Creative Arts: Loughborough University

Creative Arts:
Loughborough
University

Our achievements
• World Top-25 for Art and Design
    (QS World Rankings by Subject 2020)

• 1st in the UK for Fashion and Textiles
    (The Guardian University Guide 2021)

• 2nd in the UK for Art and Design
    (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021)

• 2nd in the UK for Design and Crafts
    (The Guardian University Guide 2021)

• 3rd in the UK for Art and Design
    (The Complete University Guide 2021)

Placement/study year
• Available on all courses

• Long-standing industry links

• Gain valuable experience and ‘test-drive’ a career
  or gain international experience.

• Recent placement destinations include H&M
  Stockholm, The Walt Disney Company, Alexander
  McQueen, Liberty, M&S, ASOS, KIA, Sony Europe,
  Deloitte, IBM, Concerto Group, the Manufacturing
  Technology Centre and The Hepworth Wakefield.

Our facilities
5 Creative Hubs

• Creative Digital Technologies and Photography

• Print, Dye, Weave, Stitch and Digital Embroidery

• Metals, Plastics, Wood and Laser

• Painting and Printmaking

• Ceramics and Mouldmaking.

Arts Degree Show
• Opportunity to showcase final year project at the
  annual degree show

• Enables promotion of work to pubic and industry
  contacts

• Foundation students can exhibit alongside the
  Degree Show event

Our courses
• Art and Design Foundation Studies

• Textile Design (BA) Hons

• Fine Art (BA) Hons

• Graphic Design (BA) Hons

Art and Design Foundation Studies

• 1 year-long, transition between A-Level and a
  degree

• Helps you to make a more informed decision

• Covers 4 disciplines: 3D Design, Fine Art, Fashion
  and Textiles, Visual Communication

• UK/EU and 18 or under on 31 August for year of
  entry – no tuition fees.

• Highly creative and hands-on/practical-based

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Structure

Part 1 – Diagnostic Investigation into
Creative Practice

Part 2 – Developing Specialist Practice

Part 3 – Consolidating Practice

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Entry requirements

 A Level    2 x A Levels grade C or above

 BTEC       A variety of BTEC diplomas (contact admissions)

 IB         28 points

 GCSE       5 x GCSEs (Level 4-9, must include Maths and English)

You will also be required to submit a portfolio as
part of your application.

Textile Design
•   One of the country’s most established
    Textiles courses

•   Industry focussed course – placement option
    and additional opportunities (e.g.
    competitions and visiting lecturers.)

•   Prepares students to undertake a variety of
    roles in fashion and interior companies,
    including designing, buying, merchandising,
    styling or clothing/textile/colour technology

•   Recent graduate destinations include Harvey
    Nichols, H&M, Jaguar Land Rover,
    Alexander McQueen.

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Entry requirements

A Level   A typical offer for applicants without a Foundation course is
          BBB/ABC from 3 A levels
BTEC      •   Applicants with a UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design –
              Foundation Studies, BTEC Foundation Diploma, BTEC
              National Extended Diploma (or similar) will be considered.
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Diploma Grades Distinction Distinction
              plus 1 A Level Grade B
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate Grade Distinction
              plus 2 A Levels Grades BB
IB        32 (5,5,5 HL)

Other     Please see our online prospectus

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Milliken competition

•   2nd Year Textile students were given a
    brief by Milliken to work on an interior
    design project around floor covering
    designs, along with soft interior
    products.
•   Students had to visualise their design
    outcomes in the proposed spaces to
    create unique, individual, and innovative
    settings.
•   11 students shortlisted, 3 winners
    selected
•   Winners will each get the opportunity to
    have their designs made into fabric tiles
    and displayed at the London showroom.

Fine Art
•   Uses the mediums of drawing, painting, sculpture, print,
    photography, video/sound and digital media to explore the
    possibilities of contemporary Fine Art practice and theory

•   Studio-based, supported by group tutorials, seminars, and
    weekly supervised studio sessions

•   Students are encouraged to gain recognition and
    experience by entering industry renowned competitions,
    including: BP National Portrait Gallery, Bloomberg New
    Contemporaries, Fresh Art Best National Student Award
    and the Sky Arts Landscape of the Year Competition.

Fine Art cont…
Entry requirements

A Level   A typical offer for applicants without a Foundation course is ABB
          from 3 A-Levels
BTEC      •   Applicants with a UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design –
              Foundation Studies, BTEC Foundation Diploma, BTEC
              National Extended Diploma (or similar) will be considered
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Diploma Grades Distinction
              Distinction plus 1 A Level Grade B
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate Grade Distinction
              plus 2 A Levels Grades BB
IB        34 (6,5,5 HL)

Other     Please see our online prospectus

Fine Art cont…
Women’s World Cup

Fine Art student Rosanna helped create a range
of football themed t-shirts to commemorate the
2019 Women’s World Cup during her placement
year. She designed 6 t-shirts herself using
watercolours.

Royal Television Society Awards

Fine Art alumnus Alex won 2 awards at the
Royal Television Society’s Student Awards.
After graduating from Loughborough he went on
to complete an MA in Animation at the Royal
College of Art. Alex first developed his animated
documentary practice during his Fine Art BA at
Loughborough.

Graphic Design
• ‘Diagnostic programme’

• Recent graduates have secured roles in
  photography, art direction, graphic design,
  television and film, publishing, app design,
  illustration, video production, art
  buying/editing, advertising, branding.

• Course aims to develop your creative and
  practical skills in traditional and new,
  analogue and digital media.

Graphic Design cont…
Entry requirements

A Level   A typical offer for applicants without a Foundation course is ABB
          from 3 A-Levels
BTEC      •   Applicants with a UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design –
              Foundation Studies, BTEC Foundation Diploma, BTEC
              National Extended Diploma (or similar) will be considered
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Diploma Grades Distinction Distinction
              plus 1 A Level Grade B
          •   BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate Grade Distinction
              plus 2 A Levels Grades BB
IB        34 (6,5,5 HL)

Other     Please see our online prospectus

Graphic Design cont…
New Look placement
Graphic Design student (Abi) had four of her
designs used by major high street retailer, New
Look, after completing a month-long internship
there as part of her placement year.

Penguin Student Design Awards
Current student (Hazel) has been shortlisted
for the Penguin Design Awards from over 2000
entrants for her illustrated cover of The Night
Manager by John le Carré in the Fiction Cover
Award category.

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