Design (W23) Diploma of Higher Education
Open University
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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 ...Read more

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.


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- Cultivate your design identity, values and field of practice- Develop confidence and ability to work with diverse groups across different disciplines- Deepen your scholarship on design history, 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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17 Apr 14

Utterly unlike any other degree-awarding institution, the Open University deals exclusively in distance learning. Most students are mature, eager to bag a BA or BSc alongside..Read more

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£3,636 per year

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£1,188 per year

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£1,312 per year

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£1,159 per year

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£3,736 per year

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£3,736 per year

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£3,736 per year

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