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Our Dynevor campus in Swansea houses all the facilities you will need and others that you would not have imagined. When we moved to the Dynevor campus in 2005, and at a time when most Universities were disposing of them, we brought with us many of the traditional processes such as ceramic kilns, printmaking and photographic darkrooms.
Since then we have heavily invested millions of pounds in both regularly updating digital suites and in purchasing innovative equipment and professional facilities such as a laser engraver, water jet cutter, 3D filmmaking equipment, digital blade cutter and a calibrated digital print system.
This combination of traditional and state- of-the-art equipment will enable you to maximize your employment opportunities by offering you a wider ‘creative vocabulary’ and ensuring that you have skills that are professional and up to date.
Many of our courses provide work experience and internships as part of the programmes open to all students who want that experience, which we are aiming to extend to all courses. In addition there are opportunities to work with the community, with the regional creative industries and with organisations such as hospitals and in schools.
You are not just a number to us and, because we have smaller class sizes than many universities, there is a considerable contact time with staff, and plenty of individual and small group tutorial time.
In a survey by Which? Swansea was placed 9th in the whole of the UK for teaching hours offered to students, Daily Telegraph 15th May 2013.
All courses are taught through small group workshops, small group and individual tutorials, lectures, seminars and individual study and practice supported in the studios by professional staff. We aim to give each individual student the right balance of challenge and support.
Student support services in the Faculty, and in the University as a whole, help you make the most of your time with us and there is additional learning support if you need it.
In a recent HEAD (Higher Education in Art and Design) survey of 1st year students, the Faculty achieved 100% satisfaction for Student Support.
Most of all we want you to enjoy your time with us, many of our graduates don’t want to leave and that’s the way we like it.
For more information on the university please visit our official website at http://www.tsd.ac.uk/.
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