The document provides an introduction to art and design courses offered at the University of Brighton, outlining key details about the university, various degree programs, admissions process, and student experience. It discusses the university's long tradition in art education, variety of degree programs in areas like fine art, design, fashion, and photography. Selection is based on portfolio review and interviews in March-April. The student experience includes cultural opportunities in Brighton and financial support options for tuition and living expenses.

1. Introduction to art and design
courses at the University of Brighton
Penny Edwards
Student Recruitment Manager

2. Presentation outline
• Introduction to the University and the Faculty of Arts and Media
• Courses delivered at Grand Parade campus
• Admissions and selection process
• Portfolios and interviews
• Student funding and tuition fees
• Accommodation for students in Brighton

3. The University
• Long tradition of delivering HE – providing art education for 150 years
• Benefits of large university (22,000 students)
• split-campuses deliver a personal experience
• Professional approach provides work-related context
• Career Planning Agreement and Personal Development Planning encourage
students to take responsibility for own learning pathway
• Recognised as rising „research star‟ following 2008 RAE results – art
and design research rated amongst strongest in the country
• Financially stable
• 16th most applied to university in the UK in 2012 – average of 7
applicants per place

4. The Faculty in Brighton
• Academic community with international reputation
• Alumni
• Archives:
• Design Archives include: Design Council Archive/FHK Henrion
Archive/International Council of Graphic Design Associations
(ICOGRADA)
• Screen Archive South East
• Students/graduates regularly win awards/competitions e.g.
• MacMillan Book Prize (Illustration); Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story
Prize (Illustration); British book Design and Production Awards (Graphic
Design) National Mercury Art Prize (Fine Art Painting); Jerwood
Photography Awards, Guardian Student Media Awards, Independent
Photographers Terry O‟Neill Awards

5. Courses covered today:
• Three year BA (Hons)/Four year MDes: option of
undertaking course with work placement(s) resulting in an
integrated masters-level qualification.
• Design and Craft
• Design Futures
• Fashion and Textiles
• Graphic Design and Illustration
• Three Year BA(Hons)
• Fine Art – CFAP and Painting, Printmaking or Sculpture
• Performance and Visual Art
• Photography and Moving Image
• Digital Music and Sound Arts
• Cultural and Critical Studies modules

6. Design and Craft
• Dedicated studios and workshops in wood, metal, ceramics and
plastics, and CAD/CAM facilities as laboratories for creative
research and „hands-on‟ experimentation in a wide range of
materials, techniques and processes and across a diversity of
scales and object types.
• Bespoke, batch and mass manufacture
• Product, sustainable or furniture design, jewellery, ceramics or
applied art installations – students supported to develop creative
and professional skills in their chosen direction
• Experiences and projects that enable exploration and skill
development in a broad range of subjects and themes that relate to
high level current research and practice in the broad fields of
design, craft, materials or applied arts.
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7. Design and Craft
• Practice informed by contemporary issues such as
environmental concerns, social well-being and design values.
• Professional Practice - key aspect of the course enabling students to place
their work within a broad range of professional contexts
• Career opportunities: Furniture design; architectural practices; film and
television production; trend predictions and styling; exhibition design; sustainability
consultancy; product design; advertising; interior and retail design; Establish own
workshop (e.g.graduates have exhibited at: The V & A; Crafts Council and The
Scottish Gallery); designers in established companies e.g. Royal Stafford and Poole
Pottery; film set designers; technical assistants to sculptors (e.g. Anthony Gormley and
Richard Wentworth); curators
• Recent employers: Tom Dixon; Antony Gormley; Nike; Anish Kapoor; Donna
Karen; Jason Bruges; Levis; Adidas; Paul Smith; Yamaha; BBC; Virgin; Pinewood
Studios; Warner Brothers; Disney; The V & A, Science and Natural History museums

8. Design Futures
• Interdisciplinary programme
• Emphasises the value of designers‟ partnerships with industry,
society and research
• Students will develop design skills ranging from spatial and
architectural design to graphic and 3D design and will combine a
knowledge of materials and making with an understanding of how
narrative and descriptive practices can generate and communicate
design ideas.
• We expect graduates to play a professional role in those new
creative industries that require multidisciplinary thinkers for
increasingly hybrid practices

9. Digital Music and Sound Arts
• Considers the employment of sound across a wide spectrum of
aesthetic forms and in diverse technological media. Students gain a
strong foundation in sound practice, including an understanding of
acoustics, studio technique, sound design, sound diffusion, audio
production, new media applications and interactivity.
• Combines practical experimentation with theoretical reflection and
contextual research.
• Three main areas of study:
• Sound for the Moving Image –screen-based sound and music (sound design and
musical composition) for film, video, games, internet and television.
• Sound Art –sound in relation to other art forms, such as sculpture, installation art,
photography, architecture, performance art, environmental art and radiophonics.
• Sound & New Media – covering sound and music in the context of the new content
afforded by the digital media, such as generative composition or interface design, in
areas such as computer games, the internet, and apps for mobile media.

10. Fashion and Textiles
• Professional experience – UK or worldwide
• All courses develop knowledge of fashion
design process, fashion history, market
awareness, fashion presentation and
communication and professional practice
• Aim to produce graduates with fresh ways of
thinking – appropriate to 21st Century design
• Graduates employed in prestigious fashion
houses e.g. Max Mara; Chloe: Balenciagga,
Burberry and H&M.
• Alumni: Emma Cook, Ophelia Fancy, Julian
MacDonald and Eley Kishimoto – established own
companies/Fashion Houses and Design labels

11. Fashion
• Prepares for work in the Fashion Industry, by building skills to deliver
professional design ideas for clothing with knowledge and
experience of garment construction aimed at specific markets.
• Introduction to the technical skills of fashion design, including pattern
cutting, draping and garment manufacture.
• Design projects for appropriate fashion markets.
• Opportunity to design, develop and produce a fully realised capsule
fashion collection together with a supporting professional portfolio.
This will respond to a particular market that the student determines
at the beginning of the final year of study.
• Career Opportunities: designers, buyers, merchandisers, trend
predictors, stylists and retail managers, as well as journalism and
media and also academics, researchers and educators.

12. Textiles
• Introduction to knit, print & weave
• Specialisation to fully explore media and materials, textile design,
construction and fabric realisation for fashion
• Design projects aimed at appropriate market sectors
• Students develop a textiles sample collection and professional
portfolio in chosen textiles specialism
• Career opportunities: Designers; buyers; merchandisers; trend
predictors; stylists and retail managers. Also opportunities within media
and journalism

13. Fine Art
• Constitutes overlapping practices and disciplines
• Traditional approach: maintained a secure base in particular fine
art disciplines e.g. painting, sculpture, printmaking, critical
theory/expanded media.
• Approach complemented by broad and specialist historical and
critical study

14. Fine Art Critical Practice
• Places equal emphasis on theory and arts practice
• Considers the role of the curator in moving work into the public
realm
• Encourages the use of a wide range of media. Time-based, lens-
based and digital work (video, sound, performance, photography,
computer graphics) feature strongly, along with new media, eg
Facebook, Twitter and Video-sharing websites. Students also
have opportunity to make objects, texts, installations and paintings
• Practice is related to critical theory via regular lectures, seminars,
group critiques and film and video screenings, covering areas such
as identity, politics and representation in contemporary culture
• Career opportunities: Practicing artist (e.g Keith Tyson – Turner
Prize winner 2002; Helen Chadwick; Ivan Morrison and Harold
Offeh); curating and new media; arts administration; community art;
teaching

15. Fine Art – Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture
• Studio practice; Methods and Materials;
Exhibition and Presentation skills; Historical
and Critical Studies
• Emphasises the specialist nature, promotes a
broad definition and consider what constitutes
or challenges the notion of chosen discipline
• Year 2 – opportunity for exchange in Europe,
America or Japan
• Career Opportunities: Majority of graduates
are employed part-time and working freelance.
A high percentage go onto postgraduate study

16. Graphic Design and Illustration
• Cross-disciplinary approach to teaching: Life-drawing; printmaking;
computing for image-making; letterforms, word and image;
photography; book arts; live briefs, e.g. analogue and digital animation,
letterpress, web design, screen-based graphics, video editing and
production; Cultural and Critical Studies.
• Introduces key concepts of sequential communication and explores
creative industries through professional development programme
• In final year students work on set and self-initiated projects,
prestigious competition briefs and live industry projects

17. Graphic Design and Illustration
• Career opportunities:
• Graphic Design: Design consultancies; advertising; publishing; any
company that employers graphic designers
• Illustration: Freelance practitioners; newspaper and publishing
industries; exhibiting artist
• Recent employers: Apple, The Royal Mint, BBC, Macmillan,
Becks and Channel 4

18. Photography
• Aims to develop practitioners who can formulate new visual
languages that effectively represent the world today
• Experimental, creative and critical environment which
acknowledges the diverse spaces that the medium now occupies
in contemporary culture
• Technical workshops in camera use, lighting, black and white and
colour printing and digital processes to develop practical skills
• Practice-based projects
• Guest presenters: practicing photographers, writers or other
professionals concerned with commissioning, publishing or
exhibiting photography
• Career opportunities: Freelance photographic practice, curating,
education, exhibiting, publishing, picture research and editing

19. Moving Image
• New technologies have transformed the
relationships between traditional film, video and
digital formats – offering new opportunities for
experimentation
• Visiting artist and guest lecturer talks
• Technical workshops and a screening
programme
• Moving Image explored in relation to: identity,
Place, Fictions, documentary, sound,
photography
• Expect graduates to find employment as
filmmakers, artists and curators, as well as in
the wider media industries

20. Performance and Visual Art
• Three pathways combining visual art practice with dance,
music or theatre
• Focuses on the development of the individual within structure
which encourages cross-disciplinary and collaborative work.
• Usual to specialise in one area, but can integrate subjects
• Theatre: produce live art performance, video, site-specific work, installations and write
and direct theatre
• Dance: focuses on the body as a site and language of investigation and expression
• Music: creative alliances between music, sound and art performance. Experiments with
inter-changeability of sound and sight to make visible forms audible and audible forms visible
• Career opportunities: Performance and live art practitioners, visual artists,
musicians, composers, choreographers, film-makers, producers, directors and movement
researchers

21. Additional Features
• Historical Context
• Exhibitions
• Crits
• Placements
• Career Development
• Field Trips
• Facilities
• Exchange Programmes
• Extra Curricular or Inter Curricular opportunity

22. Entry requirements
• Majority of students admitted with specialist art preparation course,
eg Foundation year (pass) or BTEC National Diploma (DDM)
• A-level/IB applicants will be considered if they have a strong portfolio
– offers at ABB/34 IB points
• “We consider the one-year Art & Design Foundation Diploma as a
vital stepping stone into higher education…it is a diagnostic year,
introducing students to a wide range of practical skills within art &
design and relevant theory.” University of Brighton 2013
 Portfolio builder
 Direct access to expert tutors
 Critical, self reflective approach
 Variety of subjects – decisions about specialism at degree level
 FE/HE environment
 Subsidised materials
 Wider range of equipment
 Generating contacts
 Organisational skills

23. Course 2012
applications
2013
applications
Target No.
Architecture 654 682 98
Interior Architecture 267 249 45
Fine Art Critical Practice 91 126 21
Fine Art - Painting 307 389 30
Fine Art - Printmaking 67 75 23
Fine Art - Sculpture 92 97 23
Design and Craft 184 183 53
Fashion Design with
Business Studies
410 381 39
Textile Design with Business
Studies
157 170 40
Graphic Design 819 796 52
Illustration 740 830 52
PAVA - Dance 35 40 7
PAVA – Theatre 110 59 12
Music & Visual Art 33 32 13
Digital Music & Sound Arts 114 110 27
Photography 672 633 50
Moving Image 83 36 12
Admissions
Statistics
UCAS
application
deadline
15th of January
Final decisions
(encouraged)
31st March
Deadline for
decisions
9th May

24. 2014 admissions process
• Digital Music and Sound Arts and PAVA:
• Selection for audition/Interview and portfolio review from UCAS form.
• Performance and visual art qualifications
• ABRSM grade 7 or equivalent
• Other courses:
• Preview of work prior to interview:
 CD or photo-sharing websites, e..g. Flickr or youtube for Moving Image
 15 – 20 images
• Interview:
• March - April
• 2 academic tutors + (for some disciplines) one 2nd year student
• Deadline for decisions to applicants: May 2014

25. Pre-Selection Process
• CD or photosharing Websites
such as Flickr, Youtube
• Usually asked to upload 15-20
images
• Chronological order
• Film and video stills
• Students must label clearly

26. Portfolio & Showreel Preparation
• Original Organised hOnest
Key Features:
• Explorative
• Personal
• Developed
• Transitional
• Inventive
• Well prepared
• Broad
• Sequential
• Engaging
Key Items:
• Sketchbooks
• Essay
• DVD‟s
• Titles
• Sizes
• Dates
• Mediums
Do Not:
• Vague
• Random
• Repetitive
• Arrogant
• Silent
• Too specific
Students responsible for Handling fees, booking forms, online registration,
postal costs,
And must check for size and material restrictions

27. Interviews
Interview panel looking for:
• Passion - about own and other‟s work
• Enthusiasm - about the course and content
• Knowledge - of own work and art historical context
• End of February – Mid April (6-7weeks)
• Panel of two to three people,
• sometimes with a student.
• Portfolio is usually present.
• 20mins.

28. The Brighton Student experience
• Cultural and creative environment
 Partnerships with Brighton‟s international
festivals
 Vibrant and cosmopolitan
• student friendly/laid back atmosphere – the city is
the students‟ union
• something for everyone
• Excellent opportunities for part-time work

29. Student funding and fee arrangements: key facts
• Tuition fees do not have to be paid up front whilst studying, full or
part-time
• Tuition fees and maintenance loans available – repayments based
on what students earn, not what they owe
• Maintenance grants up to £3,354 will be available - £25,001 -
£42,611 – partial grant
• Disabled Student Allowance
• Additional help available for students in specific circumstances
• Further financial help from the University of Brighton through our
range of bursaries and the Student Support Fund, in addition to
academic merit and sports scholarships

30. Student type Tuition fee
UK/EU £9,000
Island* £9,000
International £10,500
International lab-based £12,500
Students on placement £750
2013 figures
Tuition fee covers
all mandatory
costs, e.g. field
trips for required
modules but not
costs incurred for
optional modules
and activities
Tuition fees at Brighton
• First-time UK and EU students are eligible for loans to
cover the full cost of their tuition fees whilst they study
• Tuition fees are subject to annual inflationary increase
• *Island students should contact States Finance for
information on grant/loan entitlement

31. Maintenance
grants available
for UK students
with family
income below
£42,611
Living Cost loan
dependent on
income
Max. living at
home: £4,375
Max. Studying
outside London:
£5,500
Max. studying in
London: £7,675
Government funding for full-time UK
undergraduates 2013 entry
Household
income
Living away from home and studying
outside London
Package of support for 2013/14
Maintenance
Loan
Non repayable
Maintenance
Grant
Total
£25,000 or less £3,823 £3,354 £7,177
£30,000 £4,292 £2,416 £6,708
£35,000 £4,761 £1,478 £6,239
£40,000 £5,230 £540 £5,770
£42,600 £5,457 £50 (minimum
grant)
£5,525
£42,875 £5,500 £0 £5,500
£45,000 £5,288 £0 £5,288
£50,000 £4,788 £0 £4,788
£55,000 £4,288 £0 £4,288
£60,000 £3,788 £0 £3,788
Over £62,125 £3,575 £0 £3,575

32. NB: students
from lower
income families
may also be
eligible for
university
bursaries –
maximum cash
payout of £1,000
per year, fee
discounts may
also be available
Examples of possible weekly term-time
income - based on 39 week accommodation
contract period
Household
income
£
25,000
£
30,000
£
40,000
£
50,000
£
62,125
plus
Maintenance
grant
3,354 2,416 540 Nil Nil
Student loan for
maintenance
3,823 4,292 5,230 4,788 3,575
Part-time work
£6.50 x 15 hrs/pw
= £97.50 pw
3,802 3,802 3,802 3,802 3,802
Total 10,979 10,510 9,572 8,590 7,377
Weekly income
39 weeks
281 269 245 220 189

33. Weekly outgoings Living in Halls
£
Living off campus
£
Rent 120 -150 75-115
Utilities 0 8
Phone 2 - 7 2 - 7
TV licence 0-4 4
Contents
insurance
0 2
Food, domestic
items
10-40 30 - 40
Travel 0-15 0-15
Clothing 5 - 10 5 - 10
Laundry 2 - 5 2 - 5
Study materials 5 5
Entertainment 10-100 10-100
Totals £174 - 336 £143-311
Average weekly
cost of living:
Brighton - £210
The cost of living

34. Applying for funding
Student Finance England
• One application to assess eligibility for grants, loans and university
bursaries
• Student Passport Number for identification
• – Household income confirmation - NI number and income identified on
last P60
• Apply spring of entry year – one of 5 choices if not yet firm
• Deadline – end of May to guarantee money available for start of
term
Enrol in person at beginning of autumn term
• University confirms that student has enrolled
• Money transferred to student bank account by BACS
• Paid in termly instalments

35. Student loans DO
NOT go on credit
files
Rate of interest:
• RPI plus 3%
whilst studying
• RPI under
£21,000
• RPI plus up to
3% between
£21,000 and
£41,000
• RPI plus 3%
above
£41,000
Debt cleared after
30 years
Early repayments
- no penalties
Repayments
Annual
Income
Before Tax
Graduates, Current &
11-12 entrants
2012-13 entrants
Annual Monthly Annual Monthly
£15,000 £0 £0 £0 £0
£16,000 £90 £7.50 £0 £0
£21,000 £540 £45 £0 £0
£22,000 £630 £52.50 £90 £7.50
£24,000 £810 £67.50 £270 £22.50
£30,000 £1,350 £112.50 £810 £67.50
£35,000 £1,800 £150 £1,260 £105
£40,000 £2,250 £187.50 £1,710 £142.50
£45,000 £2,700 £225 £2,160 £180
£50,000 £3,150 £262.50 £2,610 £217.50
Source: National Association of Student Money Advisers

36. Accommodation
Service
Provides students
with advice and
support whatever
their accommodation
choices
•Halls of residence
•UniHomes
•Private Sector

37. Halls of
residence in four
Brighton
locations

38. Halls of Residence in Brighton
• 4 halls in sites across the city
• Over 1600 rooms in Brighton– 700 catered
• Wardens at Varley, Phoenix and Moulsecoomb Place
• 24 hour staff cover at Falmer
• 2013 entry rents range from £120 - £159 per week
• Phoenix Halls – self-catered:- £135
• Varley Park: – self-catered, shared bathroom: £120; catered, en-suite:
£159
• 39 week contract (except Great Wilkins – 50 weeks also available)
• Free insurance, communal laundry facilities
• Free internet access

39. Applying for halls
• Application packs sent out to all offer holders
Halls allocation policy
• Guaranteed offers for students with certain disabilities
and medical conditions
• To be eligible for consideration for halls, first years
should
• Apply to the university by the UCAS deadline
• Make Brighton their firm choice
• Apply for halls by the deadline – 20 June
• Demand outstrips supply, halls places can not be
guaranteed
• Places are allocated in the summer

40. Living in the private sector
• House hunting events organised by the Accommodation team in
August and September
• Facebook or Studentpad database of university-registered
landlords
• Unihomes – Over 200 rooms available - private rented
accommodation managed by the university.
• Advice and assistance from the accommodation office
• Typical Brighton rents - £85 - £95 per week, plentiful student
housing

41. Useful websites
• www.brighton.ac.uk
• www.brighton.ac.uk/accommodation
• yourstudentpad.co.uk
• www.gov.uk/studentfinance
• www.gov.uk/studentfinancecalculator
• bursarymap.gov.uk
• http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/student-loans-
tuition-fees-changes

42. Any questions