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“why should be the first question, and the first to be answered”
Brent has extensive experience of teaching across a wide range of visual communication courses at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level built up over an extensive career, a career that has also been very closely linked to his industry and entrepreneurial experiences. Indeed, it is this very real-world experience that is the cornerstone of his vocational approach to education.
Brent is the Head of Department for the Art & Music department and sits on the Academic Leadership Team for the university, and so is responsible for overseeing the operational running of the university’s creative courses within the arts, design, fashion music, performance and interior design provision at the university, as well as such outward facing projects as RE:SO. He is the department’s Strategic Lead for Internationalisation and so has oversight of the department’s operations for recruitment & student/staff exchange programs across Europe and the Far East, as well as the department’s franchised courses in Portugal, China and India.
He has over 25 years of teaching experience across a range of creative undergraduate and postgraduate courses both here in the UK and internationally; this combined with extensive industry knowledge accumulated over a 25-year career in the creative sector has been used to deliver a both vocational and meaningful student experience. Leading to innovative curriculum transformation for courses, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
Brent is an experienced External Examiner, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an artist, creative director, and practice-based-research scholar.
As a visual commentator with a particular bias towards branding and entrepreneurial skills Brent is a well-regarded speaker, UK and internationally
- Visiting Lecturer to Norway, postgraduate & undergraduate, The Norwegian Academy of Music, KUC & UiA (ERASMUS) – 2016 – present
- Conference Key Speaker, 'Creative Entrepreneurship.' West University Timisoara - 2023
- Visiting Lecturer to ECF (European Creative Futures), Utrecht 2019 (ERASMUS)
- Visiting Lecturer to Skola Michael, Prague, Czech Republic 2018
- Visiting Lecturer to SIT Shanghai Institute of Technology, China – 2018 & 19
- Visiting Lecturer at Fête de l'animation de Lille, France - 2015
- Visiting Lecturer at MOTYF 2014, Poland - 2014
- Visiting Lecturer at Breda Overlooked, Holland part of the VIVID project (ERASMUS) - 2014
The Department of Art & Music, Southampton Solent University
BA (Hons) Graphic design
BA (Hons) Photography
BA (Hons) Fine Art
BA (Hons) Illustration
BA (Hons) Fashion Management with Marketing
BA (Hons) Fashion Media
BA (Hons) Beauty Promotion
BA (Hons) Fashion Styling & Creative Direction
BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
BA (Hons) Fashion
BA (Hons)Make Up and Hair Design
BA (Hons) Prosthetics and Special Effects Design
BA (Hons) Music Business
BA (Hons) Acting & Performance
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre
BA (Hons) Digital Music
BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance
BSc
(Hons) Popular Music Production
BA (Hons) Popular Music Performance & Production
MA Creative Direction for Fashion and Beauty
MA Make-up & Hair Design Futures
MA Visual Communication
Design & Art Foundation Course
Music Foundation Course
Online Video Resources
Portfolio preparation, Art and Design - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - Branding, an introduction - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - Branding and you - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - What is marketing? - click to view
Utalks.Boundaryless
The Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy in Moscow delivers programmes designed by the British Council, this was an interview that I gave based on branding - click to view
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