**This course embraces a full range of disciplines, allowing you to work in the materials and methods of your choice, including: drawing, painting, printmaking, illustration, photography, installation, photography, installation, intervention, performance and digital technologies. This Foundation Degree is awarded by our chief university partner: Nottingham Trent University.** **About the course** You will develop your creativity through projects that stimulate and challenge, while allowing the time and space to develop your work. Alongside practical workshops and personal studio work, you will develop your own creative practices with an academic understanding of both historical and contemporary ideas and issues. On this multidisciplinary course, we'll teach you some of the skills and knowledge required to carve out a career as a practising artist or gain employment in a variety of arts-related jobs. During the course, there will be opportunities to explore professional practice through gallery visits and contacts with artists. You'll also take part in an exciting live external group project, gaining a real world perspective on working with clients and on exhibiting. The course culminates in a final exhibition showcasing studio practice. Our dedicated tutors are highly-experienced educators and practicing fine artists with national reputations for excellence in their field. We'll encourage you to work in the materials and methods of your choice including: - drawing - painting - printmaking - illustration - photography - installation - intervention - performance - sculpture - ceramics - photography Business and entrepreneurial studies will include: - self-promotion strategies - presenting your work to others - exploring how to exhibit and be shown as an artist in traditional and non-traditional art spaces - how to organise exhibitions - the scope for applying for potential funding/grants - looking at how the law can affect visual artists - professional practice - looking at how others exist in the fine art field **Assessment** Assessment is continuous throughout the course. Work is organised into practical and written projects. These are then graded and fed back to students with written and verbal feedback. The course culminates in a final exhibition. There are no exams. **Bursaries** We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2022-23 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information. **Your career and progression** After the Foundation Degree, you could progress onto our BA (Hons) Art and Design or BA (Hons Digital Media Design top-up degrees. Alternatively, you could progress to the second or third year of the BA (Hons) Fine Art course at Nottingham Trent University (our validating institution) or another university of your choice. This degree can open up a wide range of careers within the creative arts' industries such as freelance illustrator/artist or community artist. There is also scope for finding work in various creative institutions and other public agencies.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: WW16

Institution code: N30

Campus Name: City (Adams)

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

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Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	5.5	An overall band score of 5.5; with no individual component less than 5.0.

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 73%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

Go onto work and study: 0%

EU	8250.0	Year 1
England	8250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	8250.0	Year 1
Scotland	8250.0	Year 1
Wales	8250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	8250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	8250.0	Year 1

Students are advised to contact their own national student finance service for up-to-date information concerning potential financial support. Applicants who are permanently resident outside the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Republic of Ireland are advised to contact the College's International Office before submitting an application at: international@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk Any additional costs or fees are shown on the UCAS page for each individual course.

City Campus, The Adams Building
Stoney Street
The Lace Market
Nottingham
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