BA Acting and Student Life in different Unis?

Those courses are more likely to produce drama teachers than actors.

Do you mean those particular universities or just doing an acting degree in general?

Both.

I couldn't afford Drama School so I decided to do a degree in Acting instead, acting degrees still train you to become an actor, some universities have drama schools within the uni meaning you get the training of a drama school but with the financial aid of student loans etc., so acting degrees do actually train you, theatre studies and drama degrees are perhaps what you mean, they study acting with a more educational approach

No, I meant exactly what I wrote, because staff at those unis rely on their teaching rather than acting income, and lacked the talent to teach at one of the major drama schools. So whatever training they provide, they're still more likely to produce cohorts of students who become drama teachers rather than actors.

I couldn't afford Drama School so I decided to do a degree in Acting instead, acting degrees still train you to become an actor, some universities have drama schools within the uni meaning you get the training of a drama school but with the financial aid of student loans etc., so acting degrees do actually train you, theatre studies and drama degrees are perhaps what you mean, they study acting with a more educational approach

I get your point, but there are still successful actors who studied at universities and not drama school, so it can't be completely awful.
At the end of the day, I can't go to drama school, so it's irrelevant if the teachers are better there; it's a given that training is higher quality at drama schools than universities, but I don't have the luxury of being able to consider that.

Hi Daisy,

A massive conundrum for many people at this time of year I fully understand. I guess the main question is 'what do you want to do as a career?' If the answer to that is work professionally within the arts, specifically as a performer or creative the likelihood of you being able to achieve that goal is by training on a vocational actor training programme or course, a university course, although highly valuable in itself is much more likely to lead you to a more academic role in or around the arts industry. The contact hours and depth of actor training is the main difference here, most actor training programmes will have you training actively for 40+ hours a week. This is the primary difference. However, drama school in it's traditional sense isn't the only route available. There are a number of established 'new schools' out there offering vocational actor training, with equally impressive graduate employment figures within the arts. Fourth Monkey's graduate employment figures for 2015 was higher than any listed above for example, and similar to a number of other courses such as the MTA (musical theatre academy) are offering accelerated courses over two years as opposed to three to reduce the overall cost. A variety of funding options are available too, so it may be worth you doing a little additional reading and looking into some of the additional and alternative courses out there that are taking a fresh approach to actor training as well as looking at the drama school and university options. Additionally, as outlined above, the student finance options are available on the Drama School options you mention too, so it doesn't appear to have to off your radar if you are considering student finance for university.

How about St Mary's in Twickenham? I'm going there in September. The course is 90% practical with 30 contact hours. It's a drama school in a university context.

Aw, crap! Only just checked that it's from 3 years ago! 😂😂

How about St Mary's in Twickenham? I'm going there in September. The course is 90% practical with 30 contact hours. It's a drama school in a university context.