1yr full-time
No tuition fees for students under 19 on 31st August (for starting in September)
UAL - University of the Arts London
A vibrant and immersive fully funded one-year programme. Our Foundation Diploma will enable you to explore a wide range of disciplines and workshops to discover your creative style.
You will engage with five projects across eleven weeks to enable you access to a range of workshops and ways of working.
You will explore longer projects with the freedom to develop your ideas towards the specialism of your choosing while continuing to explore a range of process workshops.
Is an opportunity to combine all your thinking and practice in initiating and developing a final major project within the area of your choice at level 4 (first-year degree level)
I didn’t just want to survive at University, I wanted to thrive! Committing a year to the Foundation Diploma enabled me to do just that.
Theo Taylor-George
Our College Road Campus and our Folly Lane Campus will be your learning environments where you will be taught through studio-based tasks as well as within workshop environments, including our digital skills centre. Teaching and Learning is a two-way process involving whole group activities such as life drawing, mid-group sized workshops and lectures, small peer group critiques and regular one-2-one tutorial sessions with course tutors. There are also external visiting lecturers and alumni alongside a carousel of HCA degree lecturer input within projects.
Being open-minded and curious are the key ingredients to the development of any skills and creative risk-taking without fear of failure is encouraged. The whole of HCA is a supportive community where you are continually encouraged to seek out your creative voice through activities varied in their content and timespan, building confidence to be the best version of yourself.
Hereford College of Arts has a diverse mix of students, including people with different learning styles and needs. We have a positive, inclusive atmosphere where all of our students are able to access support for their studies. Find out more here.
The Foundation studios at College Road will enable you to have your own workspace across the length of the course, you will also have access to degree level facilities and technical demonstrators within the workshops of Ceramics, Print, 3D, Textiles, and Photography. Alongside this there is superb access to the new Digital Skills Suite where you will have access to our digital demonstrators teaching across the Adobe software suite. Our impressive specialist library runs an open access policy ensuring access to a wealth of historic and contemporary knowledge.
Why study a Foundation course at Hereford College of Arts?
You can apply to study on our Foundation course at any point during the year. You apply directly to HCA using our online portal.
We receive a high number of applications every year areas so we recommend that you make your application as early as possible. Find out more here.
Our Foundation and Portfolio courses attract students from a wide range of backgrounds, and with a range of qualifications. If you have any questions about your qualifications and whether they fit, please contact our Registry team on 01432 273359 or email registry@hca.ac.uk.
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Term | Enrolment |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Wednesday 28th August - Wednesday 4th September |
Term | Autumn Term |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Thursday 5th September - Friday 20th December |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November |
Term | Spring Term |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Tuesday 7th January - Friday 11th April |
Term | Half Term |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Monday 17th February - Friday 21st February |
Term | Summer Term |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Monday 28th April - Friday 4th July |
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Dates (2024 - 2025) | Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May |
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