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14 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the best schools in UK are announced every year and the school league tables are published my heart sinks. 🧡 For the schools. 🧡 For the kids. 🧡 For the parents. 🧡 For the teachers. The Scottish school league table 2023. Full list of the "best-performing" high schools in Scotland (google search for best schools in UK). The...

25 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Edinburgh College of Art Fine Art Mum Keren Molly was quite frustrated and upset last year when she didn't get her place at art school that she was hoping for. And I could see that she completely lost her mojo. And I think for...

11 Jul

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Production Arts Charlotte for years aspired to be a costume and set designer. She was utterly in love with the theatre from a very, very young age and very creative and then SQA (Scottish Qualification Authority) Nat...

20 Jul

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Leith School of Art" font_container="tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="10623" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]I was delighted to receive this student testimonial over the weekend. Fiona was about to start a course at Leith School of Art after the summer and she felt quite unprepared and nervous. She wanted to produce more finished pieces but was unsure what actually...

27 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Production Arts and Design So I was very much struggling in art. It got to a point where I nearly quit art because I wasn't doing very well in it. Before Portfolio Oomph, I couldn't really do anything ‘properly’....

11 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript* DJCAD art portfolio Anna was going through the SQA at school doing Higher Art. And at the same time, she knew she wanted to apply for Uni and had to produce this portfolio. But neither Anna, nor ourselves, had any of idea really about...

11 Nov

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript* General Foundation DJCAD So before I started Portfolio Oomph, I was really struggling with, like, focusing on perfection in my work. And I would spend a lot of time on one piece trying to make everything perfect, which meant that I didn't have...

18 Feb

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Art courses in college." font_container="tag:h1|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text css=""]Now that most, but not all, applications are in, how do you feel? Are you confident? Nervous? Do you feel deep down you'll possibly not get a place? I think most of you have probably read my story of rejection - but I honestly never saw it coming. I had done...

10 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="UCAS Personal Statement for Art and Design" font_container="tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]For parents and teenagers preparing for UCAS Personal Statement for Art and Design If you (or maybe it’s your teenager) is applying for an art and design course, the personal statement can feel like a big task. It’s often hard to know what...

27 Mar

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  DJCAD General Foundation Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph, the lowest points for me were constantly applying to DJCAD General Foundation and each time that I applied just I would get lower and lower points. And I often found that while the feedback did...