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Course Mode
Full-time
Level
3
Start Date
1st Sept 2025
Start Time
Duration
2 Years
Location
Arts & Media Campus

Art & Design

Our Arts & Media Campus is widely respected and has an excellent record of producing talented and successful creative students.

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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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Course Overview

This is a creative two-year course that allows you to discover a wide range of visual arts media. It is equivalent to 3 A-Levels and is worth up to 168 UCAS points. The course develops your creativity, developing your idea generation skills along with practical and technical workshops that include: - Printmaking/ Illustration - Graphic Design - Craft - Digital Media/ Animation - Fashion/ Textiles - 2D & 3D Fine Art - Photography - 3D Design Students learn through a process of primary research, including residential visits to London galleries and exhibitions, Manchester and Liverpool, and locally within their own community, as well as secondary sources. Initial ideas are taken into workshops, seminars, developmental studio work and experimental practical processes.

By completing this course, you will achieve a University of Arts London (UAL) Level 3 Diploma in Creative Practice: Art, Design & Communication.

This is 2 year course and is equivalent to 3 A-Levels and is worth up to 168 UCAS points (Triple Distinction*) or 144 UCAS points (Triple Distinction). UCAS have recently changed the UCAS Tariff from September 2017 so they could include more qualifications. The new Tariff points are lower than the original Tariff points but the value remains the same, as universities will just use lower Tariff numbers in their entry requirements than in previous years.

Throughout the course we also deliver a core programme involving drawing, contextual studies and personal professional development. In year one you will work towards completing set assignment briefs in a variety of different art and design specialisms. They will involve contextual research that will be applied to practical workshops to develop your technical understanding. The workshops will inspire and drive your creative ability allowing you to produce a range of individual art and design outcomes.

In year 2 you will be able to build on the core skills learnt in year one, with opportunities to learn more specialist techniques in your chosen art and design specialism. Throughout this year you will get the opportunity to work towards client led project assignments providing you with real life industry experience. The course finishes with a Summer Exhibition of your independent final project work. Throughout the course you will develop enterprise and presentation skills and be supported to achieve your progression goal, to potential universities, employment or further training. You will also learn how to structure and deliver presentations and how to build a professional portfolio.

All of our learners will be given support with their English and Maths skills where relevant to their main course. Those students who have not yet achieved a Grade 4 (or C) at GCSE in these subjects will continue to work towards these important qualifications at a level suited to them. However, students will still have to achieve the stated Entry Requirements before they start the course. Assessment is through on-going continuous assessment of unit work leading to a final major project achieved at Pass, Merit or Distinction grade. 168 UCAS points (Distinction) or 120 UCAS points (Merit) or 72 UCAS points (Pass).

Entry Requirements

Five GCSE at Grade 4 or above, preferably including English or Maths and Art, Design and Media or similar; or a Level 2 (First) Diploma in Art, Design and Media at Merit Level or above. You will also be required to attend an interview to look at your art and design work. If you are a mature applicant (18+), we would be happy to interview you based on a representative portfolio of your art work. NB: Enrolment on this course is dependent on meeting the Entry Requirements stated above.

After Your Course

Learners who have completed this programme have the opportunity to progress to university, employment or gain further training. Learners have progressed to a broad range of degree programmes including Photography at Manchester Metropolitan, Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art, Model Design (Character & Special Effects) at the University of Hertfordshire, Fashion Design at University of the Arts London. Learners have also progressed into employment securing work at local companies such as Mint Cake Design, while also being able to progress onto further training within the Art & Design Foundation Studies programme.

Fees

£3345.00

The fee displayed is the course fee. Course fees are per year for full-time courses and per course for part-time courses.

Other costs may be 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.

Level 3-6 Courses

Advanced Learning Loans are available for students aged 19 or over who are studying eligible level 3, 4, 5, and 6 courses. If you are on an Access course, the loan will be written off if you complete a degree.

You may qualify for financial support to cover the cost of a Level 3 qualification if you do not already hold a Level 3 qualification (this will depend on the course and your age as of 31 August 2025).

Please speak to Student Services for more information on course fees.

A-Levels

The fees displayed are for the one-year AS-Level course. If you would like to progress to the full A-Level, please get in touch with us to inquire about the cost of the second year, as it will vary.

16-18 year olds

There are no course fees if you were aged 16-18 on 31/08/25 and are not studying at another institution.

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