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Postgraduate course content, structure and delivery

Masters courses at NUA can be studied either full-time over 42 weeks or part-time over 84 weeks.

Our approach to postgraduate study is designed to facilitate collaboration across our programmes, so whether you’re studying full-time or part-time, you’ll learn to specialise and work with others on creative projects and research.

MA structure

Masters courses at NUA can be studied either full-time over 42 weeks or part-time over 84 weeks.

Teaching is broken down into three teaching blocks per year, each comprising 14 weeks.

All full-time and first year part-time students participate in the Research into Practice and Award Specific Unit 2 at the same time, with opportunities to collaborate and discuss ideas and approaches.

Second year part-time students will have similar opportunities in Award Specific Unit 1 and the Masters Project, and will take part in the final exhibition together.

While there is no dissertation, students write evaluations and extended reflective journals for every unit.

Your idea, your practice, your discipline

Research into Practice

Understand practice-based research methods and engage in critical research around your practice. This unit will help you combine your practice with academic research.

Award specific units

Each course features two units where subject specialist issues are explored, promoting the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

Self-negotiated study

Design and conduct an independent project within a given timescale. This unit will help prepare you for the Masters Project and encourages you to engage with creative industries and practitioners while you experiment and try new ways of working.

Masters Project

You’ll undertake a major independent project specific to your course and chosen specialism. The Masters degree culminates in a public exhibition of work in the final September of study.

“The NUA philosophy is that subject area knowledge is advanced by engaging with and critically challenging the individual’s creative work.”

Marie Brennan, Associate Dean, Head of Taught Postgraduate Awards

NUA Masters courses – structure and delivery

Full-time
Teaching block 1	Teaching block 2	Teaching block 3
Award Specific-Unit	Award Specific-Unit	Masters Project
Research into Practice	Self-negotiated Study

Part time route: Year 1
Teaching block 1	Teaching block 2	Teaching block 3
Research into Practice	Award Specific-Unit	Self-negotiated Study

Part time route: Year 2
Teaching block 1	Teaching block 2	Teaching block 3
Award Specific-Unit	Masters Project	Masters Project

Core units
Research in Practice	30 credits
Self-negotiated Study	30 credits
Masters Project	60 credits

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We are delighted to announce Professor Louis Nixon will become Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at Norwich University of the Arts.

Professor Nixon, an artist and academic who has worked in Art and Design education for more than 30 years, will lead the University’s engagement with industry and build its reputation as a centre for world class research in creative arts and technologies.

Professor Nixon, an artist and academic who has worked in Art and Design education for more than 30 years, will lead the University’s engagement with industry and build its reputation as a centre for world class research in creative arts and technologies.

He joins Norwich from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) where he has worked since 2018 as Director of the Academy of Visual Arts, focusing on research development, initiating a new PhD programme and a Research and Knowledge Exchange strategy. At the Academy of Visual Arts, Professor Nixon was Co-convenor of the Augmented Creativity Lab, and a Governor of the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre.

Welcoming the appointment, Vice-Chancellor Professor Simon Ofield-Kerr said: “Louis brings an international perspective and a track record of strategic development in research and knowledge exchange. This is a key appointment for Norwich and signals our ambition for the future of the University.”

Professor Nixon studied painting at Chelsea School of Art and completed postgraduate studies in sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. His fine art practice encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, and experimental film, often presented as multi-media installations in galleries and public spaces. In 1990 he founded the collective Space Explorations and, as artist, director, and curator, participated in large-scale interventions in response to specific sites including the Greenwich Royal Observatory and Hoxton Power Station. Since 2001 Nixon has worked independently and exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including solo exhibitions in London, Hong Kong, and Italy.

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