Photography at Sheffield College what a joke

Enrolment for the NCFE 1-2 in Digital photography was 2pm until 7pm. I arrived at 2:10pm to be told the digital course was full. In 10 minutes They said they had a big queues so there started a bit early. I can't see the point of a course that only a very few have any chance of getting on. I then looked at introduction to photography but that was at Hillsborough and if Norton where already full after 10 mins i didn't think i had much chance. I phoned them and they said it wasn't intro to photography anymore they had changed it Its now a GCSE. They couldn't tell me much but said it should cover everything the NCFE covered. My problem is i have very little interest in darkroom stuff. I'm more interested in basic photography and digital work. I've signed up but i hope it covers what i wanted and isn't too stuffy and exam driven.

Sheffield college are crap. Anyone else had problems? Will the GCSE cover what i want to do?

i was at in the same queue, i think 14 registered (4 rolled over from last year which made the 18 limit) and i was 17th in line. i "let" the lady after me go on the waiting list for the digi, and i enrolled in the traditional course ( i've still got a canon film slr).

in fairness i arrived @ 1.20 and was behind a shed load of others who all wanted the same course.

it was a nightmare.

if you want basic/practical advice, visit http://www.goingdigital.co.uk , Jan runs small courses which are very good.

There is a similar course on the Open University (Code T189) This is a 10 week course that is all online.

It's 15 years since I did my GCSE photography so it will probably have changed a lot since then. A digital photograph was more likely to be a picture of a casio "calculator and watch"

But back then it was very darkroom-orientated.

I attended GCSE Photography at Hillsborough. I really enjoyed the course. Enrollment was a bit of a nightmare.

Enrolment for the NCFE 1-2 in Digital photography was 2pm until 7pm. I arrived at 2:10pm to be told the digital course was full. In 10 minutes They said they had a big queues so there started a bit early. I can't see the point of a course that only a very few have any chance of getting on. I then looked at introduction to photography but that was at Hillsborough and if Norton where already full after 10 mins i didn't think i had much chance. I phoned them and they said it wasn't intro to photography anymore they had changed it Its now a GCSE. They couldn't tell me much but said it should cover everything the NCFE covered. My problem is i have very little interest in darkroom stuff. I'm more interested in basic photography and digital work. I've signed up but i hope it covers what i wanted and isn't too stuffy and exam driven.

 

Sheffield college are crap. Anyone else had problems? Will the GCSE cover what i want to do?

I can't see the point of a course that only a very few have any chance of getting on.

Enrolment for the NCFE 1-2 in Digital photography was 2pm until 7pm. I arrived at 2:10pm to be told the digital course was full. In 10 minutes They said they had a big queues so there started a bit early. I can't see the point of a course that only a very few have any chance of getting on. I then looked at introduction to photography but that was at Hillsborough and if Norton where already full after 10 mins i didn't think i had much chance. I phoned them and they said it wasn't intro to photography anymore they had changed it Its now a GCSE. They couldn't tell me much but said it should cover everything the NCFE covered. My problem is i have very little interest in darkroom stuff. I'm more interested in basic photography and digital work. I've signed up but i hope it covers what i wanted and isn't too stuffy and exam driven.

 

Sheffield college are crap. Anyone else had problems? Will the GCSE cover what i want to do?

What are you royalty calm down! If the sheff college course does'nt meet your "expectations" then look elsewhere!

Has anyone noticed when this thread was started! i did'nt till just now whats that all about!