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MA Fine Art: Reflections
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Completing a degree course is not only a significant achievement, it is also a...
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Making Meaning: The Journey Through MA Fine Art at OCA
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In September 2025, a cohort of internationally based OCA students completed their MA Fine...
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OCA Creative Arts: In Conversation – Rachel Smith and Melanie Jeffrey
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By Rachel Smith
As a theatre production teacher and student of the creative arts, I work across...
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OCA Music: Time, Productivity and London
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There are moments in the life of a creative practitioner when you glimpse yourself,...
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OCA Creative Writing: Goodbye from your Programme Leader
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After twelve years as a creative writing tutor, and ten years as course programme...
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OCA Creative Arts: Alumni Interview with Kuch (Kuljit) Bhogal
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By Trine Wade
Kuch graduated from the Open College of the Arts in 2024 with a BA...
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Creative Arts in Conversation: Rachel Smith and Trine Wade
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By Rachel Smith
As an artist of Place, my process-led practice is centred around an exploration of...
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OCA Fine Art: Student Story: Rita Lisnevskyte
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By Hayley Lock
I’ve considered myself an artist for as long as I can remember. I studied...
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London’s V&A Storehouse
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By Hayley Lock
The OCA Student Association (OCASA)’s recent announcement of the launch of OCA’s Cabinet of...
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OCA Creative Arts: Student Story, Tim Harbridge
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Studying BA (Hons) Creative Arts Unit 1.1 I wrote the following paragraph about ‘Place’....
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OCA News: Graphic Design Launch Final Stage 1 Unit
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By Barry Hurd
The Graphic Design team is thrilled to announce the launch of the Unit 1.3...
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Unleash Your Creativity with The Games Designer’s Mindset Short Course
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Have you ever had a great idea for a game, but then found yourself...
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Creative Arts Review – Björk’s Cornucopia an interdisciplinary audio-visual feast
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By Rachel Smith
Recently, I went to see the film version of Björk’s live show Cornucopia. Showing...
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Enrolments Now Open for Our New Film and Media Production CertHE
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We are thrilled to announce that enrolments are now open for our new Certificate...
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Getting Published, and Finding an Audience
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By Rab Ferguson
OCA Creative Writing Tutor Rab Ferguson talks to us about his journey to publication,...
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New Short Course – Discover OCA Creative Education
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If you are interested in better understanding the relationships between creativity and education and...
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OCA Fees 2025/26
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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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Creative Intersections: Music, Photography and Teaching
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By Matt White
Creativity rarely exists in isolation—ideas flow between disciplines, shaping and reshaping artistic practice. This...
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What have I learnt from 18 years at the OCA, tutoring hundreds of students?
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By Derek Trillo
Like many of OCA’s students, I studied late in life. I didn’t do a...
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