Ravensbourne College Design Communication

UKIERI Professional

Technical Skills

Introducing

Ravensbourne College of

Design and Communication

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

Location

The Campus

Building facilities

The Campus

Accommodation

The Community

Student Union annual events

Student Bar and catering facilities

The Community

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

The Studios

Open plan studios Fashion >Foundation v

The Studios

All computers are less than 3 years oldWireless networked for roaming accessFree internet accessSpecialised equipment donated by industry

Links with Industry

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

Links with IndustryWork 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.

Success and RecognitionInternational Student Exhibitions:• Italy• Austria• Belgium• USA• Korea• UK• South Africa

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

Proposed activities to develop effective partnerships

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

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

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

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

We look forward to developing our collaboration in the future

Project Contacts: Peter Pilgrim – p.pilgrim@rave.ac.ukRosy Crehan – r.crehan@rave.ac.uk