Making Arts accessible at the University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is celebrating the success of the first year of its Foundation Arts course, which helps students who don't quite meet the entry grades to get on to their chosen degree course. The new entry route was designed to help students who perhaps did not meet the direct entry criteria required by the University due to lack of opportunity or disadvantaged circumstances. Upon successful completion of the specialist year, students are guaranteed progression to a range of undergraduate degrees within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham. Unlocking academic potential Aimee Hudson-Brown, 19, has just completed the first run of the course. After just missing out on the grades she needed to get in to the University, Amy was thrown a lifeline when she was told about the Foundation Arts Course. Aimee said: "I always worried that I might not get the A Level results I needed - so this was a great option for me. I really enjoyed it as it was a phase between A Level and an undergraduate course and it gives you the chance to focus on the skills you need when you start your degree, which helps to ease you in to university life as it's not such a dramatic jump." The first intake saw 27 students study a range of modules which included: important thinkers through history; critical thinking and reflective learning; language and culture and narrative and creativity.