BA (Hons) Creative Practice: Ceramics

The BA (Hons) Creative Practice: Ceramics course at Morley College London is a flexible full and part-time programme offering a ceramic and multidisciplinary creative education. It equips students with core ceramic production skills, personal, and professional development through individual and collaborative projects, and culminates in a final independently conceived project to empower their creative direction and career aspirations.

In the first year (Level 4), students gain and develop a solid grounding in ceramics, focusing additionally on wider skills of analysis, reflection, research, and digital competencies. Collaborative projects introduce the dynamic nature of the creative industries and build essential capabilities for multidisciplinary work.

The second year (Level 5) encourages experimentation of students’ ceramics skills through live project briefs and work-based learning with established professionals. Students further define their creative identity, applying their skills in individual and team-based projects. By exploring the context and applications of creative practice, they refine their direction and gain practical tools for societal and industry engagement.

In the final year (Level 6), students independently design and deliver a major creative project, supported by a research methods module and professional development opportunities. This stage emphasises iterative processes like design, prototyping, collaboration, and presentation, empowering students to confidently situate their practice within the creative industries. Final year ceramics students can exhibit their work within one of the Morley exhibition spaces.

Throughout the course, students are encouraged to explore, innovate, and apply their ceramics and wider creativity skills to real-world challenges, shaping their ambitions in a supportive, individual and multidisciplinary environment. By the programme’s conclusion, graduates are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive in the creative industries and contribute meaningfully to society.

Level 4:
(Module 1) Creative Practice 1—Introduction to Creative Practice: Ceramics
(Module 2) Professional Life and Practice 1—Creative Thinking and Context
(Module 3) Creative Practice 2—Exploring and Discovering: Ceramics
(Module 4) Creative Practice 3—CoLab

Level 5:
(Module 5) Creative Practice 4—Contextualising a Practice: Ceramics
(Module 6) Professional Life and Practice 2 & 3
Creative Practice 5—Developing Inquiry in your Practice: Ceramics
(Module 7) Creative Practice 6—CoLab II

Level 6:
(Module 8) Creative Practice 7—Content and Concept Creation for your Creative Practice: Ceramics
(Module 9) Professional Life and Practice 4—Professional Practice
(Module 10) Creative Practice 8—Situating your Creative Practice (Final Major Project): Ceramics

Video essays
Essays
Reports
Presentations
Group work
Eportfolios
Business plan
Seminars
Critical reflection
Ongoing assessment
Practical Portfolios
Creative artefacts
Vlogs/Blogs
Creating websites
Podcast
Book review

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS