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Creative Careers
Wolverhampton School of Art / Creative Enterprise / Creative Careers
A creative career is exciting, often with tremendous variety. It can involve freelance work, short term projects, part time and full time roles, within creative and non-creative organisations. As you begin your career, it is often useful to engage in portfolio building activities, volunteering and internships and to get support and advice to help steer your career path.
At the University of Wolverhampton, there a wide range of services to support you in your creative career development, including jobs, opportunities, careers advice, online resources, mentoring and business start-up support for creative enterprises.
CEW provides the following services:
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Appointments
Whether you would like to speak to us about creative career options, work experience, job seeking or promoting yourself effectively for opportunities, there are appointments available daily. Book at www.wlv.ac.uk/careerspace.
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CareerSPACE
A careers information portal containing, career pathway videos, interactive tools, and information and advice on a multitude of career topics. See www.wlv.ac.uk/careerspace
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Alumni Mentoring Scheme
The scheme allows current students and recent graduates to be paired up with alumni members in established careers. We have mentors in many creative fields including media, design and community arts. www.wlv.ac.uk/mentoring
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Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award
Get recognition for all you have done to build your employability and develop your career management skills. See www.wlv.ac.uk/weea
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Graduating students
If you are a final year student or recent graduate, tap into all of the support available to you through booking a careers coaching appointment. https://www.wlv.ac.uk/current-students/careers-enterprise-and-the-workplace/class-of-2020/
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AA2A resources
Artists Access to Art Colleges is a scheme which connects resident artists with art schools and students. AA2A provides a wealth of practical information about setting up an artistic practice, through written guides and videos. See our pages in Careers SPACE about Art and Design Careers.
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WLV Arts Self Employment Community Group
This is for anyone interested in setting up an artistic practice on a self employed basis. The group comprises current students, graduates, resident artists, AA2A staff, and self employed creatives who give each other mutual support, insight and tips. See www.facebook.com/groups/2447614482130451
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Creative Employability Studio
This is where we post jobs, opportunities and news relevant to arts students and graduates. www.facebook.com/creativeemployabilitystudio
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Volunteering
Volunteering opportunities are available within many arts and cultural venues, as well as in fields such as mentoring, befriending and teaching. See theworkplace.wlv.ac.uk/registration
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International opportunities
If you would like to work overseas whilst developing your creative experience, contact the Workplace https://www.wlv.ac.uk/current-students/careers-enterprise-and-the-workplace/jobs-and-placements/opportunities-abroad/
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Business start-up support
If you would like to set up any sort of creative business, the SPEED project can provide business consultancy, training and funding. wlv.ac.uk/enterprise
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Jobs Board
For a wide range of jobs, including graduate jobs, part time, internships, summer work and work on campus see the Jobs Board. Work is in a variety of sectors including arts, media and design. www.wlv.ac.uk/jobsboard
Two of our current graduates: Harriet Rogers (Fashion and Textiles) and Aneesa Suleman (Business Management with Marketing), have a appeared in a recent episode of the ‘The Student Sessions’ podcast series. In this episode, Harriet and Aneesa talk about their experiences of university life and, in particular, the challenges of preparing for the world of employment during a global pandemic.
Creative Enterprise
Throughout our history as an institution we have shone a spotlight on contemporary artistic practice and acted as a beacon for creative enterprise – regionally, nationally and internationally.
Creative Futures
These talks are led by professionals working in the creative industries, many Wolverhampton graduates. Join us to hear about their career journeys so far, the challenges they have faced and how they made it happen.
Links with Industry
Employability is core to the ethos of the School of Art’s learning and teaching. We provide opportunities for our students to experience professional practice and work on subject-specific live briefs led by external clients/organisations.
Case Studies
Throughout our half century of showcasing creative talent, many of the thousands of graduates we have produced have gone on to become successful in their chosen field – covering the entire spectrum of our subject portfolio.
Degree Shows
Each year the University of Wolverhampton celebrates the accomplishments of our Undergraduate and Postgraduate students with a degree show of their work. Our undergraduate and postgraduate shows form a cultural highlight of each academic year. As well as providing the perfect stage to showcase their achievements, they are an opportunity for graduating students to meet with potential employers and gain invaluable experience of exhibiting their work. Providing them with the perfect planform to springboard their careers as artists and designers.
Degree Show 2021
We are delighted to announce our end of year graduate showcase highlighting the work of our final year students in Art, Design and Screen based subjects.
MA Show 2021
It is a great pleasure that we are once again partnering with Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the New Art Gallery Walsall in hosting our MA Degree Shows.
Additional Information
Our team is here to help you navigate your career journey, throughout your course and beyond
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We offer a number of undergaraduate and postgraduate courses, covering a variety of subjects in Art, Design and Media
- BA (Hons) Animation
- BA (Hons) Computer Games Design
- BA (Hons) Fashion
- BA (Hons) Film and Television Production
- BA (Hons) Fine Art
- BDes (Hons) Furniture Design
- BA (Hons) Glass and Ceramics
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design.
- BA (Hons) Illustration
- BDes (Hons) Interior Design
- BA (Hons) Media
- BA (Hons) Media, Film and Television Studies
- BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism
- BA (Hons) Photography
- BDes (Hons) Product Design
- BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Pattern
Design and Applied Arts
- MA Design and Applied Arts
- MA Design and Applied Arts (Ceramics)
- MA Design and Applied Arts (Fashion)
- MA Design and Applied Arts (Glass)
- MA Design and Applied Arts (Interior Design)
- MA Design and Applied Arts (Textiles)
Digital and Visual Communications
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Animation)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Computer Games Design)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Design for Advertising)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Graphic Communication)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Illustration)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Multimedia Design)
- MA Digital and Visual Communications (Photography)
Film, Screen and Television
Fine Art and Research
British Art Show 9
22 January - 10 April 2022
We are delighted to announce that the Wolverhampton School of Art has been selected as one of the venues for the prestigious British Art Show 9! In what is a major boost and sign of recognition for arts and culture in Wolverhampton, we are proud to be hosting this prestigious touring exhibition in January 2022.
FEINART Lecture Series
The FEINART LECTURE SERIES will discuss the role, impact, and theoretical implications of socially engaged art. This series of public talks is organized by the Innovative Training Network FEINART (The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art) jointly led by the Universities of Wolverhampton (coordinator), Zeppelin University (direction of the training programme) University Iceland, and University of Edinburgh.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860306
