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If you love experimenting with new hair styles, obsess over the latest fashion trends and want to make people look their best, the hair and beauty industry needs you!

We’ll teach you everything you need to make it in the industry by working in Revive, our working salon with paying customers, where you’ll learn everything from treating customers to running your own business.

Beauty isn’t just confined to a salon environment, though. Our media makeup programmes prepare you for careers on film, theatre and tv sets by exploring the latest special effects make-up and techniques, giving you the creative skills that you need for your dream career in the media sector.

Hair and Beauty Sector Guide

What can I study?

HAIR AND BEAUTY

Diploma in
Beauty Therapy

C

Diploma in
Hairdressing

C

Diploma in
Hair & Media Make-up

C

Certificate / Diploma in
Hairdressing

C

Certificate / Diploma in
Beauty Therapy

C

Diploma in
Media Make-up

C

Certificate in
Barbering

C

Certificate in
Hair & Beauty

C

Campus Key

  • C City
  • H Hillsborough
  • A Advanced Technology Centre
Apprenticeships+

We also have Apprenticeship vacancies in this sector. Please visit apprenticeships.sheffcol.ac.uk to find out more.

Beauty Salon
Hair Salon

WHO WE WORK WITH

We work with employer partners across the local region and beyond to provide work experience, masterclasses, workplace tours and other exciting opportunities. Some of our employer partners are:

  • Kryolan
  • Elemis
  • Eve Taylor
  • Wella
MADDOX BRYSON

MADDOX BRYSON

Former Media make-up student

“Studying at The Sheffield College has given me the confidence and ability to put my ideas out there. I feared my disability would stop me from studying but The Sheffield College has supported me throughout it all.”

Where you will be Studying

Our hair and beauty students train at our City Campus. Students study in the very best facilities, using the best equipment around including our:

  • Revive hair and beauty salon
  • Hairdressing salons
  • Media make-up salons
  • Beauty and massage salons

Example Careers

Hairdresser

Starting Salary

£14,000

Experienced Salary

£30,000

Make-up Artist

Starting Salary

£Variable

Experienced Salary

£Variable

Beauty Therapist

Starting Salary

£16,000

Experienced Salary

£25,000

Job Information

Key skills needed:

  • Creativity
  • Customer service
  • Enjoy working with people
  • Sensitivity and understanding
  • Good at following a brief
wheel

Total No. of jobs

4,500

In South Yorkshire by 2028

100 NEW JOBS created in South Yorkshire by 2028

T Levels available in this sector

T Levels available in this sector. Ask us about them at an Open Day!

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80%

Classroom learning

20%

Workplace learning

45 Day

Real work placement

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