I'm really happy and enthusiastic about my studies at the OCA. I haven't encountered any major challenges, but I've learned a lot so far.

"Having started working as a semi-pro musician in my early teens, I paid little attention to academic work until I retired."

We’re asking all at OCA to help us celebrate the strengths, talents, and raise awareness of lived experiences of neurodivergent individuals.

I couldn't afford the deposit for my first OCA course so I sold my American Fender and now I'm almost finished my degree.

Here we bring you five tips to help you prioritise your study tasks,

"Many of us return to our studies after half a lifetime away when other things were more important, such as family or careers."

This post provides a summary of the final two recorded sessions that are available from OCASA’s Summer of Sustainability 2024

Welcome to our Study Tips in 5 series. Here, we bring you five tips to help organise your study.

A review of an OCA Study Day with tutors Les Monaghan and Garry Clarkson – And first steps towards external engagement.

This post provides a summary of two of the recorded sessions that are available from OCASA’s Summer of Sustainability 2024.

Kay is currently studying stage 1 Drawing. "I am a mother of two young girls and we live in a small village in the Swiss Alps."

Earlier this year, in October, some OCA students visited the Venice Biennale. Here are their thoughts.

Unfortunately we can't include everyone is the zine but we want to showcase their work and encourage folk to submit to the next issue.

Three more students who answered our Summer of Sustainability 2024 callout were; Julie Bancroft, Lyndsey Ciarcia and Matt Lewis.

Cheryl is at the beginning of her OCA learning journey studying stage 1 Painting.

If you haven’t accessed the Arts, the Environment and Sustainability VLE Resource yet here’s a brief overview of its intent and content.

We want your help in putting together an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion calendar for 2025. 

I needed to reconnect with my real self, art was what was missing in me. I researched different courses and OCA fitted in with all my needs.

October is Black History Month. This year’s theme is Reclaiming Narratives,

We are a group of students who come together to help each other through the exciting journey of our photographic studies.