With emphasis on practice, the MDes is intended for those who have, and wish to maintain, a career in any form of professional design practice; the MDes provides an opportunity for advanced design study in the context of a professional situation and is attractive to graduates in employment who would like to study for a higher degree; and to employers who are seeking a means to develop their staff and: design entrepreneurs seeking intellectual support in the development of a design idea; the MDes programme has been designed with continuing professional and personal development in mind and helps open opportunities to develop further career opportunities and to develop designers as managers, strategists and entrepreneurs; MDes students receive masters level training in specialist, subject-specific intellectual tools that serve them in good stead, primarily as professional practising designers and managers of design enterprise; additionally they are given the transferable skills of strategic vision, agility, reflection and critical evaluation which are in demand in relation to 21st century global entrepreneurship in the wider economy and workplace; wherever possible they work with and involve their employers, clients or stakeholders in regard to their own development and that of their particular design project; this course is a programme for practising artists and designers who want to explore intellectual and creative territories that are current and challenging; this programme provides students with the opportunity to undertake practical and theoretically-led projects addressing the creative dimensions, social contexts and cultural significance of mediated human interaction; it seeks to encourage innovatory practice and the scholarly investigation of what is a complex field of means, intentions and humanistic potentials; students: develop their own creative and practical abilities, as well as a critical insight into their chosen mode of creative communication: be it graphic, sonic, illustrative or interactive for example; students work towards a certificate in academic research skills, and attend a series of research seminars.