Open Day Introduction

Simon ThorpeDean of the Faculty of Fine Art & Design

Director of Student Engagement

We’re a specialist art college in the centre of Leeds. The College was established in 1846 as Leeds School of Art

The Vernon Street site was built in1903 and Blenheim in1985. Blenheim had major refurbishments which were completed by 2008 and increased the building by approximately two thirds of its original size

Range of courses - Higher Education and Further Education. 11 Degree courses across a wide range of disciplines. Approx 1100 Higher Education students and 700 Further Education students

We have a consistent track record developing the artists and designers of the future

Who are we?

BA (Hons) Art & Design (Interdisciplinary)BA (Hons) Creative AdvertisingBA (Hons) Digital Film, Games & AnimationBA (Hons) FashionBA (Hons) Fine ArtBA (Hons) Graphic DesignBA (Hons ) Interior DesignBA (Hons) PhotographyBA (Hons) Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern DesignBA (Hons) Visual CommunicationFD/BA (Hons) Furniture Making

Our Higher Education Courses

All courses develop your employability skills through Personal and Professional Practice modulesAll courses develop your critical awareness relevant to your practice All courses undertake study visits by way of events, trips and international visits as appropriateAll courses expect you to do work placements and/or work on live briefsThere are many opportunities for interdisciplinary work/projects

Our Courses

All courses develop your employability skills through Personal and Professional Practice modulesAll courses develop your critical awareness relevant to your practice All courses undertake study visits by way of events, trips and international visits as appropriateAll courses expect you to do work placements and/or work on live briefsThere are many opportunities for interdisciplinary work/projects

Course communities within an environment dedicated to the creative industries

Industry-standard equipment and facilitiesExperienced staff - many of our staff are actively involved in the creative industries. Low student staff ratiosThe last National Student Survey (2011) of final year undergraduates confirmed that we are one of the highest scoring specialist art institutions in the country with an 86% overall satisfaction rate

A recent survey was undertaken (Creative Graduate Creative Futures, 2009) tracking career trajectories of students 5 years after graduating. From the responses received over 75 percent reported that they were employed in the Creative Industries sector

National and increasing international reputation

Why LCA?

Leeds is internationally recognised as a leading centre of learning

“The best UK university destination.” The Independent

A student population of over 200,000, with a large art and design student population

Leeds and the region have a vibrant and rich arts community and design industryLeeds remains the region’s main centre for companies in creative and digital industries, accounting for over 25% of employment in the sector

Leeds is the only English city outside London with its own repertory theatre, opera house and ballet companies.

Leeds Art Gallery has one of the UK’s best collections of contemporary British art (as reported by The Times newspaper)

Creative Leeds

You must make a judgment whether we are right for you

Look beyond the glossy prospectuses

Ask questions about resources, staff, jobs, philosophies

Talk to other students

Look at some work

What Next?

Fees for 2012

The annual fee for new full time UK and EU entrants from September 2012 will be £8250

Graduates only start paying back their tuition and living cost loans once they are earning £21,000 or more.

The amount repaid each month will depend on a graduate’s earnings.

Repayments will be 9% of any income over £21,000; for example on an annual salary of £25,000 the weekly repayments would be £6.92, or around £30 a month.

The debt is written off after 30 years.

The loans for tuition fees and for maintenance are treated as one when making repayments. For example; a graduate earning £21,500 would initially make repayments of £4 per month. The monthly repayment would increase to £23 for someone earning £24,000 per year; £30 on a salary of £25,000; £45 on £27,000; and £68 on £30,000.

The repayments will normally be deducted automatically from your pay packet through the tax system.

Interest on your loan will be charged at inflation plus 3% while you are studying, and up until the April after you leave university.

From the April after you leave university if you are earning below £21,000, interest will be applied at the rate of inflation.

Graduates earning between £21,000 and £41,000 will be charged interest on a sliding scale up to a maximum of inflation plus 3%.

Graduates earning above £41,000 will be charged interest at the full rate of inflation plus 3%.

All outstanding repayments will be written off after 30 years.