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Welcome Guide 2016 Tom McDowell, MA Jewellery, MA Jewellery UCA Farnham
INDUCTION AND ENROLMENT TIMETABLE
In this section you’ll find your enrolment and If you’re not able to make any of these dates, please
induction timetables. Please take careful note of let your Campus Registry contact know as soon as
the dates and times you’ll need to attend during possible. You can find their contact details in this
your first week. Welcome Guide.
ACTIVITY AND DATE TIME LOCATION
MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
Introduction to the MA teaching & technical teams 11:30am - 1:00pm Room W612
Textiles students: Locker allocation 1:00pm - 2:00pm Room Y13
Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Metalwork and Product Design: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Room B06
Locker allocation
Health and Safety Induction to the Ceramics and Glass workshops 2:00pm - 4:00pm Room B05
All Students - Campus welcome - visit the Refectory for your free 4:00pm - 6:00pm Refectory
drink and meet staff and students on campus
TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
GROUP ONE: Crafts Study Centre introduction and tour 9:00am - 10:00am Craft Study Centre
GROUP TWO: Crafts Study Centre introduction and tour 10:00am - 11:00am Craft Study Centre
Introduction to IT and Library and Student Services, followed by 11:00am - 12:30pm W02 Lecture Theatre
Introduction to the Students’ Union
Welcome to UCA Freshers’ Fair – drop in throughout the day for 11:00am - 3:00pm Refectory
more information about our services
International and EU Welcome Event 4:00pm - 6:00pm Room W612
(An event for new non-UK students which includes a
welcome from the leadership team, free food and drink and an
opportunity to meet other new students)
WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Health and Safety induction to Jewellery and Metalwork 9:30am - 12:30pm Room B24
Workshops
Introduction to Handbooks 1:30pm - 2:30pm Room B06
Health and Safety induction to Textiles Workshops 2:30pm - 4:30pm Room Y13
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ACTIVITY AND DATE TIME LOCATION
THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
MA Jewellery only 9:30am - 12:30am Room B24
Enrolment – please bring your ID and Qualifications 1:00pm - 1:30pm Library
FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
London Trip - details will be given out during the week 10:00am - 4:00pm Meet at Waterloo Station
under the clock
Natsumi Aragaki, MA Jewellery, UCA Farnham
WELCOME
Welcome to UCA! We’re delighted you’ve chosen COURSE CONTACTS
to study with us and become part of our creative If you have any questions regarding your course,
community. please contact one of the following:
Faculty Office Administrator:
To help you prepare before joining us in September,
Jane Learmonth
this guide outlines your reading list, the equipment
01252 892907
you’ll need for your course, and any projects you
jlearmonth@uca.ac.uk
should do over the summer. Remember to look at your
course timetable in this guide too.
Post Graduate Subject Leader for the School of Craft
and Design:
If you have any questions, the contact details for your
Rebecca Skeels
Faculty are opposite – get in touch and they’ll be
01252 892750
happy to help.
rskeels@uca.ac.uk
We look forward to seeing you at UCA.
Zoe Tu, MA Jewellery, UCA Farnham
In this section you’ll find a list of activities to complete
PRE-ARRIVAL before you join us in September.
READING LIST
Reading list from the Theory and Analysis Unit.
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDED
Adamson, Glenn (2007) Adamson, Glenn (2010)
Thinking Through Craft, The Craft Reader, Berg
Berg Publishers Publishers
Harrod, Tanya (2015) The Harrod, Tanya (1995)
Real Thing: Essays on The Crafts in Britain in
Making in the Real World, the 20th Century, Yale
Hyphen Press University Press
Norman, Donald A (1998) Koplos, Janet and
The Design of Everyday Metcalf, Bruce (2010)
Things, MIT Press Makers: A History of
American Studio Craft,
Racz, Imogen (2008) The University of North
Contemporary Craft, Berg Carolina Press
Publishers
Lefteri , Chris (2012)
Editors of Phaidon (2013) Making It: Manufacturing
The Design Book, Phaidon Techniques for Product
Press Design MIT Press
PERSONAL INTRODUCTION
Please prepare a five minute presentation on one of
your previous projects to introduce yourself to the MA
group.
Christine Johnson, MA Jewellery, UCA FarnhamCOURSE COSTS
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED VISITS
You’ll need some items from the outset to record There will be travel costs involved for the group. trip to
research, explorations, design development and ideas London during Induction Week
and thought - please bring the following items with
you. Everything listed is available in our University You’re also likely to make visits as part of the course as
shop or locally in Farnham. part of your research projects to specific exhibitions
and museums. You’ll need to budget for travel costs
-Sketchbook – minimum size A4 and any entry fees for these visits, again do ask staff if
-Selection of drawing implements and materials, such there are any opportunities for assistance.
as pens, pencils, crayons, and charcoal
-Glue
-Scissors or scalpel
-A4 file and plastic sleeves UCA MA SHOWS
-A notebook
-Standard sized padlock for locker. UCA will be opening its doors once more for its annual
Master’s Degree Shows.
You may like to bring any hand tools you might have in
relation to your pathway, however we do have enough The shows, which begin towards the end of August
equipment for you to use while you develop your and run in September, are free to visit, open to all and
work. Any personal electrical items will need to be will showcase the work of postgraduate students from
PAT tested by the Resources Team before they can be UCA campuses.
used on campus.
The exhibition will include work from postgraduate
There will be costs incurred during the course for degrees in Crafts, Design, Textiles, Photography and
materials - you’ll be responsible for the costs of the Fine Art, among others.
materials for your personal research and projects.
However, please do discuss this with your tutors and 30 AUGUST - 3 SEPTEMBER
staff first, as there may be opportunities for course or
University assistance, alternative materials that can UCA FARNHAM
be used for experimentation and grants and funding
available at various times of the year.
There are opportunities to exhibit internally and
externally, these will be optional for you to take part in
and any costs will be divided between exhibitors.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
Other equipment and materials will be required and
will depend on the project and personal path you wish
to undertake.RESEARCH CENTRES
The School of Crafts & Design includes three leading THE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE
research centres, which are home to internationally DESIGN®
renowned experts in their fields. Much of our research
in craft and design is considered of international The Centre for Sustainable Design® (CfSD), established
standing, with 93% of our research being internationally in 1995, has engaged in a range of international research
recognised for quality, and this prestigious benchmark projects and knowledge exchange initiatives on product
includes: sustainability and sustainable innovation and design.
It offers bespoke services and training to companies,
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE consultants, governments and academia across the
world.
Established in 1970, The Crafts Study Centre, is a fully
accredited museum, safeguarding and displaying a CfSD® also hosts the annual international and
national collection of modern and contemporary crafts. interdisciplinary Sustainable Innovation conference
It directs and facilitates research into the history of series, now in its eighteenth year (2013). Since 2009,
crafts in the UK, and hosts international researchers the Centre has worked with over 600 SMEs on eco-
working on the detailed study of the extensive innovative product, services and technologies.
collections. The Centre has played an important role in
publishing studies on craft makers, craft organisations CfSD® also provides a range of free information
and practices, often related to its contemporary through its website: cfsd.org.uk with specific details on
exhibition programme. For details of forthcoming training, research, projects and conferences.
exhibitions, please see the website:
csc.ucreative.ac.uk
THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES The Centre currently has nine PhD students, and its
RESEARCH CENTRE outstanding work has been acknowledged as world
leading (4*) in REF 2014.
The International Textile Research Centre at UCA
builds on the work of The Anglo-Japanese Textile transitionandinfluence.squarespace.com/research-
Research Centre, which was established at UCA in centre-profile
2004 to develop networks within and between the UK
and Japan. These networks embraced contemporary
textile practice, educational establishments, funding
organisations and exhibition venues in the two
countries. As projects have developed, networks and
connections have extended beyond the UK and Japan
to those countries where textile practice occupies a
corresponding position.
In 2014, UCA decided that the research outcomes
and interest of The Anglo-Japanese Textile Research
Centre now encompass many different cultures and
approaches - and The International Textile Research
Centre at UCA was established.uca.ac.uk
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