Postgraduate Prospectus

www.ucs.ac.uk | Colchester Institute
Colchester
Institute
We have a Technical Learning
Resources (TLR) Centre which includes
a multi-camera recording studio and
video editing suites. Students can borrow
professional video cameras, audio recorders
and a variety of presentation equipment.
Our library carries over 100,000 items
including books, DVDs, CDs, music scores
and online services. Our students have
reading rights and reference access to
the University of Essex library and can
use facilities at the University’s
Colchester Campus.
The Minories
Colchester Institute provides an
aspirational, high quality learning
experience for higher education students,
combining the demands and rigour of
postgraduate study with the support
and friendliness of a community college.
Our programmes are up-to-date and
challenging. We offer the following
postgraduate certificates, diplomas
and Masters:
Art and Design
n MA Art, Design and the Book
n MA Arts in a Social Context
n MA Contemporary Art and
Professional Practice
n MA Sculptural Practice
Business and Management
n Postgraduate Certificate in
Management
n Postgraduate Diploma in Management
n Master of Business Administration
(MBA)
Music
n MA Music
Our students say they are pleased with
the professional expertise and academic
knowledge of our tutors, many of whom
have PhD profiles in relevant curriculum
areas and most of whom continue to
practice in their vocational field.
We offer comprehensive facilities on our
own Colchester campus including three
refectories, Starbucks, two training
restaurants and training hair and beauty
salons, a nursery and IT suites offering over
1,500 workstations. We are developing a
three-floor HE Centre to include a one-stop
shop for all higher education enquiries,
study areas and an HE Common Room,
together with dedicated teaching space
and wireless access. In addition, all new
full-time degree-level students (from
September 2012) will receive an Apple
iPad to support flexible and mobile learning.
We have a town centre base exclusively for
our postgraduate art and design courses.
The Minories provides a learning facility
appropriate to, and in support of, these
innovative and unique courses that focus
on the use of the arts in celebrating,
enhancing and improving cultural,
commercial and business environments.
The first floor houses studio, seminar and
lecture spaces directly supporting academic
endeavour, complemented by a public art
gallery, shop and bistro on the ground floor.
Colchester Institute will be holding higher
education open events on 12 October
2011 and 29 February 2012. Programme
tutors will be available to talk to you about
your course and career opportunities.
Our general College Open Events will be
held on 12, 16 and 17 November 2011
and throughout 2012.
Please visit: www.colchester.ac.uk for
up-to-date details. You may also
want to follow our @CI_HE Twitter feed
for news and updates.
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