Course General Description

Designer Maker course will help you to develop all the skills you need to establish yourself as a craft practitioner. You'll be able to study the course on a part-time basis over 6 years, benefiting from the strong emphasis on design practice and making, and giving you a solid understanding of materiality and function. You will be able to develop your creative thinking and experiment with a range of materials to produce installations, prototype product design, and retail ready pieces. Use our fantastic facilities to learn technical skills in ceramics, stained glass, kiln-formed glass, metals, and textiles. Many of our past students have gone on to work in the UK and abroad with organisations such as the Craft Council, Conran Design, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Imperial War Museum.

School General Description

A part of Brighton since 1859, the university has been guided by its original ethos to become the diverse, multidisciplinary institution that it is today. With 21,555 students studying across five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings, the university community demonstrates civic responsibility across the south coast and beyond. The university is defined by a commitment to social relevance, steering its curriculum and research projects away from the ivory tower and toward the fulfilment of public good as a trusted partner.This not only involves active engagement with a local and global community but includes a coordinated effort toward creating an equal and sustainable environment within the university. This is based on the shared values of engagement, diversity, participation, collaboration and sustainability.The university courses, from undergraduate to research level and from the humanities to the natural sciences encourage students to apply their academic knowledge to the world beyond university in order to become active, fruitful members of their local communities.The university endeavours to remain a trusted partner, believing that by building strong, effective and mutually beneficial relationships we are collectively stronger and better able to tackle the real-world issues that we all face.