Millie Whitehead
Art & Design
Millie studied Art & Design with us, with a focus on Fashion and Textiles. She then went on to study at the Royal School of Needlework and was head hunted straight out of university by Alexander McQueen!
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Becky Swallow
Art & Design
Becky Swallow started her career as an Assistant Accountant, but following a car accident and back injury, she was unable to sit at a desk. While in hospital, she was introduced to art therapy and she discovered her love of creativity. Becky went on to study photography and now has her own business, Becky Swallow Photography.
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Richard Gibbens
Art & Design
Richard studied Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design - Foundation Studies (Photography) with us and is now a freelance Photographer, focusing on documentary, landscape, journalistic, theatre, portrait and event photography. Richard often uses photography to support social and environmental causes and to celebrate all kinds of landscape, with a preference for remote places that he can often reach without a car!
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Emilie Mason
Art & Design
Emilie studied the Extended Diploma Art and Design and then progressed to the Foundation Studies Art and Design here with us at Kendal College.
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This course will introduce you to a broad range of creative techniques and processes. You will develop your research skills, your personal confidence, and learn about progression opportunities in the Art and Design industries. There will be opportunities to learn skills within drawing, 2D design, printmaking, photography, textiles, sculpture, 3D design and digital media.
By completing this course, you will achieve a University of Arts London (UAL) Level 2 Diploma in Art and Design.
You will have access to a wide range of workshops from 3D, printmaking, photography, fashion & textiles and apple mac suites. Themed projects will help you understand art and design more broadly and enable you to make work, which expresses your own ideas as part of the creative process. You will have opportunities to improve communication and presentation skills through group activities and student exhibitions.
You will study: - 2D, 3D & 4D Art - 2D and 3D Design - Fashion and Textiles - Graphics - Digital and Lens-based media. All of our learners will be given support with their English and Maths skills where relevant to their main programme.
Those students who have not yet achieved a 'C' grade at GCSE in these subjects will continue to work towards these important qualifications at a level suited to them. Assessment is through on-going continuous assessment of unit work leading to a final major project achieved at Pass Merit or Distinction grade.
Entry Requirements
Four GCSEs Grade 3 or above (A*- D), including English or Math OR Diploma Level 1 (Merit or Distinction) You will also be required to provide a portfolio of your art and design work at interview.
After Your Course
The course is intended to open up opportunities to continue with study or to gain employment in areas of Art and Design. The course is ideal preparation for the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design. Level 3 Extended Diplomas are equivalent to three A-Levels.
Fees
£2000.00
The fee displayed is the course fee. Course fees are per year for full-time and degree-level courses, and on a per-course basis for part-time courses.
There may be additional costs associated with this course, such as kits, equipment, books, and trips. Financial support may be available to support you with these. See the Student Money pages for more information.
Courses fees
The current full-time & degree-level fee information is related to the 2025/26 academic year.
Entry Level, Level 1 & Level 2 Courses
You may qualify for financial support to cover the cost of a government-funded qualification if any of the following apply to you:
- Receive an eligible means-tested benefit, e.g. JSA, ESA or Universal Credit
- Have an annual salary of less than £25,000
- Are aged 16-18 on 31/08/25 and are not studying at another school/college
- Do not already have a level 1, 2 or 3 qualification
- Have a household income under £35,000 and are in financial hardship
See the Student Money pages for more information.
