Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business additional costs

Summary of additional costs that may be incurred as part of your study at the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business

General costs

Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as:

core textbooks
printing
photocopying
report binding
optional field trips
stationery
thesis branding

Placements

If/when you are on placement there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

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Tuition fees do not cover the general costs of study (printing, textbooks etc.) or placements.

School of Art, Design and Architecture

BA (Hons) Acting for Screen, Stage and Future Media

We provide all of core texts free. The library has additional holdings of any texts you might need.
We avoid printing wherever possible and choose sustainable alternatives – for example, online viewing. Printed materials will be supplied when necessary.
All additional materials related to productions - lighting, set, etc. – is provided by us without cost to the student.
We use standard Office software which is available free to download for our students.
We provide costume for productions.
Theatre visits (for example to see shows at Theatre Royal) are paid for by us and free to our students.
We have a dedicated placements officer who obtains placements, work experience and paid work for our students. There is no charge for this service to students and many roles for which you can apply give you, the student, a small fee.

Master of Architecture

Books: Although you may wish to purchase books, the library (physical and online) holds core texts that relate to modules.
Printing projects
Print coursework
Art supplies/materials/binding
Field trips (optional)/fieldwork
Software: Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus. All other major software packages we use offer free licenses to students. For software packages such as Autodesk’s, you can install them for free in your own computers during your studies.
Site visits
Modelmaking materials

BA (Hons) Architecture

Books: Although you may wish to purchase books, the library (physical and online) holds core texts that relate to modules.
Printing projects
Print coursework
Art supplies/materials/binding
Field trips (optional) /fieldwork
Software: Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus. All other major software packages we use offer free licenses to students.

BSc (Hons) Architectural Engineering / BSc (Hons) Building Surveying / BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management / BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying

While the cost of your tuition covers lots of things, it doesn’t cover everything. For instance, this course doesn’t cover the cost of any stationery, printing, books or re-assessments which you might need. However, most of the recommended reading lists are available from the University library and the majority of the coursework is submitted electronically using the learning portal, not incurring any printing or bounding costs.

We supply Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for fieldwork and lab work.

Specialist software required for the course is available on all university computers, some of them accessible 24 hours. There are some free educational licenses which are available for personal use.

BA (Hons) Creative Media

The course provides an extensive range of equipment, software and facilities. Students will be expected to meet the usual study costs of books, printing and stationery. Additional costs will include field trips (optional), file storage, SD cards, headphones etc.

Production costs will depend upon the student’s choice of medium and the subjects they choose to focus upon during their project work. For example, if a student wishes to make a documentary about a subject that requires travelling to conduct interviews, then the student would be expected to meet these costs. If a student is working in photography, then they may incur printing and possibly framing costs. These costs are dependent on the student’s own project planning and are therefore optional.

BA (Hons) Filmmaking

The course provides an extensive range of high-end professional-level filmmaking equipment, post-production software and facilities.

Students will be expected to meet the usual study costs (stationery, etc). Although you may wish to purchase books, the library (physical and online) holds core texts that relate to modules.

Additional costs may include optional field trips, SD cards, hard drives, headphones, etc.

Filmmaking production costs will depend upon the student. For example, if a student wishes to make a film that requires travelling, then the student would be expected to meet these costs. If a student is working in crew-based drama production and requires actors, then they might be required to pay for travel and provide food for your crew. These costs are dependent on the student's own project planning and are therefore optional.

MA Game Design

Laptop
Students are recommended to have their own game-capable laptop or desktop PC.
Software
Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus. All other major software packages we use offer free licenses to students.
Conferences and Exhibitions
Students are expected to engage with the game development community and/or the game studies community by taking part on at least one local event during their academic year.

BA (Hons) Game Arts and Design

Laptop
Students are recommended to have their own game-capable laptop or desktop PC.
Software
Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus. All other major software packages we use offer free licenses to students.
Placements
If/when you are on placement there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel – although you may also be paid for your work.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

The course provides a dedicated studio environment and access to computers and workshop facilities such as letterpress, screen printing, 3D scanning and printing.

Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as:

Books: Although you may wish to purchase books, the library (physical and online) holds core texts that relate to modules.
Stationery and art supplies
Materials such as specialist papers, board, wood
Printing
Laptop (optional – desktop computers with relevant software provided in studio) Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus.
Field trips (optional)

BA (Hons) Illustration

The course provides:

A dedicated studio environment
Paper and drawing materials for life drawing workshops
Print workshop introductions are free and then afterwards only substrate and plates are chargeable – not inks
Adobe Creative Suite is freely available for students on computers on campus
Specialist online learning access
Visiting speakers
Materials for set projects within modules

Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as:

Books
Printing
Art supplies/materials
Optional Field trips/fieldwork – Two trips: London and Overseas
Optional London Show (Year 3)

BA (Hons) Music / BA (Hons) Music and Sound Production

There are costs associated with maintaining a personal instrument. There are no other additional costs.

BA (Hons) Photography

The course has a wide range of technical resources and equipment that are available for students to use and are part of their tuition fees. However, like all visual art disciplines, students will have their own unique way of making their photography and for this reason a student might incur extra costs based on their practice and research.

These might include the following items, but this list is not exhaustive:

Books (the library is well stocked with titles appropriate to the study of photography and visual culture, but specific titles focussing on an individual student’s area of interest might have to be purchased).
Printing and photocopying (even if a student uses digital cameras and technology, they will be expected to print their work out).
Photographic materials (analogue film and paper, mounting and framing).
Field trips – optional (national and international trips).
Placements If/when you are on placement there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

BA (Hons) Interior Design / BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design

Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as:

Books: Although you may wish to purchase books, the library (physical and online) holds core texts that relate to modules

Stationery
Photocopying and printing
Printing final thesis
Materials (e.g., wood, metal, ceramics and fixings) used in project work
Optional field trip: travel, accommodation and subsistence costs on field trips organised by the course will be your responsibility.
Placements: you may incur additional costs for subsistence and travel on work experience placements.
External exhibitions: you may incur additional costs to participate in external exhibitions

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Anthropology courses

General costs of study
Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as books, stationery, printing and photocopying. However mandatory readings are made available online or within the university library.

Placements and work-based learning
If students go on a placement year or undertake a work-based learning module there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

Fieldtrips
Field trips are heavily subsidised

Criminology courses

Placements and work-based learning
If students go on a placement year or undertake a work-based learning module there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

Fieldtrips
Field trips are heavily subsidised

Education courses

General costs of study
Tuition fees do not cover normal costs of study such as:

books
stationary
printing
photocopying

Placements
When you are on placement there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel. Voluntary international travel may incur additional expenses.

Fieldtrips
There may also be costs related to fieldtrips – usually subsistence costs as travel costs will be covered.

Study Abroad
Students may have the opportunity to study part of their programme at a university abroad for one or two semesters at stage 2. This will incur additional costs to be covered by the student (flights, visa costs, medical insurance, etc.). Student Finance England offer means-tested travel grants as well as a reduction in tuition fees for those going for a full year of study.

Additional courses
We offer a programme of non-compulsory professional development opportunities ranging from Makaton to Level 2 Safeguarding training. These opportunities are either fully funded or offered at a subsidised cost to students wishing to develop specific areas of their professional practice.

English and creative writing courses

Books
The majority of our core texts are available freely via the University library, though we do recommend that students purchase their own copies of longer texts so they can make notes on them and have them readily available.

Fieldtrips
Our field trips are heavily subsidised.

Placements
Placements are voluntary but we help you as much as we can with them.

History courses

Books
E-copies of texts for first year modules available via the Library (PRIMO).

Internships
History offers a wide range of paid internships with local partners, including museums and heritage centres. We also offer some unpaid ‘micro-internships’.

Printing
All assignments are submitted electronically.

Software and equipment
All necessary software and IT equipment for modules such as Oral and Visual History is free to use for History students.

Field trips
Our optional field trips are heavily subsidised. For example, there is a small charge of £50 per student for our four-day first-year London trip. This covers all travel, accommodation and breakfast and relevant admissions.

Study abroad
History students have the opportunity to study at one of our international partners in their second year.

Law courses

General costs of study
We do not cover costs associated with study such as: books, stationery, printing or photocopying.

Placements and work-based learning
If students go on a placement year or undertake the work-based learning module there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

Fieldtrips
Students are required to cover the cost of their trips, unless otherwise agreed.

Politics and international relations courses

Fieldtrips
Any module-linked fieldtrips are free of charge. Optional field trips, including our annual London fieldtrip, are heavily subsidised.

Books
All textbooks required for the course are available in e-book form from our library; we do not expect students to purchase any material

BSc (Hons) Professional Policing

Fieldtrips
Field trips are heavily subsidised

Sociology courses

Placements and work-based learning
If students go on a placement year or undertake a work-based learning module there may be additional costs incurred for subsistence and travel.

Fieldtrips
Field trips are heavily subsidised

Graduation

For information on graduation costs, booking your academic dress, planning your day, and everything else you need to know for your graduation, see our graduation ceremony webpage.