Applicant Taster Days
Take a look at our dates and booking details, and see what you can expect on the day.
View your schedule for the day and find out what you’ve got to look forward to.
Dates and booking
- Saturday 19 February
- Saturday 12 March (including Foundation Year)
- Wednesday 6 April (including Foundation Year)
Notes
- As part of the application process, you will receive a formal email inviting you to register for an Applicant Taster Day. If you have been offered a place and have not yet received your invite, please let us know.
- You will find your username and password instructions in the official acknowledgement email we sent to you when we first processed your application.
- Some dates may not host Applicant Taster Days for all courses. The available dates for your course will be shown after you click ‘Book Your Place’ and login. If a date is not listed, then it is not available for your course.
An Applicant Taster Day is more in-depth than an Open Day and gives you a more tailored experience.
You’ll find out more about your course and hear about the student experience through taster sessions and opportunities to meet academic staff and current students. You can also visit our accommodation and chat to our support services. If you have already been to an Open Day, this is your chance to explore your course and department in more detail and if not, you’ll get an in-depth introduction to studying here.
Here are some of the things you'll be able to see and do during your Applicant Taster Day:
Get in-depth information about your chosen course.
Hear about the student experience at BCU, and where your course will take you.
See the facilities that you’ll have access to on your course.
Talk to your future academic tutors.
Our current students will tell you what it’s really like to study here.
Find out about finance, accommodation and student support.
Schedules
Please take a look at the event schedule below.
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11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Re-Making Galapagos: Painting/Printing/Exhibiting
In this workshop you will use elements of the typeface as building blocks from which to produce a series of artworks that combine painting and printmaking. These artworks will be exhibited in our gallery space and featured on our website.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Re-Making Galapagos: Painting/Printing/Exhibiting
In this workshop you will use elements of the typeface as building blocks from which to produce a series of artworks that combine painting and printmaking. These artworks will be exhibited in our gallery space and featured on our website.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
The Business of Creativity
The School of Art resides in the vibrant Colmore Business District, alongside historic buildings with cultural heritage, and the hustle and bustle of business in this global city. It is this eclectic mix that inspires the design and launch of the new Art Business top-up. In this taster session, we will discuss some of the vital debates facing those working in the creative industries, exploring the concept of 'cultural capital' and the implications of this for those working in the sector right now.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
The Business of Creativity
The School of Art resides in the vibrant Colmore Business District, alongside historic buildings with cultural heritage, and the hustle and bustle of business in this global city. It is this eclectic mix that inspires the design and launch of the new Art Business top-up. In this taster session, we will discuss some of the vital debates facing those working in the creative industries, exploring the concept of 'cultural capital' and the implications of this for those working in the sector right now.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Model Making with Found Objects
Transforming space is central to many aspects of the performance industries. For this session we will be focussing on the manipulation of found objects and basic materials to produce miniature environments, concentrating on quick 3D sketches, composition, scale and instinctive assemblages to produce a range of creative outputs.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Model Making with Found Objects
Transforming space is central to many aspects of the performance industries. For this session we will be focussing on the manipulation of found objects and basic materials to produce miniature environments, concentrating on quick 3D sketches, composition, scale and instinctive assemblages to produce a range of creative outputs.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Thought Lab
Let's examine, question and make responses to given sources from the Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Re-Making Galapagos: Painting/Printing/Exhibiting
In this workshop you will use elements of the typeface as building blocks from which to produce a series of artworks that combine painting and printmaking. These artworks will be exhibited in our gallery space and featured on our website.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Re-Making Galapagos: Painting/Printing/Exhibiting
In this workshop you will use elements of the typeface as building blocks from which to produce a series of artworks that combine painting and printmaking. These artworks will be exhibited in our gallery space and featured on our website.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
11am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
1pm
Break
-
2pm
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
2:30pm
Model Making with Found Objects
Transforming space is central to many aspects of the performance industries. For this session we will be focussing on the manipulation of found objects and basic materials to produce miniature environments, concentrating on quick 3D sketches, composition, scale and instinctive assemblages to produce a range of creative outputs.
-
3:45pm
Break
-
4pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
5pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
-
9:30am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
Once you’ve checked in, you will have an opportunity to:
- Find out more about how we support you
- Tour our campus
- Visit our accommodation
- Engage with student panels
-
11:30am
Break
-
11:45am
School of Art Introduction
Speak to our expert academics about the opportunities that are available to you within the School of Art. You'll also get a chance to chat to our current students about life in Birmingham and their student journey so far.
-
12:15pm
Model Making with Found Objects
Transforming space is central to many aspects of the performance industries. For this session we will be focussing on the manipulation of found objects and basic materials to produce miniature environments, concentrating on quick 3D sketches, composition, scale and instinctive assemblages to produce a range of creative outputs.
-
1:30pm
Break
-
2pm
Workshop Demonstrations
An opportunity to see our fantastic facilities in action and speak with our talented technical teams. As one of the only purpose built art schools remaining in the country, our workshops and studios were designed and built to make art in!
These demonstrations will aim to show a range of potential from solar printing to rug making- all facilities are available to all students studying within the Birmingham School of Art, so come and see what you could do!
-
3pm
Optional Tour of Our Facilities
Explore our School of Art and learn how you can use our resources to help define your work, and another chance to ask questions.
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