Work Placement - OUGD602

After a few months of back and fourth on emails due to other commitments on both ends we managed to work out some dates I can come in to work at Newman. The placement starts on the 25th of June 2018 and will last four days.  It is not a placement in a graphic design agency or a studio but it is within the industry. I haven't got this placement to tick a box on a grade but rather because I enjoy teaching. Most of my family are teachers so have grown up around it, they usually work with younger students than college level but I would like to go into college or university level at some point. Since starting University in 2015 I have stayed in contact with the tutors at my college and have often visited back to check in. In first year I even offered to go in to give a session but once again it was hard to organise a date. My tutors remember me from college and often asked me to help out with technical issues or how to create something in PhotoShop when they weren't sure. We talked about me delivering some print workshops but the equipment at Newman is lacking in the graphics department to be able to show screen print, letter press or anything we have had the chance to do at University. I even asked in the print room if I was able to borrow any equipment but it was a no due to the fact I would be taking to another institution with no safety measures in place for the equipment and no training. Instead we came to the conclusion that I could help out alongside the tutors and give digital workshops to the year 12 students. I am looking forward to be visiting Newman again and potentially finding out whether or not I enjoy this type of work for a future career.

This work placement has not yet been finalised but I have been having phone calls with Dave from Fusion about my placement. Once again emails were not responded to so I had to use other means and call up the company. Dave mentioned he would email me back but never got round to it so I called him again a few weeks later to make sure he had not forgot. He said that this is a very busy time of year for placements but would be able to fit me in. I explained when our final deadline is for university he said to call when I am free and arrange to go visit them so we can finalise dates of the placement. I stated above that I would like to go into teaching in the future but this is not the only avenue I am looking down so have also been contacting agencies so that I can gain as much experience as possible.