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Welcome Guide 2014Extended Diploma in Art & Design, Year 1

ContentsA welcome from your Course Leader 3

Summer Project 4

Term dates 2014/15 8

Attendance & punctuality 9

Contact us 11

UCA Library 12

Course costs 13

Equipment packs & trips 14

Funding & financial support 15

Consent forms 17

Study visits consent form 18

Personal declaration form 19

Parental consent form 22

Front cover image: Ashley Adams. This page: Chloe Lawrence.

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From your Course LeaderDear Student

Congratulations on your successful application onto the Extended Diploma in Art & Design course at Rochester.

Various information sheets are attached. The forms need to be returned by the 11th of September to:

FE Campus Registry Office UCA Rochester Fort PittRochester Kent ME1 1DZ

Fees payable should be made as per enclosed instructions, before the start of your course.

Should you decide not to take up your place with us, could you please inform both our Admissions department by email: [email protected] and the FE Campus Registry office: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you in September.

Yours sincerely

Chris Wraith

Course LeaderFurther Education - Rochester


Summer project www.ucreative.ac.uk4

Clockwise from top-left:

• Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci (The Louvre, Paris France)

• The Dream by Pablo Picasso (Private Art Collection, Europe)

• Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali (Museum of Modern Art, New York)

• The Scream by Edvard Munch (National Gallery, Oslo, Norway)

• A Bigger Splash by David Hockney (Tate Gallery, London)

• Luncheon at the Boating Party by Auguste-Pierre Renoir (The Phillips Collection, Washington)

• Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France)

• The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (Osterreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria)

Rationale

Visual journals have existed throughout history as part of the process of reflective thinking, and as a record of image making. Throughout history great thinkers recorded and reflected on their ideas using a variety of visual journaling techniques. From Thomas Edison’s light bulb sketches to Leonardo da Vinci’s visual journals of flying machines to Stephen Hawking’s space-time diagrams, this record of image making also served as a record of the thought process. Da Vinci (1452-1519) carried a visual journal with him at all times so that he could record ideas, impressions, and observations as they occurred.

The visual journal is a creative way to explore, express and record our thoughts, ideas, life experiences, emotional reactions and our inner world-visually and verbally. It is a tool to becoming a better artist, to being more creative and finding enjoyment in the visual arts as a creative student. In essence, the visual journal can become a major component in our art making process.

You are required to produce a visual journal of work responding to the work of other artists. You may like to make your own book or use one purchased from a shop. The book should contain at least 16 pages, fulfilling the tasks set out on page 6.

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Secondary list of paintings:

• Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol

• Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh

• Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte by Georges- Pierre Seurat

• Le Moulin de la Galette by Auguste-Pierre Renoir

• Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet

• Son of Man by Rene Magritte

• The Last Supper (Mural) by Leonardo da Vinci

• Girl with the Pearl Earring by Jan Vanmeer

• The Last Judgement (Mural) by Michelangelo

• Nude Green Leaves & Bust by Pablo Picasso

• Benefits Supervisor Sleeping by Lucien Freud

• Lavender Mist by Jackson Pollock

• Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

• From the Lake by Georgia O’Keefe

• Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp

• The Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso

• The Red Nude by Amedeo Modigliani

• The Dream by Henri Rousseau

Task 1

Select two of the paintings from the list on page 4 and consider them carefully.

These should be the two paintings that interest you the most, as they will form the beginning of your own personal visual reference bank.

You are required to make visual studies of these paintings.

What does that mean?

You must describe the colours the artist has used. Decide what colours they are and try to mix them yourself.

Then take 3 different sections of both paintings and see how well you can copy each section, using the paint you have mixed. Don’t worry if it doesn’t look exactly like the artists’ original work, it is more important that you experiment and enjoy this activity.

Task 2

Consider the artists themselves. For each artist you have chosen:

Produce research (approximately 2 x A4 sheets for each artist). These research sheets should include a short biography of each artist, approximately 50 words, other examples of their work, photographs and your small copy paintings, and give a 50-word evaluation of why you like their work.

Task 3

From the list below choose another painting or artwork and repeat Tasks 1 and 2.

For Task 1 use collage (torn/cut magazines and newspapers, coloured paper) for your colour palette instead of paint.


Task 4

Pick another painting, this time of your own choice and repeat Tasks 1 and 2. It must be a living artist.

You will need to visit a gallery and view the artwork first hand.

Good galleries to visit are:

• Tate Modern

• Tate Britain

• Turner Contemporary.

Draw directly from the artwork using dry media only (pencil, pastels, charcoal etc).

All of the above tasks are directly aligned to the work you will be doing when you begin in September. It is essential that it is completed, on time!

Learning Outcomes

Unit 1

• Understand the characteristics of visual language in art and design.

• Be able to apply visual language to a range of art and design activities.

Unit 2

• Understand research tools, methods and skills.

• Understand primary and secondary research sources.

• Be able to use research tools, methods and skills to inform ideas.

This work must be brought to college on Thursday 11 September 2014 for assessment.


Term dates 2014/15Enrolment/Induction Week*

8th September 2014 – 12th September 2014

Autumn Term

15th September 2014 – 12th December 2014

Christmas Break

12th December 2014 – 4th January 2015

Spring Term

5th January 2015 – 27th March 2015

Easter Break

28th March 2015 – 12th April 2015

Summer Term

13th April 2015 – 8th May 2015

*Students should be available for the entire Enrolment/Induction Week – a timetable will be sent to you shortly.

Bank Holidays

During Student Break

• 3rd April 2015 (Good Friday)• 6th April 2015 (Easter Monday)

During Term Time

• 4th May 2015

Holidays can not be taken during term-time.

Please note: UCA do not have half terms and our term dates may not be in-line with local schools.


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Attendance & punctualityWeekly Timetable

Monday 09.30am – 4.30pm

Tuesday 09.30am – 4.30pm

Wednesday Self-directed Study Day/Tutorials (students should not book work on these days) studios & UCA resources accessible to all students.Thursday 09.30am – 4.30pm

Friday 09.30am – 4.30pm

Lunchtime 1.00pm – 2.00pm

University Opening Times

Mon - Thurs 08.30am – 7.30pm

Fri 08.30am – 6.45pm

Library Opening Times

Mon - Thurs 9.00am – 8.00pm

Fri 9.30am – 5.00pm

Your course is a full time course, which is made up of 540 Directed Learning hours and 150 Self Directed hours (minimum of 5 hours per week).

Students are expected to attend all Directed Learning days and evidence all Self Directed learning.

Students have access to the University to use facilities throughout the week.

Students are expected to attend University as follows:

Lectures begin at 10.00am; all students need to be registered by 09.30am.

All absences have to be notified to the FE Campus Registry Office before 10.00am on each day of absence.

Please note if you are under 18, the call must be made by a parent or guardian.

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All email correspondence must be made using UCA email.

ID cards must be worn and visible at all times whilst on UCA premises.

Registration

Attendance and punctuality is monitored using the Live Registration System.

Live Registration is a system of self-registration using the thumb. At enrolment each student will be asked to register a ‘thumbprint’ using a biometric computer system. This ‘print’ will then be turned into a unique number. The thumbprint will not be kept and cannot be used by third parties.

Students are expected to thumb-in at the time stated for both morning and afternoon sessions using the terminals provided near each studio.

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they thumb-in as expected, as this is the only form of registration accepted.

Attendance and punctuality is strictly monitored.

Letters/emails will be sent to both students and parents* should a student’s attendance fall below the course minimum requirement of 80%. Any continuous non-attendance will affect your continuation on the course.

*parents of under 18’s only.

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Contact us

Student Support contact information

Student Advice

01634 888644www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/advice

Counselling

01634 888768www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/counselling

Careers

01227 817309www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/careers

Disability Support

01634 888714www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/disability

International Students

01634 888644www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/international

English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

01622 620087www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/eap

Accommodation

01634 [email protected]

Course contact information

If you have any queries please contact either:

Campus Registry

General course enquiries & absence/sickness reporting01634 [email protected]

Course Leader

Chris Wraith01634 [email protected]

An answer phone service is available on all of the above lines for any out of hours enquiries.


UCA LibraryThe Library is open daily throughout the summer vacation from 9.00am - 5.00pm (closed on Bank Holidays).

You can use the Library as a visitor before you enrol on your course: it’s a great way to gather some inspiration for your summer project. You’re welcome to come in and browse our collection of over 30,000 books as well as the wide range of art and design magazines that we subscribe to.

Although you aren’t able to borrow yet, you can still make b/w or colour photocopies of anything that might be useful. We’ve got scanners too, so if you bring along a memory stick you can make some scans to take away. If there’s something specific you are looking for you can search the Library catalogue, or just ask the Library staff for some advice.

Why not have a look at our website at www.ucreative.ac.uk/library and find out what else you will have access to you once you’ve enrolled?

We look forward to meeting you and helping you with your research work!

If you’ve got any questions about using the Library do get in touch:

Tel: 01634 888734

Email: [email protected]

Adele Martin-Bowtell

Librarian for FE


Follow us on Twitter @LibraryUCA

Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/UCALibraryRochester

Course costsStudents aged 19 years or over on 31 August immediately preceding the start of their course will be liable to pay tuition and registration fees, in addition to the course costs listed below, please check these at the following link:

www.community.ucreative.ac.uk/tuitionfees-2013-14

All Home/EU Further Education students will be liable to pay the Further Education Course Levy Fee, a contribution to some costs associated with interim exhibitions and the End of Year Show, and some essential supplies received in studios and workshops throughout the year.

This is £125.00 payable at: www.ucreative.ac.uk/webapps/onlinepayments

All Home/EU Further Education students will be liable to pay the annual Course Levy in full during their online enrolment. A late payment fee of £15 shall apply to those students who fail to pay their Course Levy during the online enrolment period.

Payment for the following course charges should be made at our online store: store.ucreative.ac.uk


Reference Description AmountUCA Rochester top-up personal equipment/art pack

Personal Equipment Pack*

£100

UCA Rochesterday trips

Local Day Trips** £60

£160

Personal Equipment Packs are not issued until payment is received

* Individual Personal pack of essential equipment and materials supplied to all students during Induction week. Payable at time of enrolment.

** A contribution to the cost of normally two educational visits to museums, galleries or site visits/drawing location. Payable at time of enrolment.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), personal data must not normally be disclosed outside the University to any unauthorised recipient. We will therefore seek a student’s permission before disclosing any of their personal information (including academic or financial) to a third party who is not authorised, including a parent.

Equipment Pack & TripsEquipment Pack - All ED1, Foundation and Access students.

£100.00

The pre-degree courses at Rochester offer all students an appropriate pack of high quality materials relevant to their specific course.

This pack gives the students the basic materials and tools they require to engage fully with all of their projects allowing them to successfully manage their time and meet deadlines.

This pack is essential to allow the student to maximise their time in the studio by not having the external demands of having to buy materials on a day to day basis.

The pack is competitively priced at £100 - approximately a third less than the RRP.

BUT please be aware, pencils break, paints run out and sketchbooks fill-up! So please budget for the replacement of such items.

Day Trips – all students

£60.00

During your time with us you will be expected to attend a number of educational visits.

Educational Visits are an important part of the Academic programme and will enable you to broaden your understanding of contemporary and historical art and design practice.

All visits are starting points for key projects within the course. The locations and venues are chosen by the staff to ensure you have an up to date understanding of current discussions and philosophies at the forefront of contemporary thinking.

Each student is required to make a contribution of £60.00 towards these visits. This includes travel and museum entrance charges where appropriate.


Funding & financial supportAlthough students studying a pre-degree course are not eligible to apply for a loan from the Student Loans Company, there are a number of other sources of funding available to help you with the costs of studying.

The following funding information is intended for students who live in the UK. Information for International students can be found on the financial support for International students web pages.

Funding available from UCA

• 16 - 19 Bursary Fund: there are a number of bursaries available from UCA to help with the cost of the course, travel, accommodation and living expenses. These are open to students aged between 16 and 19, studying a pre-degree course. For further information please view the information sheet and to apply please use the interactive pdf application form.

• Adult Learner Support Fund: available to those over 19 and studying a pre-degree course. They are designed to help adult learners with a specific financial need which could prevent them from participating in learning. For further information please see the information sheet and to apply please use the interactive pdf application form.

For more details about funding available from UCA please contact one of our advice centres, contact details for the advice centres can be found on the advice and student finances pages of this website.

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Financial support available from other sources

• Residential Support Scheme: If you need to study away from home because the course you want isn’t available locally, you may be able to get financial help with the cost of your term-time accommodation. For more details visit the gov.uk website.

• Care to Learn: If you are a young parent, Care to Learn can help with the cost of your childcare while you’re learning. However the government is currently reviewing how parents aged 19 or over will be supported to continue their education from September 2013. For more details visit the gov.uk website.

For further information on all of the above funding opportunities visit the Money to learn section of the gov.uk website.

Help with travel costs

Your local authority may be able to help with the cost of travelling to and from UCA. For further information visit your local authority website or contact one of UCA’s advice centres.

Advice and guidance

We have student advisers based at each campus who are available to help and advise you about money matters and can direct you to a variety of specialist resources to help you deal with practical issues and personal problems. Contact details for UCA’s advice centres can be found on the advice and student finances pages of the website.

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Consent formsFrom time to time, visits are arranged for students on the course which you or your son or daughter will be taking part in.

You will also see that reference is made to the administration of urgent medical treatment should an accident occur during any visit. Every precaution to avoid such problems is taken, but in the event of such an incident occurring, I should like to feel that all necessary action can be taken rapidly.

Yours sincerely

Chris Wraith

Course Leader: Further Education

Please return all forms by the 11th of September to:

FE Campus Registry OfficeUCA RochesterFort PittRochesterKent

ME1 1DZ


EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN, UCA ROCHESTER

Student’s Name:

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EDUCATION STUDY VISITS CONSENT FORM

*Please delete as appropriate

1* I agree to my son/daughter taking part in the Extended Diploma in Art & Design course arranged Educational Study Visits. (IF UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE)

2* I agree to taking part in the Extended Diploma in Art & Design course arranged Education Study Visits (AND AM OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE)

3. I agree to the member of staff in charge of the party giving consent on my behalf for an anaesthetic to be administered, or for any other urgent medical treatment to be given.

4.* I/my son/daughter have/has the following disabilities/medical condition(s)/allergies:

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Personal declaration formCONFIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR USE BY STUDENTS AND STAFF PARTICIPATING IN OFF-SITE ACTIVITIES

Full Name……………………………………………

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Do you have any of the following conditions?

- Asthma or Bronchitis YES/NO- Heart condition YES/NO- Fits, Fainting or Blackouts YES/NO- Severe Headaches YES/NO- Diabetes YES/NO- Allergies to any known drugs YES/NO- Any other allergies e.g. food YES/NO- Other illness or disability YES/NO- Travel sickness YES/NO

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Have you received the full vaccination against Tetanus in the last ten years? YES/NO

(Vaccination is recommended: for further info: www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068839)

Are you currently receiving medical or treatment of any kind from your doctor or hospital? YES/NO

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Do you have a special need that may affect your ability to undertake this visit or which may necessitate special support arrangements to help you to undertake it? If YES, please give details here and we will contact you.

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Parental consent formFor Under 18s

I agree to ………………………………....................(Name) taking part in any offsite activities relevant to the course.

I acknowledge the need for..................................

to behave responsibly.

2. Medical information about your child:

a. Any conditions requiring medical treatment, including medication? YES/NO

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b. Please outline any special dietary requirements of your child and the type of pain/flu relief medication your child may be given if necessary:…………………………........................

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c. To the best of your knowledge, has your son/daughter been in contact with any contagious or infectious diseases or suffered from anything in the last four weeks that may be contagious or infectious? YES/NO

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d. Is your son/daughter allergic to any medication? YES/NO

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e. When did your son/daughter last have a tetanus injection? ………………………….............

I will inform the Study Visit Leader as soon as possible of any changes in the medical or other circumstances between now and the

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3. Declaration

I agree to my son/daughter receiving medication as instructed and any emergency dental, medical or surgical treatment, including anaesthetic or blood transfusion, as considered necessary by the medical authorities present. I understand the extent and limitations of the insurance cover provided.

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