Employability


Lancaster University has over 800 graduates who are now working in the arts and creative industries, some in influential positions. Indeed, LICA’s emphasis on the creative industries, and its commitment to new knowledge generation and to the transfer of knowledge between academics, community and business, means that its graduates are well matched to the diverse demands of careers within the arts and creative industries and to other opportunities which require a combination of creative and academic skills as well as entrepreneurship. LICA’s graduates have also gained employment in further and higher education, and have generated transferable skills that have given them the edge in pursuing a wide-range of careers beyond those in the arts or arts education.


FACILITIES From autumn 2010, LICA postgraduates will be housed in a


new building which will include seminar and teaching spaces, performance and acoustic labs, public event spaces, workshops and design studios. It will also house the HighWire project, a joint initiative between LICA, the Management School and InfoLab21.


Dance, Theatre and Performance Our resources include the Nuffield Theatre, one of the best equipped theatre laboratory and performance spaces in Europe. A large black box space, adaptable to any configuration, with state-of-the-art lighting and sound facilities, it is an established professional touring venue with a full programme of performances by leading and emerging national and international dance and theatre companies. The Nuffield also commissions high quality new performances from established dance, theatre and live artists and develops a range of participatory artist-led community projects. Other facilities include The Playroom, sprung-floor, black-box theatre studio, and a range of rehearsal and seminar rooms of different sizes.


Design, Digital Arts and Computer Music There is currently an Apple Macintosh G5-based Music Technology lab, and three smaller studios, equipped with the latest audio sequencing and software, together with a newly-built recording facility centred on a Pro Tools HD system and three tie-lined recording spaces, ranging from a soundproof band-room to a 900-seater concert hall. The Digital Art lab contains dual-bootable Apple iMacs running Adobe Creative Suite and Apple Final Cut Studio. In addition, Lancaster University’s Television Unit houses a range of digital, Internet and video studio facilities, and provides professional producers, editors and technicians who can support postgraduate projects.


Fine Art There are dedicated individual studio spaces, accessible 24/7 during term-time and most vacations, wood/metal and general fabrication workshops, a life room, photography and digital art lab, and a ‘blackbox’ project installation space, with technical support provided in these spaces during normal office hours. Students can borrow a range of equipment from the Art shop including wood/metal


working, casting, and framing tools as well as Digital SLR cameras. Students can purchase or custom order supplies directly from the onsite Art shop.


The Peter Scott Gallery initiates a full programme of activities covering researched exhibitions, touring shows, talks, demonstrations and visits by practising artists. The exhibition programme can also accommodate solo exhibitions for those research students whose degree includes practical work.


Music There are a number of dedicated spaces for Music, including practice and ensemble rooms, the Jack Hylton recital room (with adjacent recording studio), and a 900-seater concert hall with a fine organ. The Lancaster International Concert Series holds regular concerts which feature innovative artists, such as the ensemble Psappha, whose repertoire is contemporary music, and I Fagiolini, who take a fresh approach to the performance of early music. Besides the expected extensive collection of books, scores and recordings, the University library has specialist materials such as the Oster collection of Schenker papers, the collections of the musicologists Hans Redlich and Edward Lockspeiser, and the archive of the estate of Jack Hylton, band leader and impresario, which is an invaluable resource for research on the history of jazz and of broadcasting.


TAUGHT COURSES MA/PgCert in Creative Arts Consultancy


Director of Studies: Frank Dawes. Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time (MA); 6 months full-time, 12 months part-time (PgCert). Entry Requirements: A second class honours degree, or its equivalent. Professional qualifications or previous experience will also be considered. Assessment: Combination of coursework, client project report and dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: Project clients meet the research expenses incurred by students. Further Information: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/lica


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