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BA Textile Design with Foundation Year

Birmingham City University🥈 TEF Silver
Full-time4 YearsSubject: General Studies
Course Score
C /63
Graduate Salary
£24,000
Satisfaction
94%
Degree Completion
80%
Professional Jobs
51%
Meaningful Work
62%

Expected Starting Salary

bottom quartile nationally

Typical starting salary for General Studies graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2031
First job
~2032
£24,000
typical starting salary
£23,000
£27,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· General Studies graduates nationally earn £18,000£70,000 (1574 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

39%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Graduate Roles by AI Exposure

72%Information Technology
65%Web and Multimedia Design
55%Administrative
48%Business and public service associate
40%Sales

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Elementary occupations
13%
02
Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
★ Professional
13%
03
Sales occupations
11%
04
Design occupations
★ Professional
10%
05
Engineering professionals
★ Professional
10%
06
Managers, directors and senior officials
★ Professional
10%
07
Administrative occupations
7%
08
Artistic, literary and media occupations
★ Professional
7%
09
Business and public service associate professionals
★ Professional
7%
10
Information Technology Professionals
★ Professional
5%

Outcomes

80%
Continuation
51%
Professional Work
62%
Meaningful Role
53%
Career On Track