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School of Arts and Creative Industries
Edinburgh Napier University |
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| Founded in 2001 | ||||||||
| HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION Head of Scool of Arts and Creative Industries Alex Gilkison |
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| ADDRESS Merchiston Campus, 10, Colinton Rd, GB-EH10 5DT Edinburgh, Great Britain Phone +44 131 455 2678, Fax +44 131 455 2292 Website http://napier.ac.uk/sci |
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CAMPUSES Merchiston Campus: Design, Film Screen Academy (Merchiston): Film (Post-Graduate) Marchmont Campus: Photography Craighouse Campus: Advertising, Communication, Journalism, Music, Cultural Studies |
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CONTACT PERSON Head of BDes (Hons) Design Futures Ian Lambert Merchiston Campus, 10, Colinton Rd, GB-EH10 5DT Edinburgh Phone +44 131 455 2476, Fax +44 131 455 2292 E-mail i.lambert[at]napier.ac.uk |
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OTHER CONTACT PERSONS Shona Richardson (Administrator), +44 131 455 2678, s.richardson[at]napier.ac.uk |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT | ||||||||
| A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION | ||||||||
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FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEMBER UNIT . Design . Lens Media . Screen Academy Scotland . Journalism, Advertising and Communiction . Culture, Literature and Publishing . Music |
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AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING Design BDes (Hons) Consumer Product Design BDes (Hons) Design Futures BDes (Hons) Graphic Design (Starting Sept. 2007) BDes (Hons) Interior Architecture BDes (Hons) Design Studies (Starting Sept. 2007) Lens Media: BA (Hons) Photography Film and Imaging Journalism, Advertising and Communiction: BA (Hons) Communication, Advertising and Public Relations BA (Hons) Journalism Culture, Literature and Publishing: BA (Hons) Publishing Media BA (Hons) Culture, Media and Society Music: BMus (Hons) Music BA (Hons) Popular Music |
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AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING Design MDes Interdisciplinary Design Lens Media: MA Photography (Starting Sept. 2007) Screen Academy Scotland: MFA Advanced Film Practice MA Screen Project Development MA Screen Writing PG Cert. Screen Writing Journalism, Advertising and Communiction: MA Creative Advertising MA Journalism Culture, Literature and Publishing: MSc Publishing |
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AVAILABLE DOCTORATE LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING PhDs are offered in all of the subject areas . Design . Lens Media . Screen Academy Scotland . Journalism, Advertising and Communiction . Culture, Literature and Publishing . Music |
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CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS Design: Ian Lambert, i.lambert[at]napier.ac.uk, +44 131 455 2678 Lens Media: Carole Baker, c.baker[at]napier.ac.uk, +44 131 455 5208 Screen Academy Scotland: Robin MacPherson, r.macPherson[at]napier.ac.uk, +44 131 455 5211 Journalism, Advertising and Communiction: Rob Brown, r.brown[at]napier.ac.uk +44 131 455 6158 Culture, Literature and Publishing: Linda Dryden, l.dryden[at]napier.ac.uk +44 131 455 6128 Music: Stephen Davismoon, s.davismoon[at]napier.ac.uk +44 131 455 6206 |
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MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION Undergarduate (Bachelor) and Post-graduate (Masters, PhD)Design, Lens Media, Communication and Music |
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RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS The School of Creative Industries has active and vibrant research activities accross all subject areas, with staff making regular contributuions to international conferences, publications, books, exhibitions, film screenings, and cultural events along with consultancy work. |
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| B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION | ||||||||
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SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT The School of Creative Industries is one of the largest centres for creative arts education in Scotland, with approximately 1200 students enrolled on a range of undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes. All of these have been particularly successful in attracting high calibre students, many of whom have won international awards and progressed on to become major figures in the fields that we represent. |
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THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL SECTOR AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS The School of Creative Industries has a number of overseas collaborations in Europe and China, and two members of staff hold external examiner positions at European Institutions. Design: The Design subject area has recently established an annual design project exchange with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Zurich, where students spend 2 weeks in each institution on joint projects. We also have a Design partnership with ZhengZhou University of Light Industry, in China involving collaborative projects, teaching, and student exchanges. Design students recently took part in the Deutsche Post International Design competition, winning a special award of eu1000. Screen Academy: The Screen academy has collaborative partnerships in Beijing and Shanghai |
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THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECTORS AND IN HOME CITY AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. The School of Creative Industries has a strong presence in Art, Design and Media in UK Higher Education, and is extensively involved with projects and activities on a national and local level. A large number of staff in the School hold external examiner positions at other UK and European Institutions, and work in an advisory capacity with external bodies. Staff and students across the school are regularly involved with live projects in industry and the public sector, and students also partake in a variety of national and international competitions, most notably the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) student design awards, and the Art and Design Direction (D&AD) Awards. The Screen Academy Scotland (www.screenacademyscotland.co.uk) is a collaboration between Scotland's leading screen practice education institutions - Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art (eca) and and is one of seven institutions or collaborations designated as UK centres of excellence in film practice education by Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Audio-visual Industry. Our long established Design area has recently received £12000 (eu18000) of funding to partake in the Scottish Six Cities International Design Festival (www.six-cities.com) in May of this year. Design and Lens Media students exhibit their work at our annual degree show and screenings in Edinurgh every June, and design students go on to exhibit their work at the annual New Designers exhibition in London, every July. |
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| INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES | ||||||||
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SUBJECT AREAS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS Under University regulations all students in the School of Creative Industries can apply for an exchange programme for one semester, with support through the erasmus scheme. |
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DEADLINES TO APPLY FOR AN EXCHANGE PERIOD N/A |
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TEACHING LANGUAGES English |
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BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER 2006: Sem 1. 2nd October to 26th January (including 2 weeks Christmas Holiday) Sem 2. 5th February to 1st June (including 2 weeks Easter Holiday) |
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COSTS PER MONTH (studying and living) £500 (eu750 approx) |
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NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
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NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS 15 NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS 5 NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other) 0 |
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NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
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