Fine Art with Foundation Year - BA (Hons)

University of Derby

University of Derby has great Fine Art staff lectures, who are very invested in their students studies. However, some facilities in Britannia Mill such as the library not being reinstalled has affected some student's quality of education, making it slightly more difficult to access the resources they need, although they have put in place a way of accessing books through an online portal.

I love the large variety of facilities. When I am not in the studio, I will always try to make it to the library because it is such a calming place to be and has all the printers, books and computers that you’d ever need. The long hours have made concentrating quite difficult, although these hours will change for the at some point, it was really tiring and a bit overwhelming to be in uni for such long days. This also meant that I couldn’t do work when I got home due to feeling exhausted, which left me feeling like I was really behind.

Overall experience was great. I felt a bit discouraged when the pandemic hit, but I'm surprised by everyone's ability (students and tutors) to turn things around and continue producing amazing work. I've loved working in Brit Mill, exploring all kinds of artistic media and learning lots about the contemporary art scene, which I was very unaware of before.

Its been an interesting journey, but it really depends on how involved and proactive you are personally. It does worry me about what Im going nto do after my course, I dont feel prepared enough or that I have enough skills. But the other parts of the uni have been great and have really grown me as a person