Friday, 10 December 2010

UCAS Deadlines

15 January 2011
Application deadline for the receipt at UCAS of applications for all courses except those listed above with a 15 October deadline, and art and design courses with a 24 March deadline. Go to Course Search to check application deadlines for courses.

24 March 2011
Application deadline for the receipt at UCAS of applications for art and design courses except those listed with a 15 January deadline. Go to Course Search to check application deadlines for courses.

31 March 2011
If we receive an application by 15 January, the universities and colleges should aim to have sent us their decisions by this date (but they can take longer).

Make sure you check the application deadline for you chosen course



HND Graphic Design & Advertising at Canterbury College deadline is the 15th January

Thursday, 2 December 2010

Let it snow


After a hard day of snowball fights and sledging, don't forget you can always warm yourselves up by adding new entries to your blogs or updating your UCAS applications.

Monday, 11 October 2010

AoC Student Photography Competition 2010

After the brilliant success of last year’s competition, AoC is proud to launch its second Student Photography Competition. We held a College Staff Competition earlier in the year, now it’s the students’ turn to show off their talent behind the lens!

The subject categories are:

1. Students & lecturers
2. Studying together
3. On the move
4. Spectrum of ages

Entry start date: Now
Entry close date: 22 October 2010
Finalist notification: 29 October 2010

The winners will be announced at the AoC Annual Conference in Birmingham in mid-November.

Send your photos to: AoC Student Photography Competition 2010 (please see below for image specifications and competition rules).



Judging
The competition will be judged by professional photographer Sam Friedrichs and Neil Turner who will pick the winner and the two runners up. The finalists will be chosen according to the level of creativity they demonstrate in one of the categories above. Entrants can submit one photograph per category and a maximum of four photos each.


Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded to the winners:
1st Prize: £500 + your photo will be hung in AoC’s Head Office
2nd Prize: £250
3rd Prize: £100


Specifications
Please make sure that your photograph(s) meet the following specifications:

• Size: maximum file size for each image submitted is 4MB - all images that are larger than this will be rejected

• Resolution: no less than 300 dpi

• File format: JPEG only



How to enter
Complete the form attached (below) and send it, along with your photograph(s), to AoC Student Photography Competition or post your CD along with the attached form to the addess below.

AoC Student Photography Competition 2010- entry form

Tahmina Begum
AoC Student Photography Competition 2010
Association of Colleges
2 - 5 Stedham Place
London WC1A 1HU

Should you have any questions regarding this competition, please contact Tahmina Begum on 020 7034 9975.

Attached below is a poster about the competition for Colleges to download and put up on campus.

Student Photography Competition 2010 poster



*By entering the competition you authorise AoC to use your photo(s) submitted to the competition for any publicity or promotional printed materials of AoC and its services.

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Monday, 4 October 2010

BTEC Points to UCAS Points




http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/ucas_tariff/factsheet/btecnda

Graphic Design Blogs - Group A & B

http://shrunken-dave.blogspot.com/
http://ljagraphic.blogspot.com/
http://lbevandesign.blogspot.com/
http://thomasbillsdesign.blogspot.com/
http://brantondesigns.blogspot.com/
http://scassdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.kchapmandesign.blogspot.com/
http://jameshaddondesigns.blogspot.com/
http://designstlc.blogspot.com/
http://nathandennydesign.blogspot.com/
http://daviddorandesign.blogspot.com/
http://hannahdriscolldesigns.blogspot.com/
http://lforbescreative.blogspot.com/
http://williamandalexander.blogspot.com/
http://chrishoaredesign.blogspot.com/
http://johnsoneditors.blogspot.com/
http://mslj-designs.blogspot.com/
http://universalserialbusses.blogspot.com/
http://kmarshalldesigns.blogspot.com/
http://lexieillustrations.blogspot.com/
http://robdesigner91.blogspot.com/
http://alexparsonsdesign.blogspot.com/
http://aimee-partridge.blogspot.com/
http://mikepearce-creativedesign.blogspot.com/
http://stephrowdendesigns.blogspot.com/
http://emilyjanedesign.blogspot.com/
http://jackstoneman.blogspot.com/
http://ojtillustration.blogspot.com/
http://mazedesignuk.blogspot.com/
http://designcmw.blogspot.com/
http://georginadesigns.blogspot.com/
http://robynhillsdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.stefaineryedesigns.blogspot.com/
http://linkswiftwindillustrations.blogspot.com/

Design Portfolio Websites

Photography
www.smashingmagazine.com

Illustration
http://www.webbyarts.com

Typography
http://www.thedesigncubicle.com

Hand Drawn
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-beautiful-hand-drawn-web-design/

Fashion
www.smashingmagazine.com

Worldwide Websites
China
Germany
Russia
Israel
Japan

UCAS Sites

UCAS Apply Login - http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/apply/
UCAS Course Search - http://search.ucas.com
UCAS Student Finance - http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/studentfinance/