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FHEA Application

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Introduction

As an early-career academic and Lecturer in Graphic and Web Design at CCCU I lead six modules across levels 4 to 6 on both the BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and the BA (Hons) in Web Design degree programmes.  I am a practicing designer and hold full membership of The Teaching Council of Ireland. The Graphic/Web Design programme is a practice-based discipline that marries creativity and technology to enable students with a broad interest in design to become technically creative job-ready professional practitioners. The values I strive to bring to HE is to facilitate the creation of knowledge and produce innovative critical thinkers that benefit society on a local and international level.  Since joining CCCU, our students regularly outperform the university and sector JAC employability by 9%. In 2016, the degree achieved an NSS student satisfaction rating of 100%.

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Portraits – A Salute To My Colleagues

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A brief look at the key issues or concepts we read about/discussed in “The History and Theory of Digital Art” class:

The main concept I took from this class is that collaboration is essential to succeed. Our world is heaving with remarkably talented people, each with their own diverse strengths and belief systems. We all have limitations, but when we combine our abilities we’re limitless; we are the dream team! At the beginning of the module Mike asked us, “What is the most important element for learning?” Most, if not all of us, stated people. Interacting with people is vital to our capabilities to learn and develop. Throughout this class I learned from people, not assignments or textbooks. My opinions were questioned, my beliefs were questioned, and my values were questioned. I learned that I was wrong, but that I was also equally right. We all were. There is no right or wrong answer. We are all trying to discover our way through this life and there is no user manual. For many of us, myself included, we do this through self-expression. Art is, for me, what distinguishes us from animals. This innate ability, need almost, to express ourselves is unique to humans. My project is an acknowledgment that my classmates* are the key issue to this semester.

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