Liverpool School of Art and Design

Thank you for booking an interview for BA Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University.

Prior to your interview

All interviews will take place online on Microsoft Teams. Prior to your appointment please install the Microsoft Teams app and see further instructions provided.

At least three working days prior to interview you are required to submit your portfolio using our attachment upload facility. You should have received an email with this link. If you have not received this, please contact the Admissions Team at applicantsupport@ljmu.ac.uk as your interview will need to be cancelled and you will have to rebook if you have not provided a portfolio.

Please note:
You can only reschedule your interview twice.

Your portfolio can be a Digital Portfolio (Option A) or Website (Option B) and should contain an ordered, consistent and edited selection of your work (paintings and drawings, photographs, 3D, Models, Sculpture, Maquette, Textiles, Collage or Composite Images, Sketchbooks, Notebooks, Videos/Films) that reflects you, your thinking, your skills and your ambition. It should showcase your approach, for example sketchbooks showing research and development / test pieces as well as your final, completed outcomes. We would like to see examples of your drawing skills and if possible this should include life drawing. Please also include self-directed work and/or any work you may have completed as a hobby, freelance, volunteering, etcetera. For each piece of work please write a short sentence that explains what you did and why.

Option A: Digital Portfolio: This should be uploaded as a single PDF file of no more than 20 pages. All text set at 9/10 point size.

Option B: Website Portfolio: Please make sure that the link to your site is not your admin login and you do not publish any personal details. We need the link to your published site, otherwise we won't have access rights. Please do not send sites that require Flash to upload the page. Suitable sites builders are: Blogger, WordPress, Collective, Muse, Wix, Wordpress, Squarespace.

We will be looking for:

• Research and development - evidence of a how you approach your work from brief to outcome
• Skills and competencies - evidence of a range of image making skills (particularly drawing) and visual literacy
• Ambition and motivation - evidence of breadth, depth and problem solving in the approach to projects
• Creativity and originality - evidence of your thinking and experimentation
• Clarity and communication - evidence of your ability to select, present and explain your work

Your interview

Your interview booking confirmation and reminders will contain the link to join your interview. If you have any difficulties joining the interview on the day, please contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible. You can email applicantsupport@ljmu.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 151 231 2777. If you are having audio problems on the day, we recommend you advise the interviewer of this in the chat, leave the interview and re-join as this often resolves this.

You will be interviewed individually by a member of the Fine Art Team and the interview should last approximately 15-20 minutes.

What happens after your interview

Following your interview, we will make a decision as soon as possible as to whether we can offer you a place on the course. As this is a competitive course, we are not always able to make immediate decisions following interview. The Admissions Team will update UCAS on our decision which you will be able to see on your UCAS Hub.

Thank you for booking an interview for BA Graphic Design and Illustration at Liverpool John Moores University.

Prior to your interview

All interviews will take place online on Microsoft Teams. Prior to your appointment please install the Microsoft Teams app and see further instructions provided.

At least three working days prior to interview you are required to submit your portfolio using our attachment upload facility. You should have received an email with this link. If you have not received this, please contact the Admissions Team at applicantsupport@ljmu.ac.uk as your interview will need to be cancelled and you will have to rebook if you have not provided a portfolio.

Please note:
You can only reschedule your interview twice.

Your portfolio

You have two options for submitting your portfolio using our attachment upload facility:

Option A: Digital Portfolio: This should be uploaded as a single PDF file of no more than 20 pages. All text set at 9/10 point size.

Option B: Website Portfolio: Please make sure that the link to your site is not your admin login. We need the link to your published site, otherwise we won't have access rights. Please do not send sites that require Flash to upload the page. Suitable sites builders are: Cargo Collective, Muse, Wix, Wordpress, Squarespace.

Your Digital Portfolio or Website should contain an ordered, consistent and edited selection of your work (drawings, images, documentation) that reflects you, your thinking, your skills and your ambition. It should showcase your approach, e.g. sketchbooks showing research and development / test pieces as well as your final, completed outcomes. We would like to see examples of your drawing skills and if possible this should include life drawing. Please also include self-directed work and/or any work you may have completed as a hobby, freelance, volunteering, etc. For each piece of work please write a short sentence that explains what you did and why.

We will be looking for:

• Research and development - evidence of a how you approach your work from brief to outcome
• Skills and competencies - evidence of a range of image making skills (particularly drawing) and visual literacy
• Ambition and motivation - evidence of breadth, depth and problem solving in the approach to projects
• Creativity and originality - evidence of your thinking and experimentation
• Clarity and communication - evidence of your ability to select, present and explain your work

Your interview

You will be interviewed by a member of the Graphic Design and Illustration team. The individual interview should last approximately 15-20 minutes, and your audio and camera should be on.

Your interview booking confirmation and reminders will contain the link to join your interview. If you have any difficulties joining the interview on the day, please contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible. You can email applicantsupport@ljmu.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 151 231 2777. If you are having audio problems on the day, we recommend you advise the interviewer of this in the chat, leave the interview and re-join as this often resolves this.

What happens after your interview

Following your interview, we will make a decision as soon as possible as to whether we can offer you a place on the course. As this is a competitive course, we are not always able to make immediate decisions following interview. The Admissions Team will update UCAS on our decision which you will be able to see on your UCAS Hub.