Welcome to the BA Production Arts and Design programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. We hope your journey over the next three years will prove to be one of the most adventurous, positive and rewarding experiences of your life.
Life on the BAPAD programme will provide you with a series of unique opportunities in an environment where, for those who feel passionately about their art, rewarding successes and important failures will take place. Throughout your studies you will be encouraged to integrate practical skills with theoretical knowledge and extend your creative curiosity.
The staff team are here to enable you to develop your full potential. The programme will demand that you are a self-determined learner and your ability to combine creativity with technique will be constantly challenged. Now you are with us we have a duty of care to ensure that upon graduation you are best equipped to compete in the expanding and evolving industries of culture, the arts and entertainment.
We want you to build on your previous experiences, to take full advantage of new opportunities and help create a dynamic and stimulating working environment.
Please read carefully through the following information:
- Welcome Letter BAPAD 2023-24
- BA PAD Welcome and Induction Schedule updated 2023
- Required Programme Materials BAPAD 2023-24
- Medical Information (BAPAD) 2023-24* (you may need to download this file to add information)
- BA PAD Programme Costs 2023-24
*once you have completed your medical form, please send to Grace Dunn – Programme Support Administrator
Please note, the AY23-24 Programme Handbook will be available, once you have matriculated.
There are a number of events organised during this week which will help you prepare for your studies and give you an introduction to the Conservatoire. You will also have the opportunity to meet your Head of Programme, your Head of Department and other key members of staff. These events are compulsory and it is important that you look carefully through the schedule and identify those that apply to you. You will matriculate (register on your programme) on Monday 25 September.
There is a one-off payment of £350 per student to cover ‘consumables’; this includes PVG tape, chalk, screws, nails, sewing needles, thread, charcoal, paper, as well as certain safety equipment and the occasional organised field trip or outing. For details how to pay this, please see – https://portal.rcs.ac.uk/matriculation/.
If you need any further information before the start of the year, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Ros Maddison, Head of Production (r.maddison@rcs.ac.uk)