Principal Learning (learning you have to do)
This covers all you need to know about the creative and media sector at the level you’re studying. You’ll cover creative processes, alongside conceptual ideas and practical skills. You’ll get to try lots of different disciplines like 2D and 3D visual art, graphic design, product design, fashion, textiles, drama, advertising, dance, music, film and lots more, and find out more about the ones that interest you. By doing practical activities and small projects, usually combining two or more disciplines, you’ll get to use these skills to create something real. For example recording a music track, producing the artwork and a video to promote it.
Additional and specialist learning (options you can choose
You can take specialist courses in Creative and Media as part of your Diploma. You could learn about dark room printing if photography is your thing, or sound technology if you like music. Maybe even choose a subject that you can use to set up your own business, like getting into jewellery design or 3D art. You can also pick subjects that you might want to study at university, like law, science, politics and a language; or a course to do with a hobby.
Functional Skills (curriculum subjects)
You’ll still do English, maths and ICT as part of your Diploma course. You’ll need them to get your Diploma qualification, and for whatever you go on to do next.
Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills
These are skills like team-working, creative thinking and self-management. You’ll need them for life, study and work, and they’ll help you to be a success whatever you do in the future.
Work Experience
On your Diploma course, you’ll get to do at least 10 days’ work experience. It’s a great way to use the skills you’ve learnt in the classroom, and see what work is really like. It might be with a local theatre, a high street fabric store, or a digital agency seeing how websites are made. You could spend time with a larger organisation, perhaps in TV or radio, shadowing a runner. You might even work for a local business, and find out how they use creative and media disciplines in their work, like advertising and website design.
Student Project
You can do your project about anything you like because you choose the topic, and how you’re going to present your work. You’ll need to show all the things you’ve learnt on your Diploma course, but what you do it on is up to you. It could be a written piece of work, like a report; an investigation or something practical, for example putting on a production at your school or college, doing the lighting and sound as well as the show, or creating a short film.
For more information please contact course information:
Enfield Centre Course Information
020 8372 7600
courseinformation@enfield.ac.uk
Tottenham Centre Course Information
020 8442 3055
courseinfo@staff.conel.ac.uk