Documentary & Editorial Photography with Integrated Foundation Year

Develop your skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree.

If you’re interested in taking on a new subject that you’ve not had the opportunity to study in depth before, or have been out of education for a while, then our Integrated Foundation Year courses might be for you. These four-year courses include an introductory year to help you build the core skills needed for specialist degree-level study.

This is a chance for you to let your imagination run wild and explore your creativity, expand your professional skills and develop enhanced subject knowledge in the domain you want to study. We’ll help nurture your expertise in problem solving, risk-taking, designing and making as you develop your abilities through five core modules.

After your foundation year, you’ll have a deeper knowledge of your subject, a clear understanding of your strengths, a developed practical and technical skill set and the confidence to excel in your chosen degree subject when you join other students for the rest of your course.

Expose truths, prompt emotion and provoke action through visual media.

If you want to use your camera to expose truths, prompt emotion or evoke action, this course is for you. With expert tuition from industry-connected lecturers and access to specialist photographic facilities, you’ll learn to tell compelling visual stories for the media. Exploring documentary, portraiture, news, sport, music and fashion as well as immersive multimedia narrative photography, you’ll develop sophisticated photographic and multimedia skills while gaining professional experiences that will give you the critical edge when you graduate.

You will: Develop technical, design thinking and production skills in your chosen specialism. Learn teamwork, leadership and project management skills through a variety of learning environments. Develop critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills through the development of unique and innovative projects. Complete your chosen degree over a four-year period. Learn from experienced, industry-connected lecturers that offer unparalleled access into the ever-evolving photography industry Work like a professional photographer from the start, while gaining valuable industry insight and technical know-how Develop essential skills in creative problem solving and collaboration, and an understanding of photographic law, ethics and human rights Have full access to our state-of-the-art educational photographic facility, which includes the latest camera equipment, studios and post-production technology Enjoy opportunities for local, national and international work placements Take part in optional local and international study trips, to places including London and New York Get the opportunity to present your work to leading names in industry through our annual Press Awards and have the option to display your work at an exhibition in London