Creative Graduates – Creative Futures

Creative Graduates – Creative Futures was launched on 1st September 2008. As a graduate, you may receive a copy of the survey form through the post, however you can also take part now:

Make sure you have your say!

This study is the largest ever to be undertaken into the career patterns of creative graduates – from both the UK and overseas – and will provide much-needed information that will lead to change in policy and practice.

You may be contacted through social and professional networks, through industry magazines and newspapers, through Alumni associations and directly from your university or college. We need you to tell us about your experiences during your course and your time since graduating.

Each and every reply is important and will make a difference. Each graduate completing the survey has the opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win one of 20 prizes of high street vouchers from a fund of £3,000. The top prize is £1,000 of vouchers. In addition, for every completed survey, 50p will be donated to one of three charities – you can choose which one of these your 50p goes to:

Art for Refugess in Transition: a charity that provides curriculum and training programmes to engage children and adults in refugee communities in visual, performing and creative arts drawn from their own cultures to help them recover from the trauma, terror and dislocation of war.
Marie Curie Cancer Care: a charity that provides free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes; provides free hospice based specialist support to people with cancer and other illnesses; and undertakes research into the causes of and treatments for cancer and research into palliative care to find ways to improve the care of those affected by life-limiting illnesses.
UNICEF: an international charity working to support and protect children affected by war, natural disasters, exploitation and HIV/AIDS. The charity works with families, local communities, partners and governments in 191 countries to provide health care, nutrition and education.

The prize draw will take place when the survey closes at the end of November 2008 and the winners will be contacted by the research team by phone or email. Details of the winners and of the total donations made to each of the charities will be posted on the website in December 2008.

Details from the findings of the survey will also be posted on the website early in the new year, although no individuals will be identified. Please come back and visit to see what everyone said.

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the project graduates the survey for partners newsletters career stories contacts newsfeeds	Creative Graduates – Creative Futures Creative Graduates – Creative Futures was launched on 1st September 2008. As a graduate, you may receive a copy of the survey form through the post, however you can also take part now: fill the survey in online download the survey form here (PDF) and then return it for free to: Employment Research, SEA 1044, FREEPOST, PO Box 2106, Hove, East Sussex BN3 5ZB download a large print version here (PDF) and then return it for free to:Employment Research, SEA 1044, FREEPOST, PO Box 2106, Hove, East Sussex BN3 5ZB email the lead researcher or phone on 01273 873641, so they can take your responses to the questions directly. Make sure you have your say! This study is the largest ever to be undertaken into the career patterns of creative graduates – from both the UK and overseas – and will provide much-needed information that will lead to change in policy and practice. It will give the real story of graduate careers and help students and prospective students make decisions about their future. It will show the contribution graduates make to the UK economy and wider society – the skills and abilities they bring to all situations. It will identify the most useful and valued aspects of the HE experience to inform curriculum development and careers advice within HE. The call is going out to first degree and foundation degree graduates who graduated in either 2002, 2003 or 2004 from practice-based Courses targeted include: fine art practice, applied arts and crafts, fashion and textiles, 3-D design, graphic design, promotion and illustration, multi-media, inter-active and electronic design, visual communication, media production, and any other inter-disciplinary art and design coursearts, design, craft and media courses. You may be contacted through social and professional networks, through industry magazines and newspapers, through Alumni associations and directly from your university or college. We need you to tell us about your experiences during your course and your time since graduating. Each and every reply is important and will make a difference. Each graduate completing the survey has the opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win one of 20 prizes of high street vouchers from a fund of £3,000. The top prize is £1,000 of vouchers. In addition, for every completed survey, 50p will be donated to one of three charities – you can choose which one of these your 50p goes to: Art for Refugess in Transition: a charity that provides curriculum and training programmes to engage children and adults in refugee communities in visual, performing and creative arts drawn from their own cultures to help them recover from the trauma, terror and dislocation of war. Marie Curie Cancer Care: a charity that provides free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes; provides free hospice based specialist support to people with cancer and other illnesses; and undertakes research into the causes of and treatments for cancer and research into palliative care to find ways to improve the care of those affected by life-limiting illnesses. UNICEF: an international charity working to support and protect children affected by war, natural disasters, exploitation and HIV/AIDS. The charity works with families, local communities, partners and governments in 191 countries to provide health care, nutrition and education. The prize draw will take place when the survey closes at the end of November 2008 and the winners will be contacted by the research team by phone or email. Details of the winners and of the total donations made to each of the charities will be posted on the website in December 2008. Details from the findings of the survey will also be posted on the website early in the new year, although no individuals will be identified. Please come back and visit to see what everyone said. click here if you are a graduate: we need you! partner higher education institutions more background to the project career stories top of page
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