Practical disciplines such as typography, creative image making and digital design will be explored, and these are underpinned with research activities that will help expand knowledge and experience of various disciplines and their social and political contexts. The pathway choice in Year two will allow students to further specialise their practice by choosing to follow the Graphic Design or the Illustration pathways. These pathways have Units specifically designed to focus the student while expanding upon the skills and knowledge gained in Year 1 which will in turn inform the student’s ongoing practice. Year three with its focus on the student cohort’s individual practice and theory, will allow students to build upon and expand the skills learnt in Years one and two allowing students to understand their identity and place within the world of Graphic Design and/or Illustration. Year three students choose industry competitions, a self-authored Subject-Realisation brief and a Dissertation linked to their own interpretations and interests based on their journey over the preceding years and their ambitions going forward. The programme has a commitment to work-related learning in the form of work experience, live projects, competitions, vocational projects and placements within the specialist area of Graphic Design & Illustration. There also exists the opportunity to collaborate with other programmes within the University Centre, which will allow for learners to develop a range of generic skills ready for employment.