Second year

HND2 will commence at 10.00am on Monday 1st September.

Class groups for HND2 haven't been decided yet - but in the meantime I can direct you to the new HND2 A & B blogs:

hnd2Ablog
hnd2Bblog

Graded Unit Results

I have everyone's Graded Unit Results.

Data protection law prohibits me from posting them here, so email me and I'll let you know in a reply.

A reminder - progression to HND2 is not automatic - you must have completed all first year units. If you're in doubt, speak to the relevant tutor.

Creative Industries assignments are fine

Class Reps meeting Monday 9th June

HND Class Reps and anyone else who wishes to attend a departmental annual course review meeting on Monday 9th at 9.15am in Room 187 are welcome to come along. There will be a free biscuit.

Areas that will be discussed:

Accommodation
Curriculum design
Assessment
Achievement
Retention
Recruitment

Social Photography Presentations

Presentations must be submitted to Pauline by Tuesday 27th May on CD.

These will be shown and peer assessed on Tuesday 3rd June at 3.30 pm in room 187.

Monday 26th May

There is no lecture on Monday

(But unlike some other places, Monday is not a holiday)

The final (Creative Industries) written assignment deadline is Monday 2nd June - lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon.

Graded Unit - Written Evaluation

Minimum 500 words - for Monday 19th @ 12noon - lecture theatre 2

An outline of the project
An overview of the planning and development stages - including any significant changes from the proposal
Positive aspects
Areas for improvement
Identification of knowledge and skills which have been gained or developed
Conclusions

There are fifteen marks available. Try to claim as many as you can.

Graded Unit - Monday 12th

Lecture theatre 2 @ 10.00am - final submissions and workbooks. Please clearly label your work with: NAME, STUDENT NUMBER, COURSE and COLLEGE.

SQA guidelines require me to tell them who did not submit their work on time. You lose marks for unathorised absence and significant lateness.

DO NOT try to give me your work before Monday. There's too much of it for me to keep track of - whereas you all only have your own project to look after.

You will present your work to the group, describing what you've done - how well it's gone and if there's anything you'd do differently. These discussions will be useful for compiling your written evaluation.

Details of the written evaluation criteria will be given out on Monday 12th. This is due on Monday 19th at noon. SQA will collect the work soon thereafter.

Creative Industries assignment

What areas of work are you considering when college finishes? Do you know what you will have to do to get there?

Apply for a 'staff' job? Launch yourself as a freelance? Take an assistant’s role? Buy a franchise? Move to another city or even another country?

Write 1000 words outlining your photographic career plans and the options you think are open to you.

Nothing is fixed, everything might change - and no-one will make any form of judgement about what you choose, but writing this will help you focus your thoughts.

Explain what you know and/or think you will have to do to get where you want to be. Can you identify the steps you will have to take?

Will you need funding or start-up capital? Further training? Will you seek advice, and if so who from? Is there are an area of business that particularly interests you? Have you seen a gap in the market? Do you have a USP (Unique Selling Point)?

Deadline Monday 2nd June - Lecture theatre 2: 12 noon

Graded Unit

Submission of final projects: Monday 12th May Lecture theatre 2 @ 10.00am

We will review all the work

Submission of written evaluation: Monday 19th May Lecture theatre 2 @ 12noon

All projects (proposal, research, pictures and evaluation) need to be package ready for collection. Please do not be late.

Tutorials Thursday 1st May

9.30am

10.00am

10.30am Ryan

11.15am

11.45am

Tutorials Monday 28th

1.15pm Jen

1.45pm Tertia

2.15pm Louise

3.00pm Sam

3.30pm Nick

4.00pm Ben

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Tutorials Thursday 24th

9.15am

9.45am

10.15am Ania

11.00am

11.30am

12noon

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Professional matters

When you arrive at the point where you can't face being a criminal any longer, try googling Scottish Enterprise or Business Gateway

They will give you advice on what to do.

You must keep a record of all your purchases - receipts and ideally a separate bank account. (Purchases made prior to you going 'legal' can be used to lower your first year's tax bill.)

Information on Income Tax and National Insurance contributions is here

Tax is calculated on PROFIT not turnover, so get an accountant to look at your books. He or she will save you whatever fee they charge - and more.

Insurances are up to you - equipment, public liability, illness, pension, etc

A good resource for news, jobs, insurers, lawyers (and an annual review of the professional photo vest market) is the printed version of the British Journal of Photography, available in the college library - and also online

Monday 14th April

Lecture theatre 2 at 10.00am

Professional issues: Income Tax, VAT, Banks, Accountants and Pensions

Please think about a tutorial time in the next couple of weeks - I need to see you all individually at some point.