Tired but happy

It’s quiet here at the OCA offices today. Gareth and I got back to Sheffield late last night after a long, long day. We were meeting with the University for the Creative Arts to validate our MA in Fine Art. First of all UCA had to satisfy themselves that they wanted to partner with the OCA, then that they thought our plans for the MA were robust. Success on both counts. It’s great news, and we will be releasing details of the MA in about two weeks.
For the moment please don’t ask questions, we aren’t ready to answer in any detail beyond our earlier post. Validation is the technical term, but in this case it feels appropriate in a wider sense. Just over two years ago we started on a strategy to raise the profile of the OCA and build its reputation by enhancing the student experience and widening the range of degrees. This has taken a huge amount of effort from all of the OCA team but having relationships with two universities to validate degrees at undergraduate and post-graduate levels feels good.