Art and Design - Level 3

Start Date: 1st September 2025

Length 2 Years
Study Full-Time
Location Kidderminster College

Qualification Gained

UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Practice: Art, Design and Communication

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More about the course

This high-energy Art and Design course will give an understanding of the different areas within Art and Design, from fundamental key skills to ideas-based work, including exploration and investigation in a wide range of materials, techniques, and processes.

In this course you will learn about the main areas of 2D and 3D art and design, conceptual art, installation, and multimedia. You'll get hands-on experience and can choose to focus more in depth on the areas you like best, including disciplines like printmaking, sculpting, photography, fashion/textiles and more!

We want you to have all the tools and support you need to be creative. You'll have access to art facilities, resources, equipment, and lots of different techniques. Through communication and discourse, you will embark on a journey of discovery into professional art practices and we will encourage you to try new things and take risks with your art.

You'll also get to learn about artists from the past and present, which will inspire you and help you understand how the art world works. We'll teach you about professional practices so you can grow as an artist and designer.

UAL (University of the Arts London) are the UK’s leading Creative Industries awarding body. They have designed their suite of qualifications with education and industry partners, to provide students with the latest knowledge and skills, and enable students to progress to higher education or employment.

Entry requirements:

5 GCSEs grade 4, including English and Maths
An artistic flair and passion for creativity are essential

What will I achieve?

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Practice: Art, Design and Communication.

What will I learn?

Materials, processes, and technical skills
Contextual research
Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Solving 2D, 3D and time-based creative problems
Creating a portfolio of artwork for progression

How is the course taught?

Practical lessons in our art studios
Practical lessons in our theatre
Practical lessons in our media lab
Lessons in a outside environments

How am I assessed?

There are no exams with UAL qualifications. All modules are assessed at pass/fail only until your final module, the Final Major Project - in which all the knowledge and skills you have developed over the course are put to use in a project designed by you and the tutors to showcase your unique skills and thus maximise your potential in terms of your final grade.

Work experience opportunities:

There is a wide and varied eliment of work experience, this maybe creating work for external clients such as Kidderminster Library and Kidderminster Male Choir or taking part in group community tasks such as the painting of local underpasses around the town.

English and Maths:

Maths will be included in perspective drawing and measuring for work.

English will be included in learning art terminology.

Tutorial

Tutorial is a program of essential topics affecting you as a potential employee and member of a community. You will cover topics to improve employability skills, mental fitness (both for you and those around you) and much more. It is an essential part of your personal development.

As part of you weekly timetable, you will be expected to take part in Tutorial. This consists of a 1-1 meeting (at least 3 a year) and Personal Development activities that develop you both personally and professionally. Part of the focus is to raise digital Standards and take part in Employer Engagement Activities such as guest speakers, logging Work Experience and in person and online networking.

We work with Student Experience, Careers and your Curriculum team to ensure your Tutorial elements link to your industry area and to create opportunities to develop key skills for profile raising as well as enabling you to create competitive applications and CVs.

Tutorial is also an opportunity to check in with you as part of a group and individually. You can discuss any issues you might be having that affect your learning and essentially identify strategies and support available to you.

Where can I progress?

Upon successful completion of this course, you can progress onto Higher Education or Level 4 in a combined media and arts programme.

Call us: 01562 820811

Email us: enquiries@kidderminster.ac.uk

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Glyn Taylor-Marshall

Tutor - Art and Design & Performing Arts

My specialist area is in the arts, where I am versed in most mediums, e.g. performance skills/theatre, fine art, and contemporary/conceptual processes, including Live Art. I hold a BA in Fine art and an MA in Performance Studies. My teaching degree also specialises in learners with additional needs, and I hold a further qualification at Level 5 in Special Needs Education. I am an avid record collector, and I feel it is important to introduce my learners to all parts of popular culture, including music, politics and current ethical topics.

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