Briefing notes & Routes to a Masters Degree at Huddersfield - Thursday 3rd March, 2016

Formative assessments will take place next week, week commencing 7 March. Each student will be allowed 15 minutes to succinctly and briefly describe their work, how they have arrived at the current position, what they have done during the last few months and why they have done the work that they have performed.

All work will be assessed within the studio practice major project module. It is advisable to refer to the phase 1 planning sheet and my project management Gantt chart. I need to show what have been successful parts of the critique and the project overall and I need to demonstrate constructive reflection during the creation of my work. A new face to assessment sheet will be created with bulleted items in order to explain how items have been completed. Conclusions I need to create a bulleted response to the formative assessment sheet, it does not need to be an eloquent prose, just to make the responses appropriate.

 A short introduction was given by Dr Rowan Bailey with regards to the Masters degree and appropriate routes for research. There are two types of research. There are two types of masters degrees being conducted at Huddersfield University, the first type is through research, and the second type is a Masters degree by taught sessions. At the moment there are only two subjects available for a taught Masters degree which are graphic design and digital media. The taught version of the Masters degree consists of three terms over 12 months which are module and lecture-based.

The alternative route to a master through research, requires the candidate to come up with a proposal to research a specific reference and this will be judged and assessed during its progress and formulation of a document thesis with support from a number of supervised sessions with various tutors and professors. This is a much more self-directed route to a Masters degree with supervised enquiry.

There is a government grant now available up to £10,000 for the Masters degree.

Applications are now being sought. The time over Easter will be a good time to think about future direction and also to create some sort of proposal. If a candidate stays at the University of Huddersfield after their normal bachelors degree, they will get a £500 discount off the fee for a Masters degree, providing that they return to the University within 12 months of completion of that bachelors degree.