Just a reminder for those of you who didn’t hear the latest updates for the final deadline.

Monday 26th May is a Bank Holiday, and so the University will be closed and the Final Major Project deadline will be on Tuesday 27th May at 10am instead.

Luke

P.S. A copy of this email is located here: http://www.lukedench.co.uk/atrium/final-major-project-tuesday-26th-deadline

This year all design and architectural technology students will be given the opportunity to have 250 personal postcards printed for the small cost of £10.00 for your distribution at the final show.

The postcards are A6 (portrait or landscape) in size and are to have an example of your work on the front in colour, with your details and a short write up on the back, in black.

Deadline for the imagery and text is 29th April 2008 and all images and text must be clearly labelled with your name and department.

There is a maximum of 120 words on the back with a telephone number and e-mail address. NO Addresses please.

All images are to be:-

• 105mm x 148mm
• CMYK
• *.TIF File extension
• 300 pixels per inch

Money and Files need to be given to your head of course by no later than 29th April April 2008.

This is a great opportunity for you to promote your skills at a very reasonable cost. This offer is optional.

Any questions, please contact Gareth Hughes. His room at the ATRiuM is CA221.

A copy of this email is located at http://www.lukedench.co.uk/atrium/personal-end-of-year-show-postcards/

I’ve spoken with Jason who is taking over the organising of  the mock interviews due to Emma’s absence, and he’s informed me that on Thursday 17th he will be able to give us further details with regards to scheduled times, dates and location for students from each course of the Design department. Be sure to prepare for the interviews and bring with you examples of your work, as a show reel, a sketchbook, etc.

Furthermore, for Design For Media students, the date scheduled to present your pitch is Monday 21st April, in order to show your work in progress for your Final Major Project and give other students and your tutors a chance to give you feedback before you begin working methodically on the project to get it finished.

As a reminder, I just want to tell you that the Final Major Project is an Open Brief, in other words as with the D&AD & YCN competitions, you can produce your own project and in effect your own brief. Let your creativity loose and produce anything you want, having seen your previous work, I can’t wait to see what will be your latest outcome!

Jason’s confirmed that the deadline is the last day of the week before he needs to mark everyone’s assignments before the end of summer term on 6th June.

One last request I’d like to make is if you can take some time to fill out the Student Survey, it’s located at http://www.thestudentsurvey.com - more info here http://glamlife.glam.ac.uk/news/1633/517/

Your voice and actions shape your world and affects those who are around you as well. If you are happy or unhappy about something on the course, apart from speaking with me and your tutors, the Student Survey is a good way to express your thoughts and it will give the University a better understanding to improve the course for everyone.  

To recap, the dates relevant are as follows:

All students:

Thursday 17th April – Mock Interviews further information

Friday 6th June – University’s end of Summer Term / Academic Year

Design For Media Students:

Monday 21st April – Final Major Project Pitch Presentation

Friday 23rd May – Final Major Project Deadline

N.B.: A copy of this email is located at:- http://www.lukedench.co.uk/atrium/mock-interviews-information-and-more

Additionally you can follow updates on our Facebook Group ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5511208315 ), or on Twitter at http://twitter.com//lukedench

If you have any queries about what I said, or you didn’t understand something, or there is something you want to know but haven’t been able to find out, please do not hesitate to drop me an email. I have a good 24 hour maximum response time to emails, calls and messages.

Warm regards,

Luke

A latest update for the dissertation is that Dr Rachel Grainger has uploaded some further sample documents to show you how to display your dissertation material.

I have provided for you here the material that was submitted to Blackboard in case for some reason you can’t log into Blackboard or you have yet to enrol on the module, or whatever other reason it may be.

I’ve spoken to Dr Grainger and she confirmed that we are to submit two black-tape bound copies of the dissertation on the 10th March 2008, along with a CD attached to one of the copies, including the Assignment Cover Sheet and Feedback Form, which does not have to be bound inside the dissertations, just attached in some way outside the book so that at least one of the copies has the CD and the cover sheet attached together as one.

In addition, with regards to the printing facilities in Trefforest, I would like to note that they are available Monday to Thursday from 9:00am – 4:30pm and on Friday from 9:00am – 4:00pm.

For further information about the University of Glamorgan’s Reprographics Centre, you can contact them in this way:

Tel: 01443 482023  E-mail: print@glam.ac.uk

Visit:  Room B26 (First floor of the Morgannwg Building, Building also called as B Block)  Reprographics Centre  University of Glamorgan  Pontypridd  CF37 1DL

Module Code: DE3S03

Module Title: Critical Research

Here are the files for you to download. Just click on each title or right click on them and click Save Target (Windows), or Save Link (Macintosh).

Dissertation Assignment Cover Sheet and Feedback Form

Dissertation Guidelines 2007 / 2008

Sample List of Illustrations

Sample Bibliography

Sample Contents Page

Warm regards,

Luke

I hope your dissertation is going well. I have provided the assignment cover sheet and feedback form for the critical research dissertation here for you. Click here to download.

According to Rachel Grainger:

Your dissertation should be submitted to the Atrium reception on 10 March 2008, no later than 4.00pm. You must submit two copies, which should be “black-tape bound”.

Atrium reception is located as soon as you walk inside the building, next to the coffee shop and opposite the Advice Shop. (On the left side of the building, near the stair case, the reception has a lot of TV screens above it).

Late Submission of Assignments: 

All assignments submitted later than the deadline will receive 0% (this includes presentations, etc.)

All written assignments should be submitted to the Atrium reception no later than 4.00pm on the date of submission.

You can submit any time during that day. Students with genuine mitigating circumstances should seek the advice of the Advice Shop.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Undertake and successfully complete a variety of research tasks related to a sustained enquiry into a field appropriate to the student’s award.

2. Present a coherent account of the research undertaken and the results achieved using the academic conventions associated with a project of this nature.

Marking Criteria: 

1. Research

2. Citation

3. Referencing

4. Argument

5. Structure

6. Written Skills

7. Presentation

8. General Comments