The objectives of the EUTC Higher Nationals in Art and Design are as follows:
- To equip students with art and design skills, knowledge and the understanding necessary to achieve high performance in the global creative industries
- To support students to develop their capacity for creative thinking and to recognise its value in the creative industries and
- To provide students with the skills to communicate their ideas and creative output through visual, written and oral
- To provide education and training for a range of careers in creative industries, including Graphic Design, Photography, Fashion, Textiles, Product Design, Interior Design, and Arts
- To provide students with an understanding of the way technologies are transforming the creative industries, and prepare them to work with these
- To provide insight and understanding into diversity of roles within the creative industries, recognising the importance of collaboration at all
- To equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and
- To provide opportunities for students to enter or progress in employment in creative industries, or progress to higher education qualifications; such as an Honours degree in art and design subjects or a related
- To provide opportunities for students to develop the skills, techniques and personal attributes essential for successful working
- To support students to understand the local, regional and global context of creative industries and, for those students with a global outlook, to aspire to international career
- To provide students with opportunities to address contemporary issues facing the industry, and society at large; with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment, recognising the role that creative industries play in addressing these
- To provide opportunities for students to achieve vendor accredited
- To allow flexibility of study and to meet local or specialist
- To offer a balance between employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic
- To provide students with the context in which to consider professional ethics and their relation to personal, professional and statutory responsibilities within the
- Providing a thorough grounding in Art and Design principles at Level 4, within general areas of specialism, that lead the student to a range of specialist progression pathways at Level 5 relating to individual professions within the creative industries
- Enabling progression to a university degree by supporting the development of appropriate academic study skills and personal development
- Enabling progression to further professional qualifications in specific creative industries areas by mapping to units in a range of vendor accredited
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