Art & Design Foundation Year

Introduction

Your portfolio review will be conducted on our video interviewing platform, Shortlister. You will receive an email from us if you have been selected for interview and then you will hear from Shortlister with your log in information.

Once you have received your invitation for a review, you will be sent a log in to Shortlister. Once logged in, you will find a lobby area with a few tips on how to navigate around the platform, a practise area where you can try out answering a few questions, test sharing your screen if required and to build your confidence.

Please note that this interview will require you to share a portfolio and therefore you will need to access this via a laptop or PC.

Please note that the first question will always ask for a form of ID to be shown to the camera. This must be photo ID (a passport, driving license – full or provisional, or a college ID card).

• Drawing – this takes up an important position for all artists and designers. Good, analytical, observational drawing and life - drawing should be evidenced. A drawing is a means of searching for and expressing a sense of identity and is often considered to be an artist’s most intimate work. For designers it is a means to collect visual stimulus, develop designs and communicate ideas.
• Examples that evidence breadth of creative art and/or design experience i.e. drawing, painting, photography, digital image creation, 3D making, textiles, fashion, graphic design etc.
• Evidence of sequential, logical idea development –a project that has a beginning (the use of first-hand information [source] – research – drawing), a middle (idea development) and an end (resolution).
• A sense of ‘you’ – in terms of your interest within art and design. Sketchbook work demonstrating the ability that you are able to think for yourself (some of your time will be untutored at the University and it is important that you show evidence that you are able to work independently).

The BA (Hons) Art and Design Foundation year course at University of Staffordshire is a practical course, so as part of the selection process we would like to see some of the work that you have already made, either during your studies and/or in your own time.

Your portfolio can comprise either a PowerPoint presentation; images of your work in either a PDF or JPEG format.

To ensure every candidate has the same opportunity to highlight their key achievements, skills, and experiences we publish our interview questions. The questions are:

1. Please show a form of ID

2. Tell me about your most successful piece of work (Sharing)

3. What do you see yourself doing 2 years after graduation?

4. Tell me about an artist that inspires you? How and where have you seen their work?

5. Can you describe what is distinctive about the course you have applied for, compared to other subjects?

6. Tell me about what you wish to address through your work? This could include the contexts, themes or subject matter that you are interested in exploring