The Committee is pleased to announce Claire Borlase as Accessibility Representative. This is a new departure for the committee, which, to date, has been made of subject representatives. Through this new role, Claire will be involved in shaping OCA policy for students with access problems in the future, as she explains: Hi. A few of you
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Textiles and Accessibility Reps.
OCASA reps wanted: OCASA, and the individual student representatives that make up the OCASA committee, act as a bridge between students and the OCA. Our aim is to consult with the college and influence developments to continually improve the student experience. We’re also here to encourage interaction between students. To achieve these things we do,
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OCASA needs a new President
Would you like to help shape the future of studying with OCA? OCASA is the voice of the student body and its President has a pivotal role working with the College. Our current President, John Umney, will be standing down at the end of this year, having served for three years. The rest of the
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New OCASA representatives
I am very pleased to announce two new members of the OCASA committee, Martin Richardson for Music and Stephanie (Steve) Cussons for Fine Art, their personal and election statements follow: Martin replaces Charlotte Williams the previous Music rep and Treasurer, we are also very pleased that Martin will also take over that role as
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Chris Allinson – Creative writing
Statement I am a few months into the OCA BA Creative Writing, though I did complete a single OCA writing course several years ago. My interest in joining the OCASA committee is to help the college continue to improve the student experience. The self-organisation and motivation required by the OCA approach to distance learning is
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Charlotte Williams – election statement
Charlotte Williams is standing as a student representative for music, this is her statement: Background Biography I have always been creative. As a child, I loved writing stories, and was confident that I would grow up to be an author or a journalist. Then, at age 16, I started composing music for my A level
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Miriam Ward – election statement
Miriam Ward is standing as a student representative for textiles, this is her statement Background bio Ever since I was a small child I have been passionate about “crafts” of any kind, an avid collector of small treasures to be transformed into something else. I was influenced greatly by my grandmothers, one of whom was
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Nigel Monckton – election statement
Nigel Monckton is standing as a student representative for photography, this is his statement Background bio Photography was part of my childhood as my father took his camera everywhere we went – mainly capturing us and a wide assortment of close-ups of nature subjects. I started photographing seriously in 1981, with an OM-10, doing the
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John Umney – new president
John Umney is the new OCASA president, and he will take over from Stan Dickinson in January. Welcome John! Read more… WeAreOCA announcement, John Umney – election statement, John’s website
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OCASA president – election documents
If you are thinking of standing for OCASA president, then please read the following: WeAreOCA article outlining the election process and deadlines Stan Dickinson’s announcement on WeAreOCA that he is standing down as president Full background information to the role, prepared by Stan If any more relevent information becomes available, I’ll add it to this list.
OCASA Funds for Student Events
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