The module aims to extend on the knowledge you gained at levels 4 and 5 and provide a solid base for your own progression into practice, including compiling an effective CV, using various promotional channels, and marketing your work. Business planning for self-employment as makers, craftspeople or artists, and routes into employment will also be covered. An opportunity will be used during the year to actively test the promotional strategies and material in a live environment such as a craft fair, where merchandising will be explored. The module will include seminars, group discussions and visits to encourage you to engage with the wider creative industries and consider your personal progression. You will produce promotional material relevant to your practice (portfolio, website/social media presence, etc).

The module aims to encourage an experimental approach to the design process with the intention of arriving at a proposal for a resolved body of work. You will develop a design brief through research and experimentation with materials, technologies and approaches related to your specialist area of practice. The research and experimentation will be underpinned by reading and engagement with relevant current theory. The module will be studio-based and seminars and formalised group critiques will aim to assist the process of design and experimentation alongside regular 1:1 tutorials with specialist tutors. Additional workshop sessions will support the testing and evaluation of making processes.

This module will enable you to develop your practice and refine the ideas and methods explored in the preceding modules to a professional standard. You will present your work formally through an exhibition which will from the main element of the assessment. This forms a culmination of the course and is a stepping off point for future personal development, education or professional practice. You will need to take full responsibility for all aspects of the show, from designing and making work to the curation, presentation, dissemination and marketing of it, working both individually and collaboratively. The level of professionalism should take into account future professional development and self-employability. The module will be supported by seminar discussions and group critiques. Formative feedback will be given through regular 1:1 tutorials.

The aim of this module is that you identify an area of practice, a practitioner or an equivalent negotiated site for research, closely relevant to your own area of practice, and of direct use to you in the progression of your own work. You will, through negotiation with your dissertation supervisor, identify a relevant topic of interest to you and undertake in-depth research on it to produce either: 1. A formal written dissertation of 6,000 words. OR 2. An identified research project that would lead to an outcome (e.g. a curated display, a blog, video or other digital presence) supported by a critical and evaluative text of 3,000 words. Each will be supported by an assessed 20 minute presentation of your preliminary research findings and progress (including a 5 minute question and answer session).