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Tutor News – Katrina Whitehead
Posted: 17/11/23 01:16 |
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Some of you will know me as your personal tutor, or you may have spoken to me when I have delivered one of the studio meetings. If you don’t know me, I have been working as a flexible tutor for OCA since 2008 and I have seen many progressive changes over this time, including video tutorials and group meetings, both in person and on-line. It has also been exciting to learn about student achievements including exhibitions, competition wins and of course, graduating with a degree.
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OCA News: Creative Arts Update
Posted: 01/11/23 03:00 |
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The Creative Arts Programme Leader, Doug Burton, will leave the OCA in November after twelve years of service to develop his Arts business. During this time, Doug has been instrumental in developing the Creative Arts degree to meet student’s expectations for a contemporary interdisciplinary programme that is unique in many ways within the university sector. […]
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Creative Arts Showcase 2023
Posted: 19/10/23 02:24 |
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The Creative Arts Showcase is now in its third year and is an end of academic year presentation from our students. We thank all our students who chose to participate and for their enthusiasm in putting forward their work this year.
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Student stories: Ange Mullins
Posted: 19/07/23 09:40 |
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I’m Ange, a Creative Arts student, and I’m within touching distance of the finishing line after many years of study with OCA. I began in about 2008, although I can’t now recall exactly when I signed up with what was then a very different OCA. I joined purely as a means to learn more about ‘art’, a promise validated with a certificate of completion at the end, along with a vague suggestion to have work assessed; little did I realise that my journey would culminate with a BA (Hons) Creative Arts Degree.
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Student work: Creative Arts
Posted: 18/07/23 09:43 |
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As a tutor I find the exciting challenge is how students can then be encouraged to combine, apply, and adapt these skills as they start to build and test their own interdisciplinary approach inside the unit supported by the course materials. Rachael Barns has recently completed 1.2 and her work is an excellent example of how skills can be combined and adapted to produce Creative work
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OCA’s Online Degree Show Showcase 2023
Posted: 14/07/23 12:39 |
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Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 22/23 where we are celebrating a number of our graduates from across six of our degree programmes.
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Student work: Archive as Creative Presentation
Posted: 13/07/23 11:54 |
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This blog post introduces the production of a creative archive by ECA student Tim Harbridge. Tim’s Box Concert archive demonstrates an excellent and engaging use of combined methods across film, audio, physical objects, and installation.
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OCA News: Creative Arts – A review of our programme
Posted: 21/03/23 02:41 |
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The online department has produced more communities of practice and allowed us to meet and communicate more readily with students as a group of engaged, diverse creatives, which has been a great move forward.
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Highlights from a vibrant Creative Arts assessment
Posted: 17/01/23 11:12 |
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As is often the case, assessment events offer great insight into the diverse BA (Hons) Creative Arts community and the wide range of approaches to interdisciplinary practice on the programme.
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Creative Arts Department: A year in review
Posted: 08/09/22 11:12 |
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The 2021/22 academic year has created many opportunities to enhance our Creative Arts Department and build on our strengths.
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