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What have I learnt from 18 years at the OCA, tutoring hundreds of students? thumb

What have I learnt from 18 years at the OCA, tutoring hundreds of students?

Like many of OCA’s students, I studied late in life. I didn’t do a degree after school, working for 16 years in computing. However, I increasingly felt drawn to the arts. I got absorbed in thought through creative projects, partly as an antidote to work and everyday life.

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Student Work: Suzette Hussey thumb

Student Work: Suzette Hussey

Although writing for an educational series is very different from creative writing, my course at OCA has impacted my work. It has given me the strong foundation and the confidence that I needed to achieve this milestone.

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OCA News: Farewell to Simon Manfield thumb

OCA News: Farewell to Simon Manfield

As a Programme Leader, it is always with mixed feelings that I hear a tutor is leaving to go and do something exciting with the practice. I am of course pleased, as one artist to another, that drawing tutor Simon Manfield has taken that bold step to focus on his own practice, but we will all miss him dreadfully.

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OCA student work: David Price thumb

OCA student work: David Price

OCA Visual Communications degree student David Price successfully completed his Level 3 studies in July this year. His final major project was Darwin, a 60 page graphic novel that David wrote and drew which examines the life and work of English naturalist Charles Darwin. David discussed the development of the project, his inspiration and creative process with the OCA.

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