FD Acting Degree at Luminate Education Group
FD Acting at Luminate Education Group. University Centre Leeds offers a BA (Hons) Acting degree that trains you in both contemporary and classical acting techniques over two years of full-time study.
About this course
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FD Acting is a Degree (Degree) at Luminate Education Group, based in University Centre Mabgate/Quarry Hill. It runs 2 years, studied full-time.
For Design, and creative and performing arts graduates from this provider, 90% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, 15% in highly skilled roles, typical earnings around £21,500. (HESA Graduate Outcomes / LEO, via Discover Uni.)
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Art & Design, see the sections below.
Course evidence score
The arithmetic mean of the official measures available for this course: NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Stronger evidence Published sample: 470. Cohort 2021-22. Graduate Outcomes work or further study 90% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Published threshold met Discover Uni suppresses continuation data below its publication threshold. Cohort 2021-23. Continuation 80% (2021-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Curriculum & modules
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
Year 1 (Level 4) 5 modules
- Stage Acting FundamentalsCore20 credits
Module details
Explore the craft of stage acting through voice, movement, and text-based performance. Develop imagination, confidence, and collaboration in ensemble work while discovering how technique and theory shape creative choices, building the skills and professionalism essential for success in training and live performance.
- Voice and Movement in PracticeCore20 credits
Module details
Discover how your voice and body bring performance to life. Through movement, contemporary dance, voice, and stage combat, you'll build strength, flexibility, and expressive control, while developing discipline, reflection, and professional habits essential for confident, dynamic acting.
- The Creative ProfessionalCore20 credits
Module details
Discover what it means to be a creative professional. Explore industry roles, study inspiring practitioners, and develop your own career plan. Through reflection, networking, and goal setting, you'll identify the skills and opportunities needed to shape your future in the creative industries.
- Screen Acting FundamentalsCore20 credits
Module details
Discover the craft of screen acting through techniques such as Meisner, Adler, Mamet, and improvisation. Build confidence, subtlety, and technical skill for camera performance while developing professional communication and reflective practice, laying the groundwork for advanced study and a successful career in the screen and performance industries.
- Voice and Movement in PerformanceCore40 credits
Module details
Explore voice and movement for classical and physical theatre through energetic, hands-on workshops. Build expressive range, confidence, and creativity as you integrate technique with imagination, culminating in performances that showcase your skill, collaboration, and professional artistry.
Year 2 (Level 5) 4 modules
- CollaborationCore20 credits
Module details
Experience the power of collaboration! Work with peers from different creative disciplines to develop innovative projects, expand your practice, and build a supportive professional network. Reflect on your learning and discover new ways to experiment and succeed in the creative industries.
- Developing Your Creative PracticeCore40 credits
Module details
Take your acting further in classical or physical theatre. Refine your skills, experiment with new collaborators, and explore stage and digital performance. Supported by mentorship, you'll develop your artistic voice, professional networks, and confidence to take creative risks and shape your future in the performing arts.
- Character Creation: Voice & Movement in Digital PerformanceCore20 credits
Module details
Bring digital characters to life! Explore scriptwriting, voice, movement, and performance techniques for digital media, such as MoCap, animation, and games. Combine acting, storytelling, and technology to create expressive performances while building the skills needed to collaborate and succeed in the innovative world of digital performance.
- Acting Techniques in Performance: Screen and StageCore40 credits
Module details
Take your acting further in screen and stage contexts. Explore techniques such as Meisner, Brecht, Stanislavski, and Shakespeare techniques while honing characterisation, vocal and physical expression, and adaptability. Gain experience in rehearsal and performance, developing professionalism, reflection, and collaboration essential for a career in acting.
Year 3 (Level 6) 4 modules
- The Commercial ActorCore20 credits
Module details
Explore the actor's role in media, advertising, and digital platforms. Learn how performance, voice, and image shape audiences, and develop a professional digital portfolio, self-promotion skills, and critical awareness, preparing you to succeed in the dynamic world of commercial acting and contemporary performance.
- Self-Producing ProjectCore40 credits
Module details
Become a self-producing artist! Develop a full project proposal for Arts Council England funding, including budgets, timelines, and supporting materials. Learn to plan, communicate, and present your artistic ideas professionally, gaining the skills to secure funding and make your creative projects a reality.
- Developing Your Performance PathwaysCore20 credits
Module details
Take the lead in classical or physical theatre performance. Direct and showcase your skills in a live stage project, applying advanced voice and movement techniques. Reflect on collaboration, creative choices, and professional practice while building confidence, creativity, and leadership for a career in performance.
- Performance ShowcaseCore40 credits
Module details
Showcase your talent! Apply your acting and performance skills in public performances, demonstrating creativity, collaboration, and artistic identity. This module highlights your professional readiness and provides a platform to impress audiences and potential employers in the performing arts industry.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
Course in depth
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
What you'll study
This Foundation Degree in Acting provides comprehensive training in both contemporary and classical acting techniques. You'll usually start with foundational work in performance, voice, movement and text analysis, building your technical skills and creative vocabulary. As you progress, you'll develop sustained studio practice, exploring different theatrical styles and working on live projects with real deadlines. In your final year, you'll typically specialise further, working on independent projects that prepare you for professional practice. Throughout, you'll engage with contextual studies that connect theatre history to your own work, and develop a portfolio demonstrating your range as a performer ready for industry or further study.
Who it's for
This course suits people with genuine passion for acting and strong communication skills who thrive on performance and collaborative work. You'll spend significant time on your feet, exploring character, text and scene work in a practical, intensive environment. If you're drawn to understanding acting as both an art form and a discipline, combining physical presence, emotional authenticity and technical craft, and you're ready to engage in regular rehearsal and performance, this degree will challenge and develop you.
Careers & job market
Nationally, 87% of Art & Design graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating. Of working graduates, 55% are in highly skilled roles or pursuing further study. Starting salaries typically fall between £22,000 and £27,000, rising to £20,825–£29,400 after five years. Career paths vary widely: some graduates work as performers in theatre, film or television; others move into directing, dramaturgy, teaching, or arts administration. The field is competitive, and earnings reflect diverse roles and freelance work patterns common in the creative industries.
University & format
The FD Acting is delivered full-time over 2 years at University Centre Mabgate/Quarry Hill by Luminate Education Group, a higher education college. Teaching is in English. The degree is a nationally recognised qualification awarded by a recognised UK degree-awning body. The course holds Silver for teaching quality in the Office for Students' Teaching Excellence Framework 2023.
Student satisfaction
How students on this course answered the National Student Survey, by theme.
Share of students responding positively.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Applicant information
The next application dates for this course, followed by facts the provider publishes.
- 2027 entryCompleted applications can be submitted
Your application needs a reference before you can send it.
- 2026 entryFinal date for 2026 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2026 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
- 2027 entryEqual-consideration deadline
18:00 UK time for most undergraduate courses.
Show 5 later dates
- 2027 entryUCAS Extra opens
Applicants who used all five choices and hold no offer may be able to add another choice.
- 2027 entryLast day applications go directly to providers
Applications received after 18:00 UK time are entered into Clearing.
- 2027 entryClearing opens
Eligible applicants can see vacancies and release themselves into Clearing.
- 2027 entryFinal date for 2027 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2027 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
Provider-published requirement; check the linked course page before applying.
Entry & how to get in
Who gets in
What recently admitted students actually held, official admissions data, not a stated requirement.
Qualifications held on entry
| Qualification | Share |
|---|---|
| A-levels or equivalent | 95% |
| another higher-education qualification | 5% |
Entry & your chances
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Entry is set by the university and based on your offer. Use your predicted grades to see how you compare, then check the university's stated requirements.
How to apply
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
- 1Register on UCAS Hub
Create your UCAS application and add this course. One application covers up to five choices.
- 2Write your personal statement
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
- 3Submit by 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for most undergraduate courses. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
- 4Reply to your offers
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
- 5Results day & confirmation
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
Fees & funding
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Tuition per year
Provider-sourced figure; academic year not supplied. The 2026/27 England cap is up to £9,790. Verify this course.
Check fees at Luminate Education Group →For students who normally live in England
2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
Starting on or after 1 January 2027?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
Paying for it
- Tuition Fee Loan: can cover eligible tuition up to the applicable limit and is paid straight to the provider.
- Maintenance Loan: up to £10,830/yr away from home outside London (England, 2026/27), means-tested on household income.
- Repayment: 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below it; written off after 40 years.
- Earn alongside: most students work part-time in term, part-time roles on the StudySmarter job board.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Scholarships & bursaries you could qualify for
That does not mean no funding exists. Check the university directory for current amounts, eligibility and application dates.
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Careers & earnings
What Art & Design graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
Graduate earnings: this course
| When | Median | Typical range | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 months after | £21,500 | £17,000 – £26,000 | 470 |
| 5 years after | £19,000 | £11,500 – £22,500 | 20 |
Nominal earnings for graduates of this course/subject at this provider. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 470. Cohort 2021-22.
Graduate outcomes, 15 months on: this course
- 1Graduate roleFirst role after the degree · 0–2 yrs
- 2Specialist / PractitionerWorking in art & design · 2–5 yrs
- 3Senior / LeadLeading work and people · 5–10 yrs
- 4Head of / ExpertSenior leadership or deep expertise · 10+ yrs
How pay grows: this course vs Art & Design nationally
National figures for Art & Design graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Work out your pay
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What happened to 100 students?
Choose an outcome to translate the published percentage into a simple 100-person view. Each dot represents one percentage point, not an individual tracked student.
were in work or further study
15 months after graduation
Source: Discover Uni, using Graduate Outcomes and continuation data. Cohorts: 2022-23. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 470. Cohort 2021-22. Each tab is a separate published measure; categories can overlap and should not be added together.
Value compared with similar courses
How this course’s 5-year median earnings compare with Art & Design courses at the same study level.
Compared with 1,698 courses with compatible official earnings data. This is a course-value comparison, not a quality ranking.
UK occupations graduates enter
Published graduate destinations, joined conservatively to UK SOC 2020, ONS pay and Skills England demand.
- Elementary occupationsSOC 2020 9 · 35% of published destinations · ASHE median £19,087
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupationsSOC 2020 62 · 25% of published destinations · ASHE median £22,297
Discover Uni JOBLIST/JOBTYPE; ONS ASHE 2025 provisional, all employee jobs; Skills England Occupations in Demand 2025. SOC is shown only for an exact normalised label match; demand is shown only at exact four-digit SOC. Published sample: 35; response rate: 60%. Pay describes the occupation across workers, not a guaranteed graduate salary.
Job market & outlook
How Art & Design graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
How AI is changing the work
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
What AI takes off your plate
- Routine information gathering
- First-draft writing and summaries
- Standard analysis and admin
- Repetitive processing tasks
More human than ever
- Judgement and original thinking
- Working with and leading people
- Owning and sense-checking AI output
- Ethics and accountability
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Roles & employers
Where Art & Design graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Roles graduates go into
Where they work
- Design studios & agencies
- In-house brand teams
- Games & media companies
- Freelance & self-employed
Jobs after this course
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Art & Design graduates.
Fine Art TechnicianFirst Choice StaffPharmacy Technician – Brand New State-of-the-Art HospitalCompass AssociatesArtificial Intelligence Engineering ManagerMBN SolutionsArtificial Intelligence EngineerExperis UKDelivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - AndoverOcado LogisticsCompliance Business PartnerNashrock Insurance RecruitmentIs this course right for you?
The essentials UK applicants ask about: finance, outcomes, entry and quality.
Student finance
Published home tuition is £9,535/year for this course. If you normally live in England, eligible students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan, plus a Maintenance Loan for living costs. Under Plan 5 you repay 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below that, and the balance is written off after 40 years.
Where graduates go
90% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £21,500. See the full breakdown in Careers & earnings above.
Official-data snapshot
Averaging the official measures published for it, this course scores 7.1 out of 10: NSS 42.3% · in work or study 90% · continued 80%.
Who studies here and in this subject?
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
Design, and creative and performing arts across the UK
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
Local crime-data context
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
Around University Centre Mabgate/Quarry Hill
4,996 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
Is Art & Design right for you?
Tick what applies to you and see how good a fit it is.
International students
What applying to Luminate Education Group from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
Tuition fees
International tuition is £14,000 / year for this course (from the provider’s fee page). You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
English language
This course lists IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any component. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
Student visa
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Scholarships & funding
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check Luminate Education Group’s funding pages.
Living costs
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
Working while you study
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with Luminate Education Group and gov.uk before you apply.
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