Proposal and UAL student guidelines

Proposal

In producing the project proposal, and in preparing for the project realisation you should familiarise
yourself with Unit 13 of the qualification.

In particular you should understand the assessment and grading criteria which will be used to
determine standards of achievement. (These can be found in the handout given, on THCVibe or at
http://www.arts.ac.uk/media/arts/about-ual/ual-awarding-body/documents/specs-statements-and-
letters/cmpt/l3-cmpt/Digital_L3-Creative-Media-specification-v7.pdf)

Unit 13 requires you to produce a project proposal of about 500 words, excluding the project action
plan and bibliography. Project proposals should not be so succinct that they do not address the
requirements listed below, nor should they be excessively long and unfocused.

Your project proposal should be sufficiently challenging to ensure you have the best possible chance
of meeting the grading criteria.

Your project proposal should include

 Centre name and number (The Henley College and 62441)

 Student name and number
 Project proposal title and date
 Main area of activity/pathway, (e.g. lm, TV, games design, app design).

The project proposal must be word processed and presented under the headings listed here.

Rationale Project Concept Evaluation

(approx 150 words) (approx 200 words) (approx 150 words)

This section provides an This section provides an

This section provides you with an
opportunity for you to clearly opportunity for you to explain
opportunity to reflect on, review
explain the concept and aims of how you will reflect on and
and summarise your progress
your project, production or evaluate your work, as both an
and achievements through the
performance and the research ongoing activity and at the
first 12 units of the qualification.
and ideas that will support its conclusion of your project.
You should outline the
development. What you You should describe how you
knowledge, skills and
anticipate producing, the levels intend to record your decision-
understanding you have
and types of resources that you making and how you will
acquired. What you know now,
will need and an indication of document changes to your
and what it means to you,
the form in which you will ideas as your work progresses.
compared with what you knew
complete and present your final The evaluation should be
and could do before you started
realisation within the allocated referenced to your stated aims
the course, and how this has
timescale. and be reflective and analytical
influenced your choice of
rather than a description of
discipline or disciplines and your
This might include an indication actions completed. When
project proposal. It also provides
of when and how you will use working in collaboration with
an opportunity for you to explain
studios, equipment and other others you should comment on
your reasons for choosing a
resources, how you will make how this may impact either
particular discipline or disciplines
use of tutorial and peer positively or negatively and
and to outline both your
feedback and where you will steps you can take to minimise
immediate and longer-term
incorporate independent study disruption in your own progress.
aspirations
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Evaluation
(approx 150 words)
This section provides an
opportunity for you to explain
how you will reflect on and
evaluate your work, as both an
ongoing activity and at the
conclusion of your project.
You should describe how you
intend to record your decision-
making and how you will
document changes to your
ideas as your work progresses.
The evaluation should be
referenced to your stated aims
and be reflective and analytical
rather than a description of
actions completed. When
working in collaboration with
others you should comment on
how this may impact either
positively or negatively and
steps you can take to minimise
disruption in your own progress
 This work will be the first piece on your new website
 Make sure this work is watermarked and designed in line with the rest of your
production
 Save as a PDF and upload to the main tab of your new website
 Email it to your marking teacher
Project action plan and Proposed research sources and
timetable bibliography (Harvard Format)
This section provides you
with an opportunity to outline
your planning and organisation
This section provides an
over a period of weeks and the
opportunity to record the initial
activities you will need to carry
research sources, both primary
out in order to successfully
and secondary, that you intend
complete your project in the
to use.
agreed time frame. The more
time and thought you give to
Your sources of research should
planning your project the more
be as wide as possible and
successful it is likely to be. It is
could include libraries, galleries,
important that you consider how
books, magazines, films,
you will balance ambition, time
computer games, websites,
and realism in the realisation of
blogs, social media, radio
the project. You should also
programmes, archive material
include what you are going to
etc.
do, how you will do it and by
when. Remember to include:
Where appropriate, you should
time spent sourcing materials
use the Harvard system of
and other resources to conduct
referencing. The bibliography
research, seek feedback from
should be continuously updated
tutors and peers, and identify
as the project progresses.
when you will carry out
independent study.