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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Production Arts and Design So I was very much struggling in art. It got to a point where I nearly quit art because I wasn't doing very well in it. Before Portfolio Oomph, I couldn't really do anything ‘properly’....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  DJCAD General Foundation Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph, the lowest points for me were constantly applying to DJCAD General Foundation and each time that I applied just I would get lower and lower points. And I often found that while the feedback did...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Edinburgh College of Art Fine Art Mum Keren Molly was quite frustrated and upset last year when she didn't get her place at art school that she was hoping for. And I could see that she completely lost her mojo. And I think for...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]As the school exam results were out here in Scotland last week I wanted to talk about the subject of engaging with support in the form of an art tutor. We all like to think that our young people are receiving everything that they need from school. However, our personal experience this year has...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Knowledge is key and this student case study demonstrates to you how to get into art school relies on making a well-informed application with strong guidance and support." font_container="tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:2" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]“I'm very glad I contacted Julie, without her I wouldn't be preparing to go to Uni this year!" In September Kirsty contacted me...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Glasgow School of Art Textile Design Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph I really struggled with trying to discover what portfolio like a portfolio was asking of me. I needed to make a portfolio but I didn't exactly know what I was supposed to put...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the best schools in UK are announced every year and the school league tables are published my heart sinks. 🧡 For the schools. 🧡 For the kids. 🧡 For the parents. 🧡 For the teachers. The Scottish school league table 2023. Full list of the "best-performing" high schools in Scotland (google search for best schools in UK). The...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Yesterday I finally made it to see Grayson Perry's exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, 'Smash Hits'. Perry is an artist that I've admired for years - his work and approach to art is very much celebrated in my portfolio preparation course and my own ethos around creativity. The project that students study...