Employability in Fine Arts and Music

Our courses provide a foundation for developing your employability. Every subject, assessment, placement, and activity helps you apply theory to practice, build confidence, and demonstrate your capabilities to future employers.

In the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, employability skills are woven into the fabric of our courses. Our creative community supports you to build peer networks, develop your practice, grow industry networks and explore creative collaborations.

You can start strengthening your employability from day one. From early connections in mentoring programs to final-year placements and projects, every experience and skill you build becomes part of your growing professional portfolio.

1. Experiential learning

Studio-based learning, collaborative projects and real creative environments allow you to apply ideas in practice, build confidence and develop the professional skills that support your creative career.

2. Connections and community

Learning is relationship-rich. Through lecturers, peers, industry partners, alumni, clubs, and societies, you build networks that deepen learning, broaden perspectives, and help you to create.

3. Support to succeed

Employability is supported through embedded skills development and careers education. You’ll receive close guidance from lecturers, helping to translate your experiences into professional skills.

Whatever your goals, we’re here to help you identify the right opportunities and confidently translate your experiences into the attributes and skills employers are actively seeking.

You can access a range of supports including career readiness tools and planning, assistance preparing for job applications, interviews, placements and settling into a new job, as well as workshops and personalised career advice.