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Funding for studies is changing. Radically. And yet just over 1 in 10 people are aware of what is happening. In January 2027 the new Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) system will come into effect. This is an initiative designed by successive governments to allow learners to study flexibly through a modular approach to learning. This will replace the student loans system in England.
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The romantic idea of the divine nature of artistic inspiration still commonly influences the way artists are perceived today but has very little to do with how most creativity happens. Most of us have jobs and personal commitments that make living a life of artistic freedom impossible.
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Hello, I am Robyn Wilson-Owen, a maker of children’s picture books, a former theatre designer, and a new tutor on OCA’s BA Illustration. I will always try to encourage my students to draw from life as much as possible, and to embrace making lots and lots of bad drawings – because there are no good drawings without lots and lots of bad drawings first!
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Welcome to our online Degree Show Showcase 23/24 where we are celebrating a number of our graduates from across seven of our degree programmes.
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Earlier this year we contacted attendees to our ‘group work’ sessions to obtain feedback from them, responding to previous student feedback last year. We asked the questions below and would love to share the feedback we received.
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When I was a child, I used to drive my family mad because I always wanted to play one particular game. A Memory Game. It wasn’t because of the game itself, I was the youngest and rarely won, it was the illustrations that were on the cards.
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