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Contents Why choose Swansea College of Art UWTSD Location and Facilities Our Students Our Teaching Our Research Things to do in Swansea
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BA / MDes Product Design BSc / MDes Product Design & Technology MA Product Design MSc Industrial Design
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The information contained in this booklet is correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change as part of the University’s policy of continuous improvement and development.
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It’s an art school Experience in a Contemporary University... Our location You will find bays and beaches, surfing and sailing, climbing and canoeing, swimming and cycling – it’s all here. With soaring limestone cliffs, small “smugglers’ coves”, castles and historic buildings and breathtaking stretches of long There are all the amenities and sandy beaches, the scenery is both cultural activities that you would expect to find in a modern, vibrant, spectacular and inspiring, and all university city – theatres, cinemas, on your doorstep. excellent galleries, museums, restaurants, bars and great Our Facilities student nightlife. Swansea is a seaside city, a great place to live and study: big enough to offer you the space you need; small enough to make you feel that you belong.
We also have an award-winning maritime quarter, a multi-million pound Waterfront Museum and the Wales National Swimming Pool. And what’s more, the cost of living here is very reasonable compared with most other university towns and cities.
We respect and celebrate our traditions. This is why we have retained traditional equipment and processes in the areas of ceramics, glass, printmaking and photography. But we are also forward-looking, and the Faculty is bristling with new technology.
Just on our doorstep, beyond the Mumbles, lies the Gower Peninsula, the UK’s first officially designated “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” and also great for surfing.
We are proud to have the latest Apple Mac digital equipment for all our programmes, and we also have specialist state-of-the-art equipment to meet the needs of individual programmes, from a water jet cutter, digital photographic and textile printers, laser cutters and digital ceramic print facilities to editing suites and video resources, including access to the latest Ultra HD RED camera.
Swansea has real people, real personality and is probably one of the most exciting cities in the UK to be in right now. We are just three hours from London and 2.5 hours from Birmingham. We have excellent motorway (M4) and mainline railway links.
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“The standard of oneto-one teaching was second to none and the state-of-the-art facilities really allowed me to explore and develop my skills to the highest of industry standards.” Peter Wilkins Senior Automotive Designer McLaren Automotive Limited
So, whether you choose to work with traditional processes or new technologies, or across both, we have it here for you. The creative possibilities are as exciting as they are enormous.
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Study visit to Porsche Museum Stuttgart, Germany 2014
Our teaching All our programmes benefit from a team of highly qualified staff who are research-active, are exhibiting both nationally and abroad and are often involved in projects with Industry. The amount of contact time students get with our staff is among the highest in the country. Our links / employability We have designed modules that will help you gain employment skills and have excellent links with the creative industries and major manufacturing companies so that when you graduate you already have a ‘foot in the door’.
Our students It is due largely to our students and our graduates over 160 years that we have built the reputation that we have. Many have gone on to distinguished careers in the arts, some have established multimillion pound design companies, or are working as freelance artists. Others have gone on to work as designers for leading brands such as Hasbro, MacLaren, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Recaro or well-known design consultancies such as Seymour Powell. Our students are continually winning awards and are given the opportunity to exhibit throughout their courses. Graduate shows take place in Swansea and London with students showcasing their work at prestigious exhibitions including New Designers. 4 | www.uwtsd.ac.uk
In the third year you undertake external projects and are encouraged to enter national and international design competitions to extend your portfolio and your professional profile. Live projects with an external client are an important part of the course and every student will leave with portfolio projects that demonstrate their ability to do it ‘for real’ (see programme details for examples). In the Professional Promotion module students develop their own ‘brand identity’ to promote themselves and prepare for professional employment. Many students protect their ideas at this stage with design registrations or patent applications with the support of the University.
We have an excellent range of visiting lecturers and the Faculty regularly holds conferences and symposia that give you a much broader understanding of art and design. Most recent were two exhibitions and symposia in Illustration and Fine Art/Drawing that attracted international artists and speakers. A considerable number of companies offer our students placements and employment. Tonto Films, for example, the California-based company behind TV series Da Vinci’s Demons, who transformed the former Ford Factory in Swansea into 15th Century Florence, complete with Ponte Vecchio and Da Vinci’s studio, provided many such opportunities. Students have worked in their costume and props departments and in production and post-production. You may also have the opportunity to work with the Creative Industries Research and Innovations Centre, with the range of European-Funded projects, that work directly with companies throughout the region or with the Cerebra Innovation Centre that develop unique products for disabled children. Many of our graduates return to talk to and work with students, providing excellent insights and links to the creative industries.
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More Opportunities During your time with us you will have the opportunity to study abroad with the Erasmus exchange programme - currently running with universities in Norway, Barcelona and Finland. Our research Swansea College of Art has a long and established record of excellence in research in Art, Design and Media. Each of our Schools has an established and vibrant postgraduate culture that embraces a dynamic MA/ MSc taught master’s portfolio, MPhil/PhD research programmes and post-doctoral research of the highest standard. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) categorised 95.8% of our research as being of world renown or internationally excellent. The Creative Industries Research and Innovation Centre (CIRIC) acts as a catalyst for developing and maintaining our strong international partnerships and industry links. CIRIC is an innovative, entrepreneurial and commercial centre that fosters knowledge transfer between the University and the private sector.
The College of Art has four integrated research hubs covering Contemporary Fine Arts, Contemporary Crafts, Life-Science & Health and the Digital Creative Industries. These hubs cover a wide and growing number of specific research centres such as CLASI (The Centre for Lens Arts and Science Interaction), ISD (Institute for Sustainable Design), IPCRES (The International Project Centre for Research into Events and Situations) and ATIC (Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre). We hold regular public symposia and research forums with speakers of international renown.
“I would encourage anyone who is interested in this field of postgraduate study to do the MA as I feel it has helped me personally to define and achieve the goals I have set out for myself as a designer.” Gareth Lloyd, MA Product Design Graduate
The research and practice of all staff in the College enriches our postgraduate programmes and ensures their currency. Staff are invited to exhibit at prestigious international events and venues such as the Venice Biennale and the Three Gorges Museum in China. The combination of location, cutting-edge facilities and internationally recognised research profile makes Swansea College of Art at UWTSD a leading centre for research and postgraduate studies.
Image: Michael Sheen in the Port Talbot Passion filmed by students on work experience with Moving Image Wales
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Things to do in Swansea In town
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Visit the many art galleries and museums, including the Mission, Elysium and Glynn Vivian, the National Waterfront Museum and Swansea Museum. Try the slides at the LC, Wales’ biggest indoor waterpark. Have a go at kite surfing, volley ball or paddle boarding at the beach. Enjoy a big night out in Wind Street. Buy a warm Welsh cake in the largest covered market in Wales. Go to the top of Wales’ tallest building There are also plans for a £1bn transformation of the city centre and a tidal lagoon.
Visit this spectacular peninsula, the first designated area of outstanding natural beauty in the UK, home to around 50 unspoiled beaches, coves and bays Feast your eyes on Three Cliffs Bay, voted one of the top four views in Britain (Britain’s Favourite Views, ITV). Picnic at Rhossili, voted one of the top 25 beaches in the world (The Sunday Times) and 3rd in the UK (2015 Trip Advisor Travellers’ Choice Awards). Ride the waves at Llangennith, a top 10 UK surf spot. There’s also an airport for parachuting and paragliding.
Mumbles Take a trip to the beach - Langland or Caswell - for a sandwich and a surf. Get an ice cream from Joes. Browse the shops in Newton Road Explore Oystermouth Castle. Uplands Relax in the bars/restaurants Visit Dylan Thomas’ childhood park, Cwmdonkin, for a cup of tea Stroll around the monthly street market.
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Studying at the ALEX Design Exchange Situated in the heart of Swansea, one of the UK’s most vibrant yet affordable student cities, our industrial design programmes occupy the newly restored and extended Grade II listed ALEX Design Exchange building in the Swansea Arts Quarter.
The origins of our Design School at Swansea can be traced back to 1853 when the School of Science and Art was first opened in Alexandra Road. So, we have a long history of providing art and design education in Swansea, but that doesn’t mean we are old- fashioned and out of date! We offer exciting design programmes with cutting-edge facilities that are delivered by highly motivated and passionate staff who encourage you to be creative, forwardthinking and talented designers. The School is an established provider of BA, BSc and Master’s degrees in Product Design and is one of a select few institutions in the UK providing both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Automotive and Transport Design. The new £14m ALEX Design Exchange building has excellent facilities including dedicated design studios with individual personal workspaces and hi-speed Wi-Fi available for every single student.
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The Team Our team are all experienced designers who are either engaged in industrial research and practice through the work of the Creative Industries Research Centre (CIRIC) and Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) which are based at ALEX, or they are research-active in specialist fields with peer-reviewed publications in major conferences and journals. Visiting lecturers, who are practising designers with their own studios or who are working in leading design or manufacturing companies, complement the core staff team. These experts are often our graduates who provide our students with their ‘real-world’ insights, practical skills workshops and inspiration to succeed.
Most importantly from your perspective, our staff are friendly, approachable and supportive which, combined with our small class sizes, ensures that you get a high standard of tuition and support to kick-start your career in design. So, if you have the ambition to make a real and tangible impact on the world around you then take a look at the courses we have to offer…
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Live industry projects are also a core aspect of your learning experience – we work closely on projects with local industry as well as some of the biggest brands in the world such as Hasbro, Recaro, Jaguar Land Rover and Maclaren. This ensures that we meet the highest academic and professional standards and deliver qualifications and learning experiences relevant to industry, which makes you highly employable. Of course, to help you get a foot in the door we offer a variety of opportunities for you to develop your own creative enterprise and professional promotion, including exhibiting at New Designers annual graduate showcase in London.
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Facilities We have well-equipped prototyping workshops and highly skilled technical staff which offers you the scope to gain experience of working with wood, metal, plastics, fibreglass, resins, glass, plaster, ceramics and automotive styling clay. Our workshops include fiberglass layup and spray facilities, professional clay tables and surfacing tools, sand blasting, acid etching, cold glass processing, warm glass forming, enameling and electro-plating, welding, cutting, routing, milling, turning and thermo-forming equipment. You will be taught how to use all of this equipment safely and effectively so that you can use the workshops whenever you need to explore and develop your ideas in three dimensions. You can also access water jet and laser cutting equipment, photography, film and video editing and motion capture studios in our Dynevor Centre for Art, Design & Media just two minutes walk from ALEX. While drawing and making will always remain the fundamental core of good design practice and our programmes in Swansea, we also have state-of-the-art digital design tools.
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Your design studios are better equipped than most commercial design studios with advanced CAD tools including Wacom Cintiq workstations running the latest versions of industry-standard 3D design and visualisation software such as Autodesk AliasStudio, SketchBook Pro, and VRED, Solidworks and Adobe Creative Suite. This is linked to a stateof-the-art CNC and 3D printing and scanning facilities including 3D Systems, Z-Corp, Ultimaker, Fortus, Roland and Stratasys machines. Digital technologies are rapidly evolving so we are constantly updating our expertise and resources and continually introduce you to a wide range of digital tools during your programme to ensure that you can work effectively as a designer in the 21st century.
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Gareth Wyn Thomas
The Product Design portfolio is all about a passion for the creation of exciting and innovative products that have a positive impact on people’s lives - it is more often the everyday objects that surround us which have the most profound impact on our lives!
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What makes the Product Design course special? By choosing to study Product Design at our new and vibrant Swansea College of Art building in The Alex Design Exchange, you will encounter and learn tocreate and evaluate new and novel approaches to creativity, idea generation and ways to embrace ‘design thinking’ methodologies. You are encouraged to experiment and understand ways by which you can turn your concepts into focused, tangible inventions and products that meet an array of user demands. Studying Product Design at UWTSD offers students a unique opportunity to focus on their creative development. We areproud to be able to run concentrated, small teaching groups and regular ‘one-to-one’ tutorials, where, as a student, you will focus on developing your understanding and individual professional growth. Throughout your studies you will be also be encouraged to learn and grow the skills and knowledge to produce both digital and physical products.
We are dedicated to helping you explore ways to achieve your full creative potential. We place an emphasis on innovative and intellectually underpinned creative processes, each aimed at helping you initiate interesting and novel ideas and product design solutions. Product designers define the world around us, they give it form and material quality, they make it usable and sensible but they must be able to do this in economic and defined, sustainable ways. Both programmes deal with the conceptualisation of design and the development of massproduced consumer products, systems and services. Our vision is to produce design professionals able to respond creatively to the changing needs of people in a commercially and environmentally sustainable manner. “Throughout my time at UWTSD I developed a number of skills which led me to propose an innovative concept in my final year. I continued to develop and test the idea while studying for my MA, and with the help from the university I have been able to licence this product to a global company based in Denmark and gain an internship to manage the product evolution. Now the product, called ‘SCALLOP’, is produced and marketed worldwide and I have a full time job with R82 in Denmark! Its been a fantastic start to my career and this has all been down to my experiences at UWTSD.” Keira Gwynn
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This programme explores the human-centred aspects of product design. You are encouraged to explore, innovate and then incorporate your own understanding of aesthetics and other complexities understood through form-making and product concepts and interactions.
of materials and manufacturing. The programme integrates traditional studio and workshop practice with state-of the-art digital tools, with students utilising the latest versions of industrystandard computer-aided design and visualisation software, 3D printing and prototyping facilities.
The single lifetime paradigm of the product is no longer a viable description of designing and making. Instead, deeper considerations for durations of use, re-valuing products and their component parts, the methods of manufacture and sourcing are paramount responsibilities and must originate as the roots of designed products. The thinking and explorations of the designer, afford original and innovative after-values, and these can be adapted to, and evolve. For example, a great deal can be learnt from the identification and analysis of so-called ‘mundane’ objects, and with care, these can be held as exemplars of design.
Through an emphasis on communication using drawing and sketch model-making, as a student you will be able to enjoy exploring the issues raised by nurturing your growing appreciation and ability to formulate a range of approaches that understand and can usefully address problems of sustainability, an artefact’s wider cultural meanings, and to evaluate appropriate user-mediated responses focused on prototyping and manufacturing.
BA UCAS Code: W242 MDes UCAS Code: 0P2M Location: Swansea
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Gerallt Devonauld (CIC)
Approaches for idea generation, form development and product interaction are taught through studio and workshop practice, allied with a sound understanding
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BSc (Hons) /MDes (Hons) Product Design & Technology
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The programme philosophy and our vision is to produce design professionals able to creatively apply new and emerging technologies within new product innovations. You are encouraged to explore new ways of exploiting digital tools to deliver efficient and effective products to the commercial market. You will have the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and intellectual abilities to undertake the design and development of new products utilising industry-standard and
state-of-the-art digital design tools and rapid prototyping technologies to explore and realise detailed product solutions. There is a strong emphasis on design optimisation of product proposals with regard to the enabling technologies, material choice and manufacturing criteria allied with an awareness of sustainable practices in design and realisation. On graduation, you will possess the necessary subject-specific and transferable skills and attributes required to generate ideas, concepts, and detailed design proposals in response to specified needs and be able to function effectively in a (multidisciplinary) design studio environment.
BSc UCAS Code: W284 MDes UCAS Code: W200 Location: Swansea Contact: Matt Archer matthew.archer@uwtsd.ac.uk
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Product Design, by its very nature, is all about fulfilling humanity’s imagination by creating a blueprint for the desired future. It is the responsibility of the designer to realise and direct human emotions and needs enabling a society to evolve and function. It is this challenge, through a balance of intellectual endeavour, technology and design articulation, that the programme addresses, enabling you, the student, to be inquisitive and explore the subtleties for good design. You will be introduced to state-of-the-art digital design tools and rapid prototyping technologies to explore your design thinking and shape our future relationships with the products we need (or don’t need?).
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BA/BSc/MDes Product Design Level 4 Product designers define the world around us, they give it form and material quality, they make it usable and sensible and they have to do this in an economic and sustainable way. The aim of both the BA (Hons) and BSc (Hons) programmes is to creatively and constructively design and develop mass produced consumer products, systems and services.
Incorporates the modules: Product Design Methods 1, 3D CAD & Visualisation, Materials & Manufacturing, Product Design Methods 2, Contextual Studies (BA PD) and Product Engineering (BSc PD&T). As a design student you are expected to practise your skills and promote your understanding and development of visual literacy methodologies and develop an expertise in three-dimensional form-making and manipulation, both in the workshop and virtual environment. You will experiment with a variety of materials (wood, metal, plastics, foam, ceramics, glass and styling clay) to expand your material awareness, understanding of formal/tactile qualities and the ability to create accurate prototypes using a variety of workshop processes. This will be underpinned by a more technical module considering core materials and manufacturing.
Where they differ is in their approach to new product development with the BA (Hons) focusing on product engagement and interaction from a utilitarian and emotional perspective, whereas the BSc (Hons) focuses on product detailing, enabling technologies, material choice and manufacturing criteria.
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First Year model making practice
Liam Mee
Both programmes share common modules in parallel with the MDes (Hons) pathway which gives students the opportunity to extend their learning experience and pursue selforiented goals through innovative entrepreneurial activities and advanced design practice.
You will be introduced to industrystandard 2D|3D modelling software platforms to complement the more traditional approach of pen and paper and sketch modelling. Differentiation of the pathways starts this year with the BA students learning to contextualise their practice within wider historical, social and cultural frames of reference, while the BSc students focus on gaining theoretical knowledge regarding product engineering and technology.
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Incorporates the modules: Professional Practice and Group Design Practice, Advanced 3D CAD, Design for Manufacture, Advanced Digital Visualisation (BA PD), User Experience Design (BA PD), Digital Product Development (BSc PD&T), and Product Simulation & Analysis. Achievement at Level 5 reflects the ability to identify and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to address broadly-defined, complex problems. It includes taking responsibility for planning and developing courses of action as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within broad parameters.
Incorporates the modules: Major Project: Research & Design Manifesto, Major Project: Realisation & Communication, Minor Project & Professional Promotion. These modules are designed to facilitate your formulation of a personal ideological framework within which you can express and critically evaluate your individual creative skills and role as a Product Designer. Two projects are undertaken during the year, underpinned by a contextual module and a module dealing with self-promotion. The Major Project is a substantive selfinitiated body of work that requires significant and sustained periods of independent study, culminating in a public exhibition.
The core design modules provide the backbone to studies at this level. This is achieved through project work, individual and group, and particularly through externally generated briefs that allow you to liaise and engage with industry, developing a professional approach to, and understanding of, commercial reality. You are also questioned on the impact of sustainability, and how your design will address these criteria. Programme differentiation continues with BA pathway studying practical tools and techniques for conducting user experience research, whereas on the BSc pathway there is an emphasis on understanding the digital tools that will allow you to analyse, evaluate and detail conceptual solutions in regard to a technical outcome. This year is where you mature your understanding of design resolution through technical advancements from a traditional and digital perspective and contextual appreciation.
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The Minor Project gives you the opportunity to add breadth to your portfolio, normally by showcasing your design capacity either by undertaking a live client-driven brief or a national design competition. The Professional Promotion module strengthens your competitiveness in the marketplace by focusing on the development of self-promotional materials and challenges to entering the commercial reality of the creative industries.
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You will be expected to engage in detailed research and reflective discourse in regard to an identified problem or issue, resulting in an appropriate design response to the problem context, both from a philosophical and tangible perspective.
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Level 7 (MDes only) Incorporates the modules: Research Methods & Communication, Creative Enterprise & Practice, Design Experiment & Creative Venture. The year is a student-led, focusing on further enhancing the creative identity of the individual through material research and innovation as well as a targeted employment or enterprise strategy for their future. The modules are designed to encourage advanced understanding in research methods, entrepreneurial thinking and design practice. You will develop an in-depth understanding of the relevant theoretical and methodological perspectives and their impact on contemporary design research and experimentation. Creative Venture is an innovative project module where you can explore, from a variety of avenues, to extend your professional standing in a chosen field, through advanced practice by means of developing an existing IP asset, generated at undergraduate level, or undertaking a collaborative opportunity with an identified commercial partner, or even by creating a new business start-up.
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MA Product Design This programme is about pushing the envelope of Product Design by educating the next generation of visionaries and implementers, who will embrace, reflect and address environmental, economic and social-cultural challenges through the medium of creative dialogue. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted, allowing the students the freedom to challenge conventions through crosscollaborative experimentation and lateral thinking, with a goal of harnessing design ambiguity into an entrepreneurial outcome.
MSc Industrial Design The programme aims to educate designers for professional practice with Creative & Sustainable Product Exploration, Innovation Mind-set & Culture, Human & Product Inter-relationships, Design Focus & Self-Expression and Industrial Collaboration. You will explore the nature of the innovation process and its relationship to the design and development of consumer and industrial products, challenging the current conventional approach and proposing new paradigms for the design of innovative and sustainable products, systems and services.
The modules in Part 1 focus on design thinking and the development of your creative and philosophical attributes, with Part 2 allowing you the freedom to deliver an in-depth investigation to a self-defined question. The programme has been designed as a platform for students to realise the exploitation of their own or their company’s IPR, providing graduates with the opportunity to develop their expertise to make them a more effective and reflective design practitioner, reflecting society’s desires and future needs. Contact: Dr Pete Spring peter.spring@uwtsd.ac.uk
The programme aims to educate designers for professional practice with Creative & Sustainable Product Exploration, Advanced Digital Prototyping, Manufacturing Reality, Design Focus & SelfExpression and Industrial Collaboration. You will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the virtual environment to validate a design direction, considering both an intellectual and technical An interdisciplinary approach is argument to your outcome adopted, allowing the students conclusions. The modules in Part 1 the freedom to challenge focus on design thinking and the conventions through analytical experimentation and investigation, development of your technical with a goal of realising and testing and philosophical attributes, with Part 2 allowing you the freedom to a design outcome. deliver an in-depth investigation to a self-defined question. This programme give students the freedom to challenge current conventions of Industrial Design through collaborative experimentation and design thinking that reflects and addresses environmental, economic and technological challenges present in today’s society.
The programme is of particular benefit to those working as designers/engineers in a design and development environment, and places a strong emphasis on the integration of the latest digital time compression technologies to consider the sustainable development, realisation and production of products. The programme has been designed as a platform to allow students to expand their professional stance and reconcile consumer desires and needs with manufacturing reality.
Contact: Matt Archer matthew.archer@uwtsd.ac.uk
“I did the Master’s course part-time while doing a full-time job. The tutors were extremely helpful and flexible. The programme allowed me the opportunity to focus on an area of research that interested me and now has become my specialist field of expertise.”
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Matt Bellis
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Graduate Employment Directions
Graduates of Product Design courses have found employment with some of the world’s established leading names in manufacturing and design consultancy, such as: Panasonic SeymourPowell Lego Native Hasbro Acumen Gurit Zodiac Aerospace Ecophon Arkam The Culture Group Recaro Some of our graduates have decided to establish a new generation of consultancies, such as FKCreate, Make&See and MeeCreative, or to develop specialised design centres for charities, such as Cerebra, with the support of the University. Alternatively, graduates have continued their educational development on postgraduate courses studying at PGCE (for teaching), Master’s or Doctoral level at UWTSD and further afield, including specialist postgraduate schools such as the RCA and Domus Academy.
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Product Design Case Study: Keira Gwynn
Staff Profiles
“I cannot believe I’m actually here, developing my idea in to product reality. “The programme gave me opportunities to find myself and explore my potential, culminating in me gaining an internship and then a full time job with R82, a company who design high quality aids for children and teenagers with special needs. They were interested in taking my undergraduate project further, which resulted in me undertaking further research during my master’s degree to demonstrate a definite need and consolidate the design features. “The past two years have been a like a whirlwind, with trepidation and excitement. After a global launch the product, called SCALLOP, is now in production and distributed worldwide. Its really rewarding for me to know that my idea is now helping kids with special needs all over the world participate in everyday activities and enjoy their lives to the full
Dr. Sean Jenkins
Dr. Pete Spring
Matt Archer
Sean has over 25 years of experience as a designer and researcher. (That makes him sound really old but he’s not doing that bad for his age.) He has a PhD in the use of thermal imaging to measure user experience during product interaction and teaches a lot of CAD-type stuff. But he still likes to draw and get dirty in the workshops whenever his job as Head of School allows.
Pete is an experienced Product and Furniture designer and design researcher. He is particularly interested in concepts exploring the creative opportunities found via organically derived, systemsthinking approaches (ie metadesign). His interdisciplinary research methodologies have been successfully applied in practices enabling the beneficial crossing of disparate and subjectspecific fields.
Matt is intrigued by the design of everyday objects. He has a background in Product Design consulting, having tackled many diverse and challenging projects. His teaching focus and interest is in the digital integration of computer modelling and prototyping technologies in the field of Design Creativity. He is sharp, direct and expects commitment and passion to designing products for our future.
“Product Design is one of those disciplines where you can visualise and create your imagination; there is no better feeling than seeing your outcome putting a smile of someone’s face.”
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10 Fascinating Facts about Product Design at Swansea 01
Students work on live projects with national and international clients.
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The equipment and facilities, such as 3D printing and industry-standard CAD, open up opportunities for creativity and employability.
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All students have their own studio space in the new, ÂŁ14.5m Alex building, a modern extension to the original Art and Design School which dates back to around 1853.
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Staff are each highly qualified academic and industry experts in their field.
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All students have extended access to staff for discussions and project development work.
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Students each have the opportunity to exhibit at New Designers Exhibition, London.
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Visiting lecturers and industry experts are frequently invited to help and advise students in their professional development.
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Extensively equipped workshops supported by expert and friendly technicians offer a wide range of model and prototype-making facilities.
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You have the opportunity to enrol on the extended MDes (Integrated Master’s) four-year degree programme allowing you extended opportunities for design research and realisation.
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Cross-disciplinary projects are promoted to encourage a richer, more interesting designing and learning methodology.
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What makes the Automotive & Transport Design courses special? Study Automotive & Transport Design in our new and Swansea College of Art building at The Alex Design Exchange and you will be in a creative and vibrant atmosphere surrounded by many Art and Design disciplines, from which you may draw inspiration. We are proud to be able to support small teaching groups and regular ‘one-to-one’ tutorials, where, as a student you will focus on developing your understanding and individual professional growth. Throughout your studies you will be also be encouraged to learn and grow the skills and knowledge to be able to pursue a career in many forms of vehicle design. Students have access to excellent facilities including dedicated design studios with individual work spaces, traditional and specialist workshops supported by comprehensive computer suites to support digital design. Dedicated wood, metals, plastic and automotive styling clay workshops, and the latest versions of industry-standard 3D design and visualisation software, such as Autodesk Automotive AliasStudio, Solidworks and Adobe Creative Suite, allow students to work with a broad range of media and materials to support and enhance their Design work. The teaching team consists of highly experienced and passionate Automotive, Transport and Product Designers who are either engaged in professional practice or are research-active, supported
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by industrially trained technical staff. This ensures that the course delivers a comprehensive experience that is highly relevant to the changing needs of the vehicle design industry. Programme Philosophy: Our vision is to produce design professionals with a high level of skills, creativity, cultural & aesthetic awareness with sensitivity towards a sustainable future. This programme explores the changing nature of transportation in all its forms. Students address the visual and physical elements of new vehicle design in relation to emerging social, economic and cultural trends. Emphasis is placed on developing a high standard of creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity and visualisation skills. Students are encouraged to generate radical vehicle concepts that challenge established conventions but not at the expense of fundamental human needs. The programme integrates traditional studio practice with state-of-the-art digital tools, with students utilising the latest versions of industry-standard computer-aided design and visualisation software.
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BA (Hons) / MDes (Hons) Automotive Design The BA (Hons) Automotive Design gives students the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge and abilities to undertake the design and development of new production cars and motorcycles, based upon a clear understanding of proportion, volume and surface design principles. Our vision is to produce design professionals with a high level of skills, creativity, cultural & aesthetic awareness with sensitivity towards feasible human and technical vehicle packaging. The bias of this course is in aesthetic resolution of next generation to near future vehicle styles with sensitivity to brand aesthetics and DNA.
MDes Automotive Design The integrated MDes allows students to extend their studies to Master’s level and undertake a collaborative project with industry.
BA UCAS Code: W240 MDes UCAS Code: 7F3T Location: Swansea Contact Sergio Fontanarosa: sergio.fontanarosa@uwtsd.ac.uk
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Gary Patterson
Automotive design involves complex surface development and refinement and will normally require a well resolved clay model derived from good orthographic views. Experience with clay surfacing is very important in the development of a future car designer as it also improves your drawing and 3D CAD modeling definition. The year 3 Major Projects for Automotive Design can be less research heavy in the early stages but the clay development more than compensates. These projects normally start from a focused start point ie. ‘A new niche for Skoda’, ‘G-type Jag’, ‘Bentley Hyper Car’, ‘Entry level Ford’ , ‘Next generation’ and so on.
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The BA (Hons) Transport Design programme explores transportation in all forms from a concept design approach, including boats, caravans, concept cars and motorcycles, agricultural vehicle, trucks, motorised 2/3 wheelers, transport systems, ‘blue skies’ concept vehicles to film set vehicles and so on. Our vision is to produce design professionals with a good level of intellectual ability and creativity. We aim to develop designers capable of designing forms of transport/vehicles from an ‘inside-out’ or unique approach, supported by research and future predictions in technology, aesthetics and environmental considerations. The bias of this course is in the design resolution of new vehicle types and/or new design languages. four-wheeled passenger vehicles/cars will be derived from a research-informed basis and don’t have to be aligned to automotive brands but you can use car brand values on other forms of vehicle designs and vice versa.
The Transport Design Major project will require research to enable a decision on the type of vehicle being considered, with the style of the vehicle being evolved over the constraints of the selfinitiated ergonomic a technical requirement. These projects normally start from a more open start point ie. ‘The ultimate expression of luxury’, ‘A vehicle for an emerging nation’, ‘A modular car for life’, ‘ A vehicle for a superhero’, ‘ Lotus powerboat’ and so on. So if you want to do something different, Transport Design is for you. MDes Transport Design The integrated MDes allows students to extend their studies to Master’s level and undertake a collaborative project with industry. BA UCAS Code: 9R37 MDes UCAS Code: 04G6 Location: Swansea Contact Paul Morrow: paul.morrow@uwtsd.ac.uk
Pete Wilkins
James Brookes
Alex Coopey
Alex Barnard
Gary Patterson
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BA / MDes Automotive & Transport Design Programme Philosophy:
Research & Industrial Links: The teaching team are all experienced designers who are either engaged in industrial practice or are research-active. The courses include live design projects which enable students to engage with both major companies and small design consultancies. Staff practice, industrial contact and live projects ensures that students are fully prepared for the demands of employment.
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Level 4 / Year 1: In the first year a common core platform is established encompassing design thinking, researching and visualisation, along with an introduction to a variety of 2D and 3D design software tools and the fundamentals of materials and manufacturing processes. This platform is augmented by awareness of the contextual placement of the discipline and experience of vehicle ergonomics and packaging along with workshop modeling processes. The core practice of design continues to be experienced in common throughout the second and third years of study with distinctions between the pathways strengthened by specific modules, which inform and ‘flavour’ the projects undertaken within design practice modules.
Adam Flay
Students are encouraged to generate radical vehicle concepts that challenge established conventions but not at the expense of fundamental human needs. The programme integrates traditional studio practice with state-of-the-art digital tools, with students utilising the latest versions of industry-standard computer-aided design and visualisation software.
Recent collaborations have been with: Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren Automotive, Lotus Cars, Westfield Sports Cars, Arup, Honda, Nissan, Modec Vehicles, Recaro Aircraft Seating & Pembrokeshire Sports Boats.
Michael Davies
Our vision is to produce design professionals with a high level of skills, creativity, cultural & aesthetic awareness with sensitivity towards sustainable future. This programme explores the changing nature of transportation in all its forms. Students address the visual and physical elements of new vehicle design in relation to emerging social, economic and cultural trends. Emphasis is placed on developing a high standard of creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity and visualisation skills.
Year 1 Modules: Automotive Design Methods 1 develops students’ design sketching ability using traditional tools, and includes an induction into workshop practices including automotive clay. Digital tools are introduced within module; 3D CAD & Visualisation, which is a common module across the School so that both Transport and Automotive design students can share good practice. Automotive Design 2 focuses on methodologies appropriate to effective design research, design development and manual visualisation techniques. Students undertake a common module introducing Materials & Manufacturing to underpin the creative practice-based activities of the other modules with an awareness of practical issues of industrial production. The Creative Design Development module introduces students to vehicle ergonomics and basic technical vehicle packaging, with an emphasis on the importance of vehicle packaging in the development of vehicle volume/ propositions, while developing model-making. The Contextual Studies module provides the students with the opportunity to contextualise their practice against historical, cultural and technological frames of reference.
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Level 5 / Year 2: This module ensures graduates are able to implement their knowledge of vehicle structures and power-train selection in a sustainable manner. Transport design students study Advanced 3D CAD which builds on the introduction to this subject in year 1 and encourages students to explore both surfacing and solid modeling workflows as well as computer visualisation techniques using industry-standard software packages. Automotive design students study Advanced Automotive Surfacing, building on the introduction to this subject in module 3D CAD & Visualsation and focusing on the complexities of automotive surfacing workflows as well as computer rendering techniques using industry-standard software packages.
Year 2 Modules:
All students will hone their 2D digital visualisation skills in the Advanced 2D Visualisation module which also builds on the experience gained in the first year 3D CAD & Visualisation module.
All students study Concept Studies which builds on the 1st year module Design Development, with the emphasis being on designing vehicles with a research base with fresh approaches to the vehicle aesthetic. The students are introduced to the concept of a selfinitiated project to prepare them for the independent nature of the following study year. The Vehicle Technology module facilitates effective design of vehicles for manufacture.
The Group Design Practice module introduces more formal group project work – normally with an external client – to encourage teamwork and development of subject-specific and transferable skills essential for practice. If appropriate, the integrated nature of the group project is enhanced by the setting of parallel assignments in other modules or an integrating project brief, depending on the student’s chosen learning pathway.
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Year 2 builds on the student’s first year experiences and establishes further differentiation between the Automotive and Transport awards. Professional Practice and Group Design Practice provide the backbone to studies at this level, and although common to both pathways they also provide the fundamental basis for differentiation. This is achieved through project work, particularly externally generated briefs, that allow the students to bias their approach to suit their award. Automotive Design students undertake and deliver projects with an emphasis on semantics and styling, key factors include communication of brand DNA through vehicle form. Transport Design students undertake and deliver projects with an emphasis on the vehicle concept, semantics and styling. Key factors include communication of originality through vehicle function, volume and form. There is also a difference in the 3D CAD training for the two pathways explained below.
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Level 6 / Year 3: The third year of study is designed to facilitate the student’s formulation of a personal ideological framework within which they can express and critically evaluate their individual creative skills and their role as a designer. This builds upon the learning achieved in year 1 and 2. Automotive & Transport Design students will apply the knowledge developed in their respective pathway-specific modules and common core modules. Students undertake two design projects, underpinned by a module dealing with self-promotion. Year 3 Modules:
Students also undertake a Minor Project that enables them to add breadth to their portfolio. Students select a project brief from external sources such as international design competitions. By undertaking two design projects, one self-initiated and one externally generated, the student is able to demonstrate two complementary approaches to design practice in their chosen field and generate additional work for their portfolio. Also with the view of strengthening the graduate’s competitiveness in the marketplace, all students undertake the Professional Promotion module. Essentially, the module prepares students by focusing on the development of self-promotional materials and creative strategies for employment.
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Gary Patterson
Steve Galpin
Drew Whittock
Imran Ali
Adam Flay
The Major Project is a substantive self-initiated body of work that requires students to undertake sustained periods of independent study, culminating in a public Students can exit at this stage with exhibition. The first stage of a BA (Hons) award should they not the major project is the Design continue onto year 4. Research & Manifesto module, which adds theoretical depth to the student’s studies. The module requires students to engage in detailed research and reflective discourse on the problem context, themes and issues defining the Major Project proposal. Plus the development of a personal design rationale to underpin their design proposal. The second stage of the project is the Design Realisation & Communication module in which the students implement their design response to the rationale/ project brief. Award differentiation is achieved through the nature of the project.
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Level 7 / Year 4 MDes: The integrated MDes allows students to extend their studies to Master’s level and undertake a collaborative project with industry. Year 4 is designed to encourage advanced understanding of theoretical knowledge in research methods and design practice. Students studying at this level are encouraged to display resourcefulness and design management skills. The first two modules of the MDes are designed to develop an in-depth understanding of the relevant theoretical and methodological perspectives and their impact on contemporary design.
This proposal is then put into practice in the substantive module, Creative Venture. At this level the project model is not fixed and students may explore a variety of ventures: they may wish to simply extend their professional standing in their chosen field through advanced practice; they may wish to develop existing assets generated at undergraduate level; they may wish to explore collaborative opportunities with design studios and vehicle manufactures.
Tom Brainwood
Year 4 MDes Modules: Students study Research Methods & Communication to advance their understanding of research methods and tools that can be implemented within a range of contexts and extend their critical and creative thinking and articulation of advanced themes. The Creative Enterprise & Practice module builds critical awareness of current creative enterprise and practice and provides the opportunity for students to scope and develop a plan for a creative venture. Space is provided within the module for students to develop and trial individual strategies for professional development based on analysis of both traditional and new/ emerging models of design practice within their field.
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build upon the foundation laid down at undergraduate level. For students returning to university after time spent in industry it can provide the necessary stimulus to revitalise a career in design. In either case a Master’s encourages the student to embrace new ways of design thinking which emphasises true sustainability, socially, economically and environmentally.
The MA provides graduates with the opportunity to improve their expertise and philosophical development to make them more effective and reflective design practitioners. There is a strong emphasis towards unique, niche, and alternative forms of transport which explore our evolving relationship with sustainable mobility in a shrinking world. Contact Paul Morrow: paul.morrow@uwtsd.ac.uk
Gareth Jones
Ben Hammonds
A Master’s degree is an opportunity to explore uncharted waters and develop your professional design practice in new and innovative directions. Each of our Master’s programmes place design philosophy, innovation and design practice in an industrial context to develop sustainable and universal solutions to human needs. Embarking on any of our Master’s programmes provides the graduate with a vehicle to refine his or her design approaches and
Evan Llewellyn
MA Transportation Design (Contemporary Dialogues)
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12 Fascinating Facts about Industrial Design at Swansea 01
Every student has their own desk space in our vast and vibrant top spec studios – we encourage our students to LIVE here.
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We foster a lively, creative and supportive environment where one-to-one tutorials are at the heart of the student experience.
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Live briefs proliferate the programme – recent projects include working with Jaguar Land Rover and McLaren Automotive.
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Students have the opportunity to go to visit International exhibitions and vibrant European cities during our School trips.
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Students undertake external projects during the course to build their CVs and expand their understanding of their chosen pathway – recently these have included placements with Jaguar Land Rover and Pininfarina.
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We have unrivalled facilities in Wales and boast a plethora of traditional and digital technologies.
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Industry-standard equipment and passionate staff enable students to apply their creative thinking in a way that ensures a sustainable transition from undergraduate to graduate, to designer of the future.
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Students represent the University at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and New Designers in London.
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We have strong industry links and our graduates are currently working in top car design studios across the world.
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Students will learn multidisciplinary skills that will give them greater opportunities to make it in the vibrant world of vehicle design. These include: Clay Modelling; CAD Modelling; Hard Modelling; and, Exterior/Interior Design.
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Graduates gain employment in other design-related disciplines including: Product Design; Footwear Design; Boat Design; Graphic/Illustration; and, Marketing & Research.
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Cross-disciplinary projects are promoted to encourage a richer, more ‘interesting’ designing and learning methodology.
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Graduate Employment Directions
The diverse nature of the programme provides the graduate with the necessary creative thinking and communication skills so highly desired in today’s dynamic workplace. Graduates from the programme are prepared for commercial practice. Graduates can pursue employment opportunities as designers within established consultancies, in-house design teams, or by setting-up their own design consultancies. The high skills obtained by automotive and transport designtrained graduates allow them to gain employment across a wide range of design disciplines such as marketing, shoe/fashion design, games design, product design, boat design, production car design and concept vehicle design and so on. The Automotive and Transport design field is global with more opportunities becoming available in the emerging nations with design support coming from European studios.
Recent Graduates are working with the following: Agility Global, Bertrandt UK, Bertone, CHD Motorcycles, Creactive Design, Foster & Partners, Futura Design, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, McLaren Cars, Native, NOVA Design, Pininfarina, Potenza Technologies, Pro-Drive, Recaro GmbH, Rolls Royce Bespoke, SAIC MG, Semcom Research, Sunseeker Yachts, Swift Caravans, TATA Motors & Westfield Sports Cars.
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Graduate Case Studies Peter Wilkins Pete was a very resourceful and hard working student who graduated in 2010 from Swansea with a First Class degree and subsequently enrolled at the RCA Master’s programme where he was immediately snapped up by McLaren Automotive as a designer before completing his studies. He has been involved in the development of various McLaren supercars working under esteemed designer Frank Stephenson. He makes regular visits to Swansea College of Art giving inspiring talks and tutorials to the Automotive and Transport design students. He also supported a live project in 2013 with the year two group design project, which was very successful.
“Studying Automotive design at Swansea School of Art was a great experience for me. The standard of one-to-one teaching was second to none and the stateof-the-art facilities really allowed me to explore and develop my skills to the highest of industry standards. With sponsored industry involvement in projects it allowed me to gain a feel and understanding of the competitive industry I wanted to enter and helped to mould me into the designer I am today. “Swansea School of Art - UWTSD for me has really helped shape who I have become and I feel honoured to be able to say my success is down to the continued support and dedication of its tutors.” Peter Wilkins Senior Automotive Designer McLaren Automotive Limited
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Staff Profiles Paul Morrow – Senior Lecturer Paul comes from a long career in aerospace and automotive engineering followed by a career as a vehicle designer, working on a variety of designs ranging from motorcycles, cars, boats to commercial vehicles. He is keen to nurture the innovative and creative side of students and is currently involved in research and practice in the field of cross disciplinary design and modelling techniques.
Sergio Fontanarosa - Senior Lecturer (Programme Director Automotive Design) Before joining the University Sergio was a car designer and learned his trade at several leading design studios in Turin, Italy. During his time in industry Sergio worked on both Automotive exterior and interior design projects of various production vehicles and concept cars with clients such as Audi Alfa Romeo, BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, and Fiat, among others.
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He was also a part-time lecturer in motorcycle and scooter design at the Institute of Applied Art and Design in Turin. Today, Sergio is sharing his knowledge and experience with passion to all his students across the Automotive Design course. sergio.fontanarosa@uwtsd.ac.uk
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Student Support Accommodation & Open days Study skills support is available to all students who need assistance with their studies, providing high quality information, advice, guidance, practical and emotional support to enable all students to reach their full potential. A drop-in Study Skills service is available every day of the working week A Careers Service is available to assist students to identify their career objectives throughout university, whilst provide appropriate assistance and support to enable them to implement these objectives. We offer a wide range financial support including bursaries and scholarships which provide extra financial support for students. These awards include departmental scholarships, support for students from lowincome backgrounds, residential bursaries, Welsh-medium / bilingual scholarships, support for care leavers, support with childcare costs, internships, educational bursaries and awards for part-time students, postgraduate students, disabled students and international students.
International Students Deciding where to study in another country is a huge decision, and is one that really will change your life! Not only is it an opportunity for you to get an international perspective on your studies, you'll also learn about a different culture, history and way of life. Accommodation Accommodation in Swansea is amongst the cheapest in the country, uwtsd Swansea has five halls of residence based on two separate campuses. There is also a great range of private student accommodation in the city center, including residential blocks and houses. Visit Us The Faculty holds official open days, details of which can be found on our website, but we welcome students at any time of the year. To arrange a visit please contact the relevant course tutor. For further information or to request a main university prospectus please contact us.
The University also manages the Money Doctors service which provides students with impartial advice on handling student debt, and offers all students money management guidance.
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How to apply
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Tel: +44 (0)1792 481285 If you are selected for an interview Email: artanddesign@uwtsd.ac.uk www.uwtsd.ac.uk it is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your commitment to, and self-motivation to study, your chosen field and to ask any questions you may have; to discuss aspects of the course and to ask any questions that you may have.
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