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‘Confusion is the fjrst step towards understanding’… Mary Claire Halvorson m.c.halvorson@gold.ac.uk www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
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“In a world of change, the unlearners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer 5
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Experience Reflection 7
London or elsewhere… FOR Lots going on – music, theatre, politics, culture ü Part-time work opportunities ü Ease of travel and public transport ü Widest possible choice of diverse ethnic mix, culturally and socially ü AGAINST Lots of distractions q The work/study balance can get distorted q Transport and other costs can be high q
In a nutshell – why Goldsmiths? University of London college – international reputation, quality and ü tradition One campus – in an exciting, urban cosmopolitan area of the coolest capital ü city in the world Solid rankings as well as a cool brand ü Friendly and vibrant atmosphere ü Student focused ü UK & European experience ü Merit scholarships ü
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler 11
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University of London Third oldest university in England – established in 1836 ● Internationally recognised academic federation ● 120,000 students plus 50,000 on distance learning ● programmes 18 self-governing Colleges and 10 Research Institutes ● Colleges set their own entrance criteria ● Access to wide range of facilities and services ●
Location Dynamic, urban and multicultural part of South East ● London Real experience of London life ● Close to the city’s cultural centre (zone 2) – ● 5 minutes from London’s South Bank Transport links ● Green spaces, art galleries, live music ●
Departments History Anthropology ● ● Media & Communications Art ● ● Music Computing ● ● Politics Design ● ● Psychology Educational Studies ● ● Social, Therapeutic & Counselling English & Comparative Literature ● ● Studies Institute for Creative & Cultural ● Entrepreneurship Sociology ● Institute of Management Studies Theatre & Performance ● ● Visual Cultures ●
Employability Problem-solving skills - critical & analytical skills, adaptability, ● flexibility, numeracy & literacy Business/entrepreneurial skills - commercial awareness, computer ● literacy, networking skills, initiative Interpersonal skills - teamwork, leadership skills, diplomacy, social ● skills, empathy Intrapersonal skills - planning & organisational skills, time ● management, reflection, self-motivation, insight Communication skills - articulacy, presentation skills, networking, ● self-marketing, persuasiveness, emotional intelligence
Anthropology ‘Internationally excellent’ research ● outputs (RAE 2008) “Anthropology here Teaching ranked best in UK by ● students (NSS 2011) is very fast and very Choose from eight masters contemporary.” ● programmes Multi-disciplinary department ● Links with research institutions ●
Centre for Cultural Studies Choose from 5 Masters degrees ● “An exciting and Research partners include ● architects, planners, artists, unique research activists, global NGOs, new space for media studios and museums interrogating Research outcomes are texts, ● existing forms of technological art, software, knowledge.” architecture/planning interventions ESRC and AHRC funded projects ●
Computing Guaranteed internships for all “You're not spending ● Centre for Creative and Social a lot of time on Technologies (CAST) students theory; you're really Gain software engineering skills creating the ● crucial to today's industries software you want State-of-the-art labs in ● to create” internationally-renowned research centres 2011 Masters in computer games ● had 100% employability within two months of graduation
Educational Studies BA Hons degree with option to take a ● placement in Luxembourg or “The Education China Department at Teaching and research is informed ● Goldsmiths feels like by a shared commitment to social justice and inclusion a really vibrant and Research interests include: early forward-thinking ● childhood, gender, educational place to study.” policy, arts education MA courses in Art and Writing ● Education
English & Comparative Literature Top 20 in the UK by the QS World “Because ● University Rankings Goldsmiths is a MA Sociocultural Linguistics - the research college ● relationship between language, students benefit culture and society hugely from being We read the literatures of yesterday ● in such a cutting- and today, and write literature for edge learning tomorrow environment” Opportunities to learn about film, ● theatre, and visual arts, in addition to studying literature and language.
History The 2008 Research Assessment ● “We use innovative, Exercise noted that ‘postgraduate interdisciplinary activity was outstanding’ approaches to Students who graduate from ● encourage the Goldsmiths with a History degree exploration of achieve the highest-paid jobs issues” among all History graduates across the UK Teaching on BA programmes in the ● Department of History has a 91% satisfaction rate
ICCE The Institute for Creative and ● “One of the best Cultural Entrepreneurship decisions I made in Graduates go onto leading roles in ● arts administration, creative and my life; Goldsmiths social industries around the basically tells you world everything is Placements and internships on all ● possible” programmes Entrepreneurial training for people ● who are developing businesses around a creative practice or area of expertise
Management studies Institute of Management Studies ● Specialisms include digital ● “We provide the entrepreneurship, occupational knowledge, psychology, and management of understanding and leadership and innovation skills to help you get the job that will show Gain industry-accredited ● others your leadership qualification and become an skills.” expert source of knowledge Strong industry links ●
Media & Communications Housed in the New Academic ● “The global perspective Building with its purpose-built and skills learnt at television/film, radio and Goldsmiths has not just photography studio broadened my Undergraduate, postgraduate and ● viewpoints as a senior research degree level in theory editor but also and practice refreshed my Awarded an excellent mark understanding of the ● (22/24) by a team from QAA world.” Graduates running media ● industries around the world
Music We have an international reputation “To us, music is ● for excellence with 70% of our everything: an publications described as ‘world academic subject, a leading’ (RAE 2008) creative practice and a vocation.” Mercury Music Prize nominated ● alumni James Blake and Katy B Whole range of areas from classical ● and popular music studies, composition, and musicology, to sonic arts and music computing
Politics Award-winning department • “We don't think that ● politics is simply what Focus on conflicts, cultures and ● happens in the houses crossing boundaries of parliament but also Four unique Masters programmes what happens in the ● street, the art gallery Optional work placements ● and the non-western Access Centre for Postcolonial ● world.” Studies and major research units dedicated to Governance and Democracy and Politics and Ethics
Psychology Present your research to peers “Recognised for cutting- ● and staff edge research in areas including culture and Latest developments in clinical ● cognition, practice and research psychopathology and Visual Perception and Attention ● cognitive neuroscience.” laboratory Dedicated centres and research ● units Support from skilled technical ● support staff
Sociology Joint top department for sociology “Students come to ● in the UK Goldsmiths' Sociology because they want to Access University of London ● do things differently, research libraries, and gain they want to see the reader’s ticket to The British world, interpret the Library world and also act in Research partners include relation to the world, ● differently.” UNICEF, BBC and Amnesty International
Theatre & Performance Recent graduates have won “I have used the ● prestigious awards as knowledge I gained to find a job that is perfect playwrights, directors, creators for me– I doubt I of new work would have applied for, We tap into our relationship with ● let alone been lucky professional companies, enough to get this role, venues, organisations if I had studied anywhere else Confucius Institute with Beijing ● Dance Academy
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