- Deadline – Wednesday 13.5.26
You will write your own brief based on an area of interest to you. During this project you will spend dedicated time culminating a large body of work, showcasing evidence of thoughtful and rigorous experiments within enquiry, knowledge, process, communication and realisation.
You will need to submit a Portfolio of Evidence in the form of a pdf and a blog, documenting your journey through the project(s), including research materials, analysis and how these are synthesised into your practice. Your portfolio can include reference to notebooks, sketchbooks, research files, critical reflections and evaluations. It needs to clearly communicate your project journey and outcomes in answer to your own briefs.
Outcome:
An extensive body of work which showcases your identity as a creative practitioner. All outcomes must be decided in consultation with your tutor.
Self-Initiated Project Structure
Disseminating Research
Checkpoint, Week 13 Studio Lab: Friday 23rd January 2026
Your Practice, In Practice
Checkpoint, Week 19 Coaching Tutorials: Wednesday 4th March 2026
Show Up & Show Off!
Checkpoint, Week 23 Coaching Tutorials, Wednesday 22nd April 2026
(Formative Assessment)
Final Hand-In:
Week 26: Wednesday 13th May 2026
(Summative Assessment)
Disseminating Research
The first part of the structure within the Self-Initiated Project
is designed to help you focus your research and think about
how you can communicate this to an audience, not just as academic information, but also as a considered visual output in its own right.
This research output could become part of your portfolio, which
you could show to someone to help you secure a job, funding, further study or other opportunity. How you communicate and discuss the ideas that underpin your projects can help you more fully develop your work, find new directions, make sure that your project is as strong as possible, as well as having an audience and validity.
Your Practice, In Practice
The second part of the structure within the Self-Initiated Project
is designed to help you focus on making and experimenting within your practice. Engaging in rigorous experimentation of media and materials that are both relevant to and push the boundaries of your chosen subject matter. We wish to see both quality and quantity, showcasing a creative practice that evidences commitment to the creation of work to a high professional standard.
During this time, there will be opportunity to present your work
to a wider audience. We wish for you to consider and explore the synthesis of message and medium, unified with personal style and a clear tone of voice.
Show Up & Show Off!
The third and final part of the structure encourages the development of your Self-Initiated Project, with a focus on demonstrating full responsibility of time management whilst building a body of work which meets and expands upon the appropriate standards of professional production.
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