Mead Final Project Award Application 2020

To apply for this award you must be a final year undergraduate student, and in need of funding to achieve your final degree project in 2020.

Please do not change this template. Please use Arial font, in a minimum of point size 11.Remember to keep within the word count on each question.

For further guidance, see this webpage: arts.ac.uk/mead

Your Name:

Project name:

College:

Course:(e.g. BA Fine Art)

Month you will exhibit or produce your final project in 2020:

PLEASE TICK ONLY ONE CATEGORY

AI, digital and interactive design Architecture / interiors, spaces, conservation

Fashion, design, tailoring, production

Fine Art, 2D, 3D, photography

Visual comms, graphics, illustration media, journalism

Film, TV, animation, sound

Product, industrial, 3D, jewellery, textiles, materials

Theatre, design, performance, acting, directing, writing

Business / management / enterprise

Culture Criticism Curation

Careers and Employability, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EYEmail: mead@arts.ac.uk Webpage: arts.ac.uk/mead

Your Project Proposal:

Important notes:

Please address all of the bullet points in each of your answers (unless marked ‘optional’)

Before answering Q2, read the Creative Attributes Framework, found at this link: http://www.arts.ac.uk/about-ual/teaching-and-learning/careers-and-employability/creative-attributes-framework/

Keep within the word count. Make sure your whole form is no longer than 8 pages in total (including the title page and marketing page).

Q1. Describe your project (400 words max) Address all the questions below

What will you be doing/making for your final project? Does your project have a target audience / is it designed for specific users? Why do you need the extra money?

(400 words max)

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Q 1. (continued) This is entirely optional, and you will not lose any marks without images.

You may add up to three relevant images into this box, to help explain your project. If you do not have any images about your project yet, please leave this box blank (images must not go onto another page)

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Q2. What skills, attributes and experience do you already have, to help you successfully achieve this project? (300 words max) Address all the questions below

Please read through the Creative Attributes Framework, then give details about which attributes apply to yourself (give brief examples of evidence):

How do you Make Things Happen through proactivity, enterprise and agility? How do you Showcase Your Abilities and Accomplishments through communication,

connectivity, and storytelling? Navigating Change : how do you show curiosity, self-efficacy, and resilience?

(300 words max)

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Q3. How does your project fit in with the wider industry / sector / community – or the history of your area of practice? (300 words max) Address all the questions below

Is this a new idea, or a new way of approaching an old idea? How does it fit in with what has gone before? Have you identified a wider industry/sector/arts community that could be interested in your

project, or has a need for it?

(300 words max)

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Q4. What will the impact of this project be on yourself and others?(400 words max) Address all the questions below

How will you know whether the project is successful? What will you learn? How does this fit in with your current learning journey to date; where will this project lead

you to next? What will your audience/users take away from the project? Will there be any long term impacts? How will you be sharing news of your project?

(400 words max)

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Q5. My project budget - please give full details of your budget, in the template below (please adapt the expenditure titles to show your own specific costs)

1. Income Details / explanatory notes Amounts

Any other grants/ awards (you will use for this project)

£

Any other grants / awards (you will use for this project)

£

Other – own funds £

Other – please say what / give details

£

Amount requested from Mead Final Project Award

This figure will be the amount you need to make your income total exactly the same figure as your expenditure total (you can apply for up to £2,500)

£

Total income for achieving my final project £

2. Expenditure (you may wish to rename titles below)

Details / explanatory notes Amounts

Art materials (give details)

£

Engaging specialist artists / makers

£

Extra training (not your UAL course)

£

Specialist expertise and advice

£

Software, web hosting, web design

£

Licences / permissions £

Small items of equipment *

£

Promotional costs, printing, marketing

£

Language-related costs (e.g. translation)

£

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Transport / courier costs (if necessary) *

£

Essential books and publications

£

Other (state what)

Total costs for achieving my final project NB: this figure should be the SAME total as your income

£

*IMPORTANT NOTE: equipment cannot cost more than 30% of total award requested. Travel/transport must be essential and cannot form more than 30% of the award request.

MARKETING QUESTIONS: this information will help us to reach students next year

For our information only: this section is not part of your application, and answers will not affect the results of your proposal.

1. Please list any workshops, events or talks, run by Careers and Employability that you have attended (or will be attending) during your time at UAL:

You can find a list at: https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/student-careers/events-and-workshops

2. Do you receive the Careers and Employability e-newsletter?

We run 150+ events and activities each year to help you make a living doing what you love. To be the first to hear about these events, subscribe to the newsletter now

I have signed up: Yes / No

3. How did you hear of the Mead Final Project Award? (tick all relevant boxes):

Please tell us how you heard about this award:

Moodle course homepage

Moodle message to my email

Careers & Employability social media - (please circle all that apply):

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram

Poster / flyer (which College site did you see it?)

Digital screen (please say where)

A fellow student told me

UAL e-bulletin / newsletter (please say which)

Careers and Employability newsletter

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My course leader / tutor

Academic support

Member of Careers and Employability team

Attended a talk about this award at LCC

Attended a talk about this award at High Holborn

From a student advisor

From counselling / disability team

Other (say where)

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