Applicant Visit Day Programme 2016

bcu.ac.uk/visitdays Welcome

Attending one of these days is a great way to find out more about us and your chosen area of study. You will have the opportunity to meet staff and students, view our excellent facilities and take part in hands-on activities Following your to gain a better appreciation of what it’s like to study here. You may have already visited one of our Open Days, but now you have application to study applied to study with us we would like to give you a more in-depth picture of the course, what to expect as a student and how to make the most of at Birmingham City your time here. University, we would We hope the experience will leave you with a positive and lasting impression of the University, and allow you to make an informed decision like to give you the about your future and studying with us. opportunity to learn more There’s a packed programme, so we recommend that you’re here from the start to ensure you get the most out of the day. about us at one of our For more information about the Applicant Visit Day schedule for your Applicant Visit Days. subject of interest, please see the relevant pages in this booklet. Further information will also be posted on our website at www.bcu.ac.uk/visitdays. We aim to make these days as informative, interesting and relaxing as possible for you. We hope you have an enjoyable time at your Applicant Visit Day and I hope we will be welcoming you as a student this September.

Best wishes

Professor Cliff Allan Vice-Chancellor

CONTENTS School of English 18 School of Visual Communication 28 Welcome 2 – 3 Birmingham City Business School 10 School of Fashion and Textiles 20 Investing in our campuses 30 – 31 About Birmingham City University 4 Birmingham School of the 12 – 13 Interactive Entertainment 21 Directions (City Centre) 32 – 33 About Applicant Visit Days 7 Built Environment School of Jewellery 23 Directions (City North) 34 – 35 Birmingham School of 8 School of Computing and 15 – 16 School of Law 24 Directions (School of Jewellery) 36 – 37 Architecture and Design Digital Technology Birmingham School of Media 25 Directions (Birmingham School of Art) 38 – 39 Birmingham School of Art 9 School of Education 17 School of Social Sciences 26 2 3 About Birmingham City University Birmingham City University has around 23,500 students from 80 countries, making it one of the largest and liveliest institutions in the West Midlands region. The University enjoys almost 40 professional accreditations and a large number of successful industry partnerships.

We have been educating professionals since 1843, and our commitment to developing graduates with the skills and experience employers need means that within six months of studying, 93 per cent of UK undergraduate students were in employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE survey 2013/14). All of our courses have a strong focus on preparing you for the world of work, with many offering the option of a four-year ‘sandwich’ mode, with a full year in industry providing valuable work experience. The University has a well- established reputation for delivering in-company training and development programmes, working with some of the country’s leading employers. Our teaching staff come from and maintain their links with industry, ensuring you are given an insight into the latest trends in the sector you hope to enter. We are constantly looking for new ways to enhance the learning experience, with inspiring visiting lecturers and learning environments that are designed to replicate the workplaces you aim to enter. We even give you the chance to gain work experience in real roles around the University, through our pioneering student employment agency, OpportUNIty – Student Jobs on Campus. We’re dedicated to putting students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. For more information about the University, please visit www.bcu.ac.uk.

4 5 About Applicant Visit Days HOW IT WORKS If you have applied to an undergraduate course in one of the schools listed in this booklet, you should have received an email about how to register for your place at one of our Applicant Visit Days. As part of the day you may be asked to attend a one-to-one interview as a mandatory part of the application process. Details of which courses require an interview are found within the school pages of this booklet. You will need the username and password, which should be on the email you received, to log in and browse our Applicant Visit Day dates and to register your attendance. You can also find your username and password in the letter accompanying this booklet. Once you register, you will be sent further information via email. To register to attend one of our Applicant Visit Days visit www.bcu.ac.uk/mysrs and sign in using your unique username and password. If you haven’t yet been invited to attend one of our Applicant Visit Days, but you have been offered a place to study at Birmingham City University, please let us know by calling 0121 331 6295.

LOCATION Our Applicant Visit Days take place at various locations across the city, depending on your chosen subject of study. Find your school page in this booklet and the location you should attend is noted under the school name at the top of the page. Directions to our campuses can be found towards the back of this booklet.

ON THE DAY Registration and check-in will open one hour before your activity starts. Please ensure you arrive no later than 10 minutes before your activity is due to start, to enable you enough time to register and check-in. There will be knowledgeable representatives from different services available to answer any questions you may have about university life including: • Accommodation • Centre for Academic Success • Student Services (advice on childcare, money matters, health and wellbeing, job prospects, and visas and immigration). Our award-winning student support ensures that you are given the help you need to succeed every step of the way. We provide high-quality services that support you, enhance your learning experience and are responsive to your changing needs before, during and after your time at university. Just look out for the stands and displays and come and talk to us for helpful, individual advice.

6 7 BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF ART

Location: The Parkside Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Location: Birmingham School of Art, Margaret Street, B3 3BX Activity start times: 10am on Saturdays, 12.15pm on Wednesdays Activity start times: Various start times. Interview required for all courses – visit www.bcu.ac.uk/mysrs for more details. Based at our state-of-the-art Parkside Building, part of our City Centre Campus, Birmingham School of Architecture and Design has a range of Located within a Venetian Gothic, Grade I-listed building, Birmingham School excellent facilities that accurately reflect advanced professional practice. of Art mixes traditional architecture with modern facilities. By studying here, These include computer-aided design (CAD), a digilab, a range of workshops you will have access to state-of-the-art studios, fully-resourced workshops, a (for woodwork, metal, glass and ceramics) and a computer-generated virtual richly-stocked library and purpose-built spaces to present your work. building site. All of our staff are practising artists, ensuring you will receive access to the Our teaching staff are active in the latest practice and research, enhancing latest thinking, activities and professional networks. We maintain excellent links your employability and enabling you to gain insight into contemporary issues with major city centre corporations, working with Savills, Associated Architects in architecture and design. This has previously helped 90 per cent of our and Deutsche Bank, which also sponsors an annual award of £10,000 to support graduates progress into work and/or study within six months (KIS data for career development. Architecture). Our graduates go on to a multitude of careers following their time with us, Our Architecture course works with over 100 practices, construction ranging from professional artists, designers and illustrators to film-makers, consultants and experts, as well as offering RIBA courses at Part 1, 2 and 3. curators and teachers. Some continue to work with us as artists-in-residence. This accreditation from RIBA ensures our courses remain fresh and relevant, in addition to providing valuable industry links and contacts. All of our courses emphasise critical analysis, debate, creative risk, imagination and presentation. We will help you develop your live pitches, website creation Supported by a leading design team, our Landscape Architecture course and open doors for you to participate in collaborative projects and group-curated covers all aspects of the discipline and is fully recognised and accredited by exhibitions. the Landscape Institute (LI). When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the We encourage you to work on collaborative projects involving the opportunity to do the following: transformation of Birmingham as a city, and also have the use of several off- campus workshop spaces. • Tour our industry-standard • Meet staff and students, ask facilities, which include cutting-edge questions and find out more about workshops, presentation spaces and how the course works in practice. When you attend an Applicant Visit Day, you will have the studios, as well as ARTicle Gallery, opportunity to do the following: a dedicated space at the School • Have a one-to-one with a tutor to which bridges the boundary between discuss your portfolio and interests. • Tour our professional, industry- • Take part in a group workshop producers from both within the standard facilities, which include which allows you to get real insight school and the wider art world. design studios, computer and into working in a design studio, and project laboratories, and a virtual receive feedback on how well you building site. worked. Applicants for all courses within Birmingham School of Art will attend a one- to-one interview during the Applicant Visit Day as a mandatory part of the • Meet staff and students, ask application process. Details will be sent to you via email. questions and find out more about how the course works in practice.

8 9 BIRMINGHAM CITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

Location: The Curzon Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Activity start times: 10am on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays

Birmingham City Business School is a large, vibrant and successful business school, which is justifiably proud of its high student satisfaction score of 88 per cent in the 2015 National Student Survey. Our academics have first-hand experience and work closely with industry leaders to ensure that our courses truly reflect the needs of business professionals. Our courses are strongly linked to the relevant professional bodies, including the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), as well as being a recognised Partner in Learning with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). We are also Platinum approved by the ACCA, which is the highest level of accreditation, providing evidence of high-quality tuition and outstanding worldwide pass rates. Our industrial and professional business links allow you to take full advantage of our industry partnerships, providing opportunities to apply the skills learned during study and forge the contacts that will help develop your future careers.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • Meet staff and students, ask • Visit our current facilities in the new questions and find out more about Curzon Building, located on our City how the course works. Centre Campus. • Talk to our placements team and • Take part in an informal Q&A meet returning placement students session with staff and students. who will share their experiences. • Hear more about our new • Find out how our employability professional practice degrees. opportunities can make you stand out as a graduate. • Discuss our professional body exemptions and what they mean for you and your career.

10 11 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT – SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT – Built Environment Engineering

Location: Millennium Point, City Centre Campus, B4 7XG (report to Location: Millennium Point, City Centre Campus, B4 7XG (report to Level 2) Level 2) Activity start times: Session 1 – 9.30am or Session 2 – 12.30pm on Activity start times: Session 1 – 9.30am or Session 2 – 12.30pm on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays

Birmingham City University’s Built Environment courses prepare you to work Engineering students are based at Millennium Point, a landmark building in in the field, with most of our courses accredited by at least one of the four central Birmingham with well-equipped workshops and laboratories to provide professional bodies for the property and construction sector. a link between theoretical learning and practice. Our strong links with employers allow you to apply what you learn in a All of our Engineering courses are professionally accredited by either the practical context through work placement opportunities. We offer part-time Institution of Engineering and Technology or the Institution of Mechanical placements with Mott MacDonald and other major firms throughout the Engineers, to help you become an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer after academic year. graduation. Our campus is adjacent to the proposed HS2 terminus; many of our live team We enjoy strong academic and research links with business and industry, such projects involve working with Birmingham City Council and construction firms, as Morgan Motor Company, Westfield Sportscars and Aquila Racing Cars, and as part of the Professional Practice modules, to help deliver elements of this also work with globally respected technology partners. major construction and regeneration project. You will benefit from the first-hand industry experience of our academic staff. PLEASE NOTE: As an applicant to a Built Environment course, you will need to attend an applicant visit day for a short one-to-one interview before we can confirm your offer to join us. When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following:

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the • Visit the Bioenergy Lab. • Visit our Mechanical Engineering lab. opportunity to do the following: • See how you could be building and competing in your own racing car • Visit our Knowledge-Based • Meet key teaching staff and current • See the new Curzon Building by visiting the workshop where our Engineering (KBE) lab. students to learn about life as part constructed by our partner, Formula Student and iRacer cars of our academic community. Wilmott Dixon, and discuss how are built. • For electronic engineering, there your intended profession might will be practical sessions on • Visit our Computer Aided Design contribute to designing, costing, • Get an introduction to the electronic circuits and systems and (CAD), Building Information constructing and maintaining this Computer-Aided Design (CAD) labs demonstrations of practical work Modelling (BIM) and Computer and other development projects. and design studios. such as the construction of circuits. Assisted Taking Off (CATO) lab, commonly referred to as “The • View examples of the coursework • Get an overview of our Office”. This environment offers you projects you will undertake and simulation tools. an individual/group environment technologies you will use during to work on all aspects of design, your course; your Applicant Visit programming and measurement, Day is a chance to understand the using the latest professional huge range of ways you’ll study and software. be assessed.

12 13 SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY – Computing

Location: Millennium Point, City Centre Campus, B4 7XG (report to Level 2) Activity start times: Session 1 – 9.30am or Session 2 – 1pm on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays

Computing students are based at Millennium Point, a landmark building in central Birmingham with well-equipped workshops and laboratories to provide a link between theoretical learning and practice. Many of our courses are accredited by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), paving the way for you to become qualified as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer. The Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment is a Cisco Academy Support Centre and instructor training centre, supporting the global Cisco Academy programme, as well as being a leading academy for Microsoft. You will benefit from the first-hand industry experience of our academic staff. PLEASE NOTE: As an applicant to a Forensic Computing or Computer Games Technology course, you will need to attend an applicant visit day for a short one- to-one interview before we can confirm your offer to join us.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • For Forensic Computing, you can • You will also have a tour of the view demonstrations of mobile School including our project, games phone forensics, hard drive and PC laboratories. diagnostics and face recognition. • For Computer Networks, demonstrations will include racks with routers, switches and hubs, and a Packet Tracer/OPNET simulator demo.

14 15 SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY – SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Digital Technology Location: Attwood building, City North Campus, B42 2SU Location: Millennium Point, City Centre Campus, B4 7XG (report to Activity start time: 1pm on Wednesdays Level 2) The School of Education is one of the country’s leading providers of education Activity start times: Session 1 – 9.30am or Session 2 – 12.30pm on and teacher teaching and enjoys an enviable reputation for delivering the Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays. highest quality courses.

Birmingham City University’s Digital Technology courses offer access to We offer a range of courses that explore children and childhood in advanced teaching facilities, including our new Media Centre at The Parkside contemporary society. These courses are designed to prepare you for a Building on the City Centre Campus. The Centre is equipped with the latest number of careers relating to babies, children and young people. industry-standard equipment, including five TV studios (plus a MILO ‘green screen’ studio), all operating industry-standard tapeless digital workflow. When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the Further studios within Millennium Point and the Conservatoire are used for opportunity to do the following: live sound and studio recording delivery on our specialist sound courses. • You will receive an overview of Children and Integrated Our teaching staff comprise of specialists in their respective fields, including the course, the module content, Professional Care academics and industry professionals, all of whom are perfectly placed to learning opportunities and offer a wealth of experience and knowledge. You will also benefit from access assessment strategies. • Take part in a taster session, where to high-profile guest speakers from across the industry. you will examine a case study • Find out more about your future exploring children, families and Our courses focus on the technical aspects of media and sound engineering employment opportunities with a integrated professional care, giving for production giving a wide range of opportunities for employment within the question and answer session with you an idea of the type of work you creative industries. the Programme Director. will be involved with on the course. Early Childhood Studies • A second workshop on When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the Contemporary Issues will consist of • Take part in a practical workshop, opportunity to do the following: a discussion with current students Exploring Perceptions of Childhood, on issues facing staff in this field. • Tour professional, industry- • Have an informal one-to-one which will give you a taster of the standard facilities, which include meeting with one of our lecturers to sort of work you will be involved sound recording studios, and our find out more about our courses and with on the course. electronic and specialist computing what they can offer you. • Find out more about placements laboratories. by hearing from current students about their experiences, and how they have helped them to put theory into practice.

16 17 SCHOOL OF ENGLISH

Location: The Curzon Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Activity start times: 10am on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays

Study one of our flexible programmes at the School of English and you can enjoy the inspiring tuition and support of internationally and nationally renowned experts and writers. The University is an important research centre in linguistics, and the latest assessment from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014 rated over three quarters of research in the School of English as either ‘internationally recognised’ (3*) or ‘world-leading’ (4*). You’re supported by a richly stocked library, the electronic resources of which give you access to every printed book published in the UK between 1470 and 1800. Our online learning environment, Moodle, offers the perfect platform to conveniently source, collate, refine and present the richness of information at your fingertips.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • Gain an insight into all four strands • Produce a short piece of creative of our English degrees, all of which writing. you will be able to sample in your first year. • Take part in a structured activity looking at how language works. • Gain an insight into literature by reading a short text and interpreting • Take part in a warm-up exercise in it, followed by a discussion. the Drama Studio.

18 19 SCHOOL OF FASHION AND TEXTILES INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Location: The Parkside Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Location: The Parkside Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Activity start times: Various start times. Interview required for all Activity start time: 10am on Saturdays courses – visit www.bcu.ac.uk/mysrs for more details. The New Technology Institute, part of Birmingham School of Media, is located Based at The Parkside Building, part of our City Centre Campus, the School of in University House, part of the City Centre Campus. Teaching takes place Fashion and Textiles provides extensive workshop space and the very latest in in our modern production studio, where you’ll be provided with studio space industry-standard equipment. You’ll get to use a range of facilities, including to complete projects and a laptop with all the software you’ll need for the editing and animation suites, print facilities, and traditional and computerised duration of the course. looms. Our teaching staff have a wealth of experience in the interactive entertainment If you’re hoping to study one of our Fashion courses, you’ll have the opportunity industry, having worked with game developers such as Free Radical Design, to showcase your work at Graduate Fashion Week in London, the world’s Codemasters, Freestyle Games and EA Games, as well as leading industry leading event for fashion graduates. There is also the chance to gain work companies such as the BBC, ITV, Diageo, Samsung and WPP. In addition, experience with a range of impressive organisations, such as Burberry, Programme Director Zuby Ahmed founded his own company, Smash Mouth Abercrombie and Fitch, Next, Paul Smith and Ted Baker. Games. This makes them perfectly placed to offer you a wealth of experience and knowledge. If you’re thinking of studying Textiles, you also have regular opportunities to showcase to and engage with industry through exhibitions, such as New This course is a unique opportunity to gain a degree in just two years while Designers in London, and the annual trend pavilions which are shown at a gaining the experience needed to fill the skills gap in the emerging worlds of number of national venues. digital, mobile, social media and entertainment. You will work both within your discipline and across different fields on real-world projects for well-known We have a diverse team of lecturers, all with high-end industry experience, companies and organisations, ensuring you are highly employable by the end skills and knowledge. They will ensure you develop industry-focused and of your course. commercially-aware attributes that will increase your employability and outlook. We also welcome visiting tutors who are successful designers and makers. When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for all courses within the School of Fashion and Textiles will attend a one-to-one interview during the Applicant Visit Day as a • Attend a presentation which gives • Have a one-to-one meeting with a mandatory part of the application process. Details will be sent to you via email. more detail about the Interactive New Technology Institute lecturer Entertainment courses. who will interview you (you will also need to bring along some of your When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the • Take part in a group task. work in preparation for this). opportunity to do the following: • Tour our professional industry- • Have a one-to-one interview with a standard facilities, which include tutor to discuss your portfolio and the Digital Visualisation Hub. your career aspirations. • Meet staff and students, ask questions and find out more about how the course works in practice.

20 21 SCHOOL OF JEWELLERY

Location: School of Jewellery, Vittoria Street, B1 3PA Activity start times: Various start times. Interview required for all courses – visit www.bcu.ac.uk/mysrs for more details.

Recently celebrating its 125th anniversary, the School of Jewellery has a long history of producing highly-skilled graduates in three specialist disciplines, who have progressed into employment as designers, jewellers, horologists and gemmologists with leading jewellery names including Cartier, Swatch and Tag Heuer. The jewellery and watch industry provides diverse career prospects within the areas of design, manufacturing, retail, restoration and curatorial practice. We will prepare you for a successful career across a broad spectrum of opportunities within the industry. You’ll be encouraged to develop your own style, and will use various techniques, from freehand drawing and traditional bench skills to working with Computer Aided Design software and hi-tech industry equipment, to gain a comprehensive understanding. The School of Jewellery’s facilities include studio workshops, which incorporate conventional cut-out work benches with gas torches, while our process workshops have machines and equipment for a variety of manufacturing techniques. The Gemmology department of the School has moved into a fully equipped, purpose built area within the new Assay Office which provides an ideal location for students to engage with their specialist laboratory facility for analysis and valuation of gemstones. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for all courses within the School of Jewellery will attend a one-to-one interview during the Applicant Visit Day as a mandatory part of the application process. Details will be sent to you via email.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • Tour our professional industry- • Have a one-to-one interview with a standard facilities, ideally located tutor to discuss your portfolio and within Birmingham’s landmark your career aspirations. Jewellery Quarter. • Meet staff and students, ask questions and find out more about how the course works in practice.

22 23 SCHOOL OF LAW BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF MEDIA

Location: The Curzon Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Location: The Parkside Building, City Centre Campus , B4 7BD Activity start times: 10am on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays Activity start times: Session 1 – 10am or Session 2 – 12pm on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays The School of Law has been at the forefront of innovative law teaching for more than 40 years. Birmingham School of Media is located in our impressive media centre at The Parkside Building on the City Centre Campus. It is equipped with the latest Our two replica courtrooms and Virtual Solicitors’ Office give you the industry-standard equipment, with four TV studios (including our MILO ‘green opportunity to experience real-world situations as part of your studies. We screen’ studio) all operating industry-standard tapeless digital workflow. run the UK’s largest law student internship programme to the USA, and the Legal Advice and Representation Unit (LARU) provides law students with the Our teaching staff comprises specialists in their respective fields, including opportunity to work in the offices of local Citizens Advice Bureaux or other academics and industry professionals, all of whom are perfectly placed to legal service providers, handling real legal cases under supervision. offer a wealth of experience and knowledge. You will also have access to high- profile guest speakers from across the industry. We enjoy a strong track record in both regional and international mooting competitions, with students from the Mooting Society previously reaching five A number of our courses are accredited by Creative Skillset on the strength of finals in the past six years. ‘Mooting’ is when students take part in a mock legal our professional capability and work with the media industry. hearing, playing the role of counsel and presenting verbal arguments on one or more points of law before a judge. Courses at Birmingham School of Media focus on the creative aspects of media production and provide the opportunity to collaborate with students on our All new starters joining the LLB (Hons) course are given one year’s student technical media courses, which are run by the School of Computing and Digital membership with Birmingham Law Society. Technology.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: opportunity to do the following: • Meet our current students who • Get involved in an interactive • Tour our professional, industry- • Meet staff and students, ask will tell you about our course, our seminar where you will be given standard facilities which include questions and find out more about mooting society, our international an opportunity to work alongside four broadcast-ready TV studios, how the course works in practice. opportunities and life as a student current students and staff, giving six radio studios and a suite of in our School of Law. you a feel of how it is to study in a photography studios. • Take part in a one-to-one meeting small group session. with a Birmingham School of • Experience a mock lecture on a • View a presentation which provides Media lecturer (we will ask you to contemporary legal issue. • Get involved in a question and details of the BA (Hons) Media and bring along some of your work in answer session with staff and Communication course, as well as preparation for this). • Get a practical insight into our current students. the specialist pathways in Event and courses by taking part in a mock Exhibition Industries, Journalism, hearing in one of our replica Music Industries, New Media, Media courtrooms. Photography, Public Relations, Radio and TV.

24 25 SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Location: The Curzon Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Activity start times: 10am on Saturdays, 1pm on Wednesdays

The School of Social Sciences provides a stimulating and progressive environment for the study of Criminology, Psychology and Sociology. The school offers a wide range of full-time, part-time and professionally accredited courses awarded by the British Psychological Society. We are the only university in the UK to hold an annual debate with a high- security prison, HMP Grendon – providing students with a rare and unique insight into the British criminal justice system. Students will also learn first- hand from inspiring visiting professionals and a vibrant, research-led teaching community.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • Have an introduction to the course, Criminology find out what you will learn and discover what careers your degree • Gain an insight into the world of could lead you to. criminology by attending a mock lecture. • Take part in a question and answer session with staff and current • Attend a ‘pathway workshop’ students. alongside current students to explore interesting topics in your • See our new teaching facility, The chosen subject area. Curzon Building, located at our City Centre Campus. Sociology Psychology • Find out about the different sociology routeways including • Get a taste of psychology by Erasmus and placement listening to an exciting mock opportunities, and our range of lecture. Sociology modules. • Get involved in interactive activities • Take part in Sociological allowing you to meet and work Imagination, an interactive teaching alongside other prospective session with a member of Sociology students and current staff, giving staff. you a feel of what it is like to study in small groups.

26 27 SCHOOL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Location: The Parkside Building, City Centre Campus, B4 7BD Activity start times: Various start times. Interview required for all courses – visit www.bcu.ac.uk/mysrs for more details.

At the School of Visual Communication, our degree courses give you the opportunity to develop the skills and aptitudes that you’ll need to succeed in today’s fast-paced creative industries. Our degrees allow you to specialise while still experiencing the wider spectrum of visual communication subjects. You’ll be based in The Parkside Building, part of our City Centre Campus, a creative learning environment that boasts an exo-skeleton-based motion capture system, an external tracking motion capture facility, digital print centres and our Hollywood-standard MILO unit. All of our academic staff engage in research and professional practice, and will offer years of industry experience and insight. You will also enjoy engagement with many of our industry partnerships, including McCann Erickson, Live Nation and the Association of Illustrators. With nearly 6,000 of our 23,500 students enrolled in creative and cultural courses, we are one of Britain’s leading providers of graduate talent to these industries. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for all courses within the School of Visual Communication will attend a one-to-one interview during the Applicant Visit Day as a mandatory part of the application process. Details will be sent to you via email.

When you attend an Applicant Visit Day you will have the opportunity to do the following: • Tour our professional industry- how the course works in practice. standard facilities, which include four broadcast-ready TV studios, • Have a one-to-one meeting with a six radio studios and a suite of tutor to discuss your portfolio and photography studios. future career ambitions. • Meet current students, ask questions and find out more about

28 29 About our campuses Our continuing investment into our campuses ensures our students have CITY NORTH CAMPUS access to a fantastic learning environment, with £260 million being invested into improving our facilities. At our City North Campus, a few miles north of the city centre, our Education students benefit from several realistic mock classrooms and contemporary Our most recent development, The Curzon Building, opened its doors in facilities. A new facility, the PGR (Postgraduate Research) Hub, has been September 2015. Part of our City Centre Campus, it forms a new focal point for opened and boasts new equipment such as PCs, laptops, lockers and meeting the University, offering excellent student support facilities and a superb new rooms. The site is also home to our Doug Ellis Sports Centre, which is open to library. students from all faculties and the wider community. We are also investing £41 million into new facilities at our City South Campus, From summer 2015, courses taught by Birmingham City Business School, the with the aim of bringing together our Health, Education and Life Sciences School of Law, the School of Social Sciences and the School of English have courses together into one purpose-built campus. moved from this site to the City Centre Campus. All teaching is due to have been relocated to the City Centre or City South campuses by summer 2017. CITY CENTRE CAMPUS MARGARET STREET (BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF ART) Millennium Point Ideally located in the city centre, next to the city’s museum and art gallery, our Our landmark building is part of one of the largest regeneration zones in the Margaret Street campus is home to Birmingham School of Art. Our facilities UK. It is home to courses from our Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the include light and airy studios, a gallery and installation spaces, allowing you to Built Environment, and includes facilities such as noise and vibration cells, a display your work to audiences. robotic laboratory and fantastic recording facilities, including a vintage mixing desk. Our £4 million purpose-built Birmingham School of Acting features 11 You’ll have access to cutting-edge workshops for wood, metal, plaster, digital studios containing specialist acoustic panelling, sprung floors and a large media and much more. The School also boasts industry-standard resources performance studio regarded as a benchmark for drama training facilities in and equipment, including soldering hearths, polishing machines, lathes and a the UK. specialist fine art library.

The Parkside Building The building itself has won numerous awards for the restoration of its spectacular architecture, which mixes contemporary workspaces with the The Parkside Building is one of our latest facilities, demonstrating our original stained glass windows and mosaic floors. continuing investment. Home to our design and media courses, it’s the perfect place for workshops and teaching spaces, as well as the state-of-the-art centre for the advanced teaching facilities of Birmingham School of Media. VITTORIA STREET (SCHOOL OF JEWELLERY) Facilities include cutting-edge photography studios, four industry-standard Our School of Jewellery, the largest jewellery school in all of Europe, stands TV studios, editing suites and a green screen MILO studio, providing the right at the heart of Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, where much of largest concentration of TV facilities to be found between London and Salford. the jewellery made in Britain today is manufactured. This ensures industry The building is also right on the doorstep of Eastside City Park, providing an contacts and first-hand experience are right on your doorstep. outside space for you to enjoy. The multi-award-winning building is an inspiring place to learn your craft. Housing traditional-style workshops, teaching and exhibition accommodation, The Curzon Building you’ll have access to a specialist library, industry-standard equipment, studio The Curzon Building is the latest cutting-edge facility to join our City Centre workshops and a gemmology laboratory. Campus, and is home to our Business, Law, English and Social Sciences Our airy, light-filled atrium, with floor-to-ceiling windows, also gives you the courses. The £63 million development, which opened its doors in September, chance to see our students honing their skills with the very latest equipment, provides a unique learning space, including a new library, IT and student while our exhibition hall and bookable space provides you with the opportunity support facilities, and lots of informal ‘break out’ areas. Our Students’ Union to display and showcase your work. has also moved to The Curzon Building, now located in the restored Victorian pub, The Eagle and Ball. All of this ensures a greater campus feel and a ‘one stop shop’ for all student needs.

30 31 CITY CENTRE CAMPUS Millennium Point The Parkside Building The Curzon Building City Centre Travel Directions Curzon St 5 Cardigan Street 4 Cardigan St Birmingham B4 7XG Birmingham B4 7BD Birmingham B4 7BD From M40 Oxford and South ROAD T: 0121 331 5000 For satellite navigation systems Turn off on to the M42 and travel W: www.bcu.ac.uk please use B4 7AP north towards the M6. Travel north on the M6 leaving at Junction 6. (Read Our City Centre Campus is easy to directions ‘From M6 South or North- get to from all main routes into the M6 West’). 7 TOLL TO EAST = One way only city – simply follow the brown tourist TO MANCHESTER M6 MIDLANDS M6 (J6) & NORTH WEST M42 signs showing Millennium Point. The 1 A34 6 = Underpass From M42 East Midlands A41 A38M nearest motorways are the M6, M5, BIRMINGHAM M6 2 CITY CENTRE = Flyover M40 and M42. Join the M6 heading towards M5 TO LONDON A456 A45 6 A38(M) x = No right turn Birmingham Central and leave the M6 CITY CENTRE 3 CAMPUS A34 From M6 South or North-West at Junction 6. (Read directions ’From M42 DARTMOUTH Aston Expressway = No through road 4 N CIRCUS M6 South or North-West’). M42 3 TO Leave the M6 at Junction 6 and M5 OXFORD TO BRISTOL & M42 follow the A38(M). Follow signs to SOUTH WEST M40 A4540

‘City centre, Bromsgrove (A38)’. RAIL Matalan DARTMOUTH MIDDLEWAY t e e r Keep to the left and take the second t CHURCH COACH STATION S Mill exit (signposted ‘Ring Road’) Millennium Point is situated about A38 Waterlinks P PARKING HOSPITAL

A up to Dartmouth Circus. At this 15 minutes from Birmingham New s SHOPPING BIRMINGHAM CITY t o UNIVERSITY SITE n Love Ln roundabout, take the first exit. Travel Street station where there is a TRAIN STATION R o ASTON Gt Lister St a down the A4540 and at the next regular train service to and from all M6 (J7) d SCIENCE Holt St PARK roundabout turn right down Jennens parts of the country. Trains run every Walsall and A34 Road. Follow the signs for the NCP half hour from London Euston – the City North Lister St Holt St Millennium Point car park. journey time is approximately 100 Campus A4540 M6 (J5) Fire Woodcock Street minutes. Follow directions from New LANCASTER CORPORATION STREET A41 Station NECHELLS PARKWAY Street station to Moor Street station. CIRCUS Coleshill, From M5 South-West James Watt Qwy St. Chads Street Castle Bromwich Continue along Jennens Road and & Star City M5 (J1) Leave the M5 at Junction 3 and Millennium Point will be on your right Aston Children’s LAWLEY travel towards Birmingham city Hospital Howe vhand side. St centre along the A456 (Hagley P Victoria Law P B4132 Road) for five miles to the Five Ways ColmoreCourts COLESHILL STREET roundabout. Keep in the outside lane Walking route from Moor Street BT Livery Street Tower Circus JENNENS ROAD A47 and go under the roundabout into station P NEWTON ST Street MIDDLEWAY CORPORATION ST Broad Street using the underpass. Bull St P Grosvenor Grosvenor P Exit the main entrance of the train SNOW HILL Priory QwyEnd At the large roundabout (Paradise A457 STATION CURZON STREET station and turn right. Continue along GT CHARLES QUEENSWAY M42/M40 Circus), take the second exit (Great Bull St Millennium Dale P A4540 School of Art A Point Jennens Road and Millennium Point P l A b R e Charles Queensway). Go through one rt UNIVERSITY NEC, A45 A S t D HOUSE

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