ravensbourne college design communication
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UKIERI Professional
Technical Skills
Introducing
Ravensbourne College of
Design and Communication
Why Ravensbourne?• A University sector College in London• Set in 18 acres of private parkland• Purpose built open plan studios• On-campus accommodation • Design and communication specialists• 1,200 students across 16 courses• 120 students from outside the European Union• Student winners of industry awards• Excellent links with the creative industries• High investment in digital technology
Location
The Campus
Building facilities
The Campus
Accommodation
The Community
Student Union annual events
Student Bar and catering facilities
The Community
Student Welfare support:• English language• Financial matters• Health• Housing• Disabilities• Religion and worship• General advice
The Studios
Open plan studios Fashion >Foundation v
The Studios
All computers are less than 3 years oldWireless networked for roaming accessFree internet accessSpecialised equipment donated by industry
Links with Industry
Audi Foundation, Topshop, Dazed and Confused; PROMAX; D&AD; Bloomberg Office Installations; Vitra; Sky TV; Samsung; Tesco; British Trade Association; Lighting Association; Bombay Sapphire; Ideal Home Show; Olsen; DKNY; IABM; BAFTA
Links with IndustryWork Placement: Companies
• BBC; Disney Toons; Philips; Nokia; Royal Navy; Marc Jacobs, NY; Carlton TV; LWT; BBC; QVC; ITN; Channel 4; Saatchi & Saatchi; Calvin Klein; Burberry; Vogue; Levi; Sky; Carlton TV; Olsen; Pentagram; Frame store; IKEA; Bloomberg; Samsung; Mitsubishi
Work Placement: Companies• New York, Antwerp,
Melbourne, Milan, San Francisco, Paris.
Success and RecognitionInternational Student Exhibitions:• Italy• Austria• Belgium• USA• Korea• UK• South Africa
Aims of the UKIERI initiative for Ravensbourne
• Staff and professional development in learning and teaching and curriculum development
• Implementation of the creative use of digital technology, exploring the relationship between traditional design and manufacturing processes
• A proactive collaboration between Ravensbourne College and higher education institutions in India. This will include staff development workshops, collaborative projects, student placement, staff secondment and industrial visits
• In the longer term, the development of Postgraduate programmes
Proposed activities to develop effective partnerships
• Student workshops • Short courses• Student placements• Industrial visits• Collaborative projects• Staff development workshops• Staff secondment
What we would like to learn from a partner institution
•About quality manufacturing for fashion, textiles, accessories•About developing design and manufacturing cooperatives• About textile skills, dyeing/colour, textile printing, stitch, fabric construction
Our experience at Ravensbourne
• Up to date learning and teaching strategies • Up to date methods in fashion and textile design, fashion
communication• Expertise in the creative use of digital technology in design
and manufacture• Experience and expertise in the development and
management of multi centred programmes• Developing purposeful working relationships with the
fashion/textile industry
Pre-degree & undergraduate course subjects at Ravensbourne
Pre-degree• Edexcel (BTEC) Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and
Design
Undergraduate• Fashion (Womenswear, or Menswear, or Textiles, or
Promotion)• Graphic Design • Moving Image Design • Animation• Interaction Design • Product Design • Interior Design
Environment Architectures• Broadcast Post Production • Broadcast Media Technology • Broadcast Operations and Production • Creative Sound
Design • Content Creation for Broadcasting and New Media
We look forward to developing our collaboration in the future
Project Contacts: Peter Pilgrim – [email protected] Crehan – [email protected]