenarios based on the knowledge and Duration 3 years, part-time skills gained from the course and your UCAS points 80 industry experience. You are expected to Additional Applicants must have a Level 3 complete part of your professional practice Requirements qualification in Construction or requirements at your workplace, or on a a related subject together with placement, using ‘live’ projects to connect GCSE Maths and English at grade the various theories and practices covered in C or above. the programme. Mature students without Areas of study: Include building minimum academic standards Career opportunities construction, material science and will need to demonstrate relevant The College’s construction academy has a long history of success in supporting sustainable construction, applied surveying work experience during interview. students to find job placements which has enabled a significant number to methods and professional practice studies. UCAS Code 5825 (part-time) advance in their careers. Up to 85% of our current construction management students are employed in the industry and are undergoing this course as part Year 3: The final year is aimed at further of their continuing professional development with the view of moving into deepening your working knowledge of higher management roles in their organisation. Some of our graduates have also construction management practice in moved on to start their own companies and about 20% opt to undertake further practical terms. The modules are more higher study. focused towards contract administration, building production processes, project This programme will develop your personal and professional integrity as a counsellor whilst promoting sound ethical practice. We train counsellors from a person-centred and Counselling FdA existential base whilst integrating further methodologies to enhance client outcomes Campus: Southend BA (Hons) and further develop your counselling skills. You will also develop a critical and analytical Awarding body: University of Essex understanding of the therapeutic community, as well as counselling theory and practice.
Year 1: You will study the theory behind Pink therapy will explore issues of sexual person-centred and existential counselling orientation, transgender issues and gender and how this will inform your work as a roles. You will also study counselling counsellor. Alongside this you will study philosophy and how this impacts on counselling skills where you will practice, understanding the individual, society and 36 reflect and learn to engage with diverse life. This will culminate in a dissertation that 37 client concerns and types. will provide you with the opportunity to undertake a piece of academic research that Areas of study: Include person-centred is in line with faculty interest, your expertise and existential counselling, ethics, policies and career aims. and procedures, working with diversity, working with young people, professional Areas of study: Include critical analysis into and personal development. eating disorders, addiction, bereavement, meeting the abused and the abuser, Year 2: This year centres on your work pink therapy, counselling philosophy, placement that will last for the whole dissertation. academic year. Through your placement you will demonstrate the ability to work Level FdA BA (Hons) effectively, both in terms of client work Progression Year and within the ethical framework and Duration 2 years, full-time 1 year, full-time procedures of that agency. You will undertake clinical supervision and continue UCAS points 60 Completion of the personal therapy started in the first year. FdA Counselling Alongside your placement, the programme Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade C will deepen your understanding of the Requirements or above (or equivalent). person-centred/experiential approaches to therapy with specific modules on the If standard qualifications are not Focusing Movement, Process Experiential held then an exceptional entry Counselling (CBT within the person-centred portfolio will be considered. frame) and also explore Transactional Analysis as a focus for therapeutic You will also be required to attend intervention. an interview and provide an 800- word written essay. Areas of study: Include focusing movement, process experiential counselling CRB check (CBT within the person-centred frame), As this programme may involve transactional analysis, cross-cultural regular access to children and/ counselling, creative interventions, feminist or vulnerable adults, you are theory and practice. legally required to complete a CRB check for which you will pay Career opportunities BA (Hons) Progression Year: You will an administration fee. Further Students who are successful on this course are able to pursue a number of different be introduced to more complex issues in details will be issued as part of the career options. Once qualified, our students have gone on to work as counsellors in a counselling and critically evaluate client admissions process. variety of settings (e.g. schools, the Terence Higgins Trust, Women’s Refuge, etc.), or groups and theory. Client issues covered in UCAS Code B940 B941 have gone on to work in other settings that require good communication skills in the the curriculum include critical analysis into fields of mental health and social services. eating disorders, addiction, bereavement and meeting the abused and the abuser. This exciting and dynamic creative writing programme aims to meet the needs of candidates wishing to pursue a writing career in television, film and other creative media Creative Writing for Media CertHE industries. The programme integrates theory and technique to produce skilled writers who Campus: Southend DipHE have a detailed understanding of creative writing and media production. Students also Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons) have the opportunity to attend educational trips which have previously included excursions to film festivals and TV and film studios in London, and even as far afield as New York and Los Angeles.
Year 1: Includes specialist modules or production company. You will also write in character, genre, story and themes a dissertation exploring a key aspect of the which will directly inform the creation of creative writing process, such as theories of screenplays in writing for film and television. adaptation, storytelling as a cultural activity, The weekly format includes exercises and or the function of the writer in the creative 38 workshops designed to broaden your media industries. 39 techniques and shared experience in the creative process. Additionally, writing You will also cover modules dealing with for print provides skills in research and writing for marketing and publishing and writing from a journalistic perspective to also professional development, which will complement your creative abilities. encourage you to fine-tune your graduating portfolio of screenplays, scripts and creative Areas of study: Include screenwriting for production concepts, which will be your film and television, script and copywriting calling card for future employment in the for radio, performance, advertising and creative industries. marketing. Each year of the programme offers combinations of theory and practice Areas of study: Include final major project, in creative writing. Students will create a writing for marketing and advertising, film portfolio of writing skills and experience. script, research dissertation.
Year 2: Builds on your learning in the first Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) year by exploring writing for performance Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, in creative disciplines such as comedy and full-time full-time full-time theatre, alongside short story writing and diary fiction. You will also develop your UCAS points 120 120 160 knowledge of film and television studies in Additional GCSE English at grade C or above a module designed to explore the cultural Requirements (or equivalent). importance of the moving image and offer UCAS Code W801 W800 WP83 an understanding of the production context for the script writing process.
Finally, you will learn how to develop a concept from an initial idea to a potential fully-fledged project covering storyboarding, art direction, set-modelling and marketing/ promotion.
Areas of study: Include writing for performance, concept development, television studies, creative writing genres, Career opportunities script development. As a result of the range of writing disciplines this course covers, graduates can forge careers in many areas such as: fiction writing, screenwriting, feature Year 3: You will concentrate on your final writing for newspapers and magazines, writing for radio, commercial blogging, year project. This could be anything from advertising copywriting or teaching. Graduates could also pursue postgraduate producing your own full-length screenplay study in any of these areas. for film or television or designing a marketing campaign suited to a publishing Society needs to deal with crime more effectively, which requires an understanding of the underlying causes of criminal behaviour. This programme, which is aimed at those Criminology & BSc (Hons) looking to progress to a career in criminology, forensic investigation or investigative Forensic Investigation* policing, will enable you to understand the core causes of criminal behaviour and the principles of crime scene investigation, giving you the knowledge and skills you need to Campus: Southend Awarding body: University of Essex succeed in the industry.
As a student on this programme you will Year 3: In the final year you will be in have access to extensive study resources a position to concentrate on your own including our automotive workshop for personal development. You will undertake mock crime scenes, a dedicated computer a final year project which you will manage room for digital forensics, a mock court from start to finish as well as writing a 40 room for students to learn how to dissertation that will also include an original 41 give evidence and specialist software research project. programmes for photography and computer examination. Areas of study: Include penology and penal policy, gender, crime and criminal Year 1: In the first year you will gain the justice, hate crimes and genocide, foundation of underpinning knowledge spirituality through belief to persecution in each of the disciplines in criminology and myth, cybercrime and society, forensic and forensic investigation and will also be entomology/anthropology, advanced introduced via presentational modules to investigation, employment and dissertation. the relevant concepts, theories and methods of working relevant to these industries.
* Subject to validation * Learn from the best: Our highly qualified These skills will form the foundation of course team includes a barrister, a former what you will need to succeed in this Detective Chief Inspector with the challenging programme. Metropolitan Police, a forensic psychologist for Essex Police and a head of digital Areas of study: Include introduction to forensics for a prominent city firm. The criminology, crime scene investigation, course also offers strong industry links introduction to biology and introduction to with Grant Thornton and Company 85 policing studies. to enhance your learning experience and employability. Year 2: Building upon the foundation laid down in the previous year, you will look at Level BSc (Hons) the subject area in greater depth and learn how to apply and evaluate the underlying Duration 3 years, full-time theories. You will play a more active, hands- UCAS points 160 on role via formal presentations, seminars Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade and through interaction with your peers Requirements C or above (or equivalent). and you will have the opportunity to put into practice some of the theories and You will need to obtain a CSI kit, concepts you have been introduced to. which can be purchased from the College at a cost of £50. Areas of study: Include criminological research methodology, the criminal justice UCAS Code LF64 system, heroes and villains, prisons, Career opportunities probation and rehabilitation, advanced Potential career routes include working in mainstream policing (possibly as a crime scene analysis, anatomy, physiology crime scene technician), the criminal justice system (in the probation or prison and post-mortem processes, contemporary services) or in financial institutions that may be at risk from financial fraud. and social issues in criminology, Graduates from this degree programme may also seek employment in related investigation and e-forensics. areas such as teaching after a period of further study. Digital animation is a growing field used in a range of industries with applications in everything from Hollywood movies to advertising and video games. This programme Digital Animation BA (Hons) introduces you to the technology and skills needed to seek employment in these and Campus: Southend other industries. The programme focuses on the wider application of animation practices, Awarding body: University of Essex enabling progression to a range of job roles.
This is an exciting and dynamic course Areas of study: Include script and creative with strong links to industry and you will narrative, character animation and 3D experience regular work placements and computer-generated animation, visual ‘live’ projects as well as a lively programme research for commercial animation, title of guest speakers, which have previously sequence design, political and cultural 42 included a number of BAFTA and Academy ideological representations, researching 43 Award nominees. professional practices.
Year 1: The first year of the programme will Year 3: In the final year you will focus on equip you with an understanding of and producing your final year dissertation and a appreciation for evolving digital toolsets and substantial digital animation project of your how individual creativity can be deployed choice, which will be presented at both within a multidisciplinary role in animation the Southend Film and Animation Festival production. You will develop a broad range (which is supported by the BFI) and also at of technical skills in the practical aspects London graduate shows. of animation, including studio production techniques covering: pre-production, editing Areas of study: Include final major project, and 2D and 3D stop-motion animation. storyboarding and animatic, dissertation, You will also study traditional animation professional practices and preparation. techniques and the general principles of animation and fine art drawing practices. Level BA (Hons) Areas of study: Include pre-production Duration 3 years, full-time planning, ideas and concepts through to UCAS points 160 storyboarding; digital applications covering Additional GCSE English at grade C or above editing and basic animation software; 3D Requirements (or equivalent). stop-motion covering set and armature building alongside production; traditional You will be expected to 2D animation principles and production demonstrate a portfolio of work techniques, fine art anatomy drawing and at interview that shows a level cultural animation and film study. of drawing ability and interest in animation. Year 2: You will continue to build on and UCAS Code W615 BA DA refine your technical skills and address the subject areas in more depth. You will also play a more active role in the learning process both for yourself and your peers through seminars, formal presentations and screenings relating to professional practice Career opportunities and work placement opportunities. As The majority of our graduates find employment in film and TV production well as building on the advanced technical studios, advertising companies, publishing houses and web design firms. animation toolset for character animation Graduates have also extended their education through postgraduate and audio production, you will also cover programmes at a number of established UK universities. Studio start-ups also script and creative narratives and visual occur among our graduates as a direct result of the positive collaborative research for commercial animation and atmosphere on the programme. title sequences, supported by political and cultural animation and film theory. Early years education is one of the most exciting and rewarding fields in which to work. As a skilled early years professional you can really help to transform children’s lives and your Early Years Education BA (Hons) training and commitment to their development and welfare are instrumental in helping Campus: Southend prepare children for learning and later life. Awarding body: University of Essex
The course includes a work placement Areas of study: Include researching element which will enable you to put early years settings, professional studies, theory into practice and give you the pedagogy, curriculum mathematics, opportunity to engage with other early graduate skills for key professionals, years professionals. The course also boasts curriculum language, curriculum science, 44 a lively programme of external guest early years ICT. 45 speakers and an annual trip to the Education Show in Birmingham. Year 3: You will develop your research skills further and be more independent. Year 1: You will gain a foundation of This will prepare you for your dissertation; underpinning knowledge to help you an independent research project. Topics develop the skills necessary for the you will study in this year include advanced more specialist subjects studied during research aims, which will enable you to years two and three. You will study develop the skills necessary to produce your the biological and sociocultural factors dissertation and critically examine research which influence children’s learning and methods. Other areas of study encompass cognitive development as well as policy and professional and ethical issues such as legislation issues. Finally, you will gain an overcoming barriers to learning, techniques understanding of social issues relating to of managing people in work settings and family diversity, poverty and ethnicity as well the key issues involved in the care and as gaining European and British perspectives education of young children. on education. Areas of study: Include career Areas of study: Include developing the development in professional practice, effective learner, learning in the early special educational needs, foundation years, policy, provision and legislation, studies, dissertation, management and social science as applied to early years, organisational studies, contemporary issues interpersonal and communication skills, in early years. introduction to research, curriculum studies. Level BA (Hons) Year 2: In this year you will deepen and expand your knowledge to cover: the Duration 3 years, full-time history of early years provision in the UCAS points 160 UK and other European member states, Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade relationships, services in the voluntary, Requirements C or above. private and public sectors, and pedagogy, which will build on your understanding CRB check of child development. You will also be As this programme may involve introduced to early years development in Career opportunities regular access to children and/ mathematics and ICT as well as personal or vulnerable adults, you are The majority of students on this course progress to teacher training through and professional development. legally required to complete a further study on Primary Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), the CRB check for which you will pay Graduate Teacher Training Programme (GTTP) or School-based Initial Teacher an administration fee. Further Training (SCITT). Recently, one student has gone on to teach in Japan. Other details will be issued as part of the students have progressed to work in areas such as nursery management, or in admissions process. children’s centres, Sure Start centres and social services. UCAS Code X310 Created with employers in mind to reflect their needs, this programme focuses on the study of mechanical and electrical engineering to produce graduates with the sort of Engineering FdSc high-tech engineering skills that employers are looking for, who are well-placed to enter a (Mechanical/Electrical) dynamic industry with an incredibly diverse range of job opportunities. Campus: Thurrock Awarding body: University of Essex
Year 1: In the first year you will learn This also includes assessing health and how to develop your skills in engineering safety risks, an essential part of working in and understand the theoretical principles engineering. underlying different engineering processes. The subjects for the mechanical and Mechanical Engineering Pathway: 46 electrical engineering pathway are the If you choose the mechanical pathway 47 same with the exception of one specialist you will learn how to design and use module. You will also be able to choose pneumatics and hydraulics as well as how one optional module, depending on your to apply advanced manufacturing methods, chosen specialism. The Engineering Science together with computer aided machining. and Mathematics for Engineers modules will give you a good command of the principles Electrical Engineering Pathway: and theory governing all processes in If you decide to specialise in electrical engineering. Finally, in the Personal and engineering, you will also investigate Professional Skills Development module, microprocessor systems and electronic you will ‘learn how to learn’ and also how measurements and testing. to study effectively. Areas of study: Include work-based Areas of study: Include engineering investigation, employer-based engineering science, business management techniques, project, engineering design, health and mathematics for engineers and personal safety risk assessment, application of and professional skills development. pneumatics and hydraulics, advanced manufacturing technology, computer Year 2: In this year you will build on the aided machining, microprocessor systems,
Photo courtesy of the Ford Motor Company Photo courtesy of the Ford foundation of knowledge from the previous electronic measurement and testing. year and deepen your understanding, as well as improving your skills to relate your Level FdSc learning to solve practical engineering problems in both mechanical and electrical Duration 3 years, part-time engineering. UCAS points 120 Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade C Areas of study: Include CAD techniques, Requirements or above (or equivalent). mechanical principles, manufacturing processes and technology, electrical, All applicants will be interviewed electronic and digital principles. to assess their suitability for the programme. Year 3: In the final year of the programme UCAS Code 5743 (part-time) you will select a pathway and extend your knowledge in specialist areas of mechanical or electrical engineering with a focus Career opportunities on reflecting industry needs. Everything The Foundation Degree was developed in consultation with employers such as you learn in year three is closely related Selex Galileo, Petroplus and Southend Airport to meet the changing demands to day-to-day practice in an engineering of industry. Many of our graduates go straight into mechanical, electrical and workplace. You will learn to tackle problems electronics engineering-related jobs, however, some opt to undertake a further when working on engineering projects and year of study to achieve a full BSc/BEng Degree in Engineering. designing new components. Marketing and communication is a key part of the fashion industry and covers a range of activities from web design, fashion photography, styling, illustration and organising events. Fashion, Communication FdA If you choose this course you will benefit from experienced teaching staff who will help you BA (Hons) to develop a personal signature in fashion promotion and give you valuable insights to the & Marketing work of major national and international fashion designers. Campus: Southend Awarding body: University of Essex
Year 1: The first year offers you the your final major project. In this culminating opportunity to develop skills in visual period of the programme, you are expected communication, fashion photography, to attain a maturity within your practice and styling, promotion through media demonstrate a firm understanding of your development and fashion illustration. position within the discipline; this is also 48 Projects will take the form of ‘live’ supported by a Professional Studies module. 49 project briefs set by industry or national The final year degree show is designed competitions, all of which are underpinned to provide you with the opportunity by theoretical and cultural research and to demonstrate your own qualities as referencing. Intellectual and cognitive skills professional fashion communicators to the are fostered through seminars, tutorials wider world. and group discussion, encouraging creative thought and practice. You will also have the Areas of study: Include dissertation, opportunity to discuss key design issues, contemporary practice, final major project, concepts and the principles of design texts external sourcing, marketing, professional and materials. development.
Areas of study: Include cultural context, Events and Trips: You will experience fashion illustration and photography, visual a lively programme of visiting designers communication, fashion media, fashion and guest speakers, who provide critical styling, marketing. context for the development of both studio and professional practice. There are Year 2: The second year will expand on also opportunities for educational trips the skills gained in the previous year and throughout; recent visits have included introduce new subjects such as organising London, Paris, Antwerp and New York. events, marketing strategy, web design and work placement, which will be attached to ‘live’ project briefs. The skills you learn Level FdA BA (Hons) will enable you to identify an area of Progression Year study to develop for a personally-directed Duration 2 years, full-time 1 year, full-time project during semester two. Previous 3.5 years, projects include the creation of short films, part-time designing a magazine, web design and UCAS points 40 Completion of creating promotional materials and products FdA Fashion using styling and photography, some of Communication which have been directly linked to students’ & Marketing work placement modules. Additional GCSE English and Maths at grade C Career opportunities Requirements or above (or equivalent). Areas of study: Include events organising, Our students are always in high demand by employers due to the work cultural context, web design and marketing placement experience gained during the programme. On completion of this In addition to this, you will be strategies, work placement, personally expected to demonstrate a course, you will be equipped for a wide range of diverse and exciting careers directed project. in styling, photography, illustration, fashion marketing and fashion promotion. portfolio of work at interview. Recent graduates have gone on to work as head designer for The Ragged Priest BA (Hons) Progression Year: This optional UCAS Code WN25 WN2M design house, Fred Perry’s head office and the marketing department of PuLead (full-time)
Photo by Sandra Salciute, BA (Hons) Fashion, Communication & Marketing student. See her interview on Page 94 top-up year is devoted to two major tasks: (China). the production of a substantial piece of 5130 academic writing (the dissertation) and (part-time) The UK fashion industry is worth over £21 billion to the British economy and employs over 800,000 people nationwide. This programme will provide you with the support, knowledge Fashion Design CertHE and professional experience necessary to get into this exciting, dynamic and potentially Campus: Southend DipHE lucrative industry. As a graduate in fashion design, you will be qualified to enter a variety Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons) of occupational areas from design, pattern cutting, production, buying, merchandising, styling, retail management and garment technology.
Year 1: The first year of the course will fashion design. Guest speakers, visiting introduce you to concepts of design, lecturers and professional development pattern cutting (2D) and garment workshops and seminars help to prepare production techniques that will give you you for starting a career in the industry. The the foundation you need as preparation for year culminates in a final year degree show 50 study in years two and three. Underpinning which allows you to showcase your work 51 this critical knowledge will be thorough and demonstrate your own qualities in the theoretical and cultural research and context of the fashion industry. referencing skills. Areas of study: Include two major Areas of study: Include pattern cutting projects: an academic dissertation and (2D), garment production techniques, designing and producing a fashion Computer Aided Design (CAD), theory and collection. cultural studies, research and referencing. Events and Trips: You will experience Year 2: Expanding on your learning in a lively programme of visiting designers the first year, further 2D pattern cutting is and guest speakers, who provide critical explored, alongside 3D pattern cutting and context for the development of both draping on the stand. You will also explore studio and professional practice. You will advanced garment production techniques also benefit from a range of ‘live’ projects alongside fashion illustration and CAD and with local retail outlets and UK fashion you are encouraged to develop your own designers. Finally, there are opportunities areas of independent research through for educational trips throughout the course. open-ended briefs. Opportunities for ‘live’ Recent destinations have included London, project briefs, including the chance to enter Paris, Antwerp and New York. national and international competitions, are included, as well as further educational visits. Specialist modules introduce Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) computer-aided manufacture, using Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, industry-standard Gerber pattern cutting full-time full-time full-time software. UCAS points 120 120 160
Areas of study: Include advanced pattern Additional GCSE English at grade C or above cutting (2D), draping on the stand (3D), Requirements (or equivalent). garment production and design, specialist Candidates are also required to computer software (Gerber), fashion demonstrate their suitability for the illustration. programme via a portfolio-based interview. Year 3: In your final year you will Portfolios should include examples consolidate your learning and identify of recent project work and may an area of personal research through a Career opportunities reference a variety of media. self-directed brief. The production of a Mature students with relevant Our students are successful across a wide variety of career paths in the fashion final collection is supported by a Fabric work experience may be offered a industry from junior fashion designers to production assistants, assistant buyers, Resourcing module and a dissertation. In place on the programme purely on visual merchandisers and teachers. Some students have even gone on to set up this culminating period of the programme, the strength of their portfolio and their own fashion labels. you will develop a firm understanding relevant experience. of your position within the discipline of UCAS Code W232 W233 W220 Fine artists continually challenge ideas, inviting society to broaden its attitudes and encourage a healthy level of debate and change. This programme provides graduates Fine Art CertHE with a broad knowledge of fine art across a range of mediums from painting, drawing, Campus: Southend DipHE sculpture, and printmaking, to video, performance and photography. Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons)
Year 1: The first year is designed to allow you with a platform to demonstrate your you to engage with the culture of higher own qualities as a professional artist or education and to equip you with the curator. practical and conceptual skills and the awareness to develop your own creative Areas of study: Include dissertation and 52 identity. You will be encouraged to develop final major project. 53 experimental, reflective and enquiring approaches to your work. You will also Learn from the best: Students on the be introduced to the relevant cultural and course benefit from visiting artists and historical contexts between theory and guest speakers and a range of work- practice. related projects with local museums, galleries and voluntary organisations. In Areas of study: Include painting, drawing, addition, students also get the opportunity printmaking, video, photography, sculpture, to organise and participate in public art installation, contextual studies. exhibitions. Year 2: You will gain a greater flexibility in choosing the direction of your own work Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) in studio practice and will be looking to Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, develop a successful personal working full-time full-time full-time methodology in preparation for your final UCAS points 40 40 160 year major project and your dissertation. Additional GCSE English at grade C or above You will also look at and consider areas and Requirements (or equivalent). materials of increasing complexity. Site-specific artwork will challenge your Candidates are also required to perceptions of artistic production and you demonstrate their suitability for will be encouraged to examine the many the programme via a portfolio- ways in which an artist can engage with the based interview. Portfolios should wider public. include examples of recent project work and may reference a In addition, you will research and actively variety of media such as drawing, work towards pursuing a career in your painting, print, photography, chosen field through the development of 3D, mixed media and digital an effective portfolio of work. Finally, you work. Sketchbooks and a written will also produce a strategic professional document such as an essay should development plan and participate in work also be included. Large-scale experience. work should be documented photographically. Areas of study: Include studio practice, site-specific artwork, curatorial skills and If you are a mature student and professional practice. have worked independently for a significant period, we may be Career opportunities Year 3: Your final year is dedicated to able to offer you a place on the Graduates from this programme have gone on to pursue a diverse range of two major tasks: the production of your programme purely on the strength career paths from freelance artists to art teachers, curators, art critics, gallery dissertation and the development of studio of your portfolio interview and directors and video editors. work for your final major project. The final relevant experience. year degree show is designed to provide UCAS Code W101 W102 W100 Trained graphic designers interpret cultural, political, expressive, informational and strategic needs and produce visual communications solutions for use in advertising, corporate Graphic Design CertHE communications, magazine design, publishing, web design and more. This broad-based Campus: Southend DipHE degree introduces students to the role of the professional designer through both digital Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons) and traditional graphic design mediums and is carefully designed to develop the core skills and mind-set required for professional practice.
Year 1: In the first year of the programme designers. There are also opportunities for you will engage with your degree-level reflective study to help you fill in any gaps studies and develop your practical and in your knowledge. technical skills through exploration and experimentation. You will get an overview Areas of study: Include industry-led 54 of graphic design that will enable you to student competitions, dissertation, studio- 55 define the ‘fit’ for your work. Seminars, led and self-directed projects, participation lectures and group tutorials also introduce in degree shows, professional promotion you to the theoretical, cultural and historical and application of ideas. contexts of graphic design. Learn from the best: The strength of this Areas of study: Include illustration, course lies in its industrial contacts, from photography, typography, printmaking, our extensive programme of visiting guest design for print and digital mediums (e.g. lecturers to exciting ‘live’ project briefs set book covers, posters, digital and display by experts from prestigious companies design). such as Universal Studios and Penguin UK. Students on the course also benefit from Year 2: In the second year you will consider class trips to Europe and the opportunity to visual meanings in more sophisticated participate in professional design events and terms through self-directed study modules shows. that will challenge you to identify your key interests and devise ways to tailor your Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) skills to further develop your professional practice. During the summer at the end of Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, year two you will apply for consideration for full-time full-time full-time a two-week internship with participating UCAS points 40 40 160 studios and employers. Additional GCSE English at grade C or above Requirements (or equivalent). Areas of study: Include typography, digital and experimental design solutions and 3D Candidates will also be required to design to develop responses to industry-led demonstrate their suitability for the briefs and student award competitions. You programme via a portfolio-based will also explore web, print and exhibition interview. design as well as illustration, critical context Portfolios should include examples studies, professional practice and industry of recent project work and may research. reference a variety of media. If you are a mature student and Year 3: The final year of the course focuses Career opportunities have worked independently for on developing your design portfolio in a significant period, we may be Many of our graduates find employment with design studios or set up as preparation for making the transition to able to offer you a place on the freelance designers for design studios, advertising agencies, publishing houses, employment. During this year you will focus programme purely on the strength printing firms or web and digital design studios. Others choose to further on two major projects: the production of of your portfolio interview and their studies through postgraduate education. The positive atmosphere on the a substantial piece of academic writing relevant experience. programme often results in some of our graduates starting their own graphic (the dissertation) and a final major project. design studios; one example of this is award-winning local design studio The final year degree shows provide you UCAS Code W214 W215 W210 Six Red Squares (www.sixredsquares.com). with the opportunity to meet industry professionals who hire graduate graphic Interior design is concerned with the creative construction and organisation of 3D space, and with the techniques and conventions of communicating those ideas and intentions. Interior Design CertHE Interior designers bridge the gap between architects and the communities who live and Campus: Southend DipHE work within designed spaces. This course offers strong industry links with a programme Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons) of exciting ‘live’ projects and opportunities for work placements which often result in job offers at the end of the programme.
Year 1: The subjects studied in the first year Year 3: This is the most challenging year form a firm foundation for the specialist as you showcase your individual creative subjects studied during years two and skills in a final major project that aligns three. You will learn core skills in technical with your interests on the course. This drawing and visual research, including comprises a feasibility report outlining initial 56 photography and digital manipulation research and planning, a design portfolio 57 techniques, plus 3D model-making and and presentation portfolio which culminates construction techniques. The projects in the degree show in which you present you will undertake during year one teach your work in an exhibition. Through the the desired skills in a variety of creative planning and production of this final contexts and allow you to gain confidence project, you have the opportunity to focus in the development, fabrication and your academic skills prior to entering the communication of your design ideas. workplace.
You will develop technical drawing skills Areas of study: Include dissertation, final using CAD and practise image manipulation major project comprising a feasibility report, using Photoshop and 3DS Max. You will architectural model-making, professional also study observational drawing, model- practice. making, report writing and conduct industry research. Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, Areas of study: Include technical drawing full-time full-time full-time and materials processes, visual research, design concepts and principles, construction UCAS points 40 40 160 technology, interior design studies. Additional GCSE English at grade C or above Requirements (or equivalent). Year 2: This year refines the skills learnt in year one and covers a range of subject- Candidates will also be required specific projects including retail, exhibition to demonstrate their suitability for and restaurant design. Model-making the programme via a portfolio- underpins the practical processes, whilst based interview. Portfolios should a strong emphasis is placed on the use of include examples of recent project CAD drawing and visualisation software. work and may reference a variety ‘Live’ projects with industry contacts enrich of media. the curriculum, giving you invaluable If you are a mature student and experience, such as designing for a retail have worked independently for environment and a trade show stand, and a significant period, we may be working with graphic design students on a able to offer you a place on the fast-food kiosk. You will also consider your programme purely on the strength dissertation proposal. of your portfolio interview and Career opportunities relevant experience. Many students find employment immediately after finishing their studies and Areas of study: Include retail design, UCAS Code W251 W252 W250 most often this is through work experience or the contacts made on the course. exhibition design, industry research and The range of graduate career destinations is diverse, from working as designers professional development, cultural context, for companies such as Zebra and KSS and DEGW, to property development and interior model-making, building conversion construction. and adaptation, literature reviews and dissertation proposals. Journalism is a dynamic, evolving and fast-moving industry. It has the power to stimulate, motivate and inform. As a trained journalist you will become part of an exciting cross- Journalism* BA (Hons) media profession with a dynamism and vitality rarely matched by other professions. Campus: Southend Our journalism students graduate not only with an Honours Degree but also have the Awarding body: University of Essex opportunity to achieve the NCTJ Pre-Entry Multimedia Diploma* qualification, which is a winning combination for a career in Journalism. * Subject to accreditation with the NCTJ
Year 1: You will gain a solid grounding Year 3: You will devise your own creative in the principles of journalism covering project and complete your final year news and interview journalism, production dissertation. Exploring investigative activities and writing portfolios. Also journalism, developing an investigative covered are guided learning in teeline story and polishing a full portfolio of your 58 shorthand, and preparation for the NCTJ’s multimedia work will also contribute to 59 media law examination. You will also get your learning in the third year. Finally, you to roll up your sleeves for sub-editing and will be encouraged to progress your studies production journalism. In Journalism Studies towards a specific journalism career path you will explore the careers of leading through studying a sector of special interest, journalists alongside a critical analysis of exploring recruitment and freelance options global media as well as major cultural and rehearsing work-related interviews. thinkers. This will stimulate your reflective You will also take any final NCTJ exams not skills for theoretical study across the completed already. programme. You will also complete a work placement and one or more news days. Areas of study: Include creative project, final year dissertation, multimedia portfolio Areas of study: Include news and and career development make up a interview journalism, journalism studies, stimulating and well-rounded final year. production journalism, Teeline shorthand, essential media law, NCTJ assessments, Learn from the best: The course offers an work placement and news days. exciting programme of guest speakers from the London press, such as editors from The Year 2: In the second year, feature Sun and Daily Mirror. writing will be a major focus alongside more challenging production activities and further work placements. You will Level BA (Hons) contribute to a course website and be Duration 3 years, full-time encouraged to research and write more UCAS points 280 adventurous stories. You’ll be prepared for Additional GCSE English at grade C or above the NCTJ public affairs examination and Requirements (or equivalent). for creating a public affairs story for the NCTJ’s Multimedia Diploma. You will be Candidates will also be required taught video journalism by experienced to complete a selection test to tutors using HD cameras, sound recording demonstrate their suitability for equipment and Final Cut Pro on Apple the programme. You will have Macs. Finally, you will prepare for your the opportunity to take NCTJ dissertation and study news coverage of examinations and qualifications foreign events. alongside this programme for which you will need to pay a small Areas of study: Include advanced writing Career opportunities fee. Please refer to the College and production, feature writing techniques, website for further information. Page 12 ) BA (Hons) Journalismthe start of The Forum construction ( third-year - reporting Ellie Wigmore, Our graduates go on to seek a wide range of careers in all areas of journalism work placement, public affairs, video from local press to news agency reporting to magazine and broadcast journalism. journalism, journalism studies and teeline UCAS Code P500 Svend Joscelyne, one of our recent graduates, is a successful video game shorthand all of which contribute towards * Subject to accreditation with the NCTJ journalist – read his interview on Page 96. the opportunity to acquire the NCTJ Multimedia Diploma*. In the music industry there is a growing need for multi-skilled practitioners who are able to write, create and perform music, as well as record and produce performances. Music Performance, CertHE This programme will give you a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and DipHE technical aspects of musical composition and performance, as well as studio recording and Production & Composition BA (Hons) production techniques and related disciplines. Campus: Southend Awarding body: University of Essex
The course is concerned with the music Areas of study: Include dissertation production, performance and composition preparation, business practice, creative process in various different contexts industry practitioners, advanced ensemble (for example, sound for film and live studies, music and sound for TV and film, performance) and is reinforced by a rigorous instrumental and group tuition, session 60 academic strand that ensures practical skills musicianship, composition and theory. 61 are backed up with a critical ear and an understanding of the theories that underpin Year 3: The final year of the programme them. is the most challenging as it requires you to utilise the skills you learnt throughout This course is designed to work directly the programme in an independent and alongside the BA (Hons) Music Production self-directed way. In addition to the larger programme (Page 62). This is a significant project-based units, the dissertation advantage to students on both courses and practical project, both of which are because it allows them to pool knowledge double modules, there are some modules and share their skills. which deal with specialisation as well as supporting you to progress into the world Year 1: Provides the basic skills across of work. the different programme areas to build a firm foundation in preparation for more Areas of study: Include dissertation, specialist study in years two and three. industry preparation, practical project, A wide variety of subjects are covered, electroacoustic composition, new music focusing on key practical skills and the composition, supporting performance. basis of core academic inquiry in music. The practical topics include areas such as using a Equipment and facilities: Our specialist recording studio, musical performance and studio facilities are resourced with two music sequencing, while the academic areas recording studios, four rehearsal rooms include music theory, cultural studies, and with instruments and equipment and a music law and ethics. specialist music technology computer room. The course uses a variety of software Areas of study: Include music theory and including Apple’s Logic suite of digital audio theorists, music law and ethics, music and workstation software, Avid Sibelius and Pro culture, composition and arranging, studio Tools and numerous other supporting pieces management and production, sequencing of software. practice and band musicianship.
Year 2: The second year expands Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) significantly on composition and Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, performance whilst exploring critical lines full-time full-time full-time of enquiry, and introducing you to new UCAS points 120 120 160 ways of thinking and to artists outside Career opportunities of your area of experience. There is a Additional GCSE English at grade C or Our graduates pursue a variety of careers in music and its related industries. significant focus in the second year on Requirements above (or equivalent). Prospective Recent graduates have gone into teaching music, providing technical support for moving you forward in your study and students will be invited to an musicians, running music workshops or composing music for corporate media encouraging you to work in a more audition in which they will perform products. Some have gone on to postgraduate study at Master’s level. independent and self-directed way. one piece on an instrument of their choice. UCAS Code 013W 113W W312 The world of music production is often complex and fast-paced. Our programme will ensure you keep up-to-date with current processes and standards in the industry. The Music Production CertHE College is an Apple Certified Training Centre for Education (AATCe) and as part of the Campus: Southend DipHE programme you will have the opportunity to undertake an industry-recognised qualification Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons) in the shape of Apple’s Logic 101.
From developing compositions to self-directed way. In this year you will recording, editing, mixing, and mastering, undertake Apple’s Logic 101 end user music production covers the full range certification programme as part of your of production activities such as film studies, as well as a challenging and and television, music and radio, etc. exciting practical examination. 62 Reinforced with a rigorous academic 63 strand, this ensures the practical skills Areas of study: Include practical subjects are complemented with a critical ear and and skills, audio recording, live sound, an understanding of the theories which post-production, sound and music for film underpin music production. and television, synthesis and sampling practice, academic/theoretical subjects and The course is designed to work directly skills, business practice, creative industry alongside the BA (Hons) Music Performance, practitioners, dissertation preparation. Production and Composition programme (Page 60). This is a significant advantage to Year 3: The final year of the programme students on both courses because it allows is the most challenging, requiring you to them to pool their knowledge and share study independently, utilising the skills and their skills. knowledge gained in years one and two. In addition to the larger project-based Year 1: The first year of the programme modules, there are modules which deal will provide you with a practical and with specialisation as well as personal theoretical foundation in music production development to support you in making the covering sequencing, recording, music transition to employment. You will also take and composition, which are skills you will part in a collaborative production project build on through more specialist study in using the time management and workflow years two and three. You will also focus skills you learnt as part of audio post- on key practical skills and the basis of core production in year two. academic inquiry in music production. Areas of study: Include practical Areas of study: Include composition subjects and skills, advanced location and production arrangement, recording recording, collaborative production project studio operation and studio management, composition, final year practical project, sequencing systems, acoustics, cultural industry preparation, academic/theoretical studies in music, music law and ethics, subjects and skills, dissertation. music theory and theorists, production analysis (contextual listening). Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) Year 2: Year two expands significantly on Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, the technical areas, particularly in recording full-time full-time full-time and post-production techniques as well UCAS points 120 120 160 as developing critical lines of inquiry, and Additional GCSE English at grade C or above introducing you to new ways of thinking Requirements (or equivalent). Career opportunities and to creative practitioners outside your Recent graduates have gone into music education, technical support for field of experience. There is a significant UCAS Code 213W 313W W310 musicians, running music workshops, or composing music for corporate media focus in the second year on moving you products, while others have gone on to postgraduate study at Master’s level. forward in your studies and encouraging you to work in a more independent and The aim of this programme is to equip you with solid knowledge of the design techniques and management approaches required to plan and implement various types of computer Network Technology FdSc and internet networks. The degree embeds Cisco and MCP curriculum components which Campus: Thurrock BSc (Hons) are key professional qualifications for employability. Awarding body: University of Essex
Year 1: The modules studied in the first BSc (Hons) Progression year: After year provide a firm foundation for the full successfully completing the Foundation programme of study. At the end of the Degree programme, you will be given an year you will have acquired a broad base opportunity to top up to the BSc (Hons) of knowledge in computer networking and Network Technology. This is the most 64 software systems. In some of the modules challenging year as there will be a much 65 you will complete a number of practical stronger emphasis on independent research. activities to build your understanding of The research methods and individual project networking systems and web programming. (dissertation) modules allow you to choose You will also learn the architecture of an element of network technology that computer systems and user support skills you will have developed an interest in, and which will prepare you for an industrial research it with appropriate guidance from placement in the second year. a supervisor. It may be that this interest has been generated through one of the Areas of study: Include computer other modules that you have studied, or architecture systems, research skills, something that has been in the media, or a web programming, network essentials, specific problem facing the industry. developing the effective learner, technology and society, user support techniques. Areas of study: Include Wide Area Networks (WAN), individual projects and Year 2: The second year modules will allow dissertation, network security, wireless you to address the key subject areas in networks, implementing and managing greater depth and apply and evaluate the network infrastructure, planning and underlying theories. You will be involved in maintaining network infrastructure. configuring Cisco routers, Cisco switches and working on Microsoft servers. You will Level FdSc BSc (Hons) work on actual professional briefs which Progression Year meet employers’ needs. The knowledge and skills gained will be used in your work Duration 2 years, 1 top-up year from placement. You will also be introduced to full-time FdSc, full-time the research techniques you will need to UCAS points 40 Completion of shape your research proposal for year three. FdSc Network Finally, your role within the learning process Technology will be enhanced through seminars, formal Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade presentations and practical tasks. Requirements C or above (or equivalent).
Areas of study: Include distributed systems All prospective students are design, LANs and LAN design, work-related required to demonstrate research and practical project, research competence in IT by experience methods, network programming and or qualifications on their UCAS managing and maintaining Windows server. Career opportunities application. Our graduates pursue a variety of career paths from network engineering to UCAS Code G560 G421 network support and management to systems engineering and even web design. Some graduates open their own consulting firms and workshops, while others progress to postgraduate study. This programme provides you with the skills you need to enter the fitness industry in personal training and exercise referral, and also aims to equip you with the necessary skills Personal Fitness Training FdSc required to manage self-employment and the financial aspects of personal training. You Campus: Southend will be provided with the knowledge you need to aid and support a client to change their Awarding body: University of Essex exercise habits along with the principles required to maintain healthy exercise behaviour.
Year 1: The first year will provide you Areas of studies: Include advanced with the foundation of fitness training fitness instructing, nutrition for health and and management skills necessary to work weight management, advanced fitness as a personal trainer in a gym or fitness industry experience, exercise for specialised environment. Modules such as Anatomy populations and exercise for rehabilitation. 66 and Physiology for Fitness cover aspects 67 of the structure and function of the Register of Exercise Professionals* human body and the effects of exercise on (REP) membership: Upon completing the anatomical adaptations. programme, you will not only graduate with a Foundation Degree but will also In addition, you will study modules that be eligible for REP membership, which is deal with the experience of managing essential when seeking employment in participants with differing levels of fitness the fitness industry. This programme is and you will engage in the study of relevant provisionally endorsed through SkillsActive psychological aspects, such as adherence against the Register of Exercise Professionals and motivation for participation. Finally you at Levels 2 and 3. will explore the management aspects of the fitness industry, gaining experience of Level FdSc how to work in a self-employed capacity, manage accounts and market the services Duration 2 years, full-time you will provide as a personal trainer. UCAS points 40 Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade C Areas of study: Include anatomy and Requirements or above (or equivalent). physiology for fitness, planning exercise for health and fitness, fitness industry If standard entry criteria is not held experience, fitness management, exercise then relevant industry experience adherence and behaviour change. may be considered.
Year 2: The second year focuses on CRB check advancing the skills developed in the As the work experience part of the first year of the programme to specific course may involve regular access target groups; this is especially the case to children and/or vulnerable adults, through the modules Planning Exercise for you are legally required to complete Specialised Populations and Exercise for a CRB check for which you will pay Rehabilitation. These modules focus on a small fee. Further details will be specialised areas in which personal trainers issued as part of the admissions can become involved and covers areas such process. as exercise during pregnancy, obesity and UCAS Code C603 more specifically, exercise referral schemes for cardiac rehabilitation. Career opportunities * Subject to endorsement by Skills Active Graduates progress into industry upon completion of the course, either in a The second year of the programme also health and fitness club environment or the NHS on exercise referral programmes. enables you to gain experience of nutrition Alternatively students are provided with the tools and skills throughout the for managing a client’s weight and healthy course to become a self-employed personal trainer with endorsement and lifestyle as part of real-life case studies. membership of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REP). This programme is designed to provide you with the skills, knowledge and experience to become a competent and distinctive photographer. It offers a wide-ranging and creative CertHE Photography approach to photography, focusing on the relevant academic, artistic and vocational skills * DipHE Campus: Southend that are essential for a career as a professional photographer. Awarding body: University of Essex BA (Hons)
*You may be required to attend one day per week at our Basildon Campus Year 1: Your first year will provide a editorial, cultural studies, dissertation broad practical and theoretical grounding proposal. in photography. This will equip you with essential knowledge of practical Year 3: In the final year of the programme skills in contemporary media production you will define your own area of specialism, 68 technologies as well as creative skills identify appropriate career objectives and 69 that will assist in your development as a refine your practice relative to those goals. practitioner. You will apply the skills and ideas you have developed throughout the course A number of broad-based modules will to your own practice. As part of the final help you to develop an awareness of year you will complete a substantial piece photography and its uses in the context of photographic work culminating in an of society and contemporary media as exhibition and a professional portfolio. you develop skills in communication, This portfolio is supported by advanced presentation, team work, problem-solving, research into photographic theory and the leadership and project management. work of contemporary practitioners. You The first year also serves as a diagnostic will also undertake the final professional experience, helping you identify those areas practice modules enabling fluent transfer to that most appeal to you and the types of employment or further academic study. assignment you show particular strengths in that you may wish to concentrate on in Areas of study: Include dissertation, final years two and three. major project, portfolio development and exhibition, professional practice. Areas of study: Include photographic techniques, materials and processes, genres Learn from the best: The course is part of of photography, cultural studies, visual the Nikon Academy which offers students language. the opportunity to win equipment prizes by entering competitions and technical Year 2: You will continue to develop the workshops delivered by visiting Nikon staff. BA (Hons) Photography, ‘Dungeness’ Photo by Mark Kinchin, BA (Hons) Photography, skills and understanding obtained in year It also enjoys strong employer links. one and additionally will explore career development opportunities in photography Level CertHE DipHE BA (Hons) and the creative industries. Your skills will be expanded in a variety of contexts, Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, for differing media and audiences in all full-time full-time full-time genres of photographic practice, such as UCAS points 120 120 160 portraiture, photojournalism, reportage, Additional GCSE English at grade C or above fashion editorial, advertising, landscape Requirements (or equivalent). photography, illustrative and fine art. You Career opportunities are encouraged to initiate connections Candidates will also be required to Our graduates progress to successful careers in photography, creative media with industry in order to give you valuable demonstrate their suitability for the and design, education and the arts. As the course focuses on career options and insight into possible job roles and to see programme via a portfolio-based business practice, students feel confident about their options after completing the photography in real world contexts. interview. course. Our students also graduate with many transferable skills which could be UCAS Code W643 W641 W642 applied in a variety of fields such as advertising, editorial, journalism, documentary, Areas of study: Applied visual language, digital re-touching and communications, public relations and fine art. art photography, genres of photography including documentary, photojournalism, Live entertainment is a rapidly growing industry and there is a high demand for qualified and experienced individuals in all aspects of backstage and technical production. You will CertHE Production for Live study up-to-date technical practices and processes that will assist you in widening your Performance & Events FdA knowledge of production for live performances and events. Campus: Southend Awarding body: University of Essex
This programme will equip you not only Areas of study: Include advanced lighting, with the fundamental practical and computer aided design and visualisation, technical skills required by all members sound system design, multimedia and of technical staff but also with a range of emergent technology, work-based learning transferable problem-solving and analytical project, specialist research and career 70 skills that will serve you well in a variety development. 71 of careers. In addition to the Foundation Degree you will have the opportunity Learn from the best: The College has a to gain additional industry-standard close working relationship with the Royal qualifications to aid you in your future Opera House Bob and Tamar Manoukian career. Production Workshop in Purfleet and is one of the founder colleges of the National Year 1: Provides a broad base of practical Skills Academy: Creative and Cultural. As and theoretical knowledge in the key such, there is huge potential for a unique technical areas of production work and involvement with these prestigious centres introduces you to the skills you will need of excellence where training and production to become a successful member of a are internationally acclaimed and where production team. You will gain experience technical and artistic inspirations are both at in-house productions as well as realised. at local venues to further expand your knowledge. As part of your first year you will focus on professional business practices Level CertHE FdA that will help you to develop a professional Duration 1 year, 2 years, full-time work ethic and improve your chances of full-time securing employment in the industry. UCAS points 120 120
Areas of study: Include the production Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade technician, production lighting, technical Requirements C or above (or equivalent). drawing, production sound, professional UCAS Code W431 W430 business practice, work placement.
Year 2: Subjects such as production lighting are expanded to incorporate design elements in designing rigs and the use of lighting design in productions. Technical drawing is expanded to incorporate CAD. Further work placement and practical work on productions are a key component of year two. Finally, as part of the second year you will complete a final practical project Career opportunities that will involve working on a production, Our graduates seek careers in backstage production, in areas ranging from preferably outside of the College, in order lighting, sound and multimedia to stage management. As part of the course you to build on your knowledge and work are encouraged to develop links with local venues and employers to gain the experience gained in the previous year. professional networking contacts that will help you secure relevant employment after graduation. This programme is designed to meet the needs of those wishing to pursue meaningful employment in one of the many careers that require in-depth understanding of people, Social Studies CertHE behaviour, society and social life. Graduates from this programme can forge careers in Campus: Southend DipHE anything from teaching to social work, probation work, mental health, social research, Awarding body: University of Essex BSc (Hons) human resources, community work, family conferencing, drama therapy, events management, local government, the civil service and women’s aid.
The degree covers a range of interrelated Year 3: Whilst studying a range of specialist social science disciplines including modules across the various disciplinary psychology, sociology, cultural studies and strands, the main thrust of the final year research methods, and explores topics such is your dissertation, a substantial piece as poverty, mental health, social psychology, of academic writing. Preparation for this 72 crime and deviance, culture and difference, module has several component parts 73 local and global cultures, cultural politics, culminating in the production of your own health psychology and the sociology of research project. health and illness. Areas of study: Include current issues in Year 1: In this first year of the programme social studies, crime and deviance or the you will be introduced to the four main sociology of health and illness, cultural subject strands that make up social studies: politics, local and global culture, research sociology, psychology, cultural studies and dissertation. social research methods. As part of the first year you will develop various skills Level CertHE DipHE BSc (Hons) and experiences related to these strands, Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, synthesising them with basic competencies, full-time full-time full-time language and concepts. You will also be 6 years, encouraged to take responsibility for your part-time own learning and to assimilate and engage with the culture of higher education. UCAS points 60 60 160 Additional GCSE English at grade C or above Areas of study: Include the history, Requirements (or equivalent). development and present state of sociology, psychology and cultural studies, as well as Candidates without formal methods and analyses for social research. qualifications may apply and will need to demonstrate the ability Year 2: You will develop the ability to to study at a higher level through apply basic competencies, language and interview, the submission of an concepts of the programme and address exceptional entry portfolio and/or a the subject areas in more depth. There will written assessment. be an increased emphasis on independent UCAS Code 043L 143L L340 research and the application of the analytical skills acquired in the previous year, together with the development of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Career opportunities Always in high demand by employers, our graduates have taken up careers Areas of study: Include social structures ranging from a case-worker in a women’s refuge, a manager for a housing and structured inequalities, culture charity, a family conferencing case-worker, a Connexions adviser, a disability and difference, critical thought, social rights consultant, a mental health worker, and a clinical psychologist. In addition, psychology, social research methods, work many graduates have taken up teaching careers in the primary, secondary and placement (approximately 80-100 hours). post-compulsory sectors, while others have gone on to further study at Master’s and PhD level. Social work continues to be one of the most challenging and rewarding professions. You will embark on a degree programme that, once completed, will allow you to help protect Social Work BA (Hons) vulnerable people, enabling service users to live more successfully and find solutions to Campus: Southend their problems. You will be trained to think globally and practice locally. Our Social Work Awarding body: University of Essex degree is a recognised professional entry qualification in social work, currently accredited by the General Social Care Council (shortly to become the Health Professions Council).
Year 1: This year will equip you with the Areas of study: Include team work and fundamental skills and knowledge needed inter-professional practice, skills for social to progress further on the programme. work processes , dissertation, the reflective You will gain relevant work experience professional lifelong learner and practice with a local community or statutory based learning placement. 74 organisation, which will enable you and 75 the College to determine your fitness to Level BA (Hons) practice in the social work profession. Duration 3 years, full-time Areas of study: Include preparation UCAS points 240 for practice settings, valuing diversity, Additional Early application pre-January is psychological perspectives, communication Requirements essential as applicants will not be and interpersonal skills, social policy, social considered after this time. Deferred work theory and methods, introduction to entry is not accepted. law and legislation and sociology for social work. GCSE Maths and English at C or above (or equivalent). All shortlisted Year 2: You will concentrate on candidates will be required to understanding the service user client attend a communication and diagnostic assessment at interview. experience alongside the core social The candidate will be asked to work processes. You will study modules provide a reference from a social looking at risk, working with service users care setting to testify their skills and and law to enable you to develop an in- abilities. A case study constitutes depth knowledge of social work. Practice part of the interview process. learning will be an essential component of Final selection will be based on this year where you will build a portfolio a combination of the above and of evidence to reflect your professional an interview with a small panel capabilities within the nationally established consisting of an academic tutor, framework. service user and a social work practitioner.
Areas of study: Include practice with CRB check service users, working with risk and As this programme may involve protection, skills for social work, law for regular access to children and practice, research methods and practice vulnerable adults, you are legally learning placement. required to complete an enhanced CRB check for which you will pay an administration fee. Further Year 3: You will conduct your own details will be issued as part of the dissertation research, complete your admissions process. practice learning opportunity and undertake modules such as Team Work and Inter- Health questionnaire Career opportunities professional Practice. Throughout your Each student is required to As the degree has been developed in consultation with local social work final year you will continue to develop skills complete a health questionnaire service providers and service users, our graduates enjoy excellent employment of reflection and build on your learning before admission and to inform opportunities, with the majority becoming social workers working in statutory, the College if their health status over the previous two years. You will also changes. voluntary or private settings. Other social work career destinations include consider your ongoing development post- community work, counselling, educational and careers guidance. graduation during your Newly Qualified UCAS Code L500 Social Work (NQSW) year. Special Education Studies is about making sure that everyone, regardless of their needs, is given the opportunity to participate in learning experiences that are tailored and delivered Special Education Studies BA (Hons) in ways that address their needs, interests and ambitions. This programme is for those Campus: Southend looking to progress to teaching, social work or management in the special education and Awarding body: University of Essex social care sectors and will give you the skills and knowledge you need to create safe, stimulating and supportive learning environments.
One very special aspect of this programme Year 3: In the final year you will be in is the opportunity to undertake a work a position to concentrate on your own placement at various stages of study. This personal development. Project management balance between theory developed at the will see you undertaking an actual project College and practice in the workplace which you will manage from start to finish. 76 ensures that by the time you graduate, you You will also undertake a dissertation 77 will be ready and confident to progress to module that will require you to complete a relevant employment. substantial piece of individual research.
Year 1: Here you will gain a foundation The programme benefits by having a of knowledge in each of the disciplines mixture of staff, from those with specialisms within special education studies and will in special education to those from wider be introduced via presentational modules disciplines such as early years education and to the relevant concepts, theories and social work. This unique multidisciplinary methods of working. You will also develop nature widens the exposure you will have the skills needed to successfully progress to a range of career options and also through the programme. The main skills you grants opportunities for you to collaborate will develop on this course relate to your with students from other degrees on joint ability to respond effectively to the needs of workshops, projects and scholarly visits. every student. Areas of study: Include advocacy and Areas of study: Include developing empowerment, multidisciplinary working, the effective learner, research, equality, project activity management, protection diversity and rights, human growth and and vulnerability, continuing personal and development, social science, legislation professional development, dissertation. and policy frameworks, communication and interpersonal skills, effective working Level BA (Hons) practices. Duration 3 years, full-time Year 2: Building upon the foundation laid UCAS points 160 down in the previous year you will explore Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade C the subject area in greater depth, including Requirements or above (or equivalent). the application and evaluation of underlying theories. You will play an active, hands-on CRB check role via formal presentations, seminars and As this programme may involve interaction with your fellow students which regular access to children and will give you the opportunity to apply some vulnerable adults, you are legally of the theories and concepts you have been required to complete a CRB introduced to. check for which you will pay Career opportunities an administration fee. Further Possible career routes include teaching in mainstream education (possibly as a details will be issued as part of the Areas of study: Include specific learning admissions process. special education needs co-ordinator) following teacher training, teaching in needs, identifying and supporting individual schools designated for children with mild and severe learning disabilities, or needs, developing and delivering learning UCAS Code X161 managing special units, community care centres or training centres. This degree support programmes, and analysing the also prepares you for employment in a range of social care or educational work environment. settings like care and residential homes, education centres, schools and colleges. The sports industry is one of the fastest growing in the UK, influenced by the increasing awareness of the value of health and exercise, the success and popularity of British sports Sports Studies CertHE internationally and the focus on the developments for the 2012 Olympic Games. Sport is a Campus: Southend DipHE dynamic area full of opportunity and the demand for qualified, knowledgeable individuals Awarding body: University of Essex BSc (Hons) in specialist areas such as coaching, performance enhancement and teaching is increasing. If you want to be a part of it, there has never been a better time to get involved!
The course offers an exciting line-up of Areas of study: Include advanced guest lecturers from outside organisations research techniques for sport and exercise delivering both academic and career-based sciences, exercise physiology, historical and sessions to inform you of your career sociological aspects of sport, teaching and options after you graduate. In addition, you coaching methods, managing sports events, 78 will have the opportunity to take part in a sport and business, sport and exercise 79 number of career-related workshops run by psychology. Sport Essex. Year 3: Provides you with specialised Year 1: Focuses on the fundamental topics knowledge from which you can progress related to the sports industry and provides to your chosen career area after you a base from which your knowledge can be graduate. Specialist areas such as applied extended and applied in the subsequent sports psychology, sports nutrition and years. Topics you will study in the first health assessment and exercise prescription year cover anatomy and physiology, sports provide a theoretical and practical psychology, sports sociology, research application of specialised career options methods, coaching through the early years and postgraduate areas of study in the and promoting exercise for health and industry. In addition, you will develop your nutrition. chosen areas of interest through your final year dissertation and are provided with Areas of study: Include promoting the opportunity to develop, conduct and exercise for health and nutrition, research evaluate research. techniques in sport and exercise, anatomy and physiology, fundamentals of sports Areas of study: Include limits of human psychology, sociology of sport, principles of performance, dissertation, applied sports fitness training and coaching through the psychology, sports nutrition, comparative early years. studies of sport in society, health assessment and exercise prescription, Year 2: You will expand on the topics legal aspects of sports, analysing sports studied during the first year with a greater performance. degree of application, especially in modules such as Teaching and Coaching Methods, Level CertHE DipHE BSc (Hons) Exercise Physiology and Advanced Research Duration 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, Methods. In addition, you will be introduced full-time full-time full-time to topics such as sport and business, sports event management and sports and UCAS points 120 160 160 exercise psychology. The second year of the Additional GCSE Maths and English at grade programme also allows you to generate a Requirements C or above (or equivalent). research proposal that links directly to your Career opportunities final year dissertation. UCAS Code C600 C602 C601 On completion of the degree, you could progress to a variety of different career paths ranging from teacher training via Graduate Teacher Training Programmes, Postgraduate Certificates in Education or teaching assistant places to careers in sports coaching, fitness instructing or personal training. There are also a number of postgraduate courses (e.g. sports psychology and sports nutrition) that offer further progression in the sports field. Delivered in partnership with the University of East London School of Arts and the Digital Industries (ADI), this programme will help you develop the skills you need to be a confident Textiles & Fashion FdA and creative designer. This programme will also prepare you to practice in a personally Campus: Thurrock selected area of the textile and fashion industry and you will experience a wide range of Awarding body: University of East London working methods alongside learning how to design and produce creative and commercially viable products.
This programme is currently located at the will work on self-directed projects within a Thurrock Campus in Essex, approximately a defined brief. This culminates in the final twenty-minute drive from UEL’s Docklands semester when you produce a fashion/ Campus where the School of ADI and textile collection for exhibition at a graduate the main portfolio of textiles and fashion fashion show in London, which forms part 80 degree programmes are based. of the final assessment process. 81
Year 1: You will be introduced to the Areas of study: Include live external fundamental technical and creative skills industry placement, professional studies in required to function effectively in the textiles and fashion, self-initiated study, the industry. The first year modules allow you cultural context of fashion textiles, and the to align your skill base and you will be realisation of a collection supported by a encouraged to undertake every practical personal marketing strategy. task with reference to industry practice. This is supported by regular trips to professional Learn from the best: The FdA Textiles trade shows such as Premiere Vision in & Fashion programme also works in Paris as well as involvement with industry- partnership with The Royal Opera House sponsored competitions such as the Hand Production Park in Thurrock. Since 2007, & Lock Award for Embroidery and the Royal the students from the course have been Society of Arts’ bursary competition. producing costumes and fabrications for a number of Royal Opera House productions Work-based learning forms an integral part performed locally, on stage in Covent of the programme with a strong textile Garden and at the launch of the Royal focus. You will also develop concepts and Opera House’s new production park in outcomes in a creative design/craft studio Purfleet, Essex. environment with tutorial support from practitioners from many aspects of the design industry. Level FdA Duration 2 years, full-time Areas of study: Include pattern drafting 3 years, part-time and construction techniques, visual UCAS points 40 research for textiles and fashion, materials manipulation and application, techniques Additional GCSE English at grade C or above (or equivalent). and processes in textiles and fashion, and Requirements detailed design exploration and application. Candidates are also required to demonstrate their suitability for the Year 2: Featuring a strong industry focus, programme via a portfolio-based each module will introduce you to aspects interview. of industry-standard professional practice. The programme is supported by a range of Portfolios should include examples visiting lecturers who work professionally in of recent project work and may Career opportunities the textiles and fashion industry. reference a variety of media. Our graduates have found work with prestigious organisations such as The UCAS Code WJ24T Royal Opera House, Tristan Webber, Clare Tough, Jessica Ogden, Zandra Rhodes, You will have the opportunity to explore Alice Kettle, Michael Brenand-Wood, Globe Theatre and Hand & Lock – Couture and define potential career pathways Embroidery. through a focus on personal development and work placement. Additionally, you This multidisciplinary degree programme, which is supported by additional industry-standard qualifications from Apple, offers a combination of theory and practical work in all areas of TV Production & BA (Hons) TV production and includes practical modules in the television studio, location, sound and Screen Media vision, scriptwriting and concept development. Campus: Southend Awarding body: University of Essex
Year 1: Offering a broad introduction to the Year 3: Provides you with the opportunity principles and practice of TV production you to showcase the skills and abilities you will be introduced to: have acquired throughout the course. Production: giving you the opportunity to You will pitch and produce a short film as your final major project, develop your 82 experience studio and location production, 83 video editing and manipulation. own professional identity and write a dissertation. Finally as part of your £150 Ideas factory: allowing for the studio fee you will undertake a digital development of ideas into formulated publishing qualification which will complete scripts and production texts. your portfolio of recognised industry Sound and vision: using current industry qualifications. technology to develop advanced techniques in sound recording and design within the Areas of study: Include dissertation, documentary genre. digital publishing, final major project and Industry experience: giving you the developing a professional identity. opportunity to undertake additional qualifications in Final Cut Pro (as part of Events and trips: You will benefit from the £150 p.a. studio fee), work on real and a programme of guest speakers from key simulated client briefs and use a range of industry professionals arranged by various mediums to produce portfolio work. media-related organisations and networks allowing you to enhance your contemporary Areas of study: Include production, ideas knowledge. There is also the opportunity factory, film studies, sound and vision. for educational trips, which have previously included New York and Los Angeles. Year 2: Expanding on your first year Excursions to London television and film knowledge, you will enhance your studios, film festivals and similar events also knowledge and practice through: feature on the programme. Concept development: which aids in the construction of a production work portfolio Level BA (Hons) (e.g. scripts and project ideas). Duration 3 years, full-time Television studies: which provides a UCAS points 160 theoretical foundation exploring the history and cultural importance of television in Additional GCSE English at grade C or above Britain and America. Requirements (or equivalent).
Industry experience: as part of the annual All applicants will be interviewed £150 studio fee you will expand your and will need to present a moving industry knowledge and employability with image DVD showreel and portfolio a recognised qualification in Soundtrack demonstrating a keen interest in Career opportunities Pro. television and film. Our graduates have gone on to work for the BBC, Channel 4, advertising agencies as well as UK and American film companies. Recent graduates have Areas of study: Include drama production, An additional annual studio fee of created films for cinema release, festivals and competitions, with this year’s concept development, cinematography, £150 is payable by each applicant. successes including an award in the Virgin Film Competition. Other students television studies. UCAS Code P320 choose to continue their education at Master’s level or pursue teaching qualifications. Find out how rewarding a career in teaching can be and help others succeed by unlocking their potential for future generations. As a teacher trainee you will receive expert advice, Initial Teacher Training for guidance and support from the moment you apply to the day you qualify! All of our the Learning & Skills Sector programmes enable you to progress to Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status. Campus: Basildon & Southend Awarding body: University of Essex/City & Guilds
Teacher training qualifications at South Essex College: • Certificate in Education (Learning and • Level 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching • Skills Sector) (Cert Ed), validated by the • English (Literacy) in the Lifelong Learning • University of Essex, two years’ part-time • Sector (City & Guilds), one year’s part-time 84 • study. • study. 85 • Professional Graduate Certificate in • Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong • Education (Learning and Skills Sector) • Learning Sector (City & Guilds), • (PGCE), validated by the University of • two years’ part-time study. • Essex, two years’ part-time study.
Our teaching programmes are unique If you have a full teacher qualification because of our diverse teaching team. and teach on Skills for Life courses then Trainees experience learning that is enriched you will need to top this up with a by the extensive teaching experience of the literacy qualification. We offer the Level staff and are able to observe contrasting 5 Additional Diploma in Teaching English styles of teaching and benefit from different (Literacy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector, perspectives on teaching and assessment. which is a one-year programme.
The initial teacher training team offers a What to do next? variety of study options to suit you and If you feel you would enjoy new your lifestyle. You can choose to study the opportunities in a stimulating environment, University of Essex’s validated Professional then come and talk to us about your Graduate Certificate in Education or the options and find out where teaching could Certificate in Education, or you can follow lead you. You do not even need to be a City & Guilds route to gain a Diploma in teaching at the moment to get started. Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. We are happy to give advice and guidance This programme is designed to run over a whether or not you are currently teaching. longer period for those with considerable teaching commitments. Our teaching teams have a proven track record in teaching practice and bring a Teacher training programmes are classified rich tapestry of experience from across all as ‘in-service’ and require the trainee to educational settings. Our aim is to equip have at least 100 teaching hours per year at our trainees with the skills and tools to be the start of the course. the best. In their most recent inspection of South Essex College’s Initial Teacher Training, the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) awarded our provision a Grade 2 for overall effectiveness. The programmes were commended for excellent links between For information on all of our teacher training courses, including how to theory and practice and the quality of trainee teaching and the promotion of apply, please go to our website: www.SouthEssex.ac.uk equality and diversity in their practice. Page 88 Emanuela Peraj BA (Hons) Business Studies Get the lowdown Page 90 Zoe Kelly FdSc Construction Management [part-time] from past and present Page 92 Alexandra & Klaudia Kovacs students on life at BA (Hons) Digital Animation South Essex College Page 94 Sandra Salciute 86 87 and the exciting futures FdA Fashion, Communication & Marketing being created... Page 96 Svend Joscelyne BA (Hons) Journalism
Page 98 Jamie Temple BSc (Hons) Network Technology Page 100 Ajaz Khan Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Page 102 Liza Modunkwu BA (Hons) Social Work Page 104 Joanna Foulser BSc (Hons) Sports Studies Page 106 David Johnson BSc (Hons) Television Production & Screen Media Emanuela Peraj BA (Hons) Business Studies Originally from Kosovo, Emanuela has been in the UK for 11 years and has now not only conquered the English language but is the first of her family to get a degree. Emanuela is now undertaking a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the Colchester Institute.
Why did you choose to study at How did it feel to get your degree? South Essex College? I think if I travelled back in time and told “I felt that I was When we moved to Southend, my brother myself right at the beginning that I’d be 88 important to my went to South Essex College to study Public going up on stage to collect my degree I 89 Services and he recommended the College would have laughed and said "no way". tutors and they to me, so I went from there. I’ve had a great adventure during my time dedicated their at South Essex College, it’s been the best own time to help You originally studied A-levels with us, opportunity I’ve ever had, it’s really changed why did you decide to do your degree my life and I just can’t express how grateful me achieve my with the College? I am. best." I continued here mainly because I was made to feel so welcome. When I was at I thought my English was a barrier but school I didn’t get that. Here I felt that I was there are always options available. Just important to my tutors and they dedicated keep trying and never give up. If you want their own time to help me achieve my best. something, grab it with both hands.
What support did you get during your time at the College? When I started I found out I was dyslexic which was a massive shock, but there’s a lot of help out there for dyslexic students. My tutors gave their own time to me, because they didn’t want me to struggle. I had five one-to-one sessions a week, that’s a lot Emanuela but the College provided that for me and it really helped.
What would you say to people who Peraj might be put off higher education BA (Hons) Business Studies because of the rise in tuition fees? It wouldn’t put me off, I chose South Essex College because of the tutors, the smaller class sizes and the knowledge you’re going to get. If you go to a London institution you may be with two or three hundred other students in a large lecture theatre and you’ll probably have to book an appointment to see your lecturer. My personal advice is stay somewhere local. Because I stayed at home I was able to save most of my loan, so there are definite advantages to studying locally. Zoe Kelly FdSc Construction Management [part-time] "I have a young A trainee surveyor for South Essex Homes, Zoe enrolled on child and being a part-time Foundation Degree as the first step towards becoming able to study part- a fully-qualified chartered surveyor. She chose South Essex College time and be close because it allows her to study while remaining close to home to home makes for and her child. a good work-life Why did you choose to study at Are there many women studying balance.” South Essex College? on the course? I chose South Essex College because it is the I am the only female on my course but it only College offering the course I wanted doesn’t faze me that it’s male dominated 90 to do and the Thurrock Campus is local to because I go in, do what I need to do and 91 where I live. Also, because I have a young just get on with it. You do feel like you child, being able to study part-time and be have to prove yourself to some degree close to home makes for a good work-life but it’s all good and everyone makes me balance. I have previously studied at South feel welcome. Although there aren’t any Essex College and I have always been made other women on the course I feel women to feel very welcome and been taught at a should apply for Construction Management high level. Degrees as they would be made to feel as welcome as I have. What skills are you learning that will help you further your career? What are your plans for the future? I feel my organisational skills and I’d like to be a chartered surveyor and this communication skills have improved with three-year Foundation Degree will allow me my current work placement. At the moment to progress to a fourth year at a university in we are learning professional practice and London to obtain the full Honours Degree, looking at how projects are managed and then I’ll be qualified to apply for CIOB run on-site. (Chartered Institute of Buildings) which would enable me to be more successful At South Essex Homes we have to manage in applications for surveyor positions. ‘Decent Homes’ projects and part of the This would then make me a chartered professional practice looks at this type surveyor and a recognised member of the of project in detail, which will ultimately construction trade. Zoe improve my work and performance. We are also studying Applied Mathematics in Construction. This is based around bills of quantities which will further my skills should Kelly I prefer to be a quantity surveyor. Salary FdSc Construction Management [part-time] What facilities/software are you using? A career as a qualified When I start semester two I will be doing sketch work, using software such as chartered surveyor can AutoCAD and Google SketchUp. The staff see you earning higher at the College are very helpful, even when I came for my induction for the course I was than average salaries – for shown how to use the software. example, the average RICS member salary is £50,250* *Source: RICS and MacDonald and Company Salary Survey 2011 Alexandra & Klaudia Kovacs Alexandra & BA (Hons) Digital Animation Originally from Hungary, Alexandra and Klaudia first applied to study Economics at university but opted instead to pursue a Degree in Digital Animation at South Essex College. They graduated in 2011 Klaudia Kovacs with First Class Honours Degrees. BA (Hons) Digital Animation Why did you decide to study Alexandra: After we finished our final Digital Animation? major projects we got to go to the New Alexandra: We started using the 3D Designers' exhibition in London where we programs as a hobby and really liked it, so got to talk to all the important people and the managers of the companies we want to 92 we had a look around for higher education 93 courses and that’s when we saw that the work for. College did a Digital Animation degree. What level of support was available to Klaudia: I want to work on films as a you on your course? Special Effects Editor - on animated films for Pixar, or movies like Pirates of the Caribbean Klaudia: Everyone was really helpful even where they do the 3D CGI effects. to the extent that when we were working on our dissertations our lecturer checked What were the equipment and facilities our grammar on our essays and would help like at the College? us with any language problems. "A storyboard artist Klaudia: The computers are always up- Did you have any industry guest from Disney came in and to-date and really powerful. We have a speakers on your course? talked about his career, green room for compositing and last year we got a 3D scanner which is for scanning Alexandra: We had a lot of guest speakers how to get noticed hand-made models into the computer. So come into the College to talk to the and where to look next the College is always looking to get in new students and we learnt a lot from them. For when we finish our equipment. example, a storyboard artist from Disney came in and talked about his career, how to Alexandra: We used 3DS Max, Maya and degrees." get noticed and where to look next when other programs like Photoshop and Flash we finished our degrees. for 2D animation and After Effects and Premier for post-production. All the major Klaudia: He also encouraged us to enjoy film production companies use 3DS Max the years at the College because here we and Maya, so you need to know those can be really creative and use our own style. programs. When we work for someone we always have to do what they want to see! Did you work on any interesting projects which have directly prepared you for the industry? Alexandra: Each year we had to do two animated shorts and we did everything in those movies. So we learnt everything from storytelling to directing, and also about lighting and camera movements, animation and modelling. Klaudia: We also had to learn to work to production time schedules the same way as you would in a big production company. It really helped us to learn about the different stages of a production – because in the big companies people usually only focus on one part of the process. Sandra Salciute Sandra FdA Fashion, Communication & Marketing Originally from Lithuania, Sandra is currently in her second year of the FdA Fashion Communication & Marketing course at South Essex College, where she balances her time between her studies and home Salciute life, as well as a work placement with a London stylist. FdA Fashion, Communication & Marketing Why did you choose to study understanding how to work in a team in Southend? and on our own and be responsible for a It’s local for me and the College offers a specific role. wide range of courses which were suitable What is the equipment like at 94 for me. As I have a little girl who goes to 95 nursery, I get to balance my home life with the College? my studies. Before I started here I did a lot The equipment at the College is really of research about the College as well as good. On my course we’ve used lots of the course and I liked that the tutors were photography equipment like the studio accessible and were able to offer their where we can practice as well as organise support throughout my studies. photo shoots and also the darkroom for developing. We use the print studio as well What support have you received? for all our printing and the College has a lot First I thought it would be hard with my of Macs and PCs that we can use on a daily language barrier but you get great support basis. from your tutors and classmates. Learner Services were really great, because they What would you say to someone advised me on what I needed to do to get thinking of studying in Southend? into higher education. Due to differences I would say go for it, because from my in my qualifications between the UK and experience I am happy studying here. my home country I was encouraged to take You get great support from the tutors an Access to HE Diploma first, after which I and Learner Services and there is a wide went straight onto the Foundation Degree. choice of different courses to choose from. “It’s close to It’s a great place for improving your skills where I live which How do you feel that your time at and getting an education. Plus, if you are means I don’t College is helping you to prepare for local, you don’t have to travel far and it’s a beautiful building as well as being right have to travel. the workplace? It’s great because I don’t just learn the near the seaside. Also, as I have practical skills but am also improving my a little girl who communication, organisation, management goes to nursery, I and leadership skills. Through my course get to balance my I am getting a great preparation for the fashion industry as well as building my home life with my confidence and learning how to sell myself. studies.” I am gaining a lot of knowledge on how to write CVs, cover letters and how to get noticed and get a job.
Have you done any exciting ‘live’ projects? Currently we are organising a static show for the third-year students to exhibit their work and we do it all from scratch. It’s good experience as it gives us a chance to get in touch with industry as well as Svend Joscelyne BA (Hons) Journalism
Since graduating in 2007, Svend has built a successful career as a video game journalist, first working freelance and now full-time as a “I would highly senior staff writer for a popular games review website. recommend the What have you been doing since course simply you graduated? Would you recommend your course to because it teaches Since graduating I’ve gone from strength prospective students? you the core to strength. I did freelance journalism for a I would highly recommend the course 96 couple of years and now I’m working full- simply because it teaches you the core 97 fundamental time for a games website called fundamental skills that you need to have skills that you Spong.com, which has me travelling all over as a journalist. You can learn how to be a need to have as a the place, meeting and interviewing the good journalist through work experience, developers of the latest games. I went to but without doing a course like this you journalist.” the Tokyo Games Show (TGS) right after I won’t learn to be a great journalist. graduated and this year I also went to the E3 expo in Los Angeles where Microsoft, What were the equipment and facilities Sony and Nintendo showcased their latest like at the College? hardware and games. I even got to sit at When I did my degree at South Essex a round table with the creator of Super College there was a whole range of Mario and one of the creators of Sonic the equipment and technology for a multitude Hedgehog. of media careers that you might want to get into. For example, I had to produce How did your degree course prepare my own radio show and there was a lot of you for a career in journalism? equipment at the College that you could You’re taught a broad range of things take out in the field to do recordings. There in journalism because there are so many were also film cameras and photography potential career routes in the field. Everyone studios if you were into photojournalism. has an idea of what they want to do, For me, it was a great way to explore other whether that’s fashion or news agencies, avenues of journalism as a potential career though for me obviously it was computer path. games. It’s very hard to teach things that are specific to each sector of journalism but what you can do is teach the core things you need to know such as legalities, Svend technology and how to write from a specific perspective.
Why did you choose to study Joscelyne in Southend? BA (Hons) Journalism I chose Southend because it was local; I live in Southend so it made sense. In terms of coming to South Essex College I’d already done my A-levels there and I really wanted to go to a place where I could have the same kind of learning experience. Jamie Temple BSc (Hons) Network Technology
Jamie graduated with a First Class Honours Degree and a special award for the Highest Achievement in Network Technology. He now works as a First Tier Helpdesk Analyst at Capita Education Services, providing IT support to schools.
“You can’t put a Why did you choose to study What support did you get on the price on a degree.” in Southend? course? I chose to study in Southend because it was My tutor, Steve, the only way I could easy travel for me. I didn’t want to move describe him is that without Steve I 98 away because it’s expensive; I wanted to wouldn’t have been able to do as well 99 stay local as it allowed me to focus more on as I did. Steve is an amazing guy. He’s a the degree. lecturer who hasn’t only done academia, he’s actually worked in the real world. Why did you choose Network He’s worked for large commercial banks Technology? and other massive companies. That said, Network technology is more than just the there’s quite a few lecturers like that too. study of computers and understanding how The College lecturers have a wealth of a computer works, it’s about everything knowledge. that allows us to communicate. Without network technology there would be no What would you say to people who social network sites and there would be no may be put off by tuition fees? easy way for us to communicate wherever I understand a lot of people are worried we are in the world. about how much they’ve got to pay for their degree, but at the end of the day it’s a Why did you choose South Essex degree. You can’t put a price on a degree, College? because at the end of the day when you’re South Essex College had the course and the looking for that job, you’re going to be in Jamie modules I wanted to study and the network a better position than quite a few people lab as well, which is fundamental, because in the country. Also, employers want the if you’re going to study network technology people they employ to be 100% confident you need available equipment to do it. in what they know and if you have a Temple degree you’ve shown that you’ve put in BSc (Hons) Network Technology How do you feel that your degree has that additional hard work to strive to be the prepared you for the industry? best. With network technology, the thing that this college specialises in is combining the academic and vocational. I wanted something where I could use my hands More... because when you get a job it’s not just about the theory, it’s about understanding Watch Jamie's video the process and how to use the technology. interview online as well The assignments and coursework aren’t just a ream of what you know, the focus as an interview with his is about putting real world principles into that. You have to calculate the budget and lecturer, Steve Mvalo design the network in a way that works in the real world. www.SouthEssex.ac.uk/HE Ajaz Khan Postgraduate Certificate in Education
A former CISCO Academy training consultant and network manager, Ajaz currently works for the College’s Business Development team as an ICT lecturer, delivering professional qualifications in IT. He recently graduated from his PGCE course.
“The PGCE course Why did you decide to go into What was the support like on your really opened my eyes teaching? course? to different methods I chose teaching because it offers a good The tutors were friendly and very of teaching” work-life balance and it’s a good overall approachable. When I was new to teaching package in terms of holidays and job what I liked about it was that everything 100 101 security, especially in today’s market. Even was clearly laid out in terms of what you though it can get busy and stressful it does had to achieve for each semester, so you give you that free time to yourself. Plus the knew from the beginning what the goals PGCE can open doors if you want to work were. I also liked that our training created abroad. a virtual teaching environment where you could practice and learn from your How has the PGCE helped to prepare mistakes. Even though there were between you for a career in teaching? 15 and 20 people in the class, we were In terms of performance, when I first started split up into smaller groups and then every working for the College my idea of teaching month or so we had one-to-one tuition to was at university and the method which I check on our progress. observed when I was a student involved a lecturer talking at you whilst you sort of just How important is the teaching wrote notes. The PGCE course really opened observation process? my eyes to different methods of teaching. During the first year I had four observations by either my mentor or the College As I developed, I became more student- observer where they provided feedback on centred, applying the theories I learnt. By my progress and corrected any mistakes creating a dynamic learning environment I may have made. I feel that I have made you act more as a facilitator and allow the tremendous gains in a very short time. students to engage more and put their ideas across. The way I was taught, you do What would you say to someone who a lot of group activities and get students is concerned about the fee increases? involved, which prevents them from feeling Because funding is being cut, you do have isolated and also encourages equality and to be more careful in terms of the higher diversity. education courses you choose. Professions like teaching are a worthwhile investment. Ajaz Why did you decide to study in Teaching is always in demand, you just can’t Southend? lose. I live locally and I think if I had to commute to go somewhere else to do the course Khan that it would have been quite detrimental, Postgraduate Certificate in Education because of the cost, and more importantly, the time it would take to travel. The last thing you want to do after a day’s work is get on a train and have to travel. You’ll be tired on the course so you won’t listen and engage as much. Liza Modunkwu BA (Hons) Social Work "I chose Southend because the tuition Liza decided against studying in London because the Social Work degree was so highly praised and because of what Southend had to fees were cheaper offer. Since graduating from South Essex College in 2009, Liza has than London. been working for Southend Borough Council as a Social Worker. There’s a lot to do in Southend, it is a Why did you choose to study at your degree you could get offered jobs with South Essex College? children, with older people or people with lovely place to be." I used to live in London and I chose mental health issues. Southend because the tuition fees at the What skills do you feel you gained from 102 College were cheaper than London and 103 because my friends in Southend said good the course and what advantages did it things about the teachers and facilities at give you in the job market? South Essex College. One of the modules we had to do was Social Work Skills which was about What did you enjoy about studying in improving communication skills and Southend? learning how to work with people with Southend is a very nice multicultural place challenging and difficult behaviour. Having where you feel comfortable and meet lots to do that really helped me put theory into of new people. Outside of College I enjoyed practice. everything Southend had to offer, especially the seafront. There are loads of shops, a What would you say to people who variety of restaurants, the library, parks, are worried about the increase in sports facilities, nightclubs – there’s a lot to tuition fees? do in Southend, it’s a lovely place To be honest I’m glad I studied when I did, to be. but having said that, saving £2,000 a year [on standard fees] is a lot of money and What support did you get while if you’re going to save a lot of money I’d studying? definitely recommend the College. My tutors were very supportive and I had many one-to-one sessions with my tutor. In my view, the College’s Social Work The course I did was not just about being degree is as good as that of any other in college, it was about finding the right university or college offering the same placement that would get me ready to degree. take on the role of a social worker after my degree.
What opportunities did the course offer in terms of work placements? Salary... The College provided me with very good work shadowing opportunities. In my Newly qualified social workers first year I spent 12 days with the Child can expect to earn £18,000 per Liza Protection Team at Essex County Council. In year, rising to £30,000 a year my second year I spent 90 days at a hostel and in my final year I worked at Southend as you take on additional tasks Borough Council in the Leaving Care team, and gain responsibilities and Modunkwu a multidisciplinary team. experience! BA (Hons) Social Work I found the placements really useful because I had the opportunity to work with people Source: The British Association from all walks of life with different care of Social Workers needs. That helps because when you finish Joanna Foulser BSc (Hons) Sports Studies Before undertaking a Sports Studies degree with the College, Jo “You only get one worked in a number of different jobs, never finding a position that life so you’ve got was right for her. Now with the First Class Honours Degree she has secured a position working for Dame Kelly Holmes, developing to do what you sports programmes for fitness instructors. want to do. You can’t just stay Why did you choose to study in What support did you get at the in a job you’re Southend? College? I chose to study at South Essex College What I liked about coming here is that it not happy in just in Southend because it was the closest felt like a College and not a huge university because it fits in at 104 provider offering the course I wanted to where you are just another fish in the 105 the time.” do without me having to worry about pond. It was very one-to-one; even though accommodation as I could drive from home. I was in a group of about 20-30 people I It also fitted in with my lifestyle because was treated as an individual. I was listened while I was doing my degree I was also to, supported and whenever I needed any qualifying as a fitness instructor, so I was help, the tutors were always there with the learning that alongside the degree. It all knowledge and willingness to help me. fitted in perfectly. Would you say that doing the degree What made you do this course? changed your life? I chose to do the Sports Studies degree I ran a half marathon during my final year because I’d worked previously in a lot of and I felt that what pushed me to do it different jobs and never found exactly was how I was working in my degree; the what I wanted to do. I’d stick at something determination I had and how I was setting for a year and then drop out and do goals made me think that I could do this in Joanna something else. I finally realised that the my own life as well as my degree life. sports degree was what I wanted to do even though when I joined I was a bit older What are you doing now? than everybody else. You only get one life After I graduated I applied for a lot of Foulser so you’ve really got to do what you want different jobs in the industry and I got to do, you can’t just stay in a job you’re not offered an internship with Dame Kelly BSc (Hons) Sports Studies happy in just because it fits in at the time. Holmes working for her company to develop sports programmes for fitness What would you say to people who instructors and sports professionals. might be put off Higher Education because of tuition fees? I don’t think it should put people off. It’s not really about the money or how difficult it is, it’s about how you want to live your More... life. Do you want to carry on in a job you’re not happy in? It should be about what you Watch Joanna's video want to do and where you want to get. By doing a degree you’re going to make your online as well as an life better. After all it's your life and you interview with Sports should live it to the best. Studies lecturer, Simon Deakin
www.SouthEssex.ac.uk/HE David Johnson BSc (Hons) Television Production & Screen Media David decided driving lorries across Europe wasn’t for him and embarked on a career-changing journey at South Essex College in “The course is very order to enter the ultra-competitive media industry. With the skills much hands-on, and support he is getting, David is now on the road towards an exciting new career. which will give me the relevant Why did you choose to study in within the next two years with one of experience Southend? the big broadcasters or media production needed to pursue When I made the decision to change my companies in the British media industry. career and aim for the media industry, my career working What support are you getting? 106 I enrolled on an Access to HE Diploma 107 in advertising, (Media) course at the College and this The College offers vital support to any television or film was ideal preparation for entering higher student in need of information about education because I hadn’t studied for funding issues, employment, career production.” many years. On completing the Access development, housing, personal care, course I discovered that South Essex College disability issues or academic skills support. had an excellent range of media and Being a wheelchair user myself, I am able creative arts degrees suitable for what I to discuss any problems I might have with wanted to do. a dedicated team of professional advisers in the College’s Learner Services department. How is your course preparing you for Wheelchair access on the Campus and in your new career? the television studio is also very good. The course is very much hands-on, which will give me the relevant experience needed What advice would you give to those to work in advertising, television or film considering studying at production. The course covers so much South Essex College? including: production, sound and vision, I would advise anyone interested in media writing for film and television, directing and studies or any other subjects to attend one editing, TV and film studies and even digital of the College’s open events where you publishing. can speak to the tutors and get fantastic one-to-one advice to help you make this Are you getting access to modern and important decision. appropriate facilities? I have access to a vast array of equipment needed for media production. This includes everything from professional High Definition (HD) film cameras, a live TV studio, editing suites, music recording studios, broadcasting and IT equipment, and Get more! software applicable to the media industry. Our TV & film students What are your plans for when you have access to: David complete your degree? I am planning to pursue a career with • A £250,000 Sony-approved a major production company such as HD TV studio Johnson the BBC, Channel 4, ITV or one of the BSc (Hons) Television Production & Screen Media many production houses who develop • Broadcast-quality programmes for the numerous SKY TV HD video cameras channels. I’m also considering being a broadcaster or working in advertising. I am • Apple editing suites. also planning to apply for an internship Every student at South Essex College has access to our team of client Advisers who are here to offer help, advice or just a friendly face, with any issues you may have about your course, finances or with any personal concerns.
With you every step of the way The Careers Centre holds a wealth of From the moment you start considering information on graduate careers and South Essex College as an option, our aim occupational information written by the is to support you from the time you apply Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services. Free magazines and employer 108 through to your graduation ceremony 109 with the highest quality information, directories are also available. You can advice and guidance. Our Learner Services also access online careers information team has been assessed for, and attained, and e-based guidance (e.g. Prospects Matrix and RoQA quality standards for our Planner test) and discuss outcomes with a effective delivery of information, advice and careers adviser. guidance. Students also have the opportunity to After you have applied to the College you attend careers events and presentations at will receive a pre-arrival information pack the University of Essex’s Colchester Campus. providing advice and guidance on a range of issues including funding, accommodation JobShop and working whilst studying. You can also You may need to find part-time work to find out about our services during your support yourself financially through your induction and at Freshers’ Fair. course or you may want to find relevant work experience to help confirm your career At enrolment, you will also receive a student path and gain industry contacts. handbook which outlines the procedures and academic policies relevant to our higher Our JobShop provides you with access to education courses. part-time work with established local and national employers. Vacancies are posted on Trained counsellors are available to provide the College notice boards, on the College confidential support and to offer advice intranet and in Learner Services. and contact details for specialist support groups and organisations. There is also a College chaplain on-hand to support staff and students from all faiths and religious Supporting your success groups. Careers service Our careers service aims to provide you with all the advice and resources you need to research your chosen career and to enhance your employment prospects in today’s competitive graduate job market.
You will have access to advice and guidance on career choice and planning, progression to further study and employer information. One-to-one impartial guidance is available by appointment and advisers can be found in Learner Services. Learner Services offers a dedicated student accommodation scheme, offering advice and assistance to help you secure quality, affordable housing in the local and surrounding area.
To ensure we provide you with the highest quality student accommodation, all of the properties registered with South Essex College are inspected by Southend Borough Council to guarantee that the necessary standards for fire safety, gas, electricity and security are being met. All properties are fully-furnished, carpeted and decorated with suitable desks and tables for study purposes. 110 111 University Square Green accommodation The University of Essex offers purpose-built Some of the green features of University student accommodation very close to the Square include rapeseed oil boilers and Southend campuses of both the University an intelligent heat recovery operation in the of Essex and South Essex College. Rooms kitchen. This takes the heat from exhausted may be available in this residence for South air and transfers it into fresh incoming air, Essex College’s higher education students. thereby reducing heating costs. Rainwater is collected and then used to irrigate the University Square offers 561 student rooms landscaping on the podium. Conveniently including 64 studio rooms. All rooms are located just off the town’s High Street, en-suite and there are generally eight to students at University Square are perfectly ten students sharing a flat with full kitchen/ placed to enjoy the many attractions and dining facilities. Each study bedroom is facilities that Southend has to offer. networked and 24-hour high-speed internet access is provided at no extra cost. Accommodation booklets and application forms are available from Learner Services. All residents can enjoy the common room, study and relaxation space with widescreen For more information please visit televisions and WIFI internet, plus laundry www.SouthEssex.ac.uk/he/ facilities. A dedicated accommodation team accommodation.aspx is based at University Square offering a 24-hour reception and security presence, a Contact the Accommodation Officer at regular cleaning service in communal areas South Essex College: and an out-of-hours residents’ support T: 01702 220451 team of fully-trained student volunteers. E: [email protected] offers purpose-built student accommodation in the heart of Southend town centre offers University Square South Essex College is committed to equal opportunities for all and aims to create an environment where all are treated solely on the basis of their merits, ability and potential.
The College has robust systems in place For a copy of our disability statement which for assessing an individual’s needs, gives full information about the type of which includes both hidden and physical support and facilities available to students disabilities. Support and teaching staff work with particular learning difficulties or together to meet the needs of students disabilities, please call Learner Services on 112 113 with disabilities and learning difficulties 0845 52 12345 to ensure equal access to the curriculum, equipment and physical resources. or visit our website at Support for learners with disabilities www.SouthEssex.ac.uk In partnership with DSA Assessors, we can advise on the availability of a range of equipment to meet your requirements including laptops with voice-activated software and a wide variety of adaptive technology. We hold study skills sessions to help students with planning their time, as well as improving literacy, numeracy and essay writing.
Our well-qualified and experienced team of advisers facilitates support for students with a variety of disabilities. These include hearing impairments, dyslexia, mobility issues and visual impairments. The staff engage in ongoing professional development to ensure their knowledge and skills are up-to-date. Additional support may be available to students through Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs). Please see Page 117 for further details on this type of financial support.
disability support Never let your age put you off returning to education, especially if you are looking to change the direction of your career.
With 50% of our students classed as With the grounding provided by these ‘mature’ (i.e. over 21 years of age), you preparatory courses, Access to HE Diploma are not alone in wanting to get back into students are often high achievers and education. We provide flexible higher progress to exciting new careers, seeing education provision designed to fit around changes in their lives that they never 114 your lifestyle. thought possible. 115
Get Access to higher education The College offers Access to Higher We recognise the value of work and life Education Diplomas in a range of subject experience for entry onto our programmes areas, including: for those without academic qualifications; ► Art and Design however, for applicants who are not quite ► Business ready for higher education, we offer a range of Access to Higher Education ► Health Professions Diploma programmes which provide a fast- ► Information and Communication track route for entry to higher education. Technology (ICT) returning to learning ► Media The Access to Higher Education (HE) ► Music Diploma is a one-year qualification which will help you develop the knowledge, skills ► Science and confidence you need to prepare you ► Social Studies for degree level study. Access to Higher ► Social Work Education Diplomas are designed specifically ► Teaching for adults in the UK who have the potential to study for a degree but have been unable Pindu Chaviri, Access to HE Diploma Art & Design For more information on Access courses, to complete the relevant entry qualifications contact Learner Services and ask to speak to because of external circumstances. a careers adviser. Many mature students are nervous about Supporting you all the way returning to college after a long spell to graduation out of education or when considering a change to their career plans. Our lecturers Our Learner Services team is happy to are well aware of this and have adapted help you with any issues you may have their teaching to ensure that you won’t be regarding your return to study. There is a thrown in at the deep end. The course will lot of support available such as extra study challenge you but the whole purpose of skills classes, one-to-one tutorial time and an Access to HE course is to help you be academic support. successful. Study skills courses are a key component of The Access to HE Diploma is recognised our Access and Degree programmes, so if across the UK and successful students may you have been out of education for some apply to any higher education institution; time, these courses will help you adapt to however, many of our Access to HE studying again. students choose to continue their higher education studies with us. Your main costs for higher education will be tuition fees as well as accommodation and living costs. With all the information available about undergraduate loans, grants and bursaries, it can be quite confusing, but we’re here to help.
Tuition fees for 2013 for students studying a University of Essex validated award
UK and EU undergraduate students Applicants from EU countries are classed as At the time of going to press (March 2012) ‘home’ students and pay the same fees as UK students. More information is available 116 the fees for 2013 entry are still to be 117 confirmed, but as a guide tuition fees for to EU students from the EU team at the 2012 entry were £7,000 for Home and EU Department for Education at students. For more current information, www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance. please refer to the College website: International applicants should refer to www.SouthEssex.ac.uk. Page 120 for more information about finances. No upfront fees As an undergraduate student you do Setting up a bank account for your not have to pay tuition fees up front; the student finances Government provides UK and EU students In order to receive financial assistance with a tuition fee loan which you repay you must have a bank account, as your once you graduate and earn over £21,000 student loan will be paid in electronically. a year. Financial help is available for tuition Information about opening a student and living costs and the Government’s new account will be provided at the Student Fair reforms are aimed to offer a more generous during your first term. Alternatively, you package of financial support for students will find a wide choice of High Street banks from low income backgrounds to go into Fees and funding close to the College campuses. higher education. Applicants with disabilities or Simple, easy-to-understand difficulties payment system If you incur costs as the direct result of a Payments will be deducted automatically disability or difficulty (e.g. travel, computer from your pay through the tax system. software, etc.) you may be eligible for Repayments start the April after you additional financial support via the Disabled graduate, even if you already earn over Students’ Allowances (DSA). An explanatory £21,000. If your salary falls below £21,000 booklet entitled ‘Bridging the Gap’ is your repayments stop (e.g. if you take a available from Student Finance England by career break or become unemployed). Your calling 0141 243 3686 (also available in repayments only resume once you earn over Braille and audiotape) or by visiting their £21,000 again. Finally, if after 30 years you website at www.direct.gov.uk. have not repaid your loan it is written off.
Fees for Non-EU Applicants Tuition Fees for 2013 for students studying a University of East London At the time of going to press (March 2012) validated award these are not set. Please refer to www.SouthEssex.ac.uk University of East London will publish for further information about fees for information regarding changes to fees for international students, as well as methods 2013 entrants online at: www.uel.ac.uk/ of payment. For guidance in 2012-13 these programmes/undergraduate. were £10,950. We welcome applicants educated overseas and strive to make the process of studying abroad as smooth and enjoyable as possible.
We will provide you with extra support to help you settle into College life and to adapt to studying and living in a different culture. To help you adjust to your new environment, a welcome/induction event is held for you at the beginning of the academic year giving you the opportunity to find out about College life, meet current overseas students and to discuss cultural differences and any concerns you may have.
Information is available on immigration English language requirements 118 matters, guidance on working whilst The following standards are required: 119 studying in the UK, as well as how to open a bank account and general information IELTS (Academic Version) about the local area. Most importantly of 6.0 (for first year entry onto undergraduate all, the induction is designed to give you the programmes) chance to meet other students so you can build up a network of contacts and settle 6.5 (for direct entry onto the second year of in academically and socially. We can even undergraduate programmes). match you with a “buddy” to help you. TOEFL (paper-based test) Entry requirements 540, 76 on IBT for first year entry to all We are happy to make offers of admission courses. based on the International or European Baccalaureate or on other qualifications that The College can accept other tests are considered equivalent to our general including: entrance requirements (see Page 27). ► Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English – Grade B For information on the entry requirements ► Test in English for Educational Purposes from a specific qualification please contact (TEEP) – 3 [email protected] ► GCE O-level or GCSE English Language stating which course you are interested in or Use of English – Grade C and providing details of your qualifications and experience. ► Hong Kong Certificate of English Education – 3 All information quoted throughout ► International Baccalaureate English B this prospectus regarding course entry Syllabus (Standard Level) – 4 requirements relates to UK qualifications; however, we are able to accept a wide Applicants who are applying to enter variety of qualifications which are awarded directly into the second year of a degree overseas and we use the UK NARIC scheme will be required to demonstrate a (National Academic Recognition Information higher level of English language proficiency Centre) guidelines to make international equivalent to IELTS 6.5 (TOEFL 600 or IBT comparisons. 100). Alexandra and Klaudia Kovacs - BA (Hons) Digital Animation graduates (September 2011) For further information, visit the NARIC website at: www.naric.org.uk
If English is not your first language you will need to meet our English language requirements as part of any offer of admission to the College. international learners Tuition fees and living expenses some arrangements may be subject to As an international applicant you will be amendment between the time of writing asked to produce evidence of your ability to (March 2012) and entry to the College in pay tuition fees and to cover living expenses September 2013. during your degree, either by means of a You can find more information for government scholarship, other award or international students (including private funds. immigration advice) on the College website at At the time of going to press (March www.SouthEssex/he/international.aspx 2012) tuition fees for 2013-14 are yet to be determined but as a guide the fees for We strongly recommend that international 2012-13 are £10,950. Please refer to the applicants seek advice from the UK Border college website (www.SouthEssex.ac.uk) Agency’s website at: for more current information. Tuition fees 120 121 are payable each year at enrolment. www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
The application process The United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) In the first instance, international applicants also provides some detailed guidance on should apply to UCAS. For more detailed immigration matters and visa applications information about the application process on their website at: refer to Page 122 or visit www.ucas.com. www.ukcisa.org.uk Applicants will receive a pre-arrival information pack which provides guidance International students on Tier 4 general and advice on a range of issues including student visas will be permitted to undertake limited part-time work in the UK. Normally, funding and accommodation, etc. In 5pm to 8pm addition to this, we advise prospective student visa holders are permitted to work Open Events international applicants to seek guidance for up to twenty hours per week during from The UK Council for International term-time, and full-time during vacations. Student Affairs prior to their arrival in the Contact UKCISA via their website: Basildon Campus Thurrock Campus UK as they can provide invaluable advice Nethermayne, Basildon Woodview, Grays and support for international applicants www.ukcisa.org.uk considering studying in the UK. Visit their Or telephone their advice line Essex SS16 5NN Essex RM16 2YR website at www.ukcisa.org.uk (open Monday to Friday, 13:00 - 16:00 UK time). Wednesday 7th November 2012 Tuesday 16th October 2012 Immigration and applying for a visa Outside the UK: +44 20 7107 9922 Tuesday 5th February 2013 Wednesday 16th January 2013 Applicants requiring a visa to study in Within the UK: 020 7107 9922 Tuesday 18th June 2013 Wednesday 22nd May 2013 the UK will need to apply under the UK Points-Based Immigration System (PBIS). Tier 4 of the PBIS applies to applicants Southend Campus from outside the European Economic Area who wish to study in the UK. Under this Luker Road, Southend on Sea system, applicants must demonstrate that Essex SS1 1ND they can achieve a minimum number of points required to obtain a visa and must Wednesday 3rd October 2012 demonstrate that they possess sufficient Thursday 15th November 2012 funds in order to support themselves throughout their studies. The College will Thursday 7th March 2013 produce a Confirmation of Studies (CAS) Thursday 9th May 2013 reference number for each applicant who firmly accepts their unconditional offer and requests sponsorship. The CAS will contribute to the overall number of points required to obtain the visa. However, Full-time courses When should I apply? Applications for full-time courses listed in For entry in September 2013 your this prospectus should be made through the application should be sent to UCAS as Universities and Colleges Admissions Service soon as possible after 1st September 2012 (UCAS) at www.ucas.com. Our institution and no later than 15th January 2013. code is S43 and the course pages in this Applications will then be forwarded by prospectus quote the specific UCAS code UCAS to the College. If your application is for each course. received by UCAS after this date it will be forwarded to the universities you have listed Part-time courses and can be considered at the university’s Applications for all part-time Honours discretion. The College is usually willing to Degree, Foundation Degree, Certificate consider applications after this date but this of Higher Education and Diploma of is subject to the availability of places on the relevant course. 122 Higher Education courses at South Essex 123 College should be made directly to the College using the application form in this Applicants from outside the European prospectus or online at: Union should aim to send their application to UCAS no later than 30 June 2013. www.SouthEssex.ac.uk/forms/apply The College may be prepared to consider applicants through UCAS Extra, Please note that places on some of our although popular courses may already be courses are limited and also that some oversubscribed. courses may not be offered if interest is insufficient to justify running them. Applicants should contact the Admissions Office ([email protected]) UCAS applications process prior to making a UCAS Extra application UCAS applications can be made 24 hours to ensure there will be no difficulties. UCAS a day at www.ucas.com through Apply, Extra applicants are also advised to submit UCAS’ secure online application system. a new personal statement and reference How to apply Applicant fees are payable upon application. directly to the College, particularly if the Full details can be obtained from the UCAS subject emphasis of their course has altered website in the ‘Applying Online Guide’. from their initial application.
If you need help or advice on your individual Applying through Clearing application, you should contact a careers Applicants who apply after the end of June adviser or call the UCAS Customer Service will be entered by UCAS into ‘Clearing’. For Unit on +44 (0)871 468 0 468 (open further information, visit www.ucas.com Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 18:00 UK time). which explains the application deadlines in more detail. Once your application has You can email UCAS at: been processed by the College, UCAS will [email protected] for an automated contact you directly with our decision. Each response with general information and application is considered individually. Some guidance on the UCAS procedures or you courses that become oversubscribed will not can also write to them at: be available through the Clearing process. Customer Service Unit You do not need to contact us directly with UCAS your decision as we will be told this by PO Box 28 UCAS but if you have any queries before Cheltenham you make your final decision, please contact GL52 3LZ us directly at: There is also useful information for parents [email protected] online at: www.ucas.com/parents How is my application processed? How do I find out if I have been offered What happens when I get my results? Early consideration can then be given to Applicants for some courses may be a place? any additional support you may require, required to attend an interview. For further UCAS will send you official notification Conditional offers including making reasonable adjustments to information about this process, please of our decision. If your application is If your offer is conditional on examination your course and environment and refer to the individual course pages in unsuccessful and you would like feedback, results and you meet the conditions, we will advice on how to apply for special exam this prospectus. Art and Design (including please contact the Admissions Office by confirm your place. If your results do not considerations, support funding (Disabled photography) applicants will be interviewed emailing [email protected] quite meet the conditions, we will ask the Students’ Allowance) and individual and will need to present a portfolio of admissions tutors to review your application examination arrangements. In order to work and some media courses may require How do I accept a place? to see if you can still be given a place. All assess necessary support provision, you may be provided with advice via email or auditions. Social Work and Counselling UCAS will give you the option to accept copies of qualifications should be sent to telephone interview by the HE Support applicants will be interviewed and one offer as your firm (first) choice and our freepost address at: Co-ordinator. undertake CRB and/or occupational health one offer as your insurance (second) choice HE Admissions checks. via ‘Track’. You do not need to contact us South Essex College Please contact the Undergraduate directly with your decision as we will be told Freepost SMU 110 124 Admissions Office if you would like 125 Where non-standard entry qualifications this by UCAS, but if you have any queries Luker Road additional information prior to submitting are held, applicants may also be required to before you make your final decision please Southend on Sea your application. You can also get more attend an interview. contact us at Essex information about disability support by SS1 1BR Open events [email protected] contacting us directly by telephone: 0845 52 12345, Several open evenings will be held Further information can be found on the Applicants with disabilities or learning throughout the year and the dates for these UCAS website at: difficulties email: [email protected] are published on our website (and on the www.ucas.com/students/offers Applications from students with a disability or in person at any of our main campuses in back of this prospectus). These events give will be considered on the same academic Southend, Basildon or Thurrock. you the opportunity to look at the facilities criteria as all other applicants. If you have a and talk to tutors about courses either disability, including mental health difficulties before or during the application process. and specific learning difficulties, you should indicate this on your UCAS application. The University of Essex is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions. Founded in 1964, the University has grown in both reputation and size, and is ranked in the Top Ten nationally for research.
There are now around 10,000 students The following courses are available studying at three campuses across at the University of Essex Southend Essex; in Colchester, Southend and Campus for 2012: Loughton. Academic departments span the humanities, social sciences, science Essex Business School 126 127 and engineering, as well as law and ► BBA Bachelor of Business Administration management. Essex is the UK’s most internationally diverse university campus, ► BSc International Business and with students from more than 130 Entrepreneurship countries. ► BSc Marketing School of Health and Human Sciences The University’s Southend Campus is ► BSc Nursing located in the heart of Southend-on-Sea. (Adult and Mental Health routes) The Gateway Building is adjacent to South ► FdSc Oral Health Sciences Essex College and comprises modern, state-of-the-art teaching and study spaces, East 15 Acting School medical and dental skills labs and The Union, a newly expanded students’ union ► BA Acting and Stage Combat facility. Clifftown Studios, housed in a ► BA Acting and Community Theatre former church, provides a variety of unique ► BA Physical Theatre and inspirational rehearsal and performance ► BA World Performance spaces for students studying at the University’s East 15 Acting School. Further details of these courses and University Square, the colourful student those taught at the Colchester Campus accommodation, offers over 500 single can be found in the University of Essex en-suite study bedrooms, along with a undergraduate prospectus. selection of self-contained studio flats. To obtain a copy, please contact: E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 01206 873666 A collaborative partnership Web: www.essex.ac.uk in Southend Lecture Hall, Colchester Campus Index
A F L S Access to HE Diploma 115 Facilities 15-21 Learner Services 108-115, 125 Social Studies 72 Accommodation 110-111 • Computer Games 16, 19 • Disability Support 112, 125 Social Work 16, 19, 74, 103 128 Applying for a course 122 • Digital Animation 21 • Disabled Students Allowance 113, 125 Southend 4-9 129 • Engineering 19 • Returning to Education 113, 125 Special Education Studies 76 • Fashion 20 Live projects 17 Sports Studies 17, 78, 105 B • Film and Television 21 Student Council 23 Business Studies 16, 30, 89 • Information Technology 19 Students’ Union 25 • Interior Design 20 M • Music 20 Music 21, 60, 62 C • Photography 20 T Case Studies 88-107 • Sports 19 Teacher Training 84, 101 Careers Service 109 Fashion 48, 50, 95 N Textiles & Fashion 80 Clearing (Applying through) 123 Fees and funding 116, 120 National Union of Students (NUS) 25 Thurrock 10 Computer Games Design 16, 19, 32 Fine Art 52 Network Technology 16, 17, 64, 99 Tuition Fees 116, 120 Conditional offers 125 Forum, The (new library) 12-13 TV Production & Screen Media 21, 82, 107 Construction Management 34, 91 Counselling 36 O CRB Checks 28 G Occupational Health Checks 28 U Creative Writing for Media 38 Graphic Design 54 Open Events 121 UCAS applications 123 Criminology & Forensic Investigation 40 Guest speakers 17 University of Essex 126 P D I Personal Fitness Training 66 V Digital Animation, 21, 42, 93 Interior Design 17, 20, 56 Photography 20, 68 Visa (applying for) 120 Directions to the College 130-132 International students 29, 118-119 Production for Live Performance 70 • English Language Requirements 119 & Events • Entry Requirements 119 E • Visa (applying for) 120 Early Years Education 17, 44 R Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) 19, 46 Returning to learning 114 English language requirements 119 J Entry Requirements 27-29, 119 Jobshop 109 • Frequently asked questions 28 Journalism 58, 97 • General 27 • For international students 119 Directions Directions How to find us How to find us
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The information in this prospectus is believed to be accurate at the time of publication however changes may be made at a later date. The courses offered by South Essex College are under constant review and development, so students and their representatives should always contact the College directly for the most up-to-date information or visit our website at: www.SouthEssex.ac.uk 132
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