Progression HND (entry criteria)

I managed to get an MMP to make it onto the HND course for Graphic Design, however I feel I could have done a lot better but the time given to boost are grades is now over, a lot of the work lacking was from the first year, this has affected the final outcome of my grades had I put more into the projects in the first year I would have most likely came through with some distinctions , should or once I am on the HND course I will make sure that I concentrate a lot more and put a lot more effort and dedication into the first year as I realize now how important it is.

progression(HNDinterview)

On my interview day I had the interview with Paul Crawley, he seemed to like the work produced he gave comments about the work I had made and asked about certain elements of different pieces that I had created. Paul Crawley is quite an easy person to talk to and you don't feel awkward or intimidated when talking about your work, this I feel helped with coming out with a successful interview, I now need the grades to get on, the requirement is a MMP from my current course so I need to look back at my older projects and get feedback from my tutors on how to improve the grades in my projects. The other form of action I will take is to refer to the course handbook and look at the units I need to improve. The back of the handbook shows all the units and what you need to gain a pass, merit or distinction.

progression 2(portfolio)

In order to have a succesful interview I needed a portfolio of the work that I have created.
I gathered work from my current National Diploma course as this was work that I feel excelled more than the work I have created in the past. When you present your portfolio looked at by a potential employer it has to be a representation of you and your work so presentation is everything, keeping an order on the style of works produced and keeping the work that you presenting looking neat and professional is very important.
I referred to friends and my current tutors for guidance and also to view my portfolio to get regular feedback on the layout and arrangement of it. 
After a while of organizing and improving my portfolio I was finally ready for my interview.

Progression

After this course I plan to further my education in the Graphic Design field as I don't think I am ready just yet to go into the industry, I looked on the internet for various Graphic Design Courses that were going at a higher level than the National Diploma Course that I am doing now, I looked into undergraduate, post-graduate courses and HND courses as these were the next levels up. I wanted to find a place relatively close to home to stay in contact with friends and family.

 Here is one of the courses I looked at, I applied to this course due to the fact that they had a high student rating, so i thought I would give it a try and find out more about the course. I went onto their website to find out more information and also to apply however they didn't describe their course very well and it was very brief to get a full understanding of the course, I applied through the UCAS website as advised by the UCA website but they did not get back to me.

 The other course I applied for was HND at canterbury college, because the head of the HND department had come into our course and gave a detailed description of the course I was interested in finding more about the course an hopefully get onto it. I found out a lot from the talk that Paul Crawley gave and also from two of the HND students, I also got to look at the designs the students were creating and I was quite impressed.

I applied to this course through UCAS after some time HND got back to me with an interview date.

Current objectives

Currently on my course i am upgrading my projects to get higher grades. I am working on my corporate branding at the moment to design a new logo and create different variations of the thumbnail ideas that i have drawn, I will then go through my typography project which was my weakest project and i need to boost the marks in this project significantly. After that i will refer to my course handbook looking at the units I haven't done so greatly in and try to get merits and distinctions, by doing this I should hopefully be able to reach a merit merit pass grade to go onto HND, however I am going to push higher than MMP and I am aiming for distinctions.

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