For listings of probably all UK based Further Education courses, see UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service).
Website: ahds.ac.uk/performingarts
AHDS Performing Arts supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources related to music, dance, theatre, radio, film, television, and performance.
Listing ID: 1835
Anglia Polytechnic University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT - Google Maps
Tel: 01223 363 271 ext 2366
Fax: 01223 352 900
Email: b.mornin@apu.ac.uk
MA Arts Management: The MA Arts Management course at Ashcroft International Business School offers opportunities for experienced professionals and new graduates to broaden and deepen their knowledge of all major aspects of Arts management and administration. See website for more details and for applications.
Listing ID: 1836
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7631 6000
Website: www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce/subjects/artsmanagement/artsmancd
The Arts Management Programme at Birkbeck aims to help you understand how arts organisations are managed, how policies are devised at national and local level, how press campaigns are organised and how arts tours are set up and evaluated. You should also develop a more critical understanding of equalities issues and an enhanced range of communication skills, essential to arts management. Previous students have found that Birkbeck's arts management courses support their career development by offering them good contacts with a wide range of arts organisations in London.
Listing ID: 1837
Tel: 01895 265 548
Tel: 01895 267 214
Email: Gretchen.Schiller@brunel.ac.uk
Email: donna.white@brunel.ac.uk
Website: www.brunel.ac.uk
MA in Digital Performance: A School of Arts postgraduate taught programme in collaboration with the School of Engineering and Design. This new MA programme integrates the creative performing arts with digital technologies. It invites students from theatre, performance and dance, as well as those from a music, visual arts or computing technology background to develop high level skills in the emerging and important field of Digital Performance. Students will develop the expertise to contribute to, as well as respond to, the rapidly changing performing arts and creative industries. It draws on the significant academic, creative and technological strengths from the School of Arts and the School of Engineering and Design, and has an emphasis on currency, interdisciplinarity and employability.
Listing ID: 1838
Website: www.csm.arts.ac.uk/csm_byam_shaw.htm
Byam Shaw School of Art focuses on the study of fine art. Measured against the majority of educational institutions, the Byam Shaw School of Art is small. This enables staff to give extra focus to individual directions and quests - there is enough space and time to respect differences and make the most of it. Together with a purposeful, friendly atmosphere and excellent all round facilities, Byam Shaw's academic philosophy and high standard of teaching make the School an exceptionally stimulating and rewarding place to study Fine Art. In 2003 Byam Shaw joined Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, which is part of the University of the Arts London. As part of this bigger picture, students at Byam Shaw share the social, cultural and welfare benefits offered by Central Saint Martins and the University. Byam also has the chance to participate in new academic developments and to benefit from added external research funding opportunities.
Listing ID: 1839
Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7514 6302
Fax: 020 7514 6310
Email: Enquiries@camberwell.arts.ac.uk
Website: www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk
Camberwell College of Arts, which has been teaching for almost one hundred years, has a broad portfolio of courses at BTEC, undergraduate and postgraduate level. Courses offered include ceramics, painting, sculpture, silversmithing & metalwork, digital arts and printmaking. Their website says, 'Its students are urged to explore the relationships between these specialisms and to question traditional boundaries and ways of thinking, preparing them for life in the professional world'. Check their website to order a prospectus or short course brochure, and for detailed information about their applications procedure.
Listing ID: 1840
Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7514 7022
Fax: 020 7514 7254
Website: www.csm.arts.ac.uk
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is the largest of the University of the Arts London art colleges. It offers a diverse and comprehensive range of degree and postgraduate courses in art and design in the country. Courses offered range from foundation studies in art and design to MA courses in fashion, fine art, industrial design, and scenography. Also offers acting courses through the Drama Centre in London (dcl.drama.ac.uk). Check the website for further details on all courses and separate websites for 'satellite' institutions. A crash course in Curating is offered as an evening class and Summer School course, and 'Curating on the Web' is offered as a Summer School course.
Listing ID: 1841
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL - Google Maps
Tel: 024 765 23020
Email: p.watkins@warwick.ac.uk
Website: www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/Theatre_S/cp/creative/index.html
MA in Creative and Media Enterprises: this course introduces new approaches to creative business management for the cultural sector - turning creative ideas into businesses; managing products, people and markets in the creative and media industries. See the site for more information and applications.
Listing ID: 1842
16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU - Google Maps
Email: Enquiries@chelsea.arts.ac.uk
Website: www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk
Offers courses such as painting, sculpture and textiles at undergraduate level, design for the environment at postgraduate, and pre-undergraduate (foundation) courses and short courses.
Listing ID: 1843
124 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4DJ - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7735 2306
Fax: 020 7582 5361
Email: info@CityandGuildsArtSchool.ac.uk
Website: www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk
The City & Guilds of London Art School was established in Kennington by the City & Guilds of University of the Arts London in 1879 as an extension of the Lambeth School of Art. Over the ensuing years, the School has expanded its activities and courses and now attracts students from abroad and throughout the UK. The School has BA (Hons) courses in Fine Art: Painting and Sculpture and Conservation Studies as well as the recently validated MA degree in Fine Art, and has around two hundred students, mostly full-time. There is a very high staff-to-student ratio and classes are small.
Listing ID: 1844
Website: www.city.ac.uk/artspolicy
Website: www.city.ac.uk/cpm
Website: www.city.ac.uk
Arts Policy and Management: The course consists of 4 modules - 2 compulsory and 2 electives - and a 15,000 word dissertation. Compulsory modules are: Arts Management in Practice Arts Framework. There are also a range of complementary 'academic support' initiatives available that are especially designed for students who left school some time ago. These workshops include presentation skills and report writing. Applications available online. Also offers part-time postgraduate Cultural Leadership Programme. 40 scholarships are available to women completing the Programme in 2006/7. The Programme is designed to give knowledge, confidence and skills to emerging leaders in the cultural sector, and offers a mix of critical theory and practical leadership and management tools. It aims to address in particular the under-representation of women in leadership roles in the sector. A third course of interest if the Professional strategies for the visual artist and curator. Directed at artists and curators, this course considers in detail how to apply an understanding of the art world to individual needs and ambitions. It identifies appropriate strategies for exhibiting and attracting clients and galleries and looks into self-curated initiatives, funding and promotion.
Listing ID: 1845
University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7919 7229
Fax: 020 7919 7223
Email: admissions@gold.ac.uk
Website: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
Website: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/visual-cultures/
From undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to teacher-training and part-time and professional courses, Goldsmiths has an excellent range of innovative study opportunities. Check their website for details of the latest courses, at degree, MA and PhD level. Their Unit of Visual Cultures brings together a group of researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students committed to the production of cutting-edge critical work within an environment that is culturally diverse and intellectually rigorous. The teaching and research focus on the histories and theories of modern and contemporary visual practices in an international context. These are considered within a framework of critical theory, philosophy and cultural studies. Included are issues of cultural difference, performativity, aurality, and technological development within the visual.
Listing ID: 1846
Website: www.hero.ac.uk
HERO is the primary internet portal for academic research and higher education in the UK, the natural entry point for enquiries about higher education in the UK for the widest possible range of customers and a showcase for the diversity and quality of research and higher education in the UK.
Listing ID: 1847
Hortensia Centre, Hortensia Road, London SW10 OQS. - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7573 5258
Website: www.kcc.ac.uk
Entrepreneurial Skills in the Creative Industries (Btec): you need a degree, diploma or equivalent experience in art, design, performing arts, media studies or drama to enrol. Make a success of your career in art, craft, design, fashion, new media, theatre or performance. Pursue an entrepreneurial outlook which, with the help of a mentoring scheme, will channel your drive and determination towards a successful business venture.
Listing ID: 1848
20 John Princes Street, London W1M 0BJ - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7514 7400
Fax: 020 7514 7484
Email: Enquiries@fashion.arts.ac.uk
Website: www.fashion.arts.ac.uk
The London College of Fashion provides specialist courses designed to lead to employment in the fashion, style and beauty industries. The College offers the only specialist degree level course in make-up for theatre, TV and video; the only beauty therapy work in a higher education institution and the only course for fashion models in the British public sector.
Listing ID: 1849
31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7133 4200
Fax: 020 7320 1163
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk
Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk
Fine Art & Marketing: 3 year full time Arts management degree.
Listing ID: 1850
Tel: 00 353 1 6364204
Tel: 00 353 1 6364203
Email: reddind@ncad.ie
Website: www.ncad.ie
Master of Arts: Art in the Contemporary World: Examines the critical, theoretical, historical and philosophical contexts of contemporary art practice and bridges the relationship between theory and practice providing pathways for both practitioners and theorists. This radically new programme, bringing artists and theorists, cultural practitioners and critics together, is intended for delivery in September 2006 subject to validation by NUI. For entry in September 2006.
Listing ID: 1851
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7882 5227
Fax: 020 8980 6533
Website: www.drama.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/digital/
Website: www.sed.qmul.ac.uk
The MA/MSc in Digital Performance is a new cross-disciplinary degree situated at the interface between technology, social science and the arts. This course aims to develop technically literate artists and artistically literate technologists by bringing both together in shared fields of intellectual and practical inquiry.
Listing ID: 1852
St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8579 5000
Fax: 020 8231 1353
Email: learning.advice@tvu.ac.uk
Website: www.tvu.ac.uk
Media Arts with Marketing: 2 year full time or 3 year full time, Diploma of Higher Education or degree. See site for details.
Listing ID: 1853
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7679 2313
Fax: 020 7679 7801
Email: slade.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk
Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/slade
Staff, studios and technical facilities at the Slade are divided into the areas of painting, sculpture and fine art media (which includes electronic media, film and video, photography, print). Each programme is studio-based and students develop their own work with tutorial and technical assistance according to their individual needs. All Slade staff are actively involved in research as well as teaching and between them have a broad and diverse range of interests and expertise. Students are admitted into the area of their choice so that they can learn within a specialist environment while at the same time benefiting from interaction with other staff, students and facilities in the whole School. The Slade Summer School (for non-degree courses) runs from July to September each year. For details, contact the Summer School Administrator, at the above address or fax number, or telephone 020 7679 7772.
Listing ID: 1854
Digital Fine Art Course - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7510 7782
Email: agreaves@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: www.tower.ac.uk
Basic training in Illustrator, Photoshop, Maya and Final Cut Pro, and supports the integrated use of them into an extended piece of work or works. Students use their own work and ideas throughout the course, which runs for a whole academic year on Mondays and Tuesdays during the daytime. If students have an income of less than £1500 then the course is free. Otherwise it costs £530 for EU residents.
Listing ID: 1855
Department of Art History & Theory, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ - Google Maps
Tel: 01206 872 953
Fax: 01206 873 003
Email: ahgsecs@essex.ac.uk
Website: www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/pg/gallery_studies/
MA in Gallery Studies - Key issues in curatorship for the 21st Century: The course offers both a practical and a theoretical training. It is intended for museum and gallery staff both present and future and for all those concerned with devising or curating exhibitions. Choose between curating your own exhibition or researching and writing a dissertation on a topic of your choice.
Listing ID: 1856
Pontypridd, Wales CF37 1DL - Google Maps
Tel: 01443 480 480
Fax: 01443 480 558
Website: www.glam.ac.uk
This MA responds to a nationally expressed need for educational opportunities in arts in the community. No similar M level course is offered in the UK.
Listing ID: 1857
65 Davies Street, London W1K 5DA - Google Maps
Website: www.arts.ac.uk
The University of the Arts London brings together in a single federated structure various London colleges for art, design and related activities. See London College of Fashion, London College of Communication, Chelsea School of Art and Design, Central St Martin's College of Art and Design, Camberwell College of Art and Wimbledon College of Art. Also includes Byam Shaw School of Art.
Listing ID: 1858
Tel: 07966 513 340
Email: ian.willcock@westking.ac.uk
Website: www.westking.ac.uk/courses/courseDetail.asp?mOfA=andcourseID=4067
Aimed at video makers, artists and designers or those working in other areas of creative media who want to acquire the skills needed to work in the new digital industries. Emphasis is placed on developing technical and professional skills through extensive industrial experience and live assignments with high profile clients. Specialist option modules include Database technologies, Java and C++ programming, E-learning and Digital Media Design History which allow students to tailor their programmes according to their interests and career needs. Full-time entry (three days per week) is over two years, or part time (one or two days per week) is over three or four years. Students' previous experience or qualifications may be accepted as contributing to the final award and can shorten the time required to complete.
Listing ID: 1859
Redmond Close, 20 St James Road, Liverpool L1 7BY - Google Maps
Tel: 0151 231 5129
Fax: 0151 231 5132
Email: icdc@livjm.ac.uk
Website: www.icdc.org.uk
The International Centre for Digital Content is a university-based but externally-focussed centre which aims to position Liverpool, and the North West, at the forefront of the new media agendas, and in particular, the growing field of digital content development. ICDC sits at the intersection of industry and academia: it is a partnership between the Learning Methods Unit and the School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts at Liverpool John Moores University and Mersey Television. The Centre explores the relationship of technology to society - the way we live, the way we learn and the way we work - through present and emerging applications. The Centre's activity spans three areas: teaching, research and production, all of which are carried out in partnership with industry, education and the wider community. Their MA/PgDip New Media Production aims to develop the personal, professional, expressive and entrepreneurial skills surrounding the realisation of all digital moving image media; the creation of moving image artefacts that can supply and/or augment the current established media industry, New media industries, Art world and beyond. Offers training in digital video production, animation, iTV, mobile and streaming technologies along with access to many packages.
Listing ID: 1879
University of the Arts London, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8408 5535
Fax: 020 8408 5050
Email: shortcourses@wimbledon.ac.uk
Website: www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk
Wimbledon College of Arts offers a range of short courses in art and design including Theatre and Costume design, Painting, Sculpture and the MA in Art and Performance Theory, running year-round. Many of the courses are aimed at professional development. Joined the University of the Arts London in 2006. The College has also established the Centre for Drawing in Autumn 2000 to provide organisational support for research into the activity, practice and scholarship of drawing, and its dynamic relationship with issues in contemporary art practice. The Centre for Drawing hosts a series of artists' residencies accompanied by exhibitions, lectures, studio visits and publications.
Listing ID: 1912
School of Art, Design & Performing Arts, Visual Culture & Media, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT - Google Maps
Tel: 020 8411 5041
Fax: 020 8411 6528
Email: J.Purcell@mdx.ac.uk
Website: www.mdx.ac.uk
Fine Art, Fashion, Film and Photography degrees.
Listing ID: 1936
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7590 4444
Fax: 020 7590 4500
Email: admissions@rca.ac.uk
Website: www.rca.ac.uk
Website: www.rca.ac.uk/conservation
Website: www.rca.ac.uk/pages/study/ma_curating_contemporary_art_157.html
Internationally known and respected college of art. Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art is a joint course, co-funded by the ACE and involving teaching at the Tate Gallery.
Listing ID: 1937
Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7514 6578
Fax: 020 7514 6535
Email: Enterprise@lcc.arts.ac.uk
Website: www.lcc.arts.ac.uk
MA Enterprise and Management in the Creative Arts (MA EMCA) is a special part-time Masters programme which has been developed to meet the career development needs of creative practitioners and those who work in an administrative or managerial capacity in the creative industries. It has been developed in recognition of the changing situation of cultural workers. Short courses run on Saturdays, including desk top publishing, web design, Photoshop, Quark, computer aided design and Illustrator.
Listing ID: 1940
c/o Institute of Contemporary Arts, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH - Google Maps
Website: www.londonconsortium.com
The London Consortium is a unique collaboration between the Architectural Association, Birkbeck College (University of London), the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Science Museum and TATE. The Consortium offers two postgraduate degrees: a one-year Master of Research (MRes), and a three-year doctoral (PhD) programme in Humanities and Cultural Studies.
Listing ID: 2615
Faculty of the Arts, Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2HH - Google Maps
Tel: (+44) 01228 616 234
Fax: (+44) 01228 616 235
Website: www.cumbria.ac.uk
The faculty delivers a variety of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in fine and applied arts, design, media, digital multimedia, performing arts, journalism, creative writing and photography.
Listing ID: 3585
Woodlane, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4RH - Google Maps
Tel: 01326 211077
Email: admissions@falmouth.ac.uk
Website: www.falmouth.ac.uk
They specialise in art, design and media courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Listing ID: 3685