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Diploma in Professional Studies Course Committee Thursday 17th February 2022 

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Diploma in Professional Studies Course Committee Thursday 17th February 2022 

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WAYS OF WORKING

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Sarah Temple
Ansel Neckles
Jess Bishopp
Hedieh Anvari

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1) Provision of Parallel Activities
2) Enterprise & New Agency + SIP
3) DPS Bursaries > Inclusion
4) Assessment Feedforward
5) 8 Disciplines > Int Professional Practice
6) Diversity Framework
7) Design Responsibility
8) Mobility Opportunity post Erasmus

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Course Feature: Wide Range of Opportunity in regular newsletter

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Course Feature: Wide Range of Opportunity in regular newsletter

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Residency/Volunteering/Awards

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Course Feature: Introductions to LCC Alumni

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Course Feature: Introductions to LCC Alumni

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Many of the opportunities we offer students are with recent LCC alumni Design + Screen + Media

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Course Feature: Critical Writing WOW (Ways of Working)                 + Reflective Practice  

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Course Feature: Critical Writing WOW (Ways of Working)                 + Reflective Practice  

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Course feature: External-facing DPS Site + Industry Newsletter 

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Course feature: External-facing DPS Site + Industry Newsletter 

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Expansion of national and international contacts for Knowledge exchange

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DPS Course Instagram: sharing achievements 

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DPS Course Instagram: sharing achievements 

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We have negotiated 8 Live Projects for our students to work on 21/22 - highlights include Lewis Hamilton Foundation 44 + Selfridges Project Earth + Lego......

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DPS Platform: New Agency celebrating  Independent Practice @wow_new_agency

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DPS Platform: New Agency celebrating  Independent Practice @wow_new_agency

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Ceramics: Character Development by student illustrator 

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Pop-Up Shop: Students sold product in association with UAL Not Just a Shop

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Pop-Up Shop: Students sold product in association with UAL Not Just a Shop

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Planned SIP Lab Lectures by inspiring practitioners launched by SIPS

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Planned SIP Lab Lectures by inspiring practitioners launched by SIPS

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Delivery of Community Practices to avoid isolation

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DPS Course Expansion / 100 students target / 130 Applicants 22/23

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DPS Course Expansion / 100 students target / 130 Applicants 22/23

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Expansion of DPS across Media School + Screen School
Potential for collaboration

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Mark Warren's New Commnitly lockdown project 

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All design disciplines from Design Management > BA Spatial Design 

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All design disciplines from Design Management > BA Spatial Design 

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New AL's with expertise: Mark Warren, Rebecca Lartour, Kelly Hall

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This Rewilding App was created for Team London Bridge by 4 DPS illustrators 

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New technologies available to all design disciplines  

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New technologies available to all design disciplines  

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Alumni Lectures: John Glasgow Vault 49 NYC

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Alumni Lectures: John Glasgow Vault 49 NYC

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Big emphasis on speculation / future scoping in preparation for thesis - industry correspondents 

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New Brief: Fighting Air Pollution with Clean Bandit 

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New Brief: Fighting Air Pollution with Clean Bandit 

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New Projects: Air Pollution, Treescapes, Water Scarcity, Endangered Species.......

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New Projects: Air Pollution, Treescapes, Water Scarcity, Endangered Species.......

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Progress > Amanda Jenkins

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2.1i.) DPS CCM Summer Term Minutes & Actions.docx

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Tutorial Plan & Student-Facing Statement 2021:22 

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Tutorial Plan & Student-Facing Statement 2020:21 copy 2

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Assessment Formative + Summative explained 

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Assessment Formative + Summative explained 

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DPS student funded attends Mars school in desert California for 3 months

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DPS student funded attends Mars school in desert California for 3 months

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Alt/Education Turing Funding

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Remote Studio visits to all disciplines 

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We have offered a number of in-person international opportunities and a variety of remote lectures and positions in international studios. eg: Research Opportunity in Lagos with Seetal Solanki

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Alice Stevens (DPS External Examiner)

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DPS Unit Feedback:                                                  Most valued aspects

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DPS Unit Feedback:                                                  Most valued aspects

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1. Freedom to explore Ways of Working
2. Exploration with support
3. Developing a portfolio + CV
4. Newwork expansion
5. New multi-disciplinary colleagues
6. Mapping industry
7. Creative Agency with SIP's
8. Developing partnerships / collaborations
9. Bespoke Live briefs
10.Bespoke Job Opportunities listed
11. Bursaries
12. LCC Resources and workshops

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Need for illustration briefs

As the year was mostly design driven, it would be useful to add more 'illustration related' offers for next year's illustration students.

Have the instagram collective page up and running before the end of December so the account can be active for a longer amount of time during the DPS year giving more time for work to be shared and posted

Location of opportunities

Talk about more opportunities outside of London in the UK for prospective students.

Talk about money management and the realities of the year without parental support. I had to apply for strategy / research based jobs initially so I could fund my year.

Design Management roles

Please offer a more holistic understanding of DPS for students who are not from Graphic, illustration and interaction backgrounds. I found it tough to validate my experience as it was not a traditional 'design studio' job. I am now able to understand my practice better and have confidence in talking about it, the period of doubt slowed down that process significantly.

Formative Assesment

Make sure your tutors have the time to read your reports and help you with your presentations as I felt very in the dark throughout this process.

Ask for shorter, more concise documentation or assess us more through our formative assessments (when our tutors have a conversation with us)

Community of Practice + Visits + Check-ins

I found it easy to forget that I was still in the course. I think it would have been beneficial for me to attend meetings or catch up sessions with classmates and tutors to keep me back on track, even if they were to happen remotely on a zoom call once every couple of months.

More contact time.

More organised industry visits and opportunities to meet studios

Perhaps other future students may benefit from online meet ups and do quick reviews of their professional experiences throughout the module, and thus are able to approach peers and tutors for off the bat advice/critiques?  It may help kick start objectives as many emails get lost or aren't fully processed and the sense of community and contact with tutors is compromised.

I really enjoyed the overall unit. My one suggestion would maybe be associated with industry visits. I would love to see more diverse industry visits to both small and big studios and especially to those that are on top of everyone's lists. I think forcing students to research their preferences whilst creating their proposal will be a great opportunity to gather such information.

1 - better communication with the students

2 - clearer brief description, everything is written very vaguely and confusing

Information

When discussing with other DPS students, we sometimes received vague or mixed information regarding assessment and blogging requirements. It would be better if the instructions given to us were more standardised and clear.

Posting / Blogging

The wow blog needs looking at. My work posted was lost.

Finance

More financial support but I understand why this is lacking and appreciate the course despite this.

SIP Lab

As much as I valued my independence and developing an independent practise... I sometimes felt isolated and frustrated with my own developments.

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No students from UX Design + Art Direction expanding

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4.4 Annual Course Monitoring Report (ACMR) - Template

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4.4 Annual Course Monitoring (ACM) Process

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1.1.) Course Committees Terms of Reference and Membership

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Actions for 2021/2022

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• Real & Remotes Live Experiences
• Student Bursaries

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• Presentation skill + Parallel Activities + Self Initiated
• Seeking system of sponsored Bursaries promoting inclusion

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Working with ChangeMakers

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• Pandemic Planning                          • Inclusive Marking policy

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• Bespoke client engagement • More Inclusive experiences

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Remote global opportunity

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• Pandemic Planning                           • Inclusive Marking policy

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• New Agency in 8 Disciplines          • Negotiation skills

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• Increased Decolinisation + Responsibility COP Sessions                       • Y4 SIPS /Thesis + Major Projects

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• Social & Environmental Justice            • Mental Health Supp /Self Care

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Critical Thinking and Writing Development

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Enhancement plan https://artslondon.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/LCC-Quality-Team/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BB5FBD6EB-9B67-42F5-AD94-44243E2A48C8%7D&file=Design%20DPS.docx&action=default&mobileredirect=true&cid=b0d524dc-9a0e-4502-addf-856321bfe54d

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Library /Tech / Disability / Academic Support / Language Support

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Independent Projects + Inclusivity

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Turing/Erasmus + London Calling

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DPS Expansion + RDF Purposeful

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Seeking Grants, Bursaries, Seed Funding opportunity

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Bespoke Client engagement

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What Design Can Do / June 2021