Hereford College of Arts
Contemporary Crafts MA
Hereford College of Arts

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 20 graduates of Contemporary Crafts MA at Hereford College of Arts for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in others in creative arts and design.

Overall student satisfaction
95 /100
20 total respondents
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Creative Arts and Design

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of others in creative arts and design at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £21000 £15500 £18000
25-75 percentile range £16000 - £23500 £11500 - £18500 £14000 - £22500


Salary of all UK Graduates of Creative Arts and Design

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £20000 £16977 £20190
25-75 percentile range £17667 - £24333 £11760 - £21991 £13937 - £25916

Course Description

This dynamic Masters programme offers makers, from a wide range of disciplines, an exciting opportunity to advance their individual creative practice. You will be guided through the academic research process to support and develop your practice. Our students can find the process initially daunting but ultimately liberating. This is a course that supports you to find your voice.

The course will immerse you in exciting conversations about thinking and making. You will have the opportunity to build both your academic- and practice-based skills and see how they inspire and inform each other. Challenged to consider the context of your practice in terms of contemporary crafts you will be given the critical tools to extend your vision. The programme will encourage you to expand boundaries, think conceptually, and extend your own visual, technical and creative vocabulary. Your practice will be informed by rigorous research, experimentation and exploration, all designed to foster innovation in your thinking and your practice.

Modules are project-led and studio-based, supported by close supervision, group tutorials, lectures, seminars, and access to a wide range of workshops and facilities. There is an emphasis on the development of both professional and entrepreneurial skills that aim to ensure the viability, relevance and sustainability of your practice long after the course has finished.

After this Course

The course fosters post graduates in their realisation of their individual creative ambitions and goals. The programme provides a platform for the building of skills and confidence to nurture and drive independence, creative engagement and critical awareness, essential elements of contemporary designer-maker and artist- maker identities. Many post-graduate students on completion of the course establish themselves as ‘sole traders’ or creative professionals with portfolio careers. The broad range of transferable skills developed over the course allows graduate Master practitioners wide opportunities in the creative arts sector through consultancy, community arts, teaching and residencies whilst others want to further extend their research and practice by studying for a PhD.

Highlights

  1. Reflect on and analyse the central concerns, concepts and focus of your practice and develop a research proposal that will be the platform for your MA study.

  2. Engage with research methodologies to underpin and inform your MA practice.

  3. Explore and extend your ideas, media and processes.

  4. Develop both professional and entrepreneurial skills for both creative and commercially sound practice.

  5. Individual and small group tutorials and dedicated supervision and support.

  6. Dedicated individual studio spaces.

  7. Access to a wide range of craft workshops including textiles, printmaking, small metals, jewellery, ceramics and the forge, supported by photography, film, IT and library facilities.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Contemporary Crafts MA at Hereford College of Arts

50% Customer service occupations
20% Information Technology Professionals
20% Finance Professionals
10% Teaching Professionals

Grading & Study Time

Practical Projects including a Master's Project (in Stage 3 of the MA) **Written projects**

Entry Requirements / Admissions

We are unable to accept applications from international students (including EU/EEA) for this course.
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Contemporary Crafts, MA, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

  • Applicants should have an advanced understanding of their particular discipline and be able to demonstrate their ability to sustain research at MA level

  • Applicants should be (or about to become) graduates. Preference will be given to good honours graduates although exceptional applicants from a non-academic background will also be considered

  • Applicants should submit a short proposal of up to five hundred words, detailing a proposed programme of study, supported by an electronic portfolio of current practice, which will form the basis of discussion within the interview

  • Applicants whose first language is not English must achieve IELTS level 7.0 (reading & writing) or equivalent prior to enrolment. Please note, we are not able to accept applications from international (including EU/EEA) students.

  • Typical applicants would be Crafts or Applied Arts graduates. However, graduates from other disciplines within art, design and media will be considered

  • Professional artists, designers or craftspeople who wish to reposition their practice may also qualify

Costs

Tuition Fees Contemporary Crafts MA

Ireland £7150
Channel Islands £7150
England UK £7150
Northern Ireland £7150
Scotland £7150
Wales £7150

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

About Hereford College of Arts

Hereford College of Arts is a specialised art school located in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom. Students can expect to work in an environment that values and respects their artistic vision, thanks to the college’s philosophy of interfering as little as possible with the work that students wish to create.

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