Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Stage and Screen BA Welcome Pack

Welcome to Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Stage and Screen BA 2024.

The Hair, Make-Up and Prosthetics for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) is specifically designed to provide you with a varied practical skills-set to prepare you for a career within the make-up and special effects sector of the ever-growing creative industries. With a placement opportunity and a focus on the etiquettes of industry environments, the course has a strong employability focus.

Alongside practical and employability skills, the programme provides historical and cultural academic contextualisation of hair, make-up and prosthetics across a range of stage and screen contexts.

Course teaching, both practical and theoretical will be supplemented with guest speakers and special events which will give you key insights into the industries which you will be working in. Overall, this helps to provide students with industry relevant opportunities within their wider university experience and environment.

Your Programme Leader

Laura CotterillLaura Cotterill

Senior Lecturer in Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Stage and Screen

Laura.Cotterill@northampton.ac.uk

Welcome and Induction Sessions

This is your induction timetable with online sessions starting on Wednesday 11 September, and in-person sessions starting on Tuesday 17 September. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact induction Laura Cotterill: Laura.Cotterill@northampton.ac.uk.

  • Wednesday 11 September

    • Session: Pre-Induction Welcome Session – this session will take place online and provide you with an opportunity to get to know your new peers, understand the course structure and support systems available to you and also obtain some insight into what your first semester will look like on campus.
    • Time: 10am-12pm
    • Link: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/08fb9ebb70074d8a8115213e7f59e091
  • Monday 16 September

    Welcome Week Commences. Please use this day to settle in, navigate campus, make friends, and prepare for the week ahead.

    Tuesday 17 September

    • Session: Welcome to Hair, Makeup & Prosthetics for Stage & Screen with the full programme team
    • Time: 9.30am-12 noon
    • Location: SN114, first floor, Senate

    Please bring note taking equipment. On this day, you will be split into two groups, these will be your tutor groups moving forward. It is important you remember your group name and attend the sessions below for your assigned group. Some sessions are combined and indicated. You will either be in group McGrath or Garland.

    • Session: Getting to Know You – with Your Personal Academic Tutor – Personal Tutor (PT) Introduction, the role of your PT, student expectations, tutoring schedule, UON support systems.
    • Time: 1.30pm-3pm
    • Location: SN114, first floor, Senate

    Your allocated PT will be conducting 1-2-1 tutorials on the 18th and 19th please check the schedule for allocated times.

    • Session: ‘Health & Safety Introduction’ with Harriet Bond and Poppy Twigger. Health and Safety measures, working in the studio, safe working practices.
    • Time: 3.15pm-4.30pm
    • Location: SN114, first floor, Senate

    Wednesday 18 September

    • Session: McGrath group only ‘Health & Safety’ with Poppy Twigger. Patch testing, studio agreement and work placement agreement.
    • Time: 10am-11.30am
    • Location: CH306, third floor, Creative Hub

    Please bring note taking equipment.

    • Title: Garland group only ‘Health & Safety’ with Harriet Bond. Patch testing, studio agreement and work placement agreement.
    • Time: 10am-11.30am
    • Location: CH305, third floor, Creative Hub

    Please bring note taking equipment to this session.

    • Session: ‘Intimacy Co-Ordination in Creative Industries’. Intimacy and guidelines to working in Intimacy Co-ordination
    • Time: 1pm-5pm
    • Location: Morley Room, Senate

    **Mandatory Training for all L4 students and attendance is compulsory.

    Thursday 19 September

    • Session: Garland group only ‘Kit Allocation & Locker System’ with Harriet Bond. Studio orientation, kit labelling and locker etiquette.
    • Time: 10am-12pm
    • Location: CH305, third floor, Creative Hub

    Label makers will be provided for you to add to your kit, however, please feel free to bring alternative methods to personalise and label your professional makeup kit.

    Session: Garland group only ‘Library Quest’. To introduce and orientate new students around the Learning Hub.

    • Time: 2pm to 3pm
    • Location: Please go to the yellow desk on the second floor of the Learning Hub (by the library help desk) and a member of staff will brief you on the activity.

    Session: McGrath group only ‘Library Quest’. To introduce and orientate new students around the Learning Hub.

    • Date: 19 September
    • Time: 11.30am to 12.30pm
    • Location: Please go to the yellow desk on the second floor of the Learning Hub (by the library help desk) and a member of staff will brief you on the activity.

    Session: McGrath group only ‘Kit Allocation & Locker System’ with Harriet Bond. Studio orientation, kit labelling and locker etiquette.

    • Time: 1.30pm-3.30pm
    • Location: CH305, third floor, Creative Hub

    Label makers will be provided for you to add to your kit, however, please feel free to bring alternative methods to personalise and label your professional makeup kit.

    Friday 20 September

    A chance for you to independently explore Northampton, book into UON central induction sessions and get ready for week 1. Please enjoy your free day.

Equipment

The total cost of your UON Hair, Makeup and Prosthetics level four starter kit is £650. UON will contribute £300 per student towards this cost and you will be required to contribute the remaining £350 towards your kit. We will send you information about how to do this through our online shop before you arrive and during your first week.

Please note your kit is a starter bundle and you will be required to build this as you progress through your studies and into your professional career. We work closely with our kit suppliers to ensure they are diverse, of a high-quality and provide you with a range of fundamental items to get you ready for your studies and beyond.

 

Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community

​​Throughout your academic year there are a variety of extra-curricular opportunities for self-initiated networking. These provide you with an opportunity to engage in professional work practice, build your portfolio and expand your creative network.

As a course team, we actively work alongside complimentary degree courses such as Photography, Fashion Design, Acting & Drama, Journalism, Creative Film, Nursing and Paramedics to simulate real world scenarios for our students to engage in, this is fundamental to fostering a collaborative culture.

In addition to this, we are often contacted by local and national companies and our students have contributed to several events across the last academic year. All of the events enable students to build their technical and transferable skills and some of our involvements include Northampton Film Festival, Graduate Fashion Week, Rutland Musical Theatre Company, Northampton Musical Theatre Company, BBC Northampton, Pride Northampton, Born to Perform Performing Arts Group, STEAM Northants, Changemaker Awards and the Royal & Derngate Summer shows.

Educational trips and guest speakers are core to our teaching and learning strategy on the program as they enable students to engage in the wider makeup community and inspire their learning journey. Key trips have included Banbury Postiche and The Prosthetic Event.

Notable guest speakers who have contributed to the curriculum are Ve Neill (Oscar and BAFTA winning Hair and Makeup Designer), Donald Mowat (BAFTA winning Hair and Makeup Designer), Stuart Bray (Renowned Prosthetic and Digital Makeup Artist), Bridgette Ellwood (TV Makeup artist), Caroline Bell (Afro textured hair specialist), Mitchell Gough (Barber and Hairdresser) and James Campbell (Avant Garde Hair Designer).

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