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Photography (Year 2 Direct Entry) HND. (SCQF Level 8).
Fine Arts & Photography, Creative Industries.

There are 16 students enrolled.

The internal course code is CGHNDPHOTO/F222C

This course aims to provide students with the skills needed to start a career in photography or a related area within the creative industries through practice-based learning - delivering projects to enhance studio or location work skills. Alongside technical skills, students are encouraged to work on their photographic ideas in briefs and projects, whether working independently or as part of a team.

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Associated assessment arrangements due to protected characteristic 

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Associated assessment arrangements due to protected characteristic 

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For the one student in my cohort with a PHLP in place (related to ADAH tendencies) the arrangement in place is to allow greater flexibility with her deadlines.

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Support needs due to protected characteristic

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Support needs due to protected characteristic

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In my group I have only one student with a PLSP entry in Enquirer.
This particular student has ADHD tendencies and has not yet received a full clinical review.
Through one to one guidance and the PLSP summery I know that this student requires (in terms of in class support) more breaks, and more time when dealing with theory based tasks - this is also partially also due to her English ability. Extra time to explain assignments is also helpful.

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I have been teaching this class since the start of the academic year so have had some opportunities to watch the cohort positively interacting. That along with reviewing their research leaves me with the impression that their overall attitude is positive with a growth mindset. From my questioning over 90% stated they were happy to receive constructive criticism. One student displays a negative attitude and often complains about group tasks involving writing and displays a fixed mindset.
Through my questionnaire I asked about the upcoming major project and discovered that 77% of the group felt confident about coping well and 23% worried about failing - despite the majority being confident a sizeable minority don't and we will address this in class.

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Again using my questionaire I discovered that 31% of my students were extrinsically motivated by money to become photographers. For 54% motivation was inttrinsic with educational progression the goal. 15% of the cohort intrinsically wanted to build their confidence.

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To begin my overview of the social and cultural issues affecting the class I started to check the students postcodes against The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. In my cohort of sixteen 43.75% are come from the most deprived areas, 43.75% come from the least and 12.5% find themselves in-between.
With regard to recognised ethnicity one student is English, one is from Brazil, four come from Poland and the rest, ten are Scottish. From my one to one sessions I know each students language ability and all are able to understand the course.
My cohort has a wide age range from eighteen years old to forty nine years old.
Through one to one guidance I have learned poverty is a issue for some in my group reporting difficulty in buying course required items. For my Polish students one reports minor language difficulties. These concerns aside there are no other current or obvious social or cultural issues affecting the cohort. Using my questionaire I established that their were no religious considerations affecting the class.

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Prior knowledge and experience of learning

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Prior knowledge and experience of learning

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Again, using Enquirer it was straightforward to discover my students previous learning journey prior to college. 100% of my students had been to high school.

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Prior knowledge and experience of subject

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Prior knowledge and experience of subject

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As a member of staff at City of Glasgow College I have used our global information resource Enquirer to see
each students educational journey before joining 2nd year to see how many of my students have studied photography previously. Given that it is 2nd year I expected all to have some prior knowledge and experience of photography and so it proved with 100% studying the subject before. 15% of the cohort have direct industry experience of photography. Had this been a new class I would have conducted a diagnostic assessment on a one to one basis.

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HNC in Photography OR

First-year of HND Photography.

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Students who meet the entry requirements are invited to an interview where they must provide a strong photographic portfolio (10-15 images) of printed photographic work.

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ESOL entry requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English should have minimum ESOL Intermediate level 2 or equivalent for NC/NQ courses and ESOL Higher for HNC/D courses.