Visual Communication Blog

Five innovative projects from Inspired Festival

We’ve rounded up some of the unique, innovative and thought-provoking projects from this year’s festival.

Lady Gaga’s creative director inspires students

Ruth Hogben visited BCU’s Parkside building to speak with Arts, Design and Media students about her career, to answer ...

Academic Spotlight: Andrew Kulman

Andrew Kulman, Lecturer of MA Visual Communication (Illustration and Graphic Art), shares an insight into his career a...

5 reasons why you shouldn't miss our Visual Communication Open Day

Open Days are a great opportunity for you to experience a little bit of life as a BCU student. Take a look at why they...

How to prepare for your Master's degree in the School of Visual Communication

Starting your postgraduate degree with us soon? If you’re eager to get a head start with your studies, have a look belo...

Talking diversity within advertising agencies

To give students further insight into the topic of equality and diversity within advertising agencies, our School of V...

Student Support Services

At BCU our ADM courses offer various forms of support to ensure you are able to be as successful in your efforts as bes...

5 ways you can learn more about our faculty

Discover a few ways you can stay connected with your faculty and receive the latest updates.

My experience of working with ex-Moonpig Creative Director

Following her time studying BA (Hons) Illustration at Birmingham City University (BCU), India Hitchen graduated with a ...

Top five TV shows that all budding designers and photographers will love

If you're having a well-deserved break from your latest project, these top TV picks will have you covered.

A day in the life of a Visual Communication student

Let Illustration student Harry talk you through what to expect from a typical day as a Visual Communication student at ...

BCU graduate wins 1st prize in the Bangkok Projection Mapping Contest

BCU Graphic Communication graduate Prapavee Vaidyanond wins big at the Bangkok Projection Mapping Contest.

Showing gratitude through sculptures

Graphic Communication lecturer Jane Anderson and Contextual Studies lecturer Ally Standing have painted a sculpture as ...

Why Foundation Year was the best choice for me

We spoke to Illustration student Rosie Buglass about her decision to study on the Foundation course and why she's neve...

10 Visual Communication Instagram accounts you should be following

Check out our favourite Visual Communication Instagram accounts.

Artist Talk with Maryam Wahid

BA (Hons) Photography graduate talks to Head of Photography John Hillman.

Street art on the rooftop

Illstration graduate Joshua Billingham creates eye-catching rooftop artwork in Birmingham's creative quarter.

Mengxia Xu and the On Tropism project

Mengxia Xu, a MA Visual Communication graduate works with Birmingham art collective to create vibrant canalside artwork...

17 BCU creatives launch Ohana magazine

We spoke to the founder and a few members of the Ohana magazine team, to find out more about Ohana and their experience...

How to prepare for your course

Wondering how you can get ready for your course? Discover some new ways to keep busy over summer and get uni ready at ...

My First Year Experience in Digital Marketing

We spoke to first year  BA (Hons) Digital Marketing  student, Fergus Puddy, about his experience of joining Birmingham...

Top 10 reasons to study Graphic Design at BCU

We’ve compiled the top ten reasons why this degree is an excellent step towards pursuing your dream creative career ...

Meet the Head of Visual Communication

We caught up with George Hart, Head of Visual Communication, to get his thoughts on Visual Communication in the digital...

Why study BA Illustration at BCU?

We have answered our most frequently asked questions to give you a deeper understanding of what you can expect when stu...

What can I do with a Visual Communication degree?

We’ve debunked all of the courses we offer so you can see some of the career options available to you and the exciting ...

Which Visual Communication degree is right for you?

Having trouble deciding which of our Visual Communication courses is the one for you? We've devised a quiz to help you ...

MA Visual Communication: The different pathways

Visual Communcation is a broad field of design, allowing for experimentation and specialisation through different forms...

Alumni Spotlight: Joe Duggan

BA Photography  graduate Joe talks about his career as a professional artist, and how studying at Birmingham City Uni...

Academic Spotlight: Andrew Kulman

Principal Lecturer in Visual Communication Professor Andrew Kulman shares his advice about joining onto one of our Vis...

An International Perspective: Why I chose to study MA Visual Communication

We caught up with International student Jihyun Kim who is studying on the MA Visual Communications course. Read more a...

MA Visual Communication graduate illustrates untold stories of the Blitz

MA Visual Communication graduate Mengxia Liu’s artwork has been showcased in a project marking the 80th anniversary of...

Where could MA Visual Communication take you?

See how studying the interdisciplinary Master's degree has benefited some of our students and alumni.

'Break the Confinement' with postgraduate study

Break the Confinement, by MA Visual Communication student, Taian 'Leo' Lu, has been selected as part of the New York N...

Working for yourself as a graphic designer

BA (Hons) Graphic Communication graduate Kathryn Roberts tells us more about her book being published on Amazon.

Professional Futures Big Picnic

Final year Photography student Laura provides an insight into  the event and how it helped prepare her for her...

Staff profile: Helen Wheeler

We caught up with Helen to find out more about BA (Hons) Illustration and why she thinks it's important to study a deg...

New Dutch photography talents of 2020

Photography student Laura tells us more about her nomination and what it means to be selected.

Final year exhibitions: class of 2019

Volunteering at Birmingham Design Festival

A number of students from our School of Visual Communication volunteered at Birmingham Design Festival - we spoke to E...

Which agency is right for me?

BA (Hons) Graphic Communication students were recently given the opportunity to visit a variety of Manchester-based ag...

Four days in Berlin

25 students explored street art, typography and tourist hot spots in a recent study trip to Germany’s capital. 

Pitching to McCann London

Students were invited to pitch their ideas for a new International Symbol of Access to the digital and advertising agen...

Our placements with Moonpig

Illustration and Graphic Communication students won placements with Moonpig to develop their own card collections.  

Graphic Communication graduate redesigns London Underground map

Luke Carvill speaks to us about this project and what he has been up to since graduating.

Celebrating high-tech, low-tech and no-tech at DigiFest

Find out more about the student exhibition, performances and talks that took place at this year’s DigiFest. 

Collaborating with Cow

First-year BA (Hons) Illustration students worked with the popular vintage clothing store to create a window installati...

Visual Communication students visit the Big Apple

Students kicked off 2019 with a study trip to New York City to explore the sites and culture of the city that never sle...

Welcome to Print Club

Co-founder, Joshua Cutts, tells us more about the extra-curricular club and how students can get involved.

Exhibiting at DigBrew Co.

Third-year Photography students worked with the local brewery and taproom for their interim exhibition.

Oz reimagined

Take a look at what BA (Hons) Illustration students created for their Wizard of Oz inspired exhibition at The Rep. 

Meet MA Visual Communication Course Director, Rob Gibb

Find out more about Rob's career highlights and what he believes it takes to work in the creative industries. 

GloriaYMusic launch

Find out how students were given the opportunity to collaborate with a musician from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Students kick off first year with a Magical Mystery Tour

Learn more about where first year students went and what they created as part of their first ever university project.

Frankenstein turns 200

Graduates from the School of Visual Communication are exhibiting their illustrations in Birmingham Library to coincide ...

Securing a global advertising agency job in 130 seconds

Final year  BA (Hons) Graphic Communication  student, Emily Caplan, has won herself a permanent job at McCann Birmin...