Specialist workshop facilities include-
Jewellery/ Fine metal Workshops
Wood working Workshops
Plastics and Resin Workshops
Ceramics Workshops
Technology Hub- Laser Cutting/ 3D printing
Photography Studios
Library
Word processing facilities Word processing facilities
Internet access
Lecture Theatre
Data Projector
`The Betty Smithers' Design Collection
IT Suites
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

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1 hour whole group briefing, lecture/ module launch
36 hours - individual academic tutorials (8 x 20mins) = 2.4 hrs. each student
4 x 3 hour Group Tutorials- (8 students max per session) Total = 12hrs
1-2 hour Technical skills modulettes as appropriate, including technical instruction, demonstrations and workshop practice enabling you to handle equipment, processes and materials safely and effectively. Total= 34hrs
Metal/Jewellery- Press forming, Hand Raising, Chasing/repouse, Gas welding and Electrical Welding (10 hours)
Woodworking- Advanced Wood turning, Print techniques, weaving, laser cutting.
(8 hours)

Plastics- laser cutting, Advanced Resin casting. (4 hours)

Ceramics- Multi-part mould making, profiling, Slip-casting, Glaze techniques, Advanced ceramic transfer printing, (6 hours)

2D Presentation skills- Illustrator & Photoshop (4 hours)
Photography- Camera & Lighting set up (2 hours)

Tutorials - individual and group where you will present your work in progress and receive constructive criticism and feedback.

Group critiques/assessment points where you will engage with peers to receive and provide constructive criticism

Independent study - where you will engage in unsupervised activities, including: historical and visual research, design development, improvement of technical skills, the execution of practical project briefs and the preparation of work for assessment.

24 hours of Academic workshops (formal Technical Instruction sessions and library, design collection and gallery/museum based activities)
Small group sessions (seminars, tutorials)
Independent study in support of your project work
Short exercises and assignments that help you to apply and evaluate your learning
Lectures, which will give you an introduction to information and workshop tasks.

Key Information Set Data:
24% scheduled learning activities
76% guided independent study (including modulettes)

This module provides you with an opportunity to develop a more personally focused body of work that reflects your specialism interest. Allowing you to develop aspects of semester 1 modules with a personally driven and independent level of enquiry and exploration, which will be more closely aligned to your chosen Award area. You will negotiate a self-directed creative path which will be based on a given generic topic or brief. The module provides an additional series of modulettes that are designed to develop your skills and expertise within your chosen Award specialism, providing you with further knowledge of new techniques and processes, working in either, wood, ceramics, plastics and metals or a combination of these materials. The module is underpinned by a personal contextual exploration of an area which interest you and relates closely to your own work, allowing you to experience how crucially research work influences practical ideas and the development of concepts within a contemporary designer/maker context, enabling you to develop your understanding of ideas within a larger practical and theoretical framework. It will introduce you to the extensive research facilities offered by the university. Within this module you will be introduced to a range of professional presentational techniques, including 2Dimensional portfolio workshops and Power point sessions that allow you develop your communication skills both visually and verbally.

You will present for assessment a body of work as outlined in the module pack. This will include:
Design development workbook/s that documents both research and design development.
Technical notebook/s of processes acquired including samples and test pieces.
A finished body of work presented professionally, including 3 x A3 Presentation Boards.
A presentation based on the research gathered in preparation for the essay component of the module essay.
A Written and illustrated essay of 1000 words.
[Learning Outcomes 1-5]

Key Information Set:
100% Coursework