UALSC Tutor Update

Tutor Newsletter January 2024

Happy new year!

Happy new year to all our tutors - we hope you had a restful break over the holiday season.

It was lovely to see our students and tutors sharing their creative resolutions for the year ahead. We have lots of exciting plans for 2024 - watch this space!

We are looking forward to welcoming students on campus and online and look forward to seeing the brilliant range of student work. 

Read on for this month's notices.

Short course tutor call out

We are looking for a tutor to deliver the following short course:

Title: Introduction to Colour, Material and Finish Design Online Short Course

Dates: 10 February - 2 March | Saturdays | 11am - 12.30pm

Overview: This introductory course is ideal for designers or students (textile design, fashion design, product design, or interior design) who want to develop new skills and knowledge of the CMF design process. Students may wish to apply for further study, apply for a CMF position, or work on a specific project where CMF design skills are needed.

To express your interest please email a copy of your CV and a short paragraph outlining your suitability for the role to ualsctutorrecruitment@arts.ac.uk by 21 January.

New short courses VLE

We would like to thank all tutors who have engaged with the new platform and have worked closely with us since the launch of the new Short Course VLE in November.

We received positive feedback from tutors who started teaching on the new Short Courses VLE and we hope to continue to make the most of this new platform and explore the many functions and flexibility that it offers.

The team has been offering drop in sessions for extra support and are always on hand should you have any questions - simply reach out to us by emailing onlineshortcourses@arts.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.

Please share! Student competition to win a free online short course worth £600 ✨

Your students could be in for a chance of winning a free online short course worth £600 in our latest competition.

We simply ask that you mention it in class, encouraging students to apply - they can find out more information, including T&Cs, on the website or on our Instagram page.

Here's what they'll need to do:

Share a glimpse of their creative space through a photo, reel or TikTok and complete the sentence "I love to create here because…".

They'll need to tag @UALShortCourses and use  #UALOnlineShortCourse so we don’t miss their entry. The deadline for entries is Friday 2 February. 

Get in touch with the short courses team

Useful contacts for queries:

• For all Online Short Courses: onlineshortcourses@arts.ac.uk
• For On-site CSM Short Courses: csmonsite@arts.ac.uk
• For On-site CCW, LCC and LCF Short Courses: CCW-LCC-LCF@arts.ac.uk
• For On-site Under 18 Short Courses: UALSCU18s@arts.ac.uk
• For On-site Portfolio Preparation Courses: portfolioprep@arts.ac.uk

Who should you contact for anything else?

• Course dates; ualscplanning@arts.ac.uk
• Changing your short course webpage banner image;  UALSCMarketing@arts.ac.uk

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