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Creative Conversations: Play Therapy and Documentary Filmmaking

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 Creative Conversations 

Play Therapy and Documentary Filmmaking.
Open to all Fair Access Students, RCS Staff and Students

Fair Access are running an exciting new series of Fair Access Creative Conversations focused on Community Arts in Scotland. Come along to one, or to the whole series to find out more about Community Arts in Scotland.

Play Therapy with Izzy Joss

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Our first Creative Conversation features from Izzi Joss who will be speaking about Play Therapy. Izzi is a freelance actor, creative collaborator and drama facilitator with over 20 years experience in this field. 

Young woman with bobbed dark hair, smiling in front of a video camera

Documentary Filmmaking with Bircan Birol

Our second Creative Conversation features filmmaker Bircan Birol. Bircan is a Glasgow-based non-fiction filmmaker/artist who will be speaking about the importance of self-representation and working ethically with diverse communities. Bircan will be talking about creative documentaries and how they go beyond usual TV and factual work. She’ll touch on finding your own way, style, and voice in the world of non-fiction filmmaking.

 Contact Us 

If you have any questions about these activities please get in touch with us at: fairaccess@rcs.ac.uk

Arts with Community Discovery Sessions

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 Arts with Community 

Discovery Sessions Online and In-person

BA Arts with Community is a three-year degree programme for artists who want to explore performing and/or production arts in community contexts.

Whether you are a performer, writer, musician, dancer, storyteller, production artist or filmmaker, this programme will encourage you to develop your own artform, facilitation practice and voice, as a socially engaged practitioner.

The BA Arts with Community team is happy to bring you a small series of free discovery sessions. These sessions will:

  • give you time to meet us and ask questions 
  • provide more information about the course
  • facilitate discussions around community engagement

Discovery Sessions will take place from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on the following dates:

Wednesday 23 October
Location: RCS		 Wednesday 30 October
Location: Online
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Wednesday 13 November
Location: RCS		 Thursday 21 November
Location: Online
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Thursday 5 December
Location: RCS		 Tuesday 7 January
Location: Online

Once you have submitted the form below, the recruitment team will be in touch with more information about the sessions.

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Some sessions take place online to allow people further afield to join without needing to travel to Glasgow. Sessions taking place in person will be at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 

Application Deadlines

If you are planning to apply for the BA Arts with Community degree please ensure you have applied by Wednesday 29 January 2025 to ensure a guaranteed audition. Applications are made via UCAS Conservatoires. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries, please get in touch with fairaccess@rcs.ac.uk

Group Coaching Session

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 Group Coaching Session 

Wednesday 13 November, 6pm – 7:30pm at RCS

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As part of your compulsory Transitions activity, we invite Transitions Students to attend a group coaching session.

This session will be led by Fair Access coaches and offers a fun practical workshop to help identify goals you would like to work on. It’s an opportunity to take part in small group activities that will provide time to reflect on your learning journey and decide on actions you can take to develop important life skills.

You can also request a One-to-One coaching session by completing this form. Contact transitions@rcs.ac.uk if you have any questions or queries.

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Parent and Carer Forum

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 Parent and Carer Forum 

Join us at RCS and/or Online

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Transitions is pleased to announce our round of Parent and Carer Forums, which gives us the chance to meet and chat together. It’s a great opportunity for us all to build relationships, share experiences, and generate great ideas for helping our young people.

As the Fair Access team and the work we do are in a period of transformation we are especially keen to involve you in discussions about the future direction of Fair Access.

IN PERSON ONLINE
When: Thursday 14 November
Times: 6pm – 8pm
Where: Conference Room
Renfrew Street
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland		 When: Thursday 20 February 2025
Times: 6pm – 8pm
Where: Online
Please email transitions@rcs.ac.uk
for the meeting link

You can attend one or both sessions, we’d love to see you there. Please RSVP to transitions@rcs.ac.uk to let us know if you can attend.

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Performance Trips: Term One

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 Transitions Performance Trips 

Term One Activity, Sign Up Now!

Transitions are delighted to let you know that booking for our performance trips for term one are now open!

Attending performances is a great opportunity to be in the building and experience the talent and diversity at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. It’s also a good way to get an understanding of the standard expected in Conservatoire level training. Attending a performance trip in Term 1 is a compulsory part of your programme. 

Read about the available performances by clicking the pictures below to take you to the websites for more information. Then use this form to let us know which performance you are interested in seeing the most. Where possible we will give you your first choice of performance trip.

There will also be a follow up activity or review to complete as part of this activity.
Future reminders:
Add details of these events to your calendar or diaries but you can also check the dates at any time on our online calendar.

Fair Access Community Choir

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 Fair Access Community Choir 

Wednesday Evenings, 6 – 7:30pm at RCS

Woman singing with words: Fair Access Community Choir

We’re excited to invite you to our new, weekly Fair Access Community Choir, here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland led by Anna Ghazal.

Anna is a community choir leader who conducts choirs in Glasgow, including the RSNO Workplace and Buggy Choirs. As the Creative Learning Producer at the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), she focuses on making music accessible and inclusive. 

The Fair Access Community Choir is open to all current and past Fair Access students and staff. This includes Get Into, WACI and Transitions participants and their families and support networks.

All levels and voices are encouraged to join. No previous singing experience is required. There’s no audition and no pressure to attend every week. 

You will experience sight reading and build general musicianship skills so this will be useful for instrumentalists, for musical theatre and those interested in teaching as well as fun, social and healthy. 
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Please note: Under 13s must be accompanied by an adult.

Fair Access prioritise those facing barriers in accessing the arts such as those who are:

Get in touch and we can check your postcode for you. 

How to Contact Us

If you have an queries or questions about this activity, you can contact the team at: 📧 fairaccess@rcs.ac.uk

Fair Access Fair Access Expo: Community and Applied Arts Practice

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 Fair Access Expo: 

 Community and Applied Arts Practice 

Friday 7 June, 10-3:30pm at The Boardwalk, Glasgow G1 1TF

Are you aged 16 – 25 and want to use your creativity to ask questions, share stories and make change? Do you think the arts can change people’s minds, opinions and lives? Are you interested in building leadership and facilitation skills? If the answer is yes, come along to find out more about Community and Applied Arts Practice at our Fair Access Expo.

At this exciting all-day event, we’re inviting you to join practical sessions with experienced community artists to:

  • Make Theatre
  • Get Moving
  • Make Music
  • Tell a Story

They’ll share their skills and show you how they work creatively with a range of communities. Come and learn about the stories that matter.

What is Community Arts Practice? 

It’s a springboard to careers in teaching, directing, performance making, youth work, community music, arts in health and wellbeing, community education, play work, arts funding, creative learning in arts and cultural organisations and so much more.

How to register

*Booking Now Closed*

Who can attend

Fair Access prioritise places for young people aged 16 – 25 who are facing barriers in accessing the arts and who meet one or more of the following criteria:

Get in touch if you have any questions or need us to check a postcode for you.

If you are a young person living very rurally (e.g. on an island) you may also be eligible. Please get in touch with us and we will let you know if you can apply.

Note to teachers

If you are a teacher, we encourage you to attend this opportunity with your pupils. If you cannot attend, we ask that either an alternative member of staff accompanies the group, or that the students are passed on the booking link in order to book themselves a place. This will enable us to collect the details we require from the young people attending to be able to run the event effectively.

Contact WACI for More Information

You can contact the team at waci@rcs.ac.uk

SAAS Update for Care Experienced and Estranged Students

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 SAAS UPDATE 

For Care Experienced and Estranged Students

SAAS has updated information about support for care experienced and estranged students. If you are care experienced or estranged, make sure you check out their specific grants.

Care Experienced Students can now apply for a Special Support Loan of £2,400 over and above their main undergraduate funding package (bit.ly/saas-cee-update) There is also a summer accommodation grant available – Care Experienced Summer Accommodation Grant of £1330 (for formal accommodation costs) and £665 (for informal accommodation costs). Estranged Student funding for 24/25 will have an additional £2,400 uplift.

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Coaching Sessions for Early 2024

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 Coaching 1-1 Sessions 

January to May 2024

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What is coaching? 

Coaching involves structured conversation which aims to help you work through challenges, set goals and go on a journey of self-discovery. It can be especially useful during times of transition and change. 

The details: 

  • sessions are 45 minutes long 
  • you can take part in up to 5 sessions between January and May 2024 
  • you can meet your coach weekly, fortnightly or monthly depending on what is most useful to you 
  • there is the option to meet your coach online or face-to-face 
  • sessions may be available at various times during the weekdays, evenings or weekends

What is Coaching Like?

Here you can watch a series of videos featuring Transitions students on Vimeo talking about the benefits and what coaching sessions are like.

* Applications now closed *

Deadline to sign up:

16 December

Find out more

Check your emails or contact the team for more information at: transitions@rcs.ac.uk