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Artlab23 Collective

Posted: 01/09/23 10:49
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alumni creativity online learning sustaining practice

By Arlene Sharp

The aim of the Collective is to provide a mutually supportive environment which will...

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Student stories: Ange Mullins

Posted: 19/07/23 09:40
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Arts & Environment creativity digital assessment online learning sustaining practice

By Angela Mullins

I'm Ange, a Creative Arts student, and I'm within touching distance of the finishing ...

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Student work: Creative Arts

Posted: 18/07/23 09:43
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creativity online learning sustaining practice

By Rachel Smith

As a tutor I find the exciting challenge is how students can then be...

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Department stories: Interior Design

Posted: 17/07/23 09:31
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exhibition online learning sustaining practice

By Catherine Byrne

The Architecture Room at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has been curated this year...

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OCA’s Online Degree Show Showcase 2023

Posted: 14/07/23 12:39
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By Joanne

Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 22/23 where we are celebrating a number...

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Department stories: Garden Design

Posted: 14/07/23 09:05
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creativity sustaining practice

By Gill German

One of the earlier projects in the first unit involved completing exercises in observational...

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Student work: Archive as Creative Presentation 

Posted: 13/07/23 11:54
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creativity digital assessment innovation online education

By Rachel Smith

This blog post introduces the production of a creative archive by ECA student Tim...

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Student Exhibition: ‘How Like A Leaf’

Posted: 29/06/23 11:28
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creativity engaging exhibition online learning social

By Emma Drye

Join OCA student Sue Parr for her exhibition in Eype Centre for the Arts,...

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Student stories: Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, and Technology

Posted: 28/06/23 11:06
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collaboration creativity exhibition online learning

By Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I am delighted to launch this exhibition; Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, and Technology;...

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Talking and walking through Trentham Gardens

Posted: 26/06/23 12:36
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engaging online learning social

By Olivia Evans

Online studying can be a lonely experience.  The Garden Design Students have an amazing...

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Student news: Dhama Thanigasapapathy

Posted: 23/05/23 11:00
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creativity online education student success

By Emma Drye

I am delighted to announce that OCA painting student Dhama Thanigasapapathy has been announced as one...

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What’s in a sketch? 

Posted: 22/05/23 04:58
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creativity digital pedagogy online education

By Audrey Bardwell

Firstly, sketching offers us a quick means to document our observations of different spaces...

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Student stories: Menacing Beauty

Posted: 13/05/23 11:49
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Arts & Environment collaboration creativity Enterprise online exhibition

By Dhama Thanigasapapathy

Menacing Beauty - an online exhibition by OCA students Sonia Böning (Munich) and Dhama Thanigasapapathy...

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The Patricia Farrar Award for Painting

Posted: 11/05/23 03:22
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creativity

By Emma Drye

I am delighted to announce that OCA level 3 student Anna Barnard was selected...

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Student Fees from August 2023

Posted: 09/05/23 09:49
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By Will Woods

We are announcing today the fees which will apply in the next academic year...

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Student stories: Nuala Mahon

Posted: 14/04/23 01:48
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creativity innovation sustainability and the environment sustaining practice

By Nuala Mahon

I have arrived at the finishing line of the long adventure that is (or...

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OCA News: Creative Arts – A review of our programme

Posted: 21/03/23 02:41
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creativity digital pedagogy online learning

By Doug Burton

The online department has produced more communities of practice and allowed us to meet...

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Student Stories: Morris Gallagher

Posted: 09/03/23 02:52
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creativity social engagement wellbeing

By Morris Gallagher

My final year work is a zine targeting help and advice at doctors who...

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OCA News: Illustration

Posted: 02/03/23 10:16
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collaboration digital pedagogy groupwork online learning

By Bee Willey

Earlier this year we contacted attendees to our ‘group work’ sessions to obtain feedback...

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Student stories: Tracy Walker

Posted: 23/02/23 11:04
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creativity sustaining practice

By Catherine Byrne

In this blogpost I’d like to introduce one of our most established interior design...

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