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

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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)

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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