Our facilities and resources

Our facilities Our facilities and resources and resources

While studying with us, you’ll have access While studying with us, you’ll have access to our knowledgeable technicians and all to our knowledgeable technicians and all the technology you need to complete your the technology you need to complete your work. You’ll nd workshops and resources work. You’ll find workshops and resources dedicated to your course, but you’ll also dedicated to your course, but you’ll also be able to explore and experiment beyond be able to explore and experiment beyond these, with access to the full range of these, with access to the full range of workshops and resources across your workshops and resources across your campus. campus.

All of our campuses have extensive studio spaces, with Macs and PCs running the latest industry-standard software, as well as an art shop stocked with a wide range of supplies at student-friendly prices. Each campus also has an Equipment Hire department, where you’ll nd an impressive selection of kit, including video and stills cameras, lighting and sound recording tools, projectors and much more. Our highly skilled technicians and tutors are on hand for support and can show you how to use any of the equipment.

You’ll also have access to specialist equipment relating to the courses that are taught at your campus, such as photography studios and darkrooms, 3D printing and laser-cutting facilities.

Canterbury

– Large, accessible machine workshop equipped with a mixture of hand tools and machinery including CNC routing and milling machine – Digital fabrication lab where you can use laser cutters and 3D printers – Print bureau with multiple options on nishing and papers, o ering self-service and bespoke printing to professional standards – Sculpture studios equipped with resins, kilns and facilities for moulding, casting, welding and plasma cutting – Painting studio, where you will learn to construct frames and stretchers, as well as using traditional painting techniques and materials

Canterbury – Printmaking studios for screen-printing, litho, o set, lino cutting, and etching – Three fully-equipped digital media suites with Macs and PCs running the latest software – Colour and black and white darkrooms for developing lm, cyanotype and the use of industry-standard lm processors – A photographic studio, where you will be able to book photoshoots and document your portfolio of work – An animation suite with specialist software, high-end drawing tablets and scanners.

Epsom Epsom

– A range of exible teaching and learning environments with video conferencing and interactive AV resources – IT environments con gured for arts, technology and business study – A 250-seater auditorium with conference-standard facilities – Digital print studio with large and small format printing, bookbinding, guillotine, perfect binding, vinyl cutting and dry mounting – A Gerber suite, a unique Computer-

Aided Manufacturing (CAM) facility for fashion including the latest 3D Gerber

Accumark software – A dedicated makeup and hair space – Design, pattern and sewing production studios – State-of-the-art fashion textiles digital printing resources and traditional silkscreen printing – Dedicated area for large-format printing and hi-spec scanners – Digital and traditional looms for woven textiles and associated dye facilities – Screen-print studio for traditional printing – Facilities for traditional oil-based print including intaglio, relief and hot metal letterpress equipment – Sound studio with fully equipped sound booth – Woodwork and plaster studios – Five fully equipped photographic studios – Laser cutter and 3D printing facilities.

Farnham

– Multiple lm soundstages with industrystandard lighting facilities – Animation studios with Mac workstations, lightboxes, Wacom Cintiq tablets, line testers and hi-speed batch scanners – Animation rostrum rooms set up to capture stop-frame animation on DragonFrame – Dedicated games art IT studios with specialist hardware and software – VR and game testing areas – Colour and black and white darkrooms – Photography studios with an in nity table – FAB LAB, a digital fabrication service with laser cutters and 3D printing facilities, o ering a host of computer aided design and creation opportunities – Digital print bureau providing a professional print and nishing service using an extensive range of materials, paper types, sizes, nishes and binding options – Film & Media Centre featuring a live performance room, control room for sound mixing, dubbing theatre, rehearsal studios and lm soundstage with industry standard

Arri lm lighting rigs

Farnham – 250 seat lecture and lm screening theatre with 4K digital projection and online streaming capabilities – Painting and sculpture studios – Equipment to support hand and mechanical processes for working ceramic, glass, wood, metal, plastics and jewellery – A foundry for casting bronze and aluminium – Newly established jewellery workshop with 36 jewellers’ cut out workstations and video recording demonstration bench – Digital and traditional looms for woven textiles, and associated dye facilities – Dedicated performance and rehearsal spaces – Traditional printmaking workshop including equipment for intaglio, relief, screen printing and letterpress – Three-camera digital television studio, networked to our broadcast newsroom and using industry-leading autocue software.