East of England study event: Bookbinding
Posted: 12/04/19 09:08 | 0 Comments
Join OCA tutor Andrea Norrington on 18 May.
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Keith Ashcroft studio visit
Posted: 11/04/19 09:49 | 0 Comments
Join OCA Programme Leader for Drawing and Painting Emma Drye for this unique opportunity in Salford on Sunday 12 May.
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Using the cut up technique. Part 1.
Posted: 10/04/19 09:18 | 0 Comments
The idea is that you can ‘use the site to read and/or write stories that take advantage of the possibilities of the digital medium by building in a lot of randomisation, so that a given story is different each time you load it.’
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Ask the librarian
Posted: 09/04/19 09:05 | 0 Comments
When using library catalogues or databases you need to pick your search terms (keywords) carefully. Search engines and library databases are not intelligent and will match up words without considering their meaning.
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Letting a book settle
Posted: 08/04/19 09:04 | 2 Comments
It’s only since I’ve been regularly reviewing books every month for a magazine that I’ve started to think about how I read, as well as how I write
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Piloting a new way of interacting with tutors online.
Posted: 05/04/19 09:58 | 0 Comments
In response to student and tutor feedback the Photography team have started to trial the provision of regular online groups, defined by unit and led by a tutor who has a special interest in that area. These groups are intended to compliment (not replace) the existing regular hangouts happening that are forum-wide, facilitated by tutors and those that are student led. The idea is to diversify and create other alternate, online spaces for student communities.
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Fees for 2019/20
Posted: 04/04/19 09:09 | 2 Comments
We are announcing today the fees which will apply in the next academic year (from 01 August 2019 to 31 July 2020). We want to keep fees low for all students whilst maintaining the high quality that students have come to expect from OCA.
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Arts & Environment: Part 2
Posted: 03/04/19 09:59 | 1 Comments
In this post, Dan and Melissa share recent projects and ideas informing Arts & Environment programme themes, around their involvement with Radmin and Trade Show, Bristol.
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Writerly life advice: Writing retreats for beginners
Posted: 02/04/19 09:15 | 1 Comments
A writing retreat is one way of giving yourself time and space to write, and committing to writing more seriously. It’s also an increasingly popular thing to do, perhaps because our working lives leave us little time to be creative, so taking enforced time out in a place where the laundry and the washing up are not going to be causing distraction can be a good way to really put the hours in on a particular project. With that in mind, I have a few pointers to help you to choose a good writing retreat, and to help you make the most of it once you’re there.
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University challenge
Posted: 01/04/19 09:52 | 2 Comments
A new reality show will be hitting our screens this summer – Campus Uncovered. What do university staff really get up to? What’s it like on the other side of the system? Do they practice what they preach?
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