Prospectus 2021-22 You’ll study in the most multicultural city in the world, benefit from world- class facilities and learn from some of the most insightful and inspiring minds in the creative industries — our tutors have mentored many who have gone on to shape their particular industries. The following pages should give you a flavour of all that we have to offer, and all that you need to make your decision an easy one. We hope that it inspires you to start your own creative future with us and become a part of Ravensbourne’s and, the UK’s next generation of talent. Front cover Top: Joshua Welch Centre: Aisha Buhari Inside cover Clare Woodward This is the first step on your next Ravensbourne. journey of discovery. Choosing the right place to study is one of the Designed for industry. most important decisions you will ever make, not only influencing your immediate future but also the pathway of your career — university life is about so much more than courses. By choosing Ravensbourne, you’ll be joining one of the most dynamic digital media and design learning hubs in the UK — a vibrant, diverse and global community of fashion designers, animators, illustrators, product designers, photographers, filmmakers and architects. Why Ravensbourne? 4 Screen School 52 Student Life 10 Media Lab 54 Life in London 16 Animation BA (Hons) 56 Learning and Research 22 Digital Photography BA (Hons) 57 Design School 30 Editing and Post Production BA (Hons) 58 Department of Architecture 32 Games Development BA/BSc (Hons)* 59 Architecture BA (Hons) 34 Animation or Games Development 60 with four year option including Year 0* Interior Design Environment 35 Architectures BA (Hons) Media Works 62 Urban Landscape Architecture BA (Hons) 36 Cloud Computing BSc (Hons)* 64 Master of Architecture (MArch) 37 Creative Computing BSc (Hons)* 65 Department of Design Practice 38 Cyber Security BSc (Hons)* 66 Advertising and Brand Design BA (Hons) 40 Digital Film Production BA (Hons) 67 Graphic Design BA (Hons) 41 Digital Marketing BA/BSc (Hons)* 68 Illustration for Communication BA (Hons) 42 Digital Television Production BA (Hons) 69 Motion Graphics BA (Hons) 43 Digital Television Technology BSc (Hons) 70 Product Design BA (Hons) 44 Music and Sound Design BA (Hons) 71 User-Experience and User-Interface 45 Further Education 72 (UX/UI) Design BA (Hons) Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 74 Department of Fashion 46 Access to Higher Education Diploma 76 Fashion BA (Hons) 48 The Institute for Creativity 78 Fashion Accessory and Textile Futures 49 and Technology BA (Hons) GradSchool MA/MDes programmes 82 Fashion Buying and Brand Management 50 BA (Hons) Essential Information 84 Fashion Promotion BA (Hons) 51 After Ravensbourne 94 2 * subject to validation 3 At Ravensbourne, collaboration comes naturally to us. We’re closely connected to the creative industries, and as the sector continues to expand and evolve, so do we. We have a fantastic track record for preparing students for the jobs of the future, from pioneering broadcasting engineering courses in the 1970s, to our more recent offering in games design or cloud computing. Across our 60+ year history, We empower our students to think everyone from fashion designer commercially as well as creatively, Stella McCartney to music legend as we know that to thrive in industry, David Bowie have walked through you need the resilience and our doors. confidence to succeed alongside the right practical skills. Choosing to study with us is choosing to put your career in the Our strong track record in graduate Why Ravensbourne? Why hands of the experts — our staff employment reflects these efforts— Why Ravensbourne? Why People Location are practicing professionals, and we have a graduate employability rate at Ravensbourne you get the chance of 96.4%, seeing 19 out of 20 students When you join Ravensbourne, Our award-winning, purpose- to learn alongside industry. Regular go into work or further study within you’ll become part of a community built facility is at the heart of the collaborators include leading six months of graduating.* of talented, innovative and like- world’s most dynamic city and organisations such as Amazon, minded people from across the part of the Greenwich Peninsula, the Royal Shakespeare Company, We wish you the best in your UK and the rest of the world. the capital’s rapidly expanding the BBC and Vivienne Westwood. search, and I do hope you will design, media and technology hub. choose Ravensbourne as the next We’re an ambitious university with a step in your journey. creative village feel; at Ravensbourne you will form lasting friendships and Andy Cook Engage Achieve creative partnerships that will enrich Acting Vice Chancellor your career for years to come. Ravensbourne University London You’ll benefit from our partnerships We’re proud of our graduate with key academic, industrial and employment rate (96.4%), professional contacts within the with 19 of every 20 students creative industries, as well as access securing employment or to a wealth of work placement moving into further study and networking opportunities. within six months of graduation*. Inspire Empower Our lecturers bring with them years Our programmes are informed by of experience, so you’ll be learning current thinking, designed alongside from the best. All have worked employers and professionals to ensure Ravensbourne is * Higher Education Statistics Agency, within the creative industries. that you graduate with the skills and a top-ranked 2016-17 graduates. Many of them still do. knowledge they’re looking for. † Department for Education specialist university Longitudinal Education Outcomes, for graduate salaries in the field analysis for 2015-16 tax year. of creative art and design† 4 5 For over 60 years, we’ve made things happen. Mindsets and Skillsets None of it by accident. It’s all been by design. It is an exciting time to join Ravensbourne! The creative industries are a growth area of the UK economy and our graduates enter the job market industry-ready and equipped with the mindsets and skillsets to succeed. Our strong industry connections We believe that to thrive and succeed confirm that our students are in tomorrow’s creative industries, prepared for the professional the ability to think creatively and challenges ahead by employing so holistically with advanced emotional many of them. Many of them go on intelligence are as vital as being to be the leaders that help to shape able to harness the technologies the future of the creative industries. and skills you’ll need in an evolving and sustainable career. It’s a reputation that we’re very proud of and we recognise that to maintain Joining Ravensbourne is the first our place as a real leader in education step of your career. It will unlock we must continue to be radical your creative potential, enabling you innovators and disruptors in design to develop the mindset and skillsets and media education. that will take you far and expand Why Ravensbourne? Why your horizons! In 2018 we launched ‘The Mindsets and Skillsets Manifesto’, our new and The Mindsets and Skillsets Manifesto is groundbreaking approach to academic built upon our five defining principles: and practical learning. Informed by intensive research into leading- Integrate ravensbourne.ac.uk edge educational and professional Where education engages industry techniques that are shaping tomorrow’s design and media world, Cultivate delivering an unrivalled education Where the individual thrives that will keep our graduates at the forefront of innovation and creativity. Originate Among our alumni we are proud Where creativity meets technology Clare Waight Keller visiting the to boast names that have gone on Undergraduate students start Ravensbourne Degree Show. to become part of the elite in their with our innovative induction in Collaborate field, the likes of artists Chris Orr MBE, Year One, through our programme Where disciplines evolve Brian Barnes MBE, Dinos Chapman, of collaborative electives in Year Two to our professional enterprise and Advocate and Anthony McCall; fashion entrepreneurship units in Year Three. Where purpose meets practice designers Stella McCartney OBE, We will ensure that you fully develop Bruce Oldfield OBE, Maria Cornejo, two crucial characteristics that you’ll and Clare Waight Keller; sculptor need for a successful career: a resilient and confident mindset that will free Alison Wilding OBE; product designer you to develop and apply your own Jay Osgerby; Oscar-winning producers creativity, and an industry standard We hold a Simon Egan and Gareth Ellis-Unwin; skillset that will help you to hit the silver award and Apple’s Vice President of Industrial ground running as a 21st century Design Richard Howarth. creative practitioner. for our excellent quality of teaching and learning from the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 6 7 96.4% of Ravensbourne students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating* Open Events and Tours Ravensbourne? Why The best way to answer the question “Why Ravensbourne?” is to visit us. Open Events provide you with the opportunity to meet the academic ravensbourne.ac.uk staff, current students, and to look around and see the facilities we “I have found that students have available. from Ravensbourne entering the Our 2020 Open Event dates are: workplace have the knowledge and Saturday 20 June experience required for business. Saturday 12 September Saturday 17 October Most of all I feel they are given Saturday 14 November ‘real world’ training and not just Wednesday 9 December the theory of how things are done.” To book your place, visit ravensbourne.ac.uk/opendays Susan Tunstall Head of Facilities, BTV Post We encourage you to join us at an official Open Event to benefit from the full experience. However we also run frequent Building tours and can also accommodate ad hoc tours if you prefer.