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An Offer Holder 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.

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What to expect on the day

Here are some of the things you'll be able to see and do during your Offer Holder Day:

In-depth information

Get in-depth information about your chosen course.

Learn about student life

Hear about the student experience at BCU direct from our current students.

Explore the campus

See the facilities that you’ll have access to on your course.

Meet the experts

Talk to your future academic tutors.

Information for parents and carers

Meet colleagues from student services and ask them any questions you may have.

Get all the info you need

Find out about finance, accommodation and student support.

Schedules

Select your course and take a look at the schedules below

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12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design at Birmingham City University.

11am

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

11am

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with Creative Technologies at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with Creative Technologies at Birmingham City University.

11am

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with Creative Technologies with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Art and Design with Creative Technologies with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

11am

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 1

For this session, you will first be introduced to the course, the staff and current students. You will then collaboratively experiment with a range of materials and tools in response to the given challenge - Materials in Motion - while exploring our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don't worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Materials in Motion Challenge: Part 2

For the second session of your taster day, you will continue to collaboratively experiment with the Materials in Motion challenge, while also being introduced to touch sensors and sound.

We will round up the day with a celebration of what has been created!

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Fine Art at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Exquisite Bodies: Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work, whether that be through gestural mark making or performance. In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don’t worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Exquisite Bodies: Extending the body

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to GIFs and TikToks, you will make exquisite corpse extensions or an inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Fine Art at Birmingham City University.

11am

Exquisite Bodies: Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work, whether that be through gestural mark making or performance. In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don’t worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Exquisite Bodies: Extending the body

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to GIFs and TikToks, you will make exquisite corpse extensions or an inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

12pm

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

12.30pm

Welcome

An introduction to studying Fine Art with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

1pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

1.45pm

Exquisite Bodies: Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work, whether that be through gestural mark making or performance. In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don’t worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

2.45pm

Comfort break

3pm

Exquisite Bodies: Extending the body

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to GIFs and TikToks, you will make exquisite corpse extensions or an inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

4pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

10am

Check in for your Offer Holder Day

We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.

10.30am

Welcome

An introduction to studying Fine Art with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.

11am

Exquisite Bodies: Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work, whether that be through gestural mark making or performance. In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

As an extra, you are welcome to bring a small range of your creative work from school or college, or personal work, to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:

  • A sketchbook
  • A digital portfolio on a tablet, laptop or phone
  • A physical piece of school or college work, such as drawings, paintings, 3D work etc.

You can bring a maximum of five items from the list above, or something similar with you to the Offer Holder Day.

If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don’t worry, but it is a nice opportunity for you to show us your work in person and have a one-to-one chat with a member of staff from the course.

12pm

Lunch

Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.

12.45pm

Exquisite Bodies: Extending the body

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to GIFs and TikToks, you will make exquisite corpse extensions or an inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

1.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)

Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

4pm

Close

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Travelling to your Offer Holder Day

Planes, trains and automobiles? Birmingham is full of transport links! From New Street Station, providing a way to work and study in Birmingham for people all across the country, to the newly extended Metro system, there are so many ways to get around.

If you're thinking of getting to us by coach, then National Express has 30% off return tickets to Birmingham Coach Station for visitors to our Offer Holder Days. See full terms and conditions and get your discount.

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