Degree Diploma Taster Week at West Dean

Making Skills: Degree and Diploma Taster Week
6 to 11 September 2026

Curious about higher education at West Dean? This themed series of short courses offers the perfect way to learn foundational skills and experience what it’s like to study on our degree or diploma programmes first-hand.

Taught by our expert subject tutors, you’ll learn essential skills and techniques in your chosen discipline and gain valuable insights into building a portfolio ready for application to our higher education courses.

Taster Week Highlights:

  • Meet the Tutors: Meet our degree and diploma subject tutors to discuss practice, course options, and studying with us.
  • Workshop & Studio Tours: Workshop and studio tours will be scheduled throughout the week, allowing you to explore West Dean's full range of world-class facilities.
Nowhere Tapestry by Philip Sanderson

Tapestry weaving – the art of translation

7 to 10 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Philip Sanderson |
Intermediate
£615

Silversmithing – with an emphasis on box making

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: John Norgate |
Intermediate/Advanced
£749

Experimental concrete casting for sculpture

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutors: George Charman | David Stent |
Beginners/Intermediate
£799

Object: memory - exploring tactile ways to tell stories

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Vanessa Rolf |
Beginners/Intermediate
£763

Blacksmithing - fundamentals and individual projects

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Adam Greenwell |
Beginners/Intermediate
£960

Printmaking - combined techniques

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Mary Dalton |
Suitable for all
£789
Daniel Pateman Dovetailed Stool Course at West Dean College

Woodworking - Tool control, posture and precision. No plane, no gain

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Daniel Pateman |
Suitable for all
£792

Painting inspired by Goldsworthy's chalk stone walk

7 to 11 Sep 2026 | West Dean
Places available
Tutor: Melanie Rose |
Intermediate/Advanced
£754