Comments on: how can we save our courses? http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/ prisca schmarsow - portfolio Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: prisca http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4809 prisca Sun, 03 May 2009 20:03:39 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4809 Thanks for all your lovely comments, everyone :) Your support is very much appreciated :) I have since had a few meetings and conversations at college and will soon follow this post up with some more information on general funding issues affecting adult education - it's a sad state of affairs :'( Thanks for all your lovely comments, everyone :) Your support is very much appreciated :)

I have since had a few meetings and conversations at college and will soon follow this post up with some more information on general funding issues affecting adult education – it’s a sad state of affairs :’(

]]> By: Valeria fonseca http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4798 Valeria fonseca Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:37:34 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4798 I am very sorry to hear that the course is been cut to one day a week. I have studied with Prisca a few years back and I only have good things to say about her abilities to teach. I am currently Completing a BA-HONS in animation at the London College of Communication. Prisca's tuition has given me all the necessary skills to progress into my current course. She is a wonderful teacher who cares for her students and I fully give my support to Prisca and the course future. I am very sorry to hear that the course is been cut to one day a week.
I have studied with Prisca a few years back and I only have good things to say about her abilities to teach. I am currently Completing a BA-HONS in animation at the London College of Communication. Prisca’s tuition has given me all the necessary skills to progress into my current course. She is a wonderful teacher who cares for her students and I fully give my support to Prisca and the course future.

]]> By: Toby http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4797 Toby Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:25:35 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4797 This is deeply concerning. One day a week? How can students possibly get all the support and teaching that they require by having a class that is only one day a week? It's a shame - The students produce great pieces of work during the course and for the end of year shows. This is partly because of the excellent support and teaching that they receive from tutors like Prisca, who really want the students to succeed. I really hope and pray that all works out. This is deeply concerning. One day a week? How can students possibly get all the support and teaching that they require by having a class that is only one day a week? It’s a shame – The students produce great pieces of work during the course and for the end of year shows. This is partly because of the excellent support and teaching that they receive from tutors like Prisca, who really want the students to succeed. I really hope and pray that all works out.

]]> By: Zak Peric http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 Zak Peric Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:48:56 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4795 Dear Prisca, I am very sad to hear that Animation course is cut to one day a week. As someone who is coordinating Adult Level 3 courses I am worried that this sort of situation can happen to me also. My opinion has always been that you and your Lovely team are offering a very good service for people who want to reeducate. I think we have suffered for years of being under exposed or under advertised, to me this seems to be the main reasons why the situation is the way it is. I wish we can move forward and overcome this very difficult situation. I am truly sorry.. Dear Prisca,

I am very sad to hear that Animation course is cut to one day a week. As someone who is coordinating Adult Level 3 courses I am worried that this sort of situation can happen to me also. My opinion has always been that you and your Lovely team are offering a very good service for people who want to reeducate. I think we have suffered for years of being under exposed or under advertised, to me this seems to be the main reasons why the situation is the way it is. I wish we can move forward and overcome this very difficult situation.
I am truly sorry..

]]> By: Francesco Sala http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4794 Francesco Sala Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:58:17 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4794 Hi Prisca, I am really put down by this news. It is a big shame to know that one of the best (if not THE best) courses in London is having to struggle to stay alive. I thought the management had realised ages ago what sort of course they had at Tower Hamlet. If I had a chance to say something to them it would be this: "The animation course run at Tower Hamlet offers the most practical approach to Animation Industry. Hard-core software training combined with flexibilty of the lessons (5 days a week courses are obsolete!!!) are the perfect solution for Media. People that seriously consider Media as a future career and have attended the course are surely forever gratefull for the experienced gained at the Tower Hamlet. I am one of them. I spent long time in the past searching for a good animation course in London, and I must say the level offered by TH College was unprecedented. No beating around the bushes, just straightahead intense software training and motivation from all sides. That is just what is needed to a person from thinking about Media to doing it! I do hope with all my hearth that you reconsider cutting down hours of the course. I attended the course now 2 years ago, paid full fee, and I can say that it was worth every penny!" I can not put into words how thankfull I am to Prisca, Roger, Nick and Elroy... I am just sorry for not having attended all lessons. What I have missed in knowledge if I think about it. Always in my thoughts laads! Keep it up ! Francesco Hi Prisca,
I am really put down by this news. It is a big shame to know that one of the best (if not THE best) courses in London is having to struggle to stay alive. I thought the management had realised ages ago what sort of course they had at Tower Hamlet.
If I had a chance to say something to them it would be this:
“The animation course run at Tower Hamlet offers the most practical approach to Animation Industry. Hard-core software training combined with flexibilty of the lessons (5 days a week courses are obsolete!!!) are the perfect solution for Media. People that seriously consider Media as a future career and have attended the course are surely forever gratefull for the experienced gained at the Tower Hamlet. I am one of them. I spent long time in the past searching for a good animation course in London, and I must say the level offered by TH College was unprecedented. No beating around the bushes, just straightahead intense software training and motivation from all sides. That is just what is needed to a person from thinking about Media to doing it!
I do hope with all my hearth that you reconsider cutting down hours of the course. I attended the course now 2 years ago, paid full fee, and I can say that it was worth every penny!”
I can not put into words how thankfull I am to Prisca, Roger, Nick and Elroy… I am just sorry for not having attended all lessons. What I have missed in knowledge if I think about it.
Always in my thoughts laads! Keep it up !

Francesco

]]> By: Nacho http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 Nacho Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:52:34 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4793 This is bad news. For all the former students who are writing here, it wouldn’t affect us since we have already profited from the course. So it is a matter of conscience and solidarity with the teachers that were there to help us, and with the students who could be if Tower Hamlets College keep its doors open to them. It is about denying them the possibility of being formed in these digital fields, and lowering standards won’t do neither, it will lower their education and their professional capabilities. If funding is the problem, that’s something the administration should deal with, it’s their job, and if they think they are not to blame for losing it they will have no excuse for not finding a replacement. Less students, less courses do not reflect too well in Tower Hamlets College’s record, but I am surprised to find out that they can’t find students now, when only a couple of years ago I tried to get in the Design for the Web course but it was already full in the first day of recruitment. These are the problems Tower Hamlets College has to focus on, closing down is defeatist and it’s not what the students who attended learnt there. This is bad news. For all the former students who are writing here, it wouldn’t affect us since we have already profited from the course. So it is a matter of conscience and solidarity with the teachers that were there to help us, and with the students who could be if Tower Hamlets College keep its doors open to them. It is about denying them the possibility of being formed in these digital fields, and lowering standards won’t do neither, it will lower their education and their professional capabilities. If funding is the problem, that’s something the administration should deal with, it’s their job, and if they think they are not to blame for losing it they will have no excuse for not finding a replacement. Less students, less courses do not reflect too well in Tower Hamlets College’s record, but I am surprised to find out that they can’t find students now, when only a couple of years ago I tried to get in the Design for the Web course but it was already full in the first day of recruitment. These are the problems Tower Hamlets College has to focus on, closing down is defeatist and it’s not what the students who attended learnt there.

]]> By: baiba http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 baiba Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:45:23 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4792 Hi, Prisca! I'm very sad to hear this. I loved and very enjoyed web design course, and I can imagine what it would be like if my last years course would get cut. And-Thank you! Because of you I fell in love with web design. I hope there will be solution for this situation. My fingers are double-crossed for you! Hi, Prisca!
I’m very sad to hear this.
I loved and very enjoyed web design course, and I can imagine what it would be like if my last years course would get cut.
And-Thank you! Because of you I fell in love with web design.
I hope there will be solution for this situation.
My fingers are double-crossed for you!

]]> By: Mshel http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4790 Mshel Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:23:05 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4790 Hya Prisca, I can only echo everyone views. To quote 'Family Guy' "It really grinds my gears!!" the lack of support for Adult Education. In particular the Arts. In the 80's I taught and attended several different pottery classes for Adults, now there are less than 20% of those classes left. What is puzzling is that they were always full, with waiting lists of up to ten people. My pottery friend says it had nothing to do with attendance or funding. She believes Government funded Adult Education is being deliberately wound down. In a Borough as Creative and yet deprived as Tower Hamlets you would think they would be actively promoting the little gem of a course your offering! I hope there is some way in which you can convince them that with maybe a little restructuring and correct promotion, the course will not need to be reduced to such an unworkable size. Good Luck! Hya Prisca,
I can only echo everyone views. To quote ‘Family Guy’ “It really grinds my gears!!” the lack of support for Adult Education. In particular the Arts. In the 80′s I taught and attended several different pottery classes for Adults, now there are less than 20% of those classes left.
What is puzzling is that they were always full, with waiting lists of up to ten people. My pottery friend says it had nothing to do with attendance or funding. She believes Government funded Adult Education is being deliberately wound down.
In a Borough as Creative and yet deprived as Tower Hamlets you would think they would be actively promoting the little gem of a course your offering! I hope there is some way in which you can convince them that with maybe a little restructuring and correct promotion, the course will not need to be reduced to such an unworkable size.
Good Luck!

]]> By: Grant http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 Grant Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:35:11 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4789 I am very sad to read about all this. Successfully completing the Digital Animation course transformed my life. Despite being a university graduate in Media and Communication (BSc) i spent many years in unemployment. Learning on this course gave me vital technical and employable skills and confidence at a critical stage. I feel very fortunate that i was able to find out about this course, as it was only through randomly finding a flyer advertising the external show that I was able to. I found this strange at the time because i had been looking into digital arts courses at all London colleges and universities but I did not come across information about this course at THC, apart from finding this flyer. I am now working in the industry in animation and motion graphics and i have only the exemplary tutorage of Prisca, Roger and the rest of the team to thank. Most of the people i now work with are animation graduates and it is quite clear that the teaching methods at THC taught me above and beyond that which they learned from 3 years at university. I feel sorry for the students whose days have been cut at a crucial time in completing their project, but i wish them the best of luck as i honestly believe they have some of the best teachers they could possibly find. I hope these issues can be resolved by next year because fitting the necessary teaching into one day appears impossible to me. This is a fantastic course and the project based approach really does deliver. It has given so much to so many people and i sincerely hope it can continue to do so, because I would not be able to enjoy the creative and satisfying employment i now can without the opportunities this course allowed me. I am very sad to read about all this. Successfully completing the Digital Animation course transformed my life. Despite being a university graduate in Media and Communication (BSc) i spent many years in unemployment. Learning on this course gave me vital technical and employable skills and confidence at a critical stage.
I feel very fortunate that i was able to find out about this course, as it was only through randomly finding a flyer advertising the external show that I was able to. I found this strange at the time because i had been looking into digital arts courses at all London colleges and universities but I did not come across information about this course at THC, apart from finding this flyer.
I am now working in the industry in animation and motion graphics and i have only the exemplary tutorage of Prisca, Roger and the rest of the team to thank. Most of the people i now work with are animation graduates and it is quite clear that the teaching methods at THC taught me above and beyond that which they learned from 3 years at university.
I feel sorry for the students whose days have been cut at a crucial time in completing their project, but i wish them the best of luck as i honestly believe they have some of the best teachers they could possibly find. I hope these issues can be resolved by next year because fitting the necessary teaching into one day appears impossible to me.
This is a fantastic course and the project based approach really does deliver. It has given so much to so many people and i sincerely hope it can continue to do so, because I would not be able to enjoy the creative and satisfying employment i now can without the opportunities this course allowed me.

]]> By: Jane Morton and Luc Stroobandt http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/how-can-we-save-our-courses/comment-page-1/#comment-4788 Jane Morton and Luc Stroobandt Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:11:10 +0000 http://graphiceyedea.co.uk/wp/?p=1116#comment-4788 It saddens us that adult eductation is being treated with so much disregard for given people a chance to re-educate or change career. With such excellent facilities and Prisca running the course it is a shame that the animation course has been cut down to just one day. We feel for Prisca having to suffer this and hope this only temporarily. It saddens us that adult eductation is being treated with so much disregard for given people a chance to re-educate or change career. With such excellent facilities and Prisca running the course it is a shame that the animation course has been cut down to just one day.
We feel for Prisca having to suffer this and hope this only temporarily.

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