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Diploma of Higher Education - DipHE
Distance Learning
Flexible
Feb 2027
4 Year
Our Diploma of Higher Education in Design builds and enhances your design skills, empowering you to apply a design-led creative approach to today’s social, ecological, and technological challenges. It explores design theory and practice, portraying design as a catalyst for change and its potential to tackle issues across various domains. Through project-based learning, you’ll develop core professional design competencies, participate in activities that refine your skills, integrate knowledge from a spectrum of disciplines, and gain valuable collaborative experiences. Moreover, you’ll have opportunities to craft design projects and develop your unique design identity, working towards collating a professional portfolio.
Key features- Cultivate your design identity, values and field of practice - Develop your confidence and ability to work with diverse groups across different disciplines - Deepen your scholarship on design theory and practice - Explore how you can use design to enhance our capabilities to live sustainably - Learn how social and professional networks can work to address real-world challenges and opportunities
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