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Everything you need to know about interviews and auditions for our postgraduate courses
Some of our degrees require an interview or an audition. These interviews and auditions give our staff a chance to meet you, as well as giving you the opportunity to explore our campuses and ask any questions you might have.
The way interviews and auditions run vary between courses – some require portfolios, workshops or just a plain question and answer session. Our Admissions team will send you an invitation to book your interview or audition and this will include information and instructions of how to book online as well as the dates available.
International applicants
If you are an international applicant we will contact you to make special arrangements. These may involve asking you to send us some of your work and/or an online interview.
Additional checks
Some courses also require additional checks or documentary evidence. Please read through the following areas in case they apply to the course(s) you are interested in.
Everything you need to know about your interview or audition
MA Music Performance:
If your application successfully moves onto the interviewing stage, we will send you an email invitation to submit an audition video for our consideration – we will specify the length that the video should be and the type of performance material we would like to see, within the invitation email itself. Please note that University of Chichester alumni students do not need to provide an audition video and would instead be contacted by either the Admissions team or a course tutor, about the next stage of their application.
MA Music Teaching:
If your application successfully moves onto the interviewing stage, we will invite you to interview for a place on the course – within your email invitation, you will be provided with the contact details for the course tutor, so that you can liaise with them directly about arranging a suitable time and platform for your interview.
Advanced Performance - PGCert
If an interview/audition is required in order to secure your place, you will be contacted by either the Admissions team or Ben Hall (Director of the Conservatoire), after we have made our initial assessments of your application – we would specify the kind of performance material we would like to see from you and this may potentially be submitted as an audition video or performed in person.
MA Screen Acting
Upon receipt of your online application form, if you are invited to audition, initially you will receive an email with guidance regarding how to submit your portfolio, and then at a later stage we will invite you to arrange an interview with the admissions tutor.
Interviews for the MA Screen Acting degree are typically held online, and conducted in February, but in-person interviews may be requested on an ad-hoc basis.
If you are unsuccessful in either your initial application or at the audition stage, we will email you to let you know.
MA Composition for Film, TV and Games
In addition to the below, an informal interview (remote or in-person) may be requested by the Admissions Tutor on a case-by-case basis.
For entry to this course, you will need to submit a portfolio of subject-related work. Upon receipt of your online application form, the admissions team will be in touch to request this and to provide guidance regarding how to submit your portfolio.
Your portfolio might include:
- Videos (or YouTube/Vimeo links) of relevant previous work
- URL link to your website
Applying
Current students can apply for these courses through their ChiView account.
Audition Dates:
In-person audition dates:
- Thursday 15th February
- Tuesday 12th March
- Tuesday 16th April
Online auditions will be arranged once applicants have uploaded the required documents - dates and times will be arranged by the dance administrator.
Audition Requirements:
Home Students
- A passport-style photo
- A reference – We have attached a reference document for your referee to fill out. They can email your reference to admissions@chi.ac.uk if preferred. Current students at the university of Chichester will not be required to provide a reference.
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- A written essay or your completed undergraduate dissertation
International Students
- A passport-style photo
- A reference – once we have received your application a reference document will be attached for your referee to fill out. They can email your reference to admissions@chi.ac.uk if preferred.
- Curriculum vitae
- Two of your performances – Video links to Ballet and Contemporary Dance class, contemporary dance solo and performance excerpts. They should be at least three minutes long. This should be provided as a link (e.g. YouTube). Please include class footage rather than performance footage as this can be often unclear when assessing applications.
- An academic essay written in English (this will need to include a short bibliography and cannot be a personal statement)
Audition
Once the dance team are ready to invite applicants to audition, they will be sent an invite for this - if auditioning in-person, they will be able to book onto an audition on ChiView. If auditioning online, they will be contacted either by admissions or the dance administrator to arrange a Teams interview.
The audition day begins at 9am and will finish at 4pm. Online auditions last for roughly 30 minutes.
Contacts
For course, audition and supporting document questions - Caroline Harmer (C.Harmer@chi.ac.uk)
For admissions, qualifications and international questions - Admissions@chi.ac.uk
MA Creative Writing
In addition to the below, an informal interview (remote or in-person) may be requested by the Admissions Tutor on a case-by-case basis.
For entry to this course, you will need to submit a portfolio of creative writing. Typically, we expect applicants to hold a good degree in English or a related subject, but the main judgement for entry is made on the quality of the portfolio. Your portfolio will be requested via email by the admissions team upon receipt of your online application form.
The portfolio of creative writing should represent some of your best work to date. Please select carefully and present accurately.
A portfolio might consist of any but not all of the following:
- three short stories
- three chapters from a novel or non-fiction book
- 5-8 poems
- a radio play
- two or three scenes of a stage play
- Or a combination of the above, e.g. a short story and five poems.
Please remember to select your writing that you consider to be your best work so far and in a form that suits you.
Postgraduate Nursing Courses (Adult/Mental Health pre-registration)
These interviews, where possible will be conducted face to face at Bishop Otter Campus. This provides an opportunity to meet the programme leads and view the facilities of the school.
You will be required to review a course presentation video prior to attendance at the interview. Interviews are held on set days and you will be interviewed by academic staff, practice partners and service users.
MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration)
You will be required to complete a pre-interview task which will be emailed to you following an initial review of your application. Applicants successful to progress to interview will be invited to join an interview day on University of Chichester campus, which will include your individual interview, and taking part in an ethical discussion.
MA Social Work
We offer a selection of both on-site and virtual interviews, from January onwards. If your application successfully moves onto the interviewing stage, we will send you an email invitation asking that you please book your place onto your preferred interview date, via your ChiView portal.
Once you have made your booking, you will then be able to access the interview guidance document, via the ‘Events Schedule’ table, on ChiView – this document will provide helpful details on how to prepare (e.g. there will be a pre-interview task), a break-down of what will happen and when on the day itself, etc.
For all PGCE Primary and Secondary routes, interviews are being held in person. However, if circumstances do not allow you to interview in person then we can offer an online Teams interview (with the exception of PGCE Secondary Dance and Physical Education)
When invited to interview, you will be sent additional information which may include a task that they need to prepare for and an English and Maths Skills Audit.
After initial review of your application, the Programme Co-ordinator will arrange a meeting to discuss your background and the course.
This meeting can be held virtually or on campus, according to your preference.
- MA Sport Pedagogy and Physical Education
- MA Sport Leadership and Management
- MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition
- MSc Physical Activity and Public Health
- MSc Sport and Exercise Biomechanics
- MSc Sport and Exercise Physiology
- MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology
- MSc Sports Coaching
- MSc Sports Performance Analysis
- MSc Strength and Conditioning
- MRes Sport (Names Routes)
FAQs
Interview and audition FAQs to help you
We've put together a list of interview and audition FAQs to help you. If you still have any further questions, please contact our Admissions team on 01243 816002 or email admissions@chi.ac.uk.
If you have never logged in to ChiView before you need to create your account. Go to chiview.chi.ac.uk and then click ‘New User/ Forgotten Password’. You will need to input your applicant number (be careful, this is not your enquirer number or UCAS number), your surname, and your birth date in the format DD/MM/YYYY including the slashes. ChiView will then send you a temporary password. Please check your junk folder as this email often gets filtered into there.
Typically auditions and interviews run from December – March. Usually only two or three dates will be available to book on ChiView at a time, but as the first batch of dates close the page will refresh with new options. If you cannot see a date which suits you, the best course of action is usually to wait until the page refreshes. Dates are released two to three weeks in advance.
You will receive an email either way. If you have been invited to attend an interview or audition your email will guide you to log on to your ChiView portal, find ‘My application’, and then click ‘Respond to interview invitation’. Here you will find the first batch of dates to choose from.
Once you have booked an audition or interview you will only then have access to the relevant documents. On your ChiView portal find ‘Events schedule’ and then click ‘View details’. Here you will be able to view, download, or print the documents which will tell you how to prepare and what to expect on the day.
Sometimes if you are viewing your ChiView portal on a phone, the dimensions might not allow you to see all elements. Please try again on another devise.
You may need to clear your browser history. Advice about how to do this can be found here: help.chi.ac.uk/clearing-your-browser-data-including-cache
If you are still unable to see the ‘View details’ button, please check that you have successfully booked your audition/interview by clicking ‘respond to interview invitation’.
If all else fails, you are welcome to email admissions@chi.ac.uk. Please have your applicant number ready. The Admissions team will be able to check whether your audition/ interview is booked and email you relevant documents.
If you have booked an interview or audition and now you are unable to attend please visit your ChiView portal, find ‘Event schedule’, and then click ‘Cancel attendance’. You will need to inform the admissions team via admissions@chi.ac.uk so that we can issue you a new invitation.
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