STILL not too late to apply for September!

A Level results are in, August is waning, and September is fast approaching.  Too late then, to apply to study Animation and Visual Effects at Bucks? In fact, it is still not too late to apply. We have picked up one or two talented students recently, but we still have a couple of spots available on our new course. At this stage of the academic year, the application process is called Clearing. So what is Clearing and how does it all work? Our guide below will help you figure it out. Remember: it's not too late!

High Wycombe Wants You

Here's what the official UCAS site has to say about Clearing:

Clearing is how universities and colleges fill any places they still have on their courses. It's an ideal way for you to find another course.  It's available from July through to September each year. If you already have your exam results, but you have no offers, you can use Clearing from July. If you had conditional offers but your exam results didn't go to plan, you can use Clearing from results day, when Clearing vacancies will be listed in our search tool.  If your exam results are reasonable and you're flexible on subject/location, there's still a good chance you'll find another course.

For a guide to clearing at Bucks, click on this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tNmHATaVzo #clearing #bucksnewuni #UCASclearing #ILoveBucks

Or just watch the video below:




If you'd like to know more about the course and what we do, don't hesitate to get in touch. You can contact us at alexander.williams@bucks.ac.uk, and we'll be glad to answer all your questions.

To contact us by phone, call us on 0800 0565 660 and we'll take you through a Clearing Data form.

You on your yacht. We can Skype!

As always, we recommend that anyone who wants to study with us should have a good look around campus to make sure it's where you want to spend the next three years of your undergraduate life. Or, at the very least, take our online tour. But we aren't Luddites - we do Skype interviews for plenty of candidates who can't be available for an on-campus interview. We can interview you wherever you are - even on holiday!

---Alex


For more on the experience of studying at Bucks New University, come and visit us at one of our Open Days,  take a virtual tour of one of our animation studios, check out what our students think of our course, and see why we're ranked in the top 12 creative universities in the UK. Find out why we're giving free laptops to all our students, and why we give all our students free access to videos at Lynda.com. Also, see what financial assistance might be available to you. Learn which is better for animation, a PC or a Mac? Get hold of a copy of a map so you can find your way around campus, and learn about motion capture at Bucks. And find out about how our online video tutorials work.

Still time left to apply to start our course in September!

Not too late to apply!

It's high summer, and September is fast approaching. UCAS applications have long closed, and most folks have decided by now where they want to go to Uni and what they want to study, and have probably accepted a place. Too late then, to apply to study Animation and Visual Effects at Bucks. Or is it? In fact, it’s not too late to apply. We still have a couple of spots available on our new course, so don't despair. At this stage of the academic year, the application process is called Clearing. So what is Clearing and how does it all work? Our guide below will help you figure it out. Remember: it's not too late!

High Wycombe Wants You

Here's what the official UCAS site has to say about Clearing:

Clearing is how universities and colleges fill any places they still have on their courses. It's an ideal way for you to find another course.  It's available from July through to September each year. If you already have your exam results, but you have no offers, you can use Clearing from July. If you had conditional offers but your exam results didn't go to plan, you can use Clearing from results day, when Clearing vacancies will be listed in our search tool.  If your exam results are reasonable and you're flexible on subject/location, there's still a good chance you'll find another course.

For a guide to clearing at Bucks, click on this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tNmHATaVzo #clearing #bucksnewuni #UCASclearing #ILoveBucks

Or just watch the video below:




If you'd like to know more about the course and what we do, don't hesitate to get in touch. You can contact us at alexander.williams@bucks.ac.uk, and we'll be glad to answer all your questions.

To contact us by phone, call us on 0800 0565 660 and we'll take you through a Clearing Data form.

You on your yacht. We can Skype!

As always, we recommend that anyone who wants to study with us should have a good look around campus to make sure it's where you want to spend the next three years of your undergraduate life. But we aren't Luddites - we do Skype interviews for plenty of candidates who can't be available for an on-campus interview. We can interview you wherever you are - even on holiday!

---Alex


For more on the experience of studying at Bucks New University, come and visit us at one of our Open Days,  take a virtual tour of one of our animation studios, check out what our students think of our course, and see why we're ranked in the top 12 creative universities in the UK. Find out why we're giving free laptops to all our students, and why we give all our students free access to videos at Lynda.com. Also, see what financial assistance might be available to you. Learn which is better for animation, a PC or a Mac? Get hold of a copy of a map so you can find your way around campus, and learn about motion capture at Bucks. And find out about how our online video tutorials work.

Happy New Year - the UCAS applications deadline is looming!

High Wycombe wants you

The deadline to apply for a place on our new Animation and Visual Effects course at Bucks New University is January 15th 2014. Despite all the recent changes in higher education, UCAS is still the main portal to access a place at university in the UK. To find out more, don't delay, check out the UCAS website.

What sort of students are we looking for" We want applicants with a real passion to do animation and visual effects work, a drive to become a digital artist and take advantage of the myriad opportunities for animation, games and online work in the new digital economy. Animation is now big business, but it is competitive, and we want to give all our graduates the best possible head start.

The most important thing you need to succeed is a passion for the medium and the desire to learn. Animation is hard work, and takes a while to learn. You will also need a creative spirit - someone who loves to doodle or sketch ideas is perfect for our course. Computer literacy is also vital; not that you need to know the software before you begin, but a willingness to learn and a desire to embrace digital challenges is all part of the job. Getting stuck on a technical problem? - Google it. You will not be the first person to face this hurdle.

Formally, we require 200 UCAS points to get started. But, apart from basic literacy and maths, we're not really that hung up about academic qualifications. Creativity and computer literacy are the building blocks of your career, plus a lot of determination.

Done any digital artwork lately? Bring it in!

Do we interview? Of course! We want to meet you, and we want you to meet us. To see more about what should go into your portfolio for interview, read this post, and check out this post on interview etiquette.

You can also take two minutes to watch this short video which sets out our big ambitions for our new course.

Plus, if you're serious about coming to Bucks, come in and meet us in person, and check out awesome facilities. Our next Open Day is February 19th 2014. You can see details here.

----Alex

(Editor's Note: To see the excellent work done by our students, see this post. Also check out the first exercise done by our new 2012 students here. Take a look at the animation of Jack Strood, as well as our latest commercial project for Rocketseed, our short film done for a global aid agency, and check out the excellent work of some of our recent graduates, such as designer Monika Dzikowicz, architectural visualisation specialist Krsytof Michalski, Alex Whitfield and the 3D artwork of Mike Swan. )

Clearing! It's still not too late to find a place at Bucks....

Exam results are now in and the process known as "clearing" has begun. Clearing is the great re-shuffle, when students who didn't necessarily get the results they anticipated start to scramble for a place at University.

According to Wikipedia:
"The Clearing process helps applicants without places to find institutions with courses that still have places available. However once UCAS's clearing operation is complete, institutions with available places do advertise publicly, and some students find places by direct application at that stage. "

The key point is, it isn't too late to find a place to study in September.

Our new Animation and VFX course may still have a couple of spots open. If you are interested in studying with us, ring Bucks New University on 01494 522141. The hotline is open from 9am-3pm today.


You'll still have to go through an interview with me or Dave, but we can set up a Skype call so you don't even have to take the train to High Wycombe.


We think our new course will be awesome, and we're sure you'll enjoy studying animation with us! If you would like to know more about the course, scroll down the blog and check out the links. There's tons of information here about what we do at Bucks.

And you can watch this video below:

---Alex