The document provides information on 10 different university courses related to stage management, props, and visuals/media. It summarizes the key details of each course such as location, duration, requirements, costs, and provides a brief evaluation of pros and cons. The courses are located in various parts of the UK, including London, Winchester, and Canterbury. Requirements include A-Levels, BTECs, portfolios and interviews. Tuition costs around £9,000-£9,500 per year. Evaluations consider factors like location, entry requirements, course structure and statistics.

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(One course perpage) (4 courses- stage management,3courses- propsand3 courses- visuals)
Stage management
UCAS
Where: university of Winchester
Course: theatre production (arts and management)
Duration: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: first year introduces you to the course and the different roles in theatre; sound
operation, lighting, marketing, management, presentations. Some projects will relate to real
companies and venues. Staff and student performances also take place, with tours.
Requirements: Tariff- 96-112 points, A GCSE A*- C or 9-4 pass in English Language, they
normally look for people who has studied similar courses and a successful interview.
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=0a70aa6a-3b15-cc96-bb6c-
035bd34c35f0&courseOptionId=894392f2-1a10-53c4-8192-1a6dec5e29e3
http://www.winchester.ac.uk/Studyhere/Pages/ba-hons-theatre-production-arts-and-stage-
management.aspx
Evaluation: this course being in Winchester is good for location due to the distance being
short from Ringwood however; it being in Winchester means that there are fewer
connections to theatres in London. The statistics of this can be seen as both good and bad;
80% students agreed they got sufficient guidance and advice, which is go but is being
contradicted by the statistic that 47% students were satisfied overall which shows that this
course may have 100% of students getting into work/ study within 6 months of finishing the
course but it is not a fun course. I feel that there is no point in a course with few
connections and with some boring lessons-, 60% of student’s agree that staff made the
subject interesting.

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UCAS
Where: Royal Central School and Drama, university of London
Course: stage management
Duration: 3 years
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: learn stage management and other specialist knowledge and skills in all aspects of
theatre. Learn how each production role contributes to live performances and teach
students how to work effectively as a stage manager and a conduit between directors and
production teams through rehearsals, live performances, including searching for sets and
props. Work on lots of performances with many different production teams and visiting
professionals.
Requirements: A levels- BBC and Pearson BTEC level 3 National Extended Diploma- DDM
with a good portfolio and a successful interview.
Cost: £9,500 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=3469072b-a317-e654-17dd-
feafe2a2257a&courseOptionId=bc5b077e-974a-0ec6-19c1-5c647325ed98
http://www.cssd.ac.uk/course/stage-management-ba
Evaluation: London, being the location, is an advantage for this university as huge / famous
theatres and job opportunities surround it. However, the location is expensive to live in as
the housing is expensive and the distance from Ringwood would cost lots too. In addition,
another disadvantage is that they do look at A-level results and a Level 3 BTEC diploma,
which may not determine a place in the course but is still needed before the interview and
portfolio review. The course has given opportunities that have allowed students to go on to
become production managers, for example, Sebastian Cannings who graduated in 2016 and
is the assistant production manager for things like ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’.

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UCAS
Where: Rose Bruford College
Course: Stage and Events Management
Duration: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: teaches students how to coordinate a range of disciplines through the production
process. Their aim is to develop students’ passion for live performance and get the skills
needed of a rage of pathways; festival, music event or theatre stage manager.
Requirements: Tariff- 96 points, good portfolio, successful interview and possible audition.
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=b905bada-fe43-c59b-3c44-
b5e29de46f0a&courseOptionId=9d8a7c61-7ccc-25bb-c482-5e3ea84b579c
https://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/stage-management-ba-hons/
Evaluation: This University is situated in London giving the students connections to big
theatres and affordable transport, however the accommodations are extremely expensive
and it is a bit far from Ringwood. The entry requirements are 96 points, which is very
achievable. This university also has specific connections with many professional stage
managers and they come and speak with the students taking the course, which is beneficial
as it allows the students to talk to someone doing the job they aspire to do. The student
opinions of their experiences of this specific course is also successful and reflects the course
perfectly as 100% were in work within six months and 92% were said they got sufficient
guidance and advice, that staff are good at explaining things, that staff made the subject
interesting and were satisfied overall.

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Drama school
Where: LAMDA
Course: FDA production & technical arts: stage and screen
Duration: 2 years
Qualification: FDA qualification (The Foundation Degree is a university-level qualification,equivalentin
level to the firsttwo years of a traditional BAHonours degree course.)
Content: first year consist of introductions of the four core disciplines- stage management,
scenic construction, lighting and sound- and an introduction into the elements involved in
stage and screen production. These classes are: stage management, production
management, prop making, lighting (including design), rigging, sound, set design, scenic
construction, health and safety, first aid, fire safety and AutoCAD (software that allows you to
draw 2D and 3D designs).Year 2- undertake senior production roles on LAMDA shows or film
and radio projects, with two six-week work placements.
Requirements: age 18+ and a successful interview.
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://www.lamda.org.uk/our-courses/all-courses/production-technical-arts-stage-
screen
Evaluation: this course is in London, so travel is far and accommodation is costly, however
there are many connections to huge theatres and names. In addition, this course does not
look at grades, which could be a positive, as they are looking for talent more, or it could be
negative, as the course could be terrible and they are trying to get students in so they do
not stop doing the course. A huge negative to this course is that the audition has a £54 fee,
which if you do not get into the course, you have lost. An advantage to this course, in
contrast to the previous point, is that the number of students in the class is varied through
the timetable: maximum of 30 with some lessons with half/ quarter of them, all of them or
1 on 1. This variation allows students to get lots of supportive, independent and group
working lessons.

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Props
UCAS
Where: Rose Bruford College
Course: Scenic Arts (Construction, Props & Painting)
Duration: 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: learn a range of theatre craft skills; prop making, scenery building, scenic painting,
etc. learn professional knowledge of the technical arts working with traditional and modern
materials. Skills can help you pursue a career in theatre, film, television, museum displays
and themed attractions
Requirements: 96 tariff points, good portfolio, successful interview and possible audition.
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=9fef8593-4c7e-ecb9-7799-
27b261c651da&courseOptionId=617e4e33-d979-2dd2-8800-33c585b92e81
https://www.bruford.ac.uk/courses/stage-management-ba-hons/
Evaluation: This, being in London, has distance away from Ringwood and costly
accommodation negatives, with the positives being the connections to theatres, names and
job opportunities in London. They have lots of visitor from theatres and companies such as
BBC/ITV and the National Theatre. This is beneficial as it allows the students that take to
course to talk and ask questions about what it is like working in a real environment and in
the jobs, the students might be aiming for. In addition, 92% of students that have being on
the course were in work/ study six months after finishing the course.

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UCAS
Where: University of South Wales
Course: TV and Film: Prop Making (Top Up)
Duration: 1 year
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: build and maintain a wide range of practical and technical understanding work
with materials and processes employed within the industry. This includes sculpting, casting,
carpentry and metal fabrication. In addition, there will be topics covering the contextual and
historical knowledge to accompany these materials and processes.
Requirements: nothing needed apart from successfully completed a relevant Foundation
Degree.
Cost: £9,000 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=82a396fe-9628-c00b-fb92-
4be76d37f9b3&courseOptionId=25d7df55-0ec0-1647-17b3-b158edfdc6a6
Evaluation: firstly, the location is terrible, as I would never be able to get there for
Ringwood. In addition, I found this course without a full course or foundation course that
goes with it, at the same university, which is insufficient and difficult as it means students,
would need to go somewhere else before applying for this course.

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UCAS
Where: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Course: Prop Making
Duration: 3 year
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: professional prop making that could aid students with many careers, such as:
theatre, film and television, window displays, model animation, community arts, museum
installation and replication work etc. The skills students would learn on this course will
involve, sculpting skills, casting techniques, welding, polystyrene carving, vacuum forming,
carpentry, life casting, paint finishing and texturing, etc.
Requirements: A level BBC, Pearson BTEC level 3 national extended diploma DDM,
successful interview and portfolio review
Cost: £9,500 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=f5170508-de49-8c5d-ddc5-
50b82ae6c1f1&courseOptionId=3a24707e-0b08-5af3-e530-23cb0ac42603
https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=f5170508-de49-8c5d-ddc5-
50b82ae6c1f1&courseOptionId=3a24707e-0b08-5af3-e530-23cb0ac42603
Evaluation: This being the University of London has travel problems from Ringwood and the
cost of accommodation is high, the advantage of the location is that it is close to the major
theatre and media companies so there would be connections to them. A concern I have with
this course is that most of the websites I’ve looked at have had the same titles of the
statistics at the end of the page, however with this website, for this course there are only 2
of the statistics on their which leads me to questions like- what are the answers to the other
questions?, and how bad is the answers that they didn’t put on there?

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Visuals and media
UCAS
Where: Canterbury Christ Church University
Course: Digital Media
Duration: 3 year
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: During the course, the students learn a range of skills needed for any media or
performance industry: web design, animation, both 2D and 3D, digital imaging, interactive
narratives, multimedia production etc.
Requirements: 88-112 tariff points using any form of qualifications
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=69b8c2e5-e0a2-2ab1-1654-
fd01f76ef6ce&courseOptionId=b916bde4-a23d-3e9d-6e82-ba08a160deef
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/undergraduate/digital-media-18-19.aspx
Evaluation: this university’s location is much closer to Ringwood and therefore accessible
from home and it has a huge range of acceptable tariff points. This could be a negative thing
about this course as the idea that the tariff points can be from all/ any previous
qualifications and the fact that 88 is a small number compared to the other courses,
suggests that the course maybe doing anything to get students so it does not shut down.
This further suggests that the course is not very good compared, again, to the other courses.

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UCAS
Where: Southampton Solent University
Course: Visual Effects
Duration: 1/ 3 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Content: there are units in this course that include visual research Introduction, 3D Drawing
Introduction to VFX Animation Digital Pipelines, etc.
Requirements: 112 tariff points through. A levels BBC or BTEC extended diploma DMM
Cost: £9,250 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=9545d068-032e-6abe-e044-
6103c52c52f5&courseOptionId=aac8dbb9-af67-4300-8e9b-787c934c09d5
Evaluation: This course is situated close by which means access would be okay from
Ringwood however by my first impression of the UCAS website ‘Modules’ section of this
course’s page, is typed messily with gapes between lots of words missing, which implies that
this was quickly thrown together and some may get the impression that the course is not
good due to this impression.

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UCAS
Where: New College Durham
Course: Visual Arts
Duration: 2 years
Qualification: Foundation Degree in Arts - FDA
Content: This course focuses on the student’s preferred specialist discipline within art and
design. Examples include Fine Art, Digital Photography, Textile Design, Multimedia, Interior
Design, Illustration, or a broad and inventive approach. This is based on what he individual
wants on their portfolio. In this course, students learn via creative studio-base activities.
Requirements: 32 tariff points
Cost: £9,000 per year
Link: https://digital.ucas.com/courses/details?coursePrimaryId=6d9c6331-fc7a-0e6a-4420-
b4a4317d70d3&courseOptionId=acec38d2-4c46-9dce-0fcc-6cde5156fd52
Evaluation: The location is terrible in terms of travel from Ringwood and therefore the
costs of the travel. The requirement of 32 tariff points and the price £9,000 confuses me as
the other courses have asked for higher tariff points with is price which makes me wonder
whether the smaller points equals a course with less quality and quantity. This then makes
me wonder about the link between the quantity and the price.