Careers Brief - Applied Art & Design BA
Overview
This one-year full-time Top-up degree is designed for direct progression from your Foundation degree (or HND) to gain an Honours degree.
You could then continue onto postgraduate degree programme or specialist training. Alternatively, you could enter the employed or self-employed sectors.
Many 2D and 3D designers are self-employed or freelance as designer makers and craft practitioners and will be managing their own business, selling directly or indirectly through exhibitions, galleries and shops. You need to be self-confident and a good communicator to promote yourself and be prepared to work long hours to meet deadlines. Knowledge of business and entrepreneurial skills are essential.
Related employed opportunities include: conservator and restorer; art valuer; arts administration; art exhibition organiser or programmer; arts education and development staff in arts centres and other venues; community arts worker; arts agent and promoter; art teacher and college lecturer; art therapist.
For an overview of the industry sector, go to National Guidance Research Forum for 'LMI Future trends' and 'Sectors covered'.
To consider a wider choice of careers matched to your interests, go to Prospects Planner and other career planning sites identified in the Career Planning section of this Careers Guide.
Go to the website links below to find out more.
Further Study
As an Honours graduate with a good class of degree (First or 2.1), you may progress onto an appropriate higher level degree to attain a Masters and/or PhD doctorate. This could be to develop your area of study to a more in-depth practical and/or academic level or to gain other specialist training.
For information on postgraduate study and finance, go to the national online directory at www.prospects.ac.uk/study.htm .
Useful Links
http://mycareerhub.bournemouth.ac.uk/
Bournemouth University Graduate Employment Service - job news, campus events, part-time work, graduate jobs, ask a question, book an appointment
Creative Choices developing your career in the creative and cultural industries - drop down sub-heading 'Choose a creative sector'
Graduate Prospects - national careers website for HE students studying in the UK:
Drop down 'Careers advice' for 'Options with your subject'
Drop down 'Job sectors' for 'Creative arts and culture'
http://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/
Next Step careers site - go to sub-heading 'Planning your career' for 'Job Profiles'
The Artists Information Company supporting contemporary visual arts practice
The Arts Council England - developing, promoting and investing in the arts in England:
Drop down sub-heading 'Funding'
Arts Council of Wales
Creative Scotland - developing the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Cockpit Arts - supporting designer-makers
The Crafts Council promoting contemporary craft
The Design Trust helps people to start, run and grow their own design and crafts business
University of the Arts London - Creative Careers
Arts Jobs & News - free service from the Arts Council England
Artjobster - free artworkers jobsite for the UK
Arts Professional - UK's leading arts management magazine
Training and Development Agency for Teaching in Schools
The British Association of Art Therapists
http://artsmatrix.plymouthart.ac.uk/
ArtsMatrix - Skills and enterprise development agency for the Creative Industries in the South West
http://targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors
Target jobs - graduate careers and jobs publication
http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/
Jobcentre Plus - Jobs and Skills search
BBC Art & Design Careers site (updated until February 2011)
Intute - free online service (updated until July 2011) providing a database and access to web resources for study and research. Browse 'Creative and performing arts'.
