Jeanne’s first book is being published by Penguin for the Indian market. An amazing book full of adventure that children will definitely adore.

The story takes the readers to Agra, India in the 1570s. Ashok Trivedi, a ten-year-old boy from a poor farming village on the banks of the Yamuna, gets swept up in a celebratory crowd and accidentally finds himself inside the magnificent red-walled palace of his hero, the great Mughal emperor, Akbar.

When Ash sees a courtier acting suspiciously and realises that Akbar’s ancient and valuable emerald dagger has been replaced by a fake, he and his twin sister, Tara, vow to find out more. Chasing through the countryside in the shadows of the moon, Ash and Tara’s adventure takes them up hills, over streams and into dank, dangerous underground caves. Aided by their friends, Kirit and Bansi, and with the guidance of the mystical guru Didar, they finally outwit the thieves, recover the stolen treasure and return triumphantly across the river, riding on wild elephants.

Wishing you the greatest success Jeanne, looking forward to reading it!

Visit Ash & Tara and the Emerald Dagger by Jeanne Perrett on Facebook.

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

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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