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Additional information for the attention of South West Media Group: If I am lucky enough to be offered a job that I love to do as a hobby, I would be willing to rethink university. At the moment I have withdrawn from the University of Gloucestershire after completing a year of “Creative Media�, I do have a place at the University of Worcester to study Graphic Design from September 2013, however I have the option to reapply in the future or defer. I believe that the job I have applied for is a one off opportunity for me and university can wait. Thank you for reading this clarification on my application, I hope that you find interest in my portfolio and I look forward to hearing from you. Martin Price
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This project is the creation of packaging for a business aiming to create healthy frozen meals for students at the University of Gloucestershire. This is the first packaging project that I have undertaken and was challenging due to legal requirements for food packaging. I used InDesign to create the packaging as well as Photoshop for image manipulation.
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How to store me Freeze on day of purchase, if partly defrosted do not refreeze.
Ingredients Beef and lamb mince, potatoes, carrots, peas, green pepper, sweetcorn, tomatoes, tomato purée.
How to cook me Cook in microwave in container for 4 minutes at 800w. Check that product is hot throughout before consumption. Do not reheat.
Your 5-a-day Our meals are specifically designed for your benefit, in our Shepherd’s Pie we provide enough: carrots, peas, green pepper, sweetcorn and tomatoes to fulfill all 5 of your 5-a-day. Allergy Info Prepared in an environment where there may be traces of nuts.
Lisa’s Kitchen aims to provide you with healthy, frozen and home cooked meals. Contact us: info@lisaskitchen.co.uk, facebook.com/lisashomekitchen, @lisas_kitchen
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This years Freshers’ week although a little different from last year - was definitely one not to forget. With over 1400 students attending our move in parties in Cheltenham and Gloucester, we brought you bands such as Thrill Collins, Hello Lazarus, Hunter and not to forget XFactor favourites, DUKE. What an amazing night that was! Then throughout Freshers’ week we took you to the newest club in town – Voodoo – where we have the biggest Monday night in town- Glamourpuss. It was a fabulous night: the sight of seeing everyone in bright orange T shirts from Vodka Revolutions up to Voodoo (and all of you behaving) brought huge smiles to myself and the rest of the team here in the SU. Comedians and Hypnotists gave us a chilled-out night or two just to laugh at each other
Your Education & Welfare Officer (Silas Miller)
Since I took over the Education and Welfare Officer role about 4 months ago, your Students’ Union has grown and grown. We have new staff members, a new bar at Park Campus, a new website (www. yourstudentsunion.com) and new T-shirts to top it off.
By Beth Mahoney A group of friendly student Superstars were on hand at each campus to give directions and answer questions from the “newbies”. Halls Representatives were also walking around the halls blocks to help out with any halls related problems, and to help Freshers unpack, settle in, and get to know their new flatmates. Once everyone had moved in, bid their relatives good-bye and finished their unpacking, barbecues were held at Park, FCH and Oxstalls campuses in
beach in America, teaching English in Africa or working down their local pub earning as much money as possible!
A Month With Miller Wow, I don’t know about all of you guys but I am shattered. As you are reading this I am still recovering from a very busy Freshers’ week. Having said that, we all had a lot of fun and we hope you did too. I will take this opportunity to welcome every fresher to the University of Gloucestershire and to welcome back all returning students. I hope you are all looking forward to a productive and exciting year.
On Sunday 16th September, the University opened its doors and welcomed hundreds of new Freshers onto its three main campuses in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Freshers from across the UK and beyond arrived at the campuses’ accompanied by an array of nervous looking relatives all laden with suitcases, bags, boxes, and pretty much everything but the kitchen sink.
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an attempt to welcome the Freshers and kick off their Freshers’ week in true British barbecuing style. When students had filled up on enough hot dogs and burgers to feed a small army, they headed back to their halls to begin beautifying themselves for the first official night of Freshers – The Move in Parties.
My term pretty much began when Rob, John and Me went to Exeter for the NUS Students’ Unions 2012 conference. We met a lot of other Student Unions from very different backgrounds and had a great time spit-balling ideas with other likeminded people. When we returned we had a real sense of what we wanted to do for the upcoming year. Back on campus I’ve been getting to grips with the many sides of my job – education and welfare are
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and their great sets, I’m sure you’ll on what’s to come. From more all agree, were enjoyable to one comedy nights in town, to day extent or another. trips to Alton Towers/Thorpe Park (your choice!), to the ever- growing The biggest night of the week, ‘Sindays’ Sunday at Thirteen seeing nearly 1000 of you come Degrees, with X factor Favourites down to the Town Hall dressed DUKE every week in the club! Not in what can only be said to have to forget the most popular Monday impressed us all, was a real winner night of the week- Glamourpuss for me. Myself and the rest of the @ Voodoo in Cheltenham and at team have spent days, weeks Fever / Liquid in Gloucester plus and months organising this huge Blue ‘n’ Blue on a Wednesday event, and thanks to you guys, it night @ MooMoos…. AND there went without a glitch! Thrill Collins is more! Don’t forget about our started us off with a few covers, weekly Propaganda clubnight on followed by the ever-growing Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these Clement Marfo & The Frontline….. tickets are available on our website. Wiley popped his head in (wearing Don’t forget to get them early; they his Rolex, of course), causing a are selling out very quickly each heatwave amongst a few of the week. girls! A cracking night was ended on a high, with The Subways bringing Your Students’ Union is here for the night to a great end. you, and we are all here to support, advise, guide, whatever you need us What’s next? to do to make sure your time here at the University of Gloucestershire is We have all been working tirelessly the best its can possibly be. to make sure you get as much as you can out of your time here at Remember, the University of Gloucestershire, Your Union, Your Ideas, Your Say. so make sure you keep checking our website for updates and info
Would you like to run the SU? The Students’ Union is run by a Board of Trustees consisting of the three full time officers and external trustees as well as appointed students.
both very broad remits, and some days I look at my diary and can’t We are now looking for three exceptional students to sit on this board. believe my job covers such a wide Although this roll is unpaid, you will gain an enormous amount of and bizarre range! As well as my experience and it will make your CV really stand out from the crowd. usual responsibilities that will carry on throughout the year, I’ve been To find our more details and to apply please go to welcoming international, postgrad www.yourstudentsunion.com/trustees and undergrad students to their new life at UoG. I also assisted in training by Tuesday October 9th. Residential Assistants, who do a wonderful job, and SU Superstars, who were amazing during Freshers’ Student Led Teaching week. Awards. These are award ceremonies A lot of my time so far has been held together that let spent working individually with students and staff students to resolve issues from the alike give back to 2011/12 year, such as suspected lecturers, support breaches of academic regulations staff and many more on assessments and appeals and by nominating them complaints. I have also focused a for awards. I am very lot of my time on the UoG and SU pleased to say that run “Don’t Hate” campaign. If you this year’s awards will haven’t had a chance to check it be held on May 1st out, “Don’t Hate” is a campaign at Cheltenham Town which is designed to get people Hall to really cement talking and challenge views on the awards as an difference and diversity in Uni life important and exciting and beyond, http://www.donthate. part of Uni life. (Watch co.uk. Keep an eye out for the this space!) upcoming events! So that is my short – The most exciting project of the ish round up of what I smiller1@glos.ac.uk year for me is increasing the have been up to so far. The SU is a 01242714781. participation and prestige of the great family that everyone can get Have a great year, all the best. Silas Staff Excellence Awards and the involved in.
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brought you bands such as Thrill Collins, Hello Lazarus, Hunter and not to forget XFactor favourites, DUKE. What an amazing night that was! Then throughout Freshers’ week we took you to the newest club in town – Voodoo – where we have the biggest Monday night in town- Glamourpuss. It was a fabulous night: the sight of seeing everyone in bright orange T shirts from Vodka Revolutions up to Voodoo (and all of you behaving) brought huge smiles to myself and the rest of the team here in the SU. Comedians and Hypnotists gave us a chilled-out night or two just to laugh at each other and their great sets, I’m sure you’ll all agree, were enjoyable to one extent or another.
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Freshers’ Week 2013 By Beth Mahoney
On Sunday 16th September, the University opened its doors and welcomed hundreds of new Freshers onto its three main campuses in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Freshers from across the UK and beyond arrived at the campuses’ accompanied by an array of nervous looking relatives all laden with suitcases, bags, boxes, and pretty much everything but the kitchen sink. A group of friendly student Superstars were on hand at each campus to give directions and answer questions from the “newbies”. Halls Representatives were also walking around the halls blocks to help out with any halls related problems, and to help Freshers unpack, settle in, and get
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Wow! What a hectic last few months it has been here at Your Students’ Union. It has been awesome meeting so many new students, either arriving this year for the first time or returning from a long summer of sitting on the beach in America, teaching English in Africa or working down their local pub earning as much money as possible! This years Freshers’ week although a little different from last year - was definitely one not to forget. With over 1400 students attending our move in parties in Cheltenham and Gloucester, we
The biggest night of the week, seeing nearly 1000 of you come down to the Town Hall dressed in what can only be said to have impressed us all, was a real winner for me. Myself and the rest of the team have spent days, weeks and months organising this huge event, and thanks to you guys, it went without a glitch! Thrill Collins started us off with a few covers, followed by the ever-growing Clement Marfo & The Frontline….. Wiley popped his head in (wearing his Rolex, of course), causing a heatwave amongst a few of the girls! A cracking night was ended on a high, with The Subways
bringing the night to a great end. What’s next? We have all been working tirelessly to make sure you get as much as you can out of your time here at the University of Gloucestershire, so make sure you keep checking our website for updates and info on what’s to come. From more comedy nights in town, to day trips to Alton Towers/Thorpe Park (your choice!), to the ever- growing ‘Sindays’ Sunday at Thirteen Degrees, with X factor Favourites DUKE every week in the club! Not to forget the most popular Monday night of the week- Glamourpuss @ Voodoo in Cheltenham and at Fever / Liquid in Gloucester plus Blue ‘n’ Blue on a Wednesday night @ MooMoos…. AND there is more! Don’t forget about our weekly Propaganda clubnight on Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these tickets are available on our website. Don’t forget to get them early; they are selling out very quickly each week. Your Students’ Union is here for you, and we are all here to support, advise, guide, whatever you need us to do to make sure your time here at the University of Gloucestershire is the best its can possibly be. Remember, Your Union, Your Ideas, Your Say.
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heatwave amongst a few of the girls! A cracking night was ended on a high, with The Subways bringing the night to a great end. We have all been working tirelessly to make sure you get as much as you can out of your time here at the University of Gloucestershire, so make sure you keep checking our website for updates and info on what’s to come. From more comedy nights in town, to day trips to Alton Towers/Thorpe Park (your choice!), to the ever- growing ‘Sindays’ Sunday at Thirteen Degrees, with X factor Favourites DUKE every week in the club! Not to forget the most popular Monday night of the weekGlamourpuss @ Voodoo in Cheltenham and at Fever / Liquid in Gloucester plus Blue ‘n’ Blue on a Wednesday night @ MooMoos…. AND there is more! Don’t forget about our weekly Propaganda clubnight on Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these tickets are available on our website. Don’t forget to get them early; they are selling out very quickly each week. AND there is more! Don’t forget about our weekly Propaganda clubnight on Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these tickets are available on our website. Don’t forget to get them early; they are selling out very quickly each week.
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Wow, I don’t know about all of you guys but I am shattered. As you are reading this I am still recovering from a very busy Freshers’ week. Having said that, we all had a lot of fun and we hope you did too. I will take this opportunity to welcome every fresher to the University of Gloucestershire and to welcome back all returning students. I hope you are all looking forward to a productive and exciting year.
days I look at my diary and can’t believe my job covers such a wide and bizarre range! As well as my usual responsibilities that will carry on throughout the year, I’ve been welcoming international, postgrad and undergrad students to their new life at UoG. I also assisted in training Residential Assistants, who do a wonderful job, and SU Superstars, who were amazing during Freshers’ week.
Since I took over the Education and Welfare Officer role about 4 months ago, your Students’ Union has grown and grown. We have new staff members, a new bar at Park Campus, a new website (www. yourstudentsunion.com) and new T-shirts to top it off.
A lot of my time so far has been spent working individually with students to resolve issues from the 2011/12 year, such as suspected breaches of academic regulations on assessments and appeals and complaints. I have also focused a lot of my time on the UoG and SU run “Don’t Hate” campaign. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, “Don’t Hate” is a campaign which is designed to get people talking and challenge views on difference and diversity in Uni life and beyond, http://www.donthate. co.uk. Keep an eye out for the upcoming events!
Back on campus I’ve been getting to grips with the many sides of my job – education and welfare are both very broad remits, and some
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My term pretty much began when Rob, John and Me went to Exeter for the NUS Students’ Unions 2012 conference. We met a lot of other Student Unions from very different backgrounds and had a great time spit-balling ideas with other likeminded people. When we returned we had a real sense of what we wanted to do for the upcoming year.
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The most exciting project of the year for me is increasing the participation and prestige of the Staff Excellence Awards and the Student Led Teaching Awards. These are award ceremonies held together that let students and
staff alike give back to lecturers, support staff and many more by nominating them for awards. I am very pleased to say that this year’s awards will be held on May 1st at Cheltenham Town Hall to really cement the awards as an important and exciting part of Uni life. (Watch this space!) So that is my short –ish round up of what I have been up to so far. The SU is a great family that everyone can get involved in. Have a great year, all the best. Silas
heatwave amongst a few of the girls! A cracking night was ended on a high, with The Subways bringing the night to a great end. We have all been working tirelessly to make sure you get as much as you can out of your time here at the University of Gloucestershire, so make sure you keep checking our website for updates and info on what’s to come. From more comedy nights in town, to day trips to Alton Towers/Thorpe Park (your choice!), to the ever- growing ‘Sindays’ Sunday at Thirteen Degrees, with X factor Favourites DUKE every week in the club! Not to forget the most popular Monday night of the weekGlamourpuss @ Voodoo in Cheltenham and at Fever / Liquid in Gloucester plus Blue ‘n’ Blue on a Wednesday night @ MooMoos…. AND there is more! Don’t forget about our weekly Propaganda clubnight on Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these tickets are available on our website. Don’t forget to get them early; they are selling out very quickly each week. AND there is more! Don’t forget about our weekly Propaganda clubnight on Thursdays @ Moomoos. All of these tickets are available on our website. Don’t forget to get them early; they are selling out very quickly each week. University of Gloucestershire, so make sure you keep checking our website for updates and info on what’s to come. From more comedy nights in town, to day trips to Alton Towers/Thorpe
Space is the University of Gloucestershire’s Students’ Union Newspaper. From joining in September 2012, I’ve slowly taken on more responsibility for design and online. For next year I’ve been able to take a fresh look at the overall aesthetics of Space. I hope to be leaving the newspaper with a better layout that readers can follow with ease. Space uses InDesign to create the print edition and a custom Students’ Union CMS for online publishing.
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1. This photo is an experiment of exposure, it depicts a chinese lantern being let off into the night sky, there is another photo layered on top of a sparkler trail to give drama to an otherwise tranquil experience. 4. This photo shows the amazing colours produced by a mix of artificial lighting and natural light at the Eden Project, Cornwall. During post production I increased the vibrance as well as using several layer and brush effects to bring out the contrast of some areas of the room. Overall the photo realises a scientific and futuristic vision.
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5. Taken during a dress rehearsal of a local production, this photo captures the character as well as the amazing costume that was made - it captures the character whilst the lighting adds personality to him. The editing was used to emphasise the blue light connoting his dual personality. 7. This photo makes use of the editing tools of Photoshop by creating a new spin of architecture at the Eden Project. Often the focus is on the biomes, however this newer educational building is so different and more architectually different to the surrounding quarry. Adjustments to the colour were made as well as the blur tool.
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maitlands city branding As part of a project college, I had the chance to experience branding and a time pressured project of a local estate agent. 5-11 Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3LF 01752 112233
The brief was to create the branding for a new subbrand called ‘Maitlands City’ aiming at first time buyers by providing a metro cafĂŠ service in the city centre of Plymouth. I had to create a letterhead as well as the logo. I decided that placing a lamp post within the logo would fall in line with the high street trend of looking traditional whilst embracing 21st century branding. The letterhead is in line with the logo as well as adding social media contact links for their target market to get up-to-date information conveniently. Programs used to create these include: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
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What is Maitlands City? Maitlands City is the place to go to in Plymouth to look for your next townhouse or flat. Drop in for a chat, or take a seat, and search for what you want with friendly advice available.
Maitlands is a registered company (3874234).
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“i”Design replication As part of a college project, I placed my own article into a copy of the i newspaper trying to emulate the style.
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South West wants change as Great Western franchise is up for renewal outlined a list of wishes for the new franchise. The city is a unique case in the South West as it currently has no It’s only 8 months to go until the Great Western franchise is renewed, motorway, airport or high speed links - the fastest train to Plymouth from four companies are trying for the contract. Many councils in the Deep London is just over 3 hours long. South West are optimistic about the It is claimed that rail investment will bring £94m a year in economic upcoming changes. The franchise, benefits to Plymouth. currently operated by FirstGroup Business is virtually impossible opted to end their contract three years early in 2011, escaping £826m Wishlist in government payments. Companies that are in the running May 2012 for the franchise include: FirstGroup, Early morning trains to Plymouth Arriva, Stagecoach & National 2014 Express. If successful they will take Better phone signal & Wi-Fi on trains on thirteen branch lines with some 2019 of the fastest growing passenger More frequent trains, commitment to elecnumbers in the UK. trify the rail & New local mainline trains One of the cities pushing the 2024 government for a better deal is New High Speed Trains Plymouth; their city council has By Martin Price
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for most journeys in the region as there is no Wi-Fi connectivity and limited mobile phone signal. It is hopeful that by 2014 these services will be available on the Great Western mainline. Politicians are asking the government to consider the travelling culture of major cities – Alison Seabeck, Plymouth Moor View MP envisages a metro system for South Devon: “Travelling is not only about getting on a train and getting directly from A to B, but you can do hops between transport links, it is important that the franchise understands that and enables that.” i understands that 48% of every rail ticket is spent improving the track and that Plymouth does not physically see improvements from that money. Seabeck has assured i
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that work is spent on the mainline and that extensive work has been underway within the Reading area, speeding up times in and out of London. The new franchisee will be announced by the Transport Secretary in December later this year, they will then start in April 2013.
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hat was a big surprise. Not! Yesterday’s figures came as no surprise to many of us who have warned these many months that a double-dip recession was coming. For example, I warned on 24 June 2010 that George Osborne’s austerity budget “Kills recovery at birth”.
deficit doesn’t fix growth. Firms can save money by firing all their sales staff but then they shouldn’t be surprised when sales fall. It seems that the coalition government were “growth deniers” and assumed that slashing public spending would lead to a resurgence in the private sector. There was never an empirical support for such a proposition. Blaming Europe doesn’t wash as the main driver down has been the construction and even the OBR warned when the coalition
Using InDesign, I feel as if I really got to grips with the typefaces (substituting where needs be). Comparing the original page to my version there is barely any difference in the design. The article focuses on an issue close to me - rail transport. It involves an interview with a Plymouth MP and rail lobbyist. The article was published in Plymouth’s local newpsaper: The Herald as part of a special supplement of which I was editor, published on the 8th May 2012.
£1 Split For every £1 spent on the railway: 48p: Maintainence 17p: Other 17p: Staff 11p: Leasing trains 4p: Fuel and energy 3p: Profit
Opinion I went on to argue that I am now convinced that as a result of this reckless Budget the UK will suffer a double-dip recession”. It isn’t as if our part-time Chancellor Slasher Osbourne wasn’t told. But he ignored the warnings by Robert Skidelsky, Paul Krugman, Martin Wolf, Ed Balls and others and even accused us of being “deficit deniers”. Keynes turned out to be right. The Shadow Chancellor has been vindicated. Take care of growth and the deficit will take care of itself. Sadly reducing the
Police forces face a £500m black hole as they struggle to cope with Government demands to cut their budgets, the spending watchdog warns today. The 43 forces in England and Wales need to save £1.5bn by 201415 between them through efficiency savings as a result of the four-year austerity drive. But they have still only identified savings of £1bn, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), with 26 forces facing a cash shortfall within three years. it said some forces had only planned for three years instead of four, while planning by others “simply did not yield sufficient savings”. Ministers insist the savings can be made without affecting frontline policing. But Labour claims the squeeze will lead to 12,000 police officers losing their jobs. Margaret Hodge, the chair of the Committee of Public Accounts committee, said she was “deeply concerned” by the finding. The NAO said the Home Office had improved its financial management, but warned it was having problems finding savings within the department. It has to save £1.1bn a year by 2014-15, but is still uncertain how one-third of that sum can be found, the NAO said.
took office that the Eurozone was a potentional basket case. Feeble excuses don’t wash any more. Growth in the UK has been -0.2 per cent over the last six quarters. It is time to give big incentives for firms to invest and hire plus implement an enormous programme of infrastructure spending. The coalition still has no plan for growth and now is the time for the competents to take over. At the very least it is time for a new Chancellor who has some clue about economics.
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Mobiles ‘do not damage your health’ By Chris Stevenson
There is still “no convincing evidence” that mobile phones can adversely affect human health, according to a major new report released today. The comprehensive review of scientific studies, by the Health Protection Agency’s Independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (Agnir), states that despite the “substantial” amount of recent research the only established risk is using a mobile phone while driving. Having combed through hundreds of studies, the group found that while there had been a number of reports about the risk of cancer, none of these findings had been replicated. Professor Anthony Swerdlow, chairman of the of the advisory group and an epidemiologist at the Institute of Cancer Research, said: “We now have much firmer information than we had on several areas, for instance symptoms, cognitive effects and brain tumours.” He added that you “can’t prove negatives” in science but that there was accumalating reassurance” about a lack of adverse health effects.” John Walsh, page 16
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In my editor role, I managed two college classes to put together the 12-page supplement deciding on layout and location of articles. The article was ready for publishing well before the print deadline, this has further helped me cope with time management as well as learning the workflow of publications.
Platform: Print Journalism May 2012
SPIRITS OF ARIANWYN
Please insert the CD accompanying this portfolio and click on the shortcut called Spirits of Arianwyn to see the live website, altertnatively enter www.soa-rs.com into your browser. The one page website was created under a brief to create a landing page for potential community members to discover more information. This was my first attempt at using CSS3 to create a functional website. The primary colour of the design is green due to branding guidelines. I tried to incorporate the emerging web trend of ‘metro’.
cough syrup
Please insert the CD accompanying this portfolio and click on the shortcut called Cough Syrup - Music Video to see the video hosted on vimeo, altertnatively enter http://goo.gl/BBmFM into your browser. This music video was part of a college project, we decided to focus on the issues of annorexia, drugs, prostitution and suicide. I’m extremely proud of this video due to the accuracy of the situations and the actresses.
“Good Design”
Please insert the CD accompanying this portfolio and click on the shortcut called Good Design - Independent. I designed and coded this website using CSS3, JQuery and HTML. The backgrounds and blocks were put together in Photoshop and the rest hard coded in Notepad++.
This video was nominated for a Royal Television Society Student Award in Undergraduate Entertainment during 2012.
The brief was to create a mini website for The Independent displaying what good design is and the history of design. This project was interesting to put together as my group decided to focus on Brand design. I learnt alot about design in general and professionally coding.
Platform: Web
Platform: Moving Image
Platform: WEB
April 2012
May 2012
December 2012
This website gathers on average 1,000 views a month.
creative cv Platform: Print & Online May 2013
Designer & Online Editor Student’s Union Newspaper September 2012 - May 2013
Barman Sales Assistant
Nightclub Promoter
Comet (Temporary)
Propaganda
December 2011
September 2012 - May 2013
Marketing Officer
Crew Member
Plymouth College of Art
McDonald’s
Placement July 2011
2011
July - September 2012
Compass Group
Marketing Intern
December 2012 - Present Cheltenham Racecourse & Millenium Stadium
May 2013
Barman
Barman
December 2012 - January 2013
May 2013 - June 2013
The Bullers Arms (Temporary)
2012
Peninsula Arts
The Bullers Arms
2013
AS Levels
BTEC
Creative Media (BA Hons)
Graphic Design & Multimedia
2010 - 2011
2011 - 2012
2012 - 2013
2013 - 2016
Media Studies - A
Media - Distinction, Distinction
Module Results: ‘Web Design’: 1st, ‘Animation’: 2:1, ‘From Mic to Mix’: 2:2.
Saltash.net Community School
City College Plymouth
University of Gloucestershire
University of Worcester