Creative Practice MA

Whether you are progressing from undergraduate studies or you are an established professional with a desire to diversify your practice, our exciting and innovative Creative Practice masters will enable you to develop and extend your creative portfolio and boost your professional aspirations.<br/><br/>Multidisciplinary practice is a defining aspect of the programme and you will be part of a rewarding learning environment that opens-up opportunities for creative exchange or collaboration on projects.<br/><br/><strong>COURSE OVERVIEW</strong><br/>The choice is yours. You will draft, initiate and project-manage your own creative briefs, with guidance from programme tutors. You can specialise in one medium or work on projects, either individually or collaboratively, across multiple media. You will have access to technician expertise and the industry-standard facilities at our Brampton Road campus. Our MA will give you the practical, technical, and applied knowledge to develop the flexible skills needed to forge a career within a constantly shifting cultural landscape.<br/><br/>The MA Creative Practice programme is structured across a full-calendar year starting in late September and culminating the following August. The programme leads towards the completion of a major MA Project, and professional presentation in the final Masters exhibition. Working under the guidance of your tutors you can approach the practical modules thematically, as part of one overarching project, or as a series of mini briefs.<br/><br/><strong>ON THIS COURSE YOU WILL...</strong><br/>• Study in industry-standard studio spaces that include Mac and PC computer suites carrying the latest high-specification design and video production software and hardware.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Benefit from opportunities to showcase your work within a professional context including the final MA show and graduate exhibitions in London.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Have access to technical expertise and facilities including the printmaking studio, 3D workshop, audio-visual store, photography darkrooms, editing suites, motion capture tech and a production studio with a full lighting rig and multi-camera set-up.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gain from the professional development built into module content - tutors have great industry links (including a Hollywood scriptwriter and comic-strip artist), which gives you the opportunity to network and make industry contacts.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Learn from academic practitioners that are experts in their field, have published and/or exhibited nationally and internationally and are involved in practice-led research.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>WHAT YOU WILL LEARN</strong><br/>The MA Creative Practice provides a context and supportive environment in which students can appreciate the benefits of critical self-reflection and cultivate the practical and theoretical expertise needed to become reflective practitioners. The course pedagogy encourages multidisciplinary, lateral approaches to creative practice though a structured timetable of theoretical lectures, practical workshops, student-led, peer-to-peer seminars, visiting speakers, action based and experiential research, self-directed and tutorial based learning. The breadth of input from staff and the multiple mechanisms of engagement support are intended to optimise learning opportunities across all practical and theoretical activity.<br/><br/>You will learn and work alongside practitioners from a variety of creative disciplines including creative writing, film, design, illustration, photography, wildlife media, games design and concept art. You will be part of a dynamic and supportive creative community.