What will I learn?
**Explore, innovate and push boundaries with this stimulating contemporary arts degree.**- Develop a range of skills, from traditional craft techniques to innovative approaches to making.- Experiment in our inspiring studio spaces and well-equipped workshops, with access to exceptional facilities.- Learn from practising artists and makers with outstanding national and international reputations.This studio-based creative arts degree places making at its heart.You'll gain a practical grounding in a range of creative fields of study, including ceramics, textiles, print and wood/metal/plastics, before choosing your specialism. You鈥檒l also explore the critical, conceptual, ethical and environmental issues in contemporary craft through the role of making within social, cultural and historical contexts. Throughout your studies you鈥檒l learn a broad range of skills to help you flourish in the workplace, including social networking, photographing your work, creating digital portfolios, applying for competitions, marketing, creating a web presence, setting up a business, working on commissions, pricing your work, approaching galleries, exhibiting, and fundraising. As we鈥檙e an Adobe Creative Campus, you鈥檒l also have free access to a suite of industry-standard creative apps.You鈥檒l graduate with the confidence and transferable skills to establish your own practice as a creative artist or maker, or go on to pursue a career within the creative industries.**More about the Professional Placement Year**A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team. The PPY Bursary can make work experience more accessible, with students undertaking a PPY able to receive between 拢500 and 拢1,500 to be used towards placement costs such as travel, food, workwear or accommodation.