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Action points from last tutorial:

Following a conversation on the phone Shaan and I have arranged a meeting to talk about the below points. Discussions between my self and Shaan have been focused on attendance. There is also an outstanding unit that we need to look at.

Aims/objectives & Issues raised:

Progress With regard to the outstanding Unit 6 I have explained to Shaan that he has not technically passed the first year. A prolonged period of sickness has stopped Shaan attending this semester. Shaan has had a lot of personal difficulties at home and socially, involving repeated attacks on his brother, which have impacted on his family causing his father to become ill and putting pressure on Shaan to look after his family. My concern now is how Shaan can complete a very large amount of work in a very short time with the pressures discussed. I have discussed Exceptional Factors with Shaan and he feels that is not going to help, but I have provided the link below so that he can reconsider this. Exceptional Factors: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/sas/studentservices/guidance/ Actions Units: No work was present during this tutorial. Actions are in order of priority (remember to go back to the Briefing Sheets): 1.     Unit 6: Finish this ASAP 2.     Unit 7: Student Awards. Shaan has been working on the Tree Hugger brief. He feels he is not very far with it. Work out what your Museum and who it is aimed at, then you can work on the logo. Go and visit a museum - take pictures, collect leaflets, look at signage. 3.     Unit 8: Shaan has his blog in place but will need to organize it following the structure as emailed. Shaan has the document. I have suggested to Shaan that he just concentrate on the personal blogger section. 4.     Unit 7: Drinks. Shaan feels he is doing OK with the project and we have discussed his progress. No work was present but we have discussed the deliverables. 5.     100% attendance from this point on. Please notify your relevant tutor by 9:45 wherever possible of any absence. Considering the circumstances I have advised Shaan to get as much work completed as possible for the deadline below, but we may consider submitting late, with an aim to reach a pass within 10 working days. Shaan has all the relevant documents discussed to continue with the work above.

Action points from last tutorial:

1.     Unit 6: Submitted passed 2.     Unit 7: Submitted passed 3.     Unit 8: Submitted Not passed – Resubmit in September 4.     100% attendance from this point on - Achieved

Aims/objectives & Issues raised:

Progress Following a discussion we have established that: ·         You have not put in through UCAS – which limits your options for progressing your study ·         Your current grade average is not high enough for the internal BA top up course ·         You will need to work on your unit 8 for resubmission in September ·         A request for a Next Step interview is in place and I will notify you ASAP on the time and date for that Guidance for Resubmission of unit 8 – focusing on Semester Diary Mark Brown visit x 2 / Parker Pen exercise / Purpose visit / Roses Briefs arriving / Presentation for Soft Drink / Presentation for Industry Contacts / Pricing and planning work / Rebrand exercise…. Unit 9 There was a collection of areas that needed developing in your initial presentation. You have addressed most of the above your project plan to an adequate level. 1.     Write up notes from tutorial 2.     Develop research into a collection of areas as per your plan Sketchbook shows note taking, planning and prepping for the start of your project and areas for research. It should by now evidence research that you have carried out and start to evidence direction from that research. Unit 10 1.     Statement of Intent / Ideas for essay – Write out all discussions and ideas from last week. Idea about brands past current and future is working well in connection with Unit 9 2.     Records of readings – Take pictures put into research blog page. 3.     In blog set up pages for – CV & Portfolio / End of Year Show / Research – Done (and CV plus portfolio have been developed) Actions Unit 10: Point 1 & 2 Unit 9:  Point 1 & 2