UK Disability History Month (which this year runs from 20 November to 20 December) is an annual event to raise awareness about disabled people’s achievements.

Express your interest in being a Student Representative within OCA Governance. Student voice describes the way in which feedback and dialogue between students and staff at OCA can be captured, shared, and acted upon. We need you!

We want your help in putting together an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion calendar for 2026. 

It's Pride Month and OCA Textiles Stage 3 student Nicky is looking for collaborators for a transgender identities project.

Author and art historian PL Henderson has generously taken time out to answer some questions about her work focused on women artists.

OCA were really welcoming and offered the perfect blend of practice and academia with a friendly supportive culture.

BA Hons Graphic Design Student Joanna Mayes speaks to their experience of studying with the OCA during this Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

My sort of neurodiversity is an invisible disability, and one that varies based on the weather conditions, the environment, what I’m doing,

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

February is officially LGBT+ History Month in the UK.

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

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

March is Women’s History Month in the UK and Friday 8th is International Women’s Day, which this year takes as its theme ‘Inspire Inclusion'

LGBT+ History Month takes place every February across the UK.

We are now pleased to launch our 2024 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion calendar.

About Did you know that International Pronouns Day is the third Wednesday of October each year or that December 3rd is the International...

My name is Emma and I live in Sheffield, UK with my Husband, two children and little black cat. I have been deaf since I was three years...

Last weekend OCA students joined tutor Diana Ali for a study event in Nottingham covering a whopping 16,995 steps. Unquiet Minds is a...

I was reminded through a fellow student’s work that handcrafted items can embody all that is diverse and uniquely beautiful, representing...

In January we were joined by Christopher Samuel for an Artist Talk & Q&A. Christopher is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice is...