SUARTS Research: Showcasing Opportunities for UAL Students

SUARTS (UAL Students' Union) Questionnaire on Student Showcasing Opportunities

If you complete this questionnaire you will be elligible to apply for a one off showcasing fund of £500, thanks to UAL Commonplace.

The Students' Union has recently created a new team called SUARTS Creative Opportunities in direct response to requests from students to receive help in this area.

As part of this team's remit we are undertaking research on 'Showcasing Opportunities'. We define 'Showcasing' as a credible opportunity to display the students' skills, knowledge and talent to external audiences across various platforms e.g. exhibitions, fairs, pop-ups, high profile publications, but not through work experience, placements or internships.

For this research it is important that you complete this short questionnaire.

The deadline to complete the questionnaire and then apply for the £500 Showcase Funding is Wednesday 1st July 2015.

We very much hope that you will support us with this research and we look forward to feeding back our findings to you.

We hope the findings will be of interest and of use in improving our support for current UAL students.

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* 1. Please write your full name in order for us to be able to contact you

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* 2. Please write your email address

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* 3. Do you feel there are sufficient showcasing opportunities offered to UAL students?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which of the following existing showcasing opportunities that SUARTS offers are you aware of:

SUARTS Student Exhibition Spaces at Chelsea and High Holborn (LCF)

Made in Arts London (MiAL)

Xhibit – Annual SUARTS Exhibition for all students

SUARTS Creative Ambassadors

Call for Entries for SUARTS Partner Events (e.g. Museum Lates)

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Which of the following existing showcasing opportunities that UAL offers are you aware of:

Showtime

Student Enterprise and Empoyability Bursaries

SEE at PULSE Trade Show

Creative Enterprise Awards

UAL Showroom

Postgraduate Community: Bursary of up to £300

The LCC Graduate School

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What showcasing opportunities (if any) have you taken part in during your time at UAL? (e.g. interim show, PULSE, Made in Arts London etc.)

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* 7. What barriers do you see for students in availing of the existing showcasing opportunities?

Existing opportunities offered are not suitable for your students

Poor communication of the opportunities from SUARTS or UAL channels

Insufficient staff resource in supporting students to participate in the opportunities

Insufficient inclusion of teaching staff in devising and communicating the opportunities to students

Student workload taking priority

Financial considerations when added costs may be accrued by participating

Lack of student engagement with SUARTS

Lack of student engagement with UAL central services

No significant barriers

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What do you recommend as the best means/ channels to communicate creative opportunities to UAL students? (Please tick up to three options)

Tutor recommendation through email

Moodle

UAL Website

SUARTS Website

Facebook

Twitter

Posters and flyers in the colleges

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Please write your full name in order for us to be able to contact you

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* 2. Please write your email address

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* 3. Do you feel there are sufficient showcasing opportunities offered to UAL students?

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* 4. Which of the following existing showcasing opportunities that SUARTS offers are you aware of:

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* 5. Which of the following existing showcasing opportunities that UAL offers are you aware of:

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* 6. What showcasing opportunities (if any) have you taken part in during your time at UAL? (e.g. interim show, PULSE, Made in Arts London etc.)

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* 7. What barriers do you see for students in availing of the existing showcasing opportunities?

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* 8. What do you recommend as the best means/ channels to communicate creative opportunities to UAL students? (Please tick up to three options)

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* 9. Please can you recommend showcasing opportunities you would like to see offered to UAL students in the future