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Diploma in Art and Design

at Kendal College, Kendal · college

Level 2Vocational and tradeDiploma35 weeksFull time£1,250

What the college says

This course will introduce you to a broad range of creative techniques and processes. You will develop your research skills, your personal confidence, and learn about progression opportunities in the Art and Design industries. There will be opportunities to learn skills within drawing, 2D design, printmaking, photography, textiles, sculpture, 3D design and digital media. By completing this course, you will achieve a University of Arts London (UAL) Level 2 Diploma in Art and Design. You will have access to a wide range of workshops from 3D, printmaking, photography, fashion & textiles and apple mac suites. Themed projects will help you understand art and design more broadly and enable you to make work, which expresses your own ideas as part of the creative process. You will have opportunities to improve communication and presentation skills through group activities and student exhibitions. You will study: - 2D, 3D & 4D Art - 2D and 3D Design - Fashion and Textiles - Graphics - Digital and Lens-based media. All of our learners will be given support with their English and Maths skills where relevant to their main programme. Those students who have not yet achieved a 'C' grade at GCSE in these subjects will continue to work towards these important qualifications at a level suited to them. Assessment is through on-going continuous assessment of unit work leading to a final major project achieved at Pass Merit or Distinction grade.

What you need to get on

Four GCSEs Grade 3 or above (A*- D), including English or Math OR Diploma Level 1 (Merit or Distinction) You will also be required to provide a portfolio of your art and design work at interview.

How you are assessed

Learning a trade with tools and equipment, often in a college workshop or salon.

What this level means

The GCSE-equivalent step, and the usual route into Level 3.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Arts & Media Campus

    Beezon Road, Kendal, LA9 6EL

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Kendal

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