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  • Foundation Year

Course Summary

As a developing artist, our Fine Art degree course will provide you with a dynamic and inspiring environment with which to explore, practice, expand, develop and deploy your creative potential. You’ll be supported and encouraged to engage with painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, textiles, lens-based and time-based media to expand the possibilities and opportunities inherent to your individual practice. The course is designed to cultivate your technical expertise and creative thinking, and to equip you with the necessary skills to excel as a Fine Artist in the Creative Industries.

You will develop your unique visual language making use of specialist techniques and processes whilst being informed by the contextual concerns and interests that are individual to you. At Chester, we support you in fostering a critical understanding of art's role in contemporary society; what you think, what you say, what you make, how you make it and how it is received are all questions you will consider and navigate.

Our studio projects ask you to visually experiment and innovate, and you will gain increasing autonomy and confidence in the development of your ideas and your practice. You will be supported and guided by expert academic and technical staff in social learning studio spaces and workshops. You will produce work that challenges perceptions and speaks to both personal and global issues making work that is significant to you and to your audience.

As you learn and collaborate with students across Art, Design & Innovation, you'll not only widen your social and professional network but also learn new skills that will underpin your success as a World Ready graduate.

Why You'll Love It

What You'll Study

The Creative Industries, Media and Performance Foundation Year route encourages you to operate as a creative community, developing new skills while learning from each other. You will build knowledge of your chosen area alongside transferrable practical and academic skills to support future employment.

Students have access to a wide range of specialist facilities. For art, design and innovation students this includes painting and sculpture studios, 3-Dimensional design, printmaking workshops, sewing and fashion workshops and graphic design suites. 

  • Term 1: Introduction to Creative Spaces
  • Term 2: Creative Practices in Art and Design
  • Term 3: Originating a Creative Project

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the course that will take the form of either core or option modules and should be used as a guide. We review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects. If during a review process, course content is significantly changed, we will contact you to notify you of these changes if you receive an offer from us.

The BA (Hons) Fine Art course is made up of core modules at Levels 4, 5 and 6.

At Level 4, you will undertake studio practice projects in various media areas including:

  • drawing and painting
  • sculpture
  • textiles
  • printmaking
  • time-based media

Workshop inductions will form part of these projects, with an emphasis on specialist techniques alongside speculative and experimental approaches to the making of art.

Critical Theory will inform and underpin studio activity from both historical and contemporary perspectives. You will become familiar with reflection on, and discussion of your ideas. You will focus on working processes and outcomes and your appropriate dissemination through exhibition, publication, formal and informal delivery. 

Modules

This module will include cross-disciplinary delivery with content that is applicable and central to all Fine Art and Photography students whilst also maintaining subject specialist input that reflects the nuanced nature of these two courses. 

You will gain an understanding of the wider context and study of visual art practice at university level through the delivery of cross-disciplinary studio project briefs with associated critical theory. Your responses to these overarching briefs will stem from a subject specific standpoint supported by relevant workshop and induction activities as part of the development of techniques and processes specific to your discipline.

You will be introduced to the fundamental practices, concepts, theories, and potential of Visual Arts Practice whilst simultaneously exploring, in a diagnostic sense, the media areas and specialist practices that you gravitate towards. This grounding in the skills and techniques related to a range of materials, approaches and attitudes will form a sound foundation not only for later L4 study but as a central tenet of your Fine Art or Photography trajectory through the three years of study. 

Following the Introduction to Fine Art and Photography module you will develop a body of practice that extends the possibilities, scope and outcome of one, or a combination of the earlier activities or projects. This will allow you to further consider and explore some of the visual and conceptual territory you recognise as being of interest to you. Your portfolio or body of work will test some of the boundaries of this visual territory and afford you an opportunity to consider a range of responses through visual experimentation and speculation. 

From this body of practice you will be supported to select examples of work for public exhibition, collaborating and negotiating with other students to curate and install your exhibition within a given timeframe. 

Chinese: Intermediate Language Development (20 Credits) Option

This module is designed for students who have completed GCSE in Chinese or equivalent. You will further develop your grammar, vocabulary and learning conventions for spelling and pronunciation. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop oral and written communication skills at an intermediate level.

French: Communication in Practice (20 Credits) Option

This module is designed for students that have completed A-Level or equivalent in French. You will further develop your grammar, vocabulary and expression and apply these to real world situations. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop your oral and written communication skills at Post-A level.

French: Intermediate Language Development (20 Credits) Option

This module is designed for students who have completed GCSE or equivalent in French. You will further develop your grammar, vocabulary and learning conventions for spelling and pronunciation. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop oral and written communication skills at an intermediate level.

German: Communication in Practice (20 Credits) Option

This module enables students with A-Level German or equivalent to further develop their grammar, vocabulary and expression and apply these to real world situations. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop your oral and written communication skills at Post-A level.

Spanish: Communication in Practice (20 Credits) Option

This module is designed for students that have completed a A-Level or equivalent in Spanish. You will further develop your grammar, vocabulary and expression and apply these to real world situations. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop oral and written communication skills at Post-A level.

Spanish: Intermediate Language Development (20 Credits) Option

This module is designed for students that have completed GCSE or equivalent in Spanish. You will further develop your grammar, vocabulary and learning conventions for spelling and pronunciation. You will work with written and recorded texts on a range of cultural, personal and social topics and will develop oral and written communication skills at an intermediate level.

Subsidiary Language for Beginners (20 Credits) Option

This module provides the opportunity to study a new language from scratch and introduces you to basic grammar, vocabulary and cultural contexts. You will apply the language to practical situations using both oral and written skills. 

 

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the course that will take the form of either core or option modules and should be used as a guide. We review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects. If during a review process, course content is significantly changed, we will contact you to notify you of these changes if you receive an offer from us.

Level 5 will see you approaching themed studio practice projects that explore strategies for making in two, three and four dimensions, before ultimately writing your own studio brief towards the latter part of the academic year, usually resulting in a public exhibition.

Critical Theory, lectures and seminar discussion will promote individual positions and alignments in relation to contexts informing practice and theory outcomes.

You will have the opportunity to apply your subject knowledge and experience, and to consider broader questions regarding employability within a placement module at the end of Level 5. 

Modules

You will identify and establish a practice-based position, which builds upon and is informed by your previous approaches and responses to Fine Art and Photography. Your practice and its related context may be rooted in your personal experience, ideas, subject, interests, concerns and materials. This position will also be informed by your aspirations for the future, with a view to graduation, careers and employability, commercial and professional activity in the future.

The module introduces parallel but distinct directions and themes for Photography and Fine Art students that will facilitate an independent direction built on curiosity whilst embracing risk and experimentation. Whether concerned with narrative, abstracted from lived-experience or visual phenomena, subject matter and things which you encounter as part of a process of finding and making, the module provides you with the opportunity to speculate on your own methods and motivations in terms of both practice and theory. The module is followed by the introduction of a summer project will together begin to set an agenda for your practice and the increasingly focussed and autonomous position you will adopt and then develop as you start your Level 6 studies. 

This module will see you responding to a number of studio practice briefs that cover a broad range of Fine Art modes of operation and are underpinned by pertinent critical and contextual frameworks. Your studio responses will test the boundaries of your knowledge, expanding your interests and concerns beyond your L4 experience so as to prepare you for further L5 modules. Critical theory lectures will extend your understanding of historical and contemporary Fine Art and your research will inform the writing of a series of Research Reports aligned to the nature of the studio projects.

Whilst the module is about the development of your practice and critical and contextual understanding, it is also a testbed for approaches and strategies to and through your practice and critical understanding which will ultimately inform your L6 position and direction. 

This module will provide you with the practical and theoretical underpinning of professional practice in your specific subject, enabling you to identify and develop key employability attributes and skills in preparation for your future career.  

You will spend several weeks working collaboratively with other students across the School for the Creative Industries on one major project or several smaller projects in a professional ‘simulated real world’ working environment.  Projects will be contemporary, topical, externally focussed and often involve partnership with outside agencies. The module will provide you with opportunities for immersive learning and the chance to apply your knowledge in real-world contexts.

The module provides students with an opportunity to undertake a 140-hour work placement*. This placement is complemented by a number of school-delivered sessions designed to develop their employability, professional practice, and students' understanding of their career options. Students learn to reflect on the nature of creativity within their studies, and gain awareness of how this is valued and relevant in modern workplaces. 

*in some cases, evidence of considerable relevant graduate-level work experience may be accepted as an alternative to completion of the stipulated placement.

Choose one of the following:

  1. Professional Placement (40 Credits) Optional
  2. Term abroad (40 Credits) Optional
  3. One of the following Language options

Advanced Language Development and Global Sustainability (40 Credits) Optional

The module will provide the opportunity to further develop your language skills, building on your previous learning at advanced level. The second half of the module includes a placement abroad or, alternatively, a project on a sustainability issue in a target language country. The first half of the module will prepare you for placements abroad where appropriate as well as a deeper understanding of sustainability in target language contexts. 

Developing Intercultural Literacy and Cross-Cultural Skills (40 Credits) Optional

  • The multiple facets of global citizenship
  • Ethical engagement and practice
  • The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
  • Cross-cultural issues and sensitivity
  • Intercultural communication
  • Culture shock
  • Cultural adjustment
  • Self- assessment of needs: identification of the range of transferable skills, competencies and attitudes employees need and employers expect graduates to possess-with a strong focus on understanding the intercultural competencies (ICC) needed to live and work abroad.
  • Critical analysis/evaluation of individual requirements in relation to culture/cultural adjustment/culture shock/visas/medical.
  • Critical analysis/evaluation of skills already acquired in relation to key skills related to ICC.
  • Devising strategies to improve one’s own prospects of working abroad in the future.
  • Devising an action plan to address gaps in transferable skills based on organisational analysis and sector opportunities.

Experiential Overseas Learning (40 Credits) Optional

Preparation for Experiential Overseas Learning will take place at the University of Chester during level 5 and will include:  

  • The multiple facets of Global citizenship
  • Ethical engagement and practice
  • Cross-cultural issues and sensitivity
  • Intercultural communication
  • Theories, models and strategies of learning

Theories and models Intercultural competence

  • Theories and models of Integration and Multiculturalism
  • Critical thinking skills and models of Reflection
  • Experiential learning models
  • Self-directed experiential learning

Personal and placement-related skills

  • Enhanced independence
  • Improved command of multicultural behaviour
  • Increased knowledge and confidence in their individual facets of personal identity
  • Effective time management and organisational skills
  • Project management – working away from University and independent study
  • Self-management and personal development
  • Team building and team work

Part B: Overseas

Students will engage in experiential learning activities overseas for at least 150 hours 

Post Beginner Language Development and Global Cultures (40 Credits) Optional

The module will provide the opportunity to further develop your language skills, building on your previous learning at beginner level. The first half of the module includes intensive taught sessions in interactive workshop mode which will prepare you for placements abroad or self-directed language development. The second half of the module includes a placement abroad or, alternatively, a project on a cultural issue in a target language country. 

Upper Intermediate Language Development and Global Employability (40 Credits) Optional

The module will provide the opportunity to further develop your language skills, building on your previous learning at intermediate level. The first half of the module includes intensive taught sessions in interactive workshop mode which will prepare you for placements abroad or self-directed language development. The second half of the module includes an placement abroad or, alternatively, a project on a business or tourism issue in a target language country. 

Or you can choose ONE of the following:

  • University Placement Year Optional
  • Subject Placement Year Optional
  • International University Placement Year Optional

 

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the course that will take the form of either core or option modules and should be used as a guide. We review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects. If during a review process, course content is significantly changed, we will contact you to notify you of these changes if you receive an offer from us.

At Level 6, you will be supported in generating your own studio practice briefs which will in part have been defined by the interests, concerns and alignments emerging from your Level 4 and Level 5 experience.

Studio learning agreements will define the territory and, in the initial stages of Level 6, you will undertake speculative studio activity to test and further define such territory.

An interim exhibition will indicate the outcomes of this testing phase, providing an opportunity for feedback to define more closely the studio practice that will ultimately make up your individual degree show exhibition. You will similarly define a topic for in-depth research, resulting in a written essay often related to your studio interests.

A contextual research journal will capture and serve as both a repository and site of reflection of relevant information, informing both written and studio-based outcomes.

Elements of professional practice are built into Level 6 supporting degree show activity and preparation, whilst also preparing you for your trajectory towards graduation, employment, self-employment and future artistic operation and development. 

The University offers several optional modules to provide you with the opportunity to learn a language and study abroad. 

 

Modules

This Fine Art and Photography module will extend the outcomes of your summer project and will require you to explore your emerging context and related research interests through both practice and theory. Your Fine Art or Photography concerns and interests will therefore be negotiated through, and exemplified in a 4000 word essay, whilst your practice will feature in a public exhibition of work in progress towards the end of the module.

The work that you produce for your summer project will inform a position relating to the things you are interested in, allowing you to examine content, context, form and agenda. Thus you will have explored possibilities in terms of your approaches to your own Fine Art or Photographic practice in the third year. At the start of this module you will be in a good position to outline your thinking, your aspirations and ambitions for your independent practice and the possible directions you see it taking. Through studio based tutorials you will be tasked with extending these possibilities, examining them through active practice and a suitably critical discussion, with the resultant work being exhibited and assessed in an interim exhibition near the conclusion of the module. 

This module and the interim exhibition sees you developing autonomous approaches relating to your practice with associated feedback and feed-forward promoting support for further independent practice in subsequent L6 modules. 

This module will therefore see you setting, activating, speculating on, and experimenting with a position that will define you as an artist or photographer as you plan forwards to your degree show exhibition.

During this module you will research and formulate a Career Development Plan, which draws on your Level 5 placement experience, and outlines your ambitions and aspirations as you move towards graduation and beyond. This plan will help you conceive and design the way in which your practice is disseminated through ‘promotional’ materials and artefacts, and how your programme based experience can enhance your employability both directly and via transferable skills. Such materials will facilitate and extend networks for employability, independent practice, community or socially engaged practices, commissions, sales, or a combination thereof. Your promotional materials and artefacts will collate, parallel, complement or function as a subsidiary dimension of your practice as a body of work, defining your distinct visual identity and direction.

Your practice based modules will see you developing, making and delivering your practice, ultimately in a degree show. This module will support strategies for the broader dissemination of that work to an audience and afford you an opportunity to consider your trajectory both towards and beyond graduation. 

This module is the midway point in the development of your Studio Practice, between the interim exhibition and your final degree show. Building on previous speculative visual research and related feedback you will propose, make and reflect on studio based strategies and outcomes that continue to confirm and consolidate your artistic position. 

You will maintain a speculative mindset and have an open dialogue with your practice whilst your ideas, conceptual and contextual understanding, your handling and manipulation of materials become increasingly focused on negotiated and considered visual outcomes.

This module marks the culmination of your undergraduate Studio Practice. Your increasingly focussed and strategic visual research will see you propose and present a professional level exhibition that takes account of earlier positions, visual speculation and your interests in terms of ideas and concepts.

Whilst your studio practice is at the forefront of the module you will also take account of curatorial strategies, collaboration with others, exhibition professionalism and dissemination of your work through timely, relevant and appropriate media. The simultaneous module Audiences, Networks & Professions will support your Studio Practice affording you a platform for that wider dissemination of your work through strategies including, for example, Degree Show branding, editions and multiples, social media and web-based opportunities and consideration of your audience. You will be making your work and also considering how it, and your broader skill set mesh with graduate and professional opportunities at the point of graduation. 

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the course that will take the form of either core or option modules and should be used as a guide. We review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects. If during a review process, course content is significantly changed, we will contact you to notify you of these changes if you receive an offer from us.

How You'll Learn

The course is delivered across three, ten-week terms, each term containing modules to the value of 40 credits. Your timetable will schedule in-person sessions each week, amounting to between six to 12 hours of contact time, and you will be responsible for scheduling self-study time each week of approximately 30 to 34 hours.  

If studied, the Foundation Year, as with the following years of study, will be taught in three 10-week blocks across an academic year. Each block will comprise of a large 40-credit subject-specific module that includes a breadth of topics and subject skills. You will have on average 12-14 hours of contact time per week during the Foundation Year. There may be variations to this where subject practical or specialist space teaching is included.

Teaching will be delivered by expert staff who are practicing artists and researchers who exhibit and publish at national and international levels. Taught sessions will take the form of lectures and seminars, group and individual tutorials, group crits, silent crits, peer learning, workshop sessions and demonstrations. The nature of Fine Art practice and teaching means that sessions are face-to-face in social learning environments such as the Fine Art studios.   

Where appropriate, visiting speakers and guest lecturers will deliver particular sessions bringing further diversity to the course content.  

The Fine Art course employs a broad range of assessment methods that are applied to a variety of assessment tasks and outcomes. You are assessed through coursework, there are no written exams.

Studio practice projects and modules will see you developing both supporting artwork and resolved artwork in two and three dimensions, work that is time-based or performative or that is site-specific, site-responsive or installation based.

A Studio Journal (Level 4), Reflective Journal, (Level 5) and Contextual Research Journal, (Level 6) will accompany the Studio Practice, enriching and informing the conversation that surrounds it.

Written work will include essays, journals and reports and some modules have components which are assessed through student presentations. 

Assessment is embedded, continuous and authentic. Continuous in as much as formative assessment occurs at regular intervals, whether that be at the end of a project or simply during a tutorial in the studio, with summative assessment at the end of a series of projects or the completion of a module. Assessment is authentic in as much as the premise, language, task, timeframe and output asked of the student replicate those experienced by Fine Artists working professionally. 

You are provided with the materials you need to complete all Level 4 studio practice projects. Tools, equipment and equipment consumables are provided by the course. Whilst a range of materials are also provided for Level 5 and 6 students, you may also need to purchase supplementary materials as defined by you and aligned to the necessities of the particular works in question.  

Students within Fine Art may be asked to pay a nominal sum, in the region of £30, to secure their place on a residential trip to London, which is otherwise subsidised by the course.

All teaching is delivered by experienced academics and practitioners, with the fundamental principles of the Chester Future Skills Curriculum at its core - building your subject competence, confidence, and key transferable skills to shape you into a world-ready Chester graduate.

Study a Common First Year

This course shares a common first year with students on the Photography course.

This means that you’ll learn alongside students studying a similar discipline, helping to broaden your knowledge and exposure to other concepts, perspectives and professions in the first year of your degree.

As you learn and collaborate with students from other courses, you'll not only widen your social and professional network but also learn new skills that will set you up for success in your industry.

In your second and third years, you will progress to studying more specialist modules within fine art, developing your skills to become a World Ready graduate.

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Entry Requirements

112UCAS points

UCAS Tariff

112 points

GCE A Level

Typical offer – BCC-BBC

BTEC

BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

International Baccalaureate

28 points

Irish / Scottish Highers

Irish Highers: H3 H3 H3 H3 H4

Scottish Highers: BBBB

Access requirements

Access to HE Diploma, to include 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 must be at Merit or above

T Level

Merit

OCR Cambridge Technicals

OCR Extended Diploma: DMM

Extra Information

Shortlisted applicants will be required to produce a portfolio and attend an interview.

Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced and A Level General Studies will be recognised in our offer. We will also consider a combination of A Levels and BTECs/OCRs.

Students from countries outside the UK are expected to have entry qualifications roughly equivalent to UK A Level for undergraduate study and British Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) for postgraduate study. To help you to interpret these equivalents, please click on your country of residence to see the corresponding entry qualifications, along with information about your local representatives, events, information and contacts.

We accept a wide range of qualifications and consider all applications individually on merit. We may also consider appropriate work experience.

English Language Requirements

  • IELTS Academic: Undergraduate: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each band)
  • Postgraduate: 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in each band)

For more information on our entry requirements, please visit International Entry Requirements.

72UCAS points

UCAS Tariff

72 UCAS points 

GCE A level

72 points overall, including grade D in one of the following subjects: Art & Design, Fine Art or Textiles.

BTEC

BTEC Extended Diploma (Art and Design): MMP

International Baccalaureate

24 points including 4 in HL Visual Arts

Irish / Scottish Highers

Irish Highers: H4 H4 H4 H4 H4 including Art

Scottish Highers: CCDD including Art and Design

Access requirements

Access to HE Diploma (Art and Design) – Pass overall

T Level

T Level (Craft and Design): Pass (D or E on the core)

Extra Information

Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced and A level General Studies will be recognised in our offer.  We will also consider a combination of A Levels and BTECs/OCRs.

If you are a mature student (21 or over) and have been out of education for a while or do not have experience or qualifications at Level 3 (equivalent to A Levels), then our Foundation Year courses will help you to develop the skills and knowledge you will need to succeed in your chosen degree. 

Study the final year of an undergraduate degree

If you have successfully completed a Level 5 qualification, e.g. a Higher National Diploma (HND) or Foundation Degree in a relevant subject, then we may be able to consider you for the final year (Level 6) of one of our degrees. Topping up your HND or Foundation Degree will typically take one further year of study and will lead to a full BA (Honours) degree.

To apply for the final year of a degree on a full-time basis you will need to submit an application through UCAS.

For international applicants, please refer to the entry requirements listed on the "Your Country/Region" pages. To be considered for advanced entry into relevant degree programmes, you must have completed a qualification equivalent to a Level 5 or Level 6 in the UK, in a related subject area

Fees and Funding

£9,535per year for a full-time course (2025/26)

Our full-time undergraduate tuition fees for Home students entering University in 2025/26 are £9,535 a year, or £1,590 per 20-credit module for part-time study.

You can find more information about undergraduate fees on our Fees and Finance pages.

Students from the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey and the Republic of Ireland are treated as Home students for tuition fee purposes.

Students from countries in the European Economic Area and the EU will pay International Tuition Fees.

Students who have been granted Settled Status may be eligible for Home Fee Status and if eligible will be able to apply for Tuition Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans.

Students who have been granted Pre-settled Status may be eligible for Home Fee Status and if eligible will be able to apply for Tuition Fee Loans.

£14,450*per year for a full-time course (2025/26)

The tuition fees for international students studying Undergraduate programmes in 2025/26 are £14,450 per year for a full-time course. This fee is set for each year of study.

The University of Chester offers generous international and merit-based scholarships, providing a significant reduction to the published headline tuition fee. You will automatically be considered for these scholarships when your application is reviewed, and any award given will be stated on your offer letter.

For courses with a Foundation Year, the tuition fees for Year 1 are £10,750 and £14,200 for Years 2-4 in 2025/26.

For more information, go to our International Fees, Scholarship and Finance section.

Irish Nationals living in the UK or ROI are treated as Home students for Tuition Fee Purposes. 

Your course will involve additional costs not covered by your tuition fees. This may include books, printing, photocopying, educational stationery and related materials, specialist clothing, travel to placements, optional field trips and software. Compulsory field trips are covered by your tuition fees. 

If you are living away from home during your time at university, you will need to cover costs such as accommodation, food, travel and bills.

The University of Chester supports fair access for students who may need additional support through a range of bursaries and scholarships. 

Full details, as well as terms and conditions for all bursaries and scholarships can be found on the Fees and Finance section of our website.

Who You'll Learn From

Dr Jeremy Turner

Senior Lecturer
Dr Jeremy Turner

Dr Maxine Bristow

Associate Professor
Maxine Bristow

Dr Tom Mcguirk

Senior Lecturer
Tom McGuirk

Stephen Clarke

Lecturer in Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography
Stephen Clarke

Your Future Career

Job Prospects

Fine Art graduates possess multiple transferable skills, including specialist workshop skills, research and presentation skills, communication and writing skills, universally applicable across a broad range of roles. Graduates from the course work in galleries and museums, as curators, educators and makers and roles that involve any form of visual communication. 

Progression options

Careers service

The University has an award-winning Careers & Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.

Careers and Employability aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.

We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.

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