Covering the Canterbury and Sevenoaks areas, Kent Adult Education services offer short courses in stained glass and glass fusing, ranging from one day to several weeks in duration.
Visit the website for the latest information and details of venues.
Resources Category: Universities/Colleges
Manchester School Of Art, part of Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), offers two courses incorporating glass – a BA (Hons) in Product Design and Craft and an MA/MSc Craft.
It is based at Chatham Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M15 6BR.
Find out more about the BA here.
Find out more about the MA/MSc here.
Contact: Geoffrey Mann g.mann@mmu.ac.uk Tel: 0161 247 1007.
London’s Merton College offers a course in stained and fused glass techniques for beginners and improvers.
Find out more about course content and dates via this link.
Address: London Road, Morden, Surrey SM4 5QX.
Morley College London offers contemporary glass courses, ranging from BTecs to different glass workshops in techniques including screen printing on glass, stained glass, pate de verre, fusing.
The BTecs are run at the North Kensington Centre for Skills, Wornington Road, North Kensington, London W10 5QQ.
Students can take a BTec Level 2 Certificate in Art and Design – Glass and a BTec Certificate In Art and Design Level 3 – Glass. The tutor is Maria Zulueta.
Find out more about the BTec Level 2 here.
Find out more about the BTec Level 3 here.
Find out about current short courses in glass techniques via the website. Note: some courses may be held at the Waterloo Centre, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT.
The Dublin-based National College of Art and Design in Ireland offers a BA (Hons) Fine Art Applied Materials with a ceramics and glass pathway.
Read the first year course overview here and find out about the ceramics and glass pathway here.
Contact: Caroline Madden maddenc@staff.ncad.ie Tel: 00 353 1 671 1377.
Address: 100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Various short courses in glass are offered at Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, part of Richmond Art School, Parkshot Campus, Parkshot, Richmond-Upon-Thames. Surrey, TW9 2RE.
There are courses in creative glass and stained glass, with options suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
For the latest course information, visit the website.
Contact: Monette Larsen monette.larsen@rhacc.ac.uk or General iag@rhacc.ac.uk Tel: 020 8843 7921 Ext. 5086
The Royal College Of Art offers an MA in Glass and Ceramics. It is based at the School Of Arts and Humanities, Battersea Campus, 22 Howie Street, Battersea, London SW11 4AS.
Find out more and apply here.
General information: ceramics-and-glass@rca.ac.uk Heike Brachlow heike.brachlow@rca.ac.uk
A variety of short courses using glass are offered by this Gloucestershire-based college. These include stained glass for all abilities, fusing, glass painting, copper foil technique and enamelling.
The contact for the stained glass classes is Ruth Adams ruth.adams@sgscol.ac.uk Tel: 01453 761 126.
Address: Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4AH. Note: some classes are based at The Hub Academy, Units 1-3 Hope Mills Business Centre, Hope Mill Lane Stroud, GL5 2SE, or Bristol School of Art’s Queens Road Campus, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1PX.
Find out more about available short courses via this link.
At South Thames College in London, students of all abilities can study ‘Stained and Fused Glass: Traditional and Professional Contemporary Skills’ on a short course.
The 10-week course is taught at the College’s Tooting Centre, 71 Tooting High St, London SW17 0TQ.
Find out more and enrol here.
Swansea College Of Art is part of University Of Wales Trinity St. David, based at Alexandra Road, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 6ED.
It offers a BA (Hons) Design Crafts (Glass, Ceramics and Jewellery) and an MA in Contemporary Dialogues (Glass).
Find out more about the BA and apply via this link.
Find out about the MA and apply via this link.
Contact: Catherine Brown catherine.brown@sm.uwtsd.ac.uk Tel: 01792 481 058.