Animation with Foundation Year

Careers and opportunities When you complete this foundation year, you'll be all set to continue on to our BA (Hons) Animation degree. The UK’s animation industry creates pioneering content and visual effects worldwide for commercials, websites, games, and interactive technologies. Animations for events, concerts, theatre performances, and theme parks are also on the rise (Animation UK). With the rapid development of future technologies such as virtual, mixed, and augmented reality, animation continues to be a growing sector of the global media and entertainment market.

Upon completing our Animation degree course, you can be part of this vital industry that transcends all sectors.

Placement year Our in-faculty Creative Careers team has extensive recruitment experience and knows the creative sector well, making it easier for students to find placements within the creative industries.

They can guide you through every step of the application process, including searching for the ideal job through their database of vacancies, giving tips on how to write an interesting CV that will catch employers' attention, no matter the role. They'll help with organising mock interviews, so you can hone your technique and familiarise yourself with the recruitment environment, writing your startup business proposal – if you're going down the self-employment route - and the team will continue to give you support throughout your placement year.