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COLBAYNS MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL - ULTRALAB INVOLVED IN BID FOR SPECIALIST STATUS

2005-01-20

Today I visited Colbayns High School in Clacton, a school with an impressive management team keen to drive the school forward to become the best Media Arts specialist school in the UK.

Today I visited Colbayns High School in Clacton, a school with an impressive management team keen to drive the school forward to become the best Media Arts specialist school in the UK. COLBAYNS SCHOOL DRIVES CREATIVITY FORWARD IN CLACTON Colbayns High School in Clacton is applying nationally for 'Media Arts' status. This new specialist status will mean innovative and exciting changes to the school and the local community and will allow Colbayns to provide an environment for young people which enables them to make creative use of new and emerging technologies, as these become more integrated into the curriculum. The school is already very well known for its strong 'Media Arts' department and has worked with the Ultralab (1990-2006) Research Centre on projects with BAFTA, at the BETT Education Show and on various international projects. Phil Langshaw, Head of the Creative and Media Arts Faculty, commented that becoming a digital media arts college will make Colbayns School a centre for excellence in video, radio, television, animation, photography, and generic applications of ICT for learning in the school which will raise standards and give students skills with a real value in the w…

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