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Higher Education atNorthampton College2 + 1 = Your Degree We have the perfect solution if you’ve reached 18 and want to know the best way of progressing to degree level after A Levels or BTECs.

A new perspective onHigher Education

We offer the following HNDs at Northampton College in partnership with The University of Northampton:

HND Commercial and Creative Photography 3

HND Digital Fashion* 4

HND Digital Film Production 5

HND Music Production 6

HND Musical Theatre* 7

HND Theatre Practice 8

From September 2015 we will also be adding:

HND Dance* 9

HND Hospitality Management* 10

HND Technical Theatre* 11

HND Travel and Tourism* 11

If you’re currently studying A levels or another Level 3 programme and you’d like to fi nd out more about our Higher National Diplomas, please contact our Enrolment Centre enquiries@northamptoncollege.ac.uk or on 0300 123 2344 and ask for a course descriptor.

You could join a two-year Higher National Diploma programme right here in Northampton that will cost less than going straight to university. You can then top up to convert your HND into a degree with a further year of study.

It’s as simple as 2 +1!The advantage of an HND is that it’s highly practical and prepares you so that you can start a career and hit the ground running from the beginning.

Higher National Diplomas (or HNDs) are two year higher education programmes for students aged 18 plus which are technical and skills based and designed for specifi c types of jobs.

In three years, you can achieve two qualifi cations: an HND and a degree for less than the cost of one (fees for HNDs are considerably lower than for degree programmes).

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“We’re working on assignments for reportage, editorial and self portraits using a wide variety of cameras and film including 35mm and digital.

Lisa Walker

HND Commercial and Creative Photography

You’ll learn about studio and location lighting, darkroom techniques and digital imaging and design. The course will help you learn how to produce inspiring photography

for the advertising and fashion industries, as well as location photography where you’ll

produce work outside a studio environment.

You’ll gain strengths in creating and manipulating digital media images which might

lead to work in a creative or design agency. It could also prepare you for a career in

photojournalism and the media.

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HND Digital Fashion*

Our exciting new programme is a great route into the competitive international fashion industry. If you want to work alongside designers and retailers, you will learn the

techniques you’ll need to develop specialised skills in digital design, fashion imaging using photographic and fi lm cameras, trend forecasting as well as branding and PR.

You will also get the chance to try digital textile printing and put on a 3D fashion

show using Maya software.

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Case Study Lewis Levi

HND Digital Film Production

Almost every daily event is now captured on video and broadcast widely online. Digital film-making has never been in higher demand and the trend looks set to continue. You’ll learn

about script development, casting, filming and editing as well as publishing your work.

The course will prepare you for careers in the film and TV industries and give you a good

grounding in the skills you’d need to set up as an independent film-maker.

A ‘one-to-one’ approach to learning and a thorough approach to the art of storytelling has given a Northampton College student his very own story to tell.

Lewis Levi graduated from the HND Digital Film Production and is now set to see his work appear on national television, with documentaries filmed by his own company, The Rest, scheduled to be shown on mainstream TV channels.

He said: “Working on the documentaries was fantastic and it will be really exciting to see our work shown to a national audience. The experience I gained from the college course has really helped progress my career and I couldn’t recommend it enough; it allows you to find your own voice as a film maker and it gives you a real understanding of storytelling, how stories are constructed and how to break them down.

“The course was superb. Teaching sessions had a very personal feel to them, it felt as though you were getting a lot of one-to-one attention and everyone was part of a team, nobody was left out. Information was presented in an easy to digest way and we were all able to understand the points raised and process them effectively.”

Lewis has gone on to set up his production company with another former Northampton College student and the pair are now moving to London in search of their big break in the world of television and film.

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Case Study Nicola Bridges

HND Music Production

If you have an ambition to work in the highly-competitive music industry, you’ll need a

CV full of technical skills and a track record of practical experience. This HND will teach you

all you need to know about recording studio and computer music systems, as well as

programming software including Native Instruments, Cubase 5, Pro Tools 8 and Logic Pro 9.

Once you’ve polished your technical skills, you’ll be on track to find work as a producer or sound engineer in the future!

Professional musician Nicola Bridges has starred on stage and performed her own cabaret show, but decided to head back to the classroom at Northampton College to add another string to her bow.

The self-taught former holiday camp singer, aged 39, started the HND Music Production and is now looking forward to putting what she has learnt into practice.

She said: “I’ve always worked as a musician but I’d never studied it. Coming to college has helped fill in the gaps in my knowledge and it’s incredible to think how much I’ve learnt in such a short space of time. I look back at the way I used to record my own stuff, which I thought was good, and now I can see

where I was going wrong. I’m much more aware now of the techniques I need to be employing to make my tracks sound the best they possibly can.

“Coming back into education after such a long time away from a classroom environment has been a challenge. It really takes you out of your comfort zone, but I’m delighted with the way things have gone and I’m really looking forward to using what I’ve learnt to help me teach young people in the future and also in my own recording career.”

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HND Musical Theatre*

Turn your passion for performing into a solid career by developing skills in singing, acting and dance with opportunities to perform on stage in a variety of musical routines.

Highlights of this course include choral singing, acting through song, Estill voice craft technique, musicianship, tap, ballet and jazz technique.

You’ll learn in workshop style sessions and get involved in at least two public performances per year. The second year focuses on the London stage and how to

secure an agent or progress to top stage schools around the country.

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“I’d like to study a top-up year to get a degree and then audition for drama school and try to get myself an agent.

Jason Clare

HND Theatre Practice

If your ambitions lie in stage performance, you will get plenty of audience exposure as part of

this highly practical acting and stagecraft programme. You’ll gain experience in setting up,

running and touring a self-contained theatre company that visits local schools. Public performances could include appearances at the Royal & Derngate, professional film experience and performances as part of Northampton Arts Festival and a countywide dance showcase.

You’ll be taught by professional actors and tutors with industry experience who can help

set you up in your dream acting career.

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HND Dance*

This programme is ideal if you are considering a career in dance performance or dance teaching. You’ll learn skills in a range of dance styles including classical ballet, jazz, tap, urban and street dance, and you’ll have the opportunity to perform on stage to a variety of audiences.

Skills including choreography, dance for camera, and commercial dance performance techniques will be taught alongside employability skills to give your career a sound footing.

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HND Hospitality Management*

Demand for high level skills in the hospitality industry is growing all the time and with the

right qualifi cation, you could progress to the top with the opportunity to work all over the

world on exciting events and in fast-moving businesses.

The highly practical skills you’ll learn include customer service, food and beverage operations, conference and banqueting management and sales, marketing and merchandising techniques.

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HND Technical Theatre*

Theatre is not all about performance. If you love the stage but would prefer to work behind the

scenes, this HND is all about developing your skills in lighting, stage management, technical set design and sound engineering.

The skills you learn will prepare you for a career where your office might be in some of the

most famous theatres in the world, in the West End of London or on Broadway.

HND Travel and Tourism*

If you’re always dreaming of faraway places, this new HND could be exactly what you need

to combine your passion for travel with a career that you love. You’ll develop expert

techniques in a range of skills that are essential in the travel sector including tourism destinations, visitor attraction management, passenger transport operations and sustainable tourism development.

You’ll build a varied portfolio of skills that will equip you for employment in marketing, resort management, working as a tour operator and domestic tourism.

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Contact usenquiries@northamptoncollege.ac.uk0300 123 2344www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk