Undergraduate Music Brochure PDF - University of Nottingham

Department of Musicwww.nottingham.ac.uk/musicDepartment of Musicwww.nottingham.ac.uk/musicDeferred entryApplicants who wish to defer their entry by ayear will not be at a disadvantage. Please tell ussomething about your plans for your gap year inyour UCAS personal statement.Part-time studyThe Department of Music offers the opportunity tostudy part-time. Applicants should note, however,that teaching for the part-time degree currentlytakes place during normal hours; there is noprovision for teaching in the evening, at weekendsor during the vacations. Part-time studentsnormally follow exactly half the course of full-timestudents each year, and therefore complete theirdegree within six years.Entry requirements are the same as those for fulltimestudents on the relevant degree course (withthe same exceptions for mature students). If you’reinterested in studying part-time with us, pleasecontact the department rather than applyingthrough UCAS.Equal opportunities policyThe University aims to create conditions wherebystudents and staff are treated solely on the basisof their merits, abilities and potential, regardlessof gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic ornational origin, age, socio-economic background,disability, religious or political beliefs, tradeunion membership, family circumstances, sexualorientation or other irrelevant distinction.Disability and dyslexia supportThe department, like the University, is committedto promoting access for students who havea disability, dyslexia or a long-term medicalcondition. Services provided by the Universityaim to enable students to fulfil the inherentrequirements of the course as independently aspossible. Students who have a disability, specificlearning difficulty or long-term medical conditioncan contact the Disability Liaison Officer in theSchool of Humanities, to which the Department ofMusic belongs, to ensure that support is availablefrom the start of the degree. The University’sDisability Statement, which lists services, facilitiesand opportunities available throughout theUniversity, can be viewed atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/disabilityWidening participationThe Department of Music shares the University’scommitment to increasing the opportunitiesavailable to undergraduate widening participationstudents who wish to apply for our courses.We pay particular attention to applicants whoseschool or college is performing below the nationalaverage, and whose home area (as denoted bytheir postcode) is known to be socioeconomicallydisadvantaged. Applicants in this category will beconsidered for a place despite having predictedA level grades that fall slightly below our normalminimum A level requirements, and might expectto receive an offer a little lower than that which wewould normally make.Members of Moonlighters Big Band in rehearsal.2324