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London Artscom Limited
London Artscom Limited
London Artscom LimitedThe commercial company providing the
business arm of University of the Arts London.
Working within the Colleges for the Colleges
Overall objective: to produce a profit from its activities, which is ‘gifted’ back to the Colleges to supplement their budgets.
What do we do?
Semester & Summer Study AbroadSummer School CoursesPortfolio Preparation CoursesTerm time and vacation Short CoursesStudy tours for international collegesCustomised training & consultancy for
industry
Vital statistics
£10m turnover, £2.5m profit??,000 students per yearOver 90% find our courses stimulatingOver 95% rate the teaching as very effectiveOver 95% leave the course feeling ‘inspired’
Why short courses?Build portfolio for application to degree
courseTaste of full time art educationImprove or update art and design skillsProfessional development or career changeOpportunity to express creativityA unique experience for corporate clientsThe tutors
CCW
Orientation to Foundation course + 5 pre foundation courses
Study Abroad in the very specialist subjects at Camberwell
Summer School – from jewellery to photography to conservation
Printmaking courses in the largest facility in the UK
Bespoke courses
CCW
Specialist subjects….
Chelsea
New - Stand alone Study Abroad courses in Graphic Design and Interior & Spatial Design
Over 20 Summer school courses in Interior Design alone
Study tours & Bespoke training located next door to Tate Britain
English Plus courses New Orientation to BA and MA courses under
development
Central Saint Martins
11,500 students from across the world annually
1000 short courses running throughout the year
255 tutors to choose from
70% of advertised courses run7 full time portfolio preparation courses1 point of contact for agents
London College of Fashion 400 short courses per year Study Abroad programme E-learning Customised programmes for industry clients, UK and
overseas. One day masterclasses for industry Study tours for international groups Pop-up LCF in Dubai
London College of Fashion Brand Strategy, Brand ManagementMarketing communications Buying & Merchandising Visual Merchandising Footwear Garment technology Product development, the design processMake up Fashion styling
Wimbledon
New summer school courses for the University
New specialty bespoke courses in Theatre Costume, Film and Set design
New Orientation to Foundation Course4 Portfolio preparation coursesNew location for Study Tours
Our tutors are often ….Industry professionals & practitionersLecturers on degree programmesAt the cutting edge of their practiceUsed to teaching at different levelsPrepared to work with us on new course
ideas and innovations
Our tutors are always…..Adaptable InspiringMotivating
Is this an opportunity for you?Courses delivered outside standard College
hoursE.g. 1 evening per week/ Saturdays/ day times during
vacations
Opportunities for overseas travelAdditional income
Contact UsSend your CV and any ideas for courses you would like to offer to Camberwell, Chelsea & Wimbledon:
Roberta Bonfield [email protected] Central Saint Martins:
Liz Adams [email protected] London College of Fashion:
Barbara Bell [email protected]
Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art & Design
• Regular Workshops
• CPD Framework in Academic Practice
• The Learning Studio
• Development projects
Regular Workshops
• Scheduled 1-3 times per term
• Often held at Richbell Place
• 2-3 hour workshops
• Non-credit-bearing
Regular workshops include: • Progressing with Assessment Marking Criteria• Introduction to the Blackboard VLE: how to create the basic structure for
a course/organisation site• Introduction to Podcasting: how to create and publish your own podcasts • Finding and Using Images in Learning and Teaching
CPD Framework in Academic Practice in Art, Design & Communication
• Select from a range of units
• Blend optional and core units for a named qualification
• Funded places available through colleges
• Carry forward existing credits
• Flexible part-time study
• 1-2 day workshops plus online activities
Choose two from:
701: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design
702: Teaching Development Project
703: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design in FE
704: Teaching Placement
…plus optional units totalling 20 credits
PG Certificate in Academic Practice 60 credits
PG Diploma in Academic Practice120 credits
Choose two from:
701: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design
702: Teaching Development Project
703: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design in FE
704: Teaching Placement
Optional units totalling 60 credits
705: Research Methods in Education
MA in Academic Practice180 credits
Choose two from:
701: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design
702: Teaching Development Project
703: Learning and Teaching in Art & Design in FE
704: Teaching Placement
Optional units totalling 60 credits
705: Research Methods in Education
714: Dissertation
Other Units
• Introduction to Academic Reading, Writing and Research skills for Postgraduate Study (10 credits at level 6)
• Supervising Research Degrees in Art, Design and Communication (10 credits at level 7)
• Supervision Portfolio (10 credits at level 7)• Academic Citizenship: Governance, Practice and Service in
the University (20 credits at level 7)• Inclusivity: Diversity, Widening Participation,
Internationalisation (20 credits at level 7)• Topics in Innovation and Enhancement (20 credits at level 7)• Negotiated Study: a Unit of Independent Guided Study
(10, 20 or 40 credits at level 7)
The Learning Studio
• ‘Barcamp’ events with cake and pop
• Online networking & discussion
• Focus on technology in learning and teaching
• Next event 4.30pm tomorrow at LCC M401!
See videos from the previous session…
http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/cup-cake-video
http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/documenting-practice-flip
Other Things
• MyBlog http://myblog.arts.ac.uk/
• Equipment loans http://cltad-web.arts.ac.uk/dev/paul/inventory/
• Curriculum Development projects
e.g. Education for Sustainability http://my.arts.ac.uk/mycpd/groups/education-sustainable-development-group
Learn-IT
Philip RatcliffSenior Consultant, Development & LearningIT & Project Management
What are we trying to achieve?
• A co-ordinated approach to IT skills improvement
• A staff confident about using IT in all aspects of their role
• Overall improvement in IT skill level
• Improvement in student satisfaction related to staff IT skills
• A pro-active partnership with IT implementations
• Improved collaboration on IT training across the University
November 2010
Learn-IT: Reduce Frustration
November 2010
Learn-IT: A Flexible Approach
November 2010
Learn-IT: Offer & Invitation
Our offer to you• Regular introductory and
intermediate courses in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite applications
• Floor-walking and surgery sessions to help you with specific IT application related difficulties
• Phone and computer based support to help you with urgent IT application issues
Our invitation to you• We are looking for ALs with
specialist experience of using Adobe Creative Suite applications in technical environments to deliver courses to other staff as part of our programme
• Talk to us about your area of expertise so that we can find out what level of interest there might be within UAL for a course
November 2010
Development & Learning
PersonalDevelopment• The Art of Remote Management• Communication Styles• Dealing with Pressure• Networking Skills• Assertiveness Skills• Dealing with Difficult Situations• Fairness in Selecting Students• Grammar, Punctuation & Proofreading Skills• In the Big Chair• Making an Impact at Meetings• Managing Workload• Minute Writing• Negotiating & Influencing• Pre-Retirement Workshop• Presentation Skills• Report Writing• Welcome Event• Written Communication Skills
Management & Leadership Development• Introduction to Staff Management• Managing Equality and Fairness in Selection• Managing Probation and Induction• Managing Planning Review and Appraisal• Effective Absence Management• Managing Performance• Dealing with Staff Misconduct• Managing Staff in Times of Change• Achieving Results through Others• Leading your Team• Award in First Line Management• Award in First Line Management• Effective Manager Programme• Aspiring Managers• Project Management
November 2010
Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. However, the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also, the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use…
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A Joint International Initiative ByArtscom & Knowledge Exchange
What do we offer?We work with the colleges to provide services in India and Chinawhich are a blend of academic and industry expertise focusing on:- Consultancy and research & development- Executive education programmes
What benefits can we bring to ALs?- In line with Artscom and KTP;- A deeper working relationship with international industry partners;- Profile raising and access to international and emerging markets.
NOTE: International projects do not qualify for UK Government funding and are commissioned on their commercial viability.
India Opportunities
Partnership with Tata Elxsi – a part of the Tata Group Providing design services to corporate clients in India and Europe and to the wider Tata Group
Opportunities: - Innovation workshops & consultancy- R&D services offer by CSM’s ceramics division to Tata Ceramics - Design Against Crime pitch to Tata Elxsi - R&D offer around sustainability, innovation & experiential design
OthersAlso developing relationships with fashion and textile groups in India
Note: Offer is driven by both – client requests and by access to specific IP/ R&D expertise that might be relevant
China Opportunities
Artscom- £220,000 sales in the past 6 months;- Current projects include
• Executive education in fashion management, media and animation management;
• Consulting projects in luxury branding and fashion brand development;- Future opps could include
• luxury branding and design• Brand development • Spatial and interior design • Executive education
Knowledge Exchange- Current opportunities exist in textiles, footwear and women's lingerie sectors;- Setting up a Textile Research Centre in one of China’s textile hubs, a project
which will be partially funded by the Chinese Government;- Future opportunities could be in new material, ceramics R&D;
China Opportunities
We are looking for the following ALs for China:
• Senior textile designers and researchers – open opp.
• Experiences fashion designers - open opp.
• Footwear technical design specialist – open opp.
• Luxury branding consultant and product designer
• Senior researchers in new materials
Contact Us
For more information please contact:
Amogh Kalyanpur (India) Livia Li (China)e: [email protected] e: [email protected]: 020 7514 9874 t: 020 7514 1893
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Government funded initiative to subsidise the costs to businessesof engaging with the UK’s knowledge base.
Exchange of knowledge with mutual benefits: Improving the competitiveness of UK businesses through access
to latest academic thinking Enhancing teaching and research through access to live industry
case studies Helping talented graduates to fast-track their careers
Basic Ingredients
Company with a strategic business
development need
University with relevant academic
expertise
Recent graduate with relevant skills and
industry experience
Projects must have a strong R&D quality, with real potential for innovation and impact (economic, social, political, and/or cultural).
Requirements
All KTPs require:
A business case with clear financial benefits to the company Created knowledge is embedded in a sustainable way Benefits for the academic(s) and graduate(s) e.g. research
outcomes, professional experience, etc Company cash contribution*
- 35% to 40% for SMEs (less than 250 employees)- 50% to 60% for larger companies
*based on a standard 12 mth total cost of approx. £60K
The Press AssociationPurpose: To enable the PA to stay ahead of developments in the industry, by optimising the management and use of its digital content, and enhancing the information that it produces through the use of data visualisation techniques. Outcomes include: A bespoke new CMS, allowing the PA to extract significantly more value from their content, and to create innovative media ‘products’ for new markets New user-oriented on-line interfaces for staff and clients accessing PA content Creation and adoption of a range of new social media tools to enhance business performance, client relationships, and content creation & distribution.
Why is KTP relevant to Associate Lecturers?
A KTP can provide the opportunity to gain: Additional hours – 0.5 days per week Income for your College and course – to fund other activities New research material for publication/dissemination A deeper working relationship with an industry partner, potentially
leading to other outcomes Mentoring experience, and to help a graduate progress in their
career
So how do I get involved in KTP?
Most KTPs result from an existing academic contact/relationship with a business/organisation.
If you are interested:Firstly - ‘sound out’ your client contacts about their potential interest (we can provide details of the scheme to send them)Secondly – contact the Knowledge Transfer team to arrange a joint meeting with the client. We can discuss the scheme and its relevance to their business development needs, and hopefully develop a successful application.
Knowledge Transfer Team
Brent Holder Katie Mills020 7514 2006 020 7514 [email protected] [email protected]
Alisdair Aldous Jill Kovacs (Communications )020 7514 9366 020 7514 [email protected] [email protected]
Livia Li (China) Amogh Kalyanpur (India)020 7514 3918 020 7514 [email protected] [email protected]
Welcome to UCU
Hourly Paid Lecturers (A/L)
Associate Lecturers
Key facts
• Refer to the ‘Security of Employment Agreement’ which can be found on myucu.net
• Al’s under the Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment Act (2006) should not be unfairly discriminated against vis a vis Full-time staff.
• What this means is that Al’s should not be treated as casual staff but as proper employees.
Your rights
• Also refer to the Associate Lecturer job description on myucu.net (under annexes to framework agreement)
• If you work 90 hours or more you have, after 2 years, rights to be a permanent member of staff.
• Al’s are contracted to teach, and this should be defined as in the job description above.
Hourly Rate
• The hourly rate includes ‘preparation and administration’ (an extra 1.25 hours for every teaching hour)
• This is not ‘contribution hours’ that can include all sorts of other things (we have had a case of AL’s being asked to clean sinks.)
• Any queries email Richard Osborne
