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Felicity Talman – How My OCA Degree Led to Postgraduate Study

Posted: 26/01/26 07:34 | 3 Comments

My name is Felicity Talman, and I recently completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree with the OCA. I started studying with the OCA in 2019 after moving to Wales and deciding to pursue a creative education—something I had always put to one side. At the time, I had two young children aged four and […]

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Christ's Salvation fiction John Lanchester non-fiction OCA students Shani Thomas

Posted: 18/12/13 01:29 | 3 Comments

Writers are defined by the genre in which they write and publish. Novelists – Martin Amis and George Eliot. Poets – Sylvia Plath and Rupert Brooke. Biographers – Claire Tomalin and Lytton Strachey. Labels constrain. It’s important for writers to find out through practice the genres in which they write well. Equally important is the […]

Election of Student Association President

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Posted: 05/04/11 05:03 | 5 Comments

Following our report last month, the OCA Trustees have now met to consider the findings of the student survey and Jim Smith’s recommendations for the way forward for the OCA Student Association (OCASA). The Trustees have given Jim’s proposals their support and have agreed a funding mechanism for OCASA. In broad terms, we see the […]

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Election of Student Association President