UKIERI Professional Technical Skills

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UKIERI Professional Technical Skills
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Introducing

• Ravensbourne College
• of
• Design and Communication

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Why Ravensbourne?

• A University sector College in London
• Set in 18 acres of private parkland
• Purpose built open plan studios
• On-campus accommodation
• Design and communication specialists
• 1,200 students across 16 courses
• 120 students from outside the European Union
• Student winners of industry awards
• Excellent links with the creative industries
• High investment in digital technology

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Location
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The Campus

• Building facilities

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The Campus

• Accommodation

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The Community

• Student Union annual events
• Student Bar and catering facilities

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The Community

• Student Welfare support
• English language
• Financial matters
• Health
• Housing
• Disabilities
• Religion and worship
• General advice

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The Studios

• Open plan studios
• Fashion gt
• Foundation v

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The Studios

• All computers are less than 3 years old
• Wireless networked for roaming access
• Free internet access
• Specialised equipment donated by industry

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Links with Industry

• Audi Foundation, Topshop, Dazed and Confused
  PROMAX DAD Bloomberg Office Installations
  Vitra Sky TV Samsung Tesco British Trade
  Association Lighting Association Bombay
  Sapphire Ideal Home Show Olsen DKNY IABM
  BAFTA

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Links with Industry

• Work Placement Companies
• BBC Disney Toons Philips Nokia Royal Navy
  Marc Jacobs, NY Carlton TV LWT BBC QVC ITN
  Channel 4 Saatchi Saatchi Calvin Klein
  Burberry Vogue Levi Sky Carlton TV Olsen
  Pentagram Frame store IKEA Bloomberg
  Samsung Mitsubishi
• Work Placement Companies
• New York, Antwerp, Melbourne, Milan, San
  Francisco, Paris.

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Success and Recognition

• International Student Exhibitions
• Italy
• Austria
• Belgium
• USA
• Korea
• UK
• South Africa

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Aims of the UKIERI initiative for Ravensbourne

• Staff and professional development in learning
  and teaching and curriculum development
• Implementation of the creative use of digital
  technology, exploring the relationship between
  traditional design and manufacturing processes
• A proactive collaboration between Ravensbourne
  College and higher education institutions in
  India. This will include staff development
  workshops, collaborative projects, student
  placement, staff secondment and industrial visits
  
• In the longer term, the development of
  Postgraduate programmes

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Proposed activities to develop effective
partnerships

• Student workshops
• Short courses
• Student placements
• Industrial visits
• Collaborative projects
• Staff development workshops
• Staff secondment

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What we would like to learn from a partner
institution

• About quality manufacturing for fashion,
  textiles, accessories
• About developing design and manufacturing
  cooperatives
• About textile skills, dyeing/colour, textile
  printing, stitch, fabric construction

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Our experience at Ravensbourne

• Up to date learning and teaching strategies
• Up to date methods in fashion and textile design,
  fashion communication
• Expertise in the creative use of digital
  technology in design and manufacture
• Experience and expertise in the development and
  management of multi centred programmes
• Developing purposeful working relationships with
  the fashion/textile industry

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Pre-degree undergraduate course subjects at
Ravensbourne

• Pre-degree
• Edexcel (BTEC) Diploma in Foundation Studies in
  Art and Design
• Undergraduate
• Fashion (Womenswear, or Menswear, or Textiles, or
  Promotion)
• Graphic Design Moving Image Design Animation
• Interaction Design Product Design Interior
  Design Environment Architectures
• Broadcast Post Production Broadcast Media
  Technology
• Broadcast Operations and Production Creative
  Sound Design
• Content Creation for Broadcasting and New Media

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We look forward to developing our
collaboration in the futureProject
Contacts Peter Pilgrim p.pilgrim_at_rave.ac.ukR
osy Crehan r.crehan_at_rave.ac.uk
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Ravensbourne College ofDesign and Communication

• http//www.rave.ac.uk
• 44 (0) 208.289.4900