Hello, my name is Eleanor Rockett (real surname I promise!)
My first experience of UAL was as an MA Design Management Student at LCF in 2019 – this was quite a drastic change from my undergraduate degree in Law in many ways. Not only the culture shock of moving from the ‘Ocean City’ of Plymouth where I surfed at the weekends to a campus in the centre of Oxford Street… but also shifting my brain from case law, memorising and 3-hour exams to design thinking, creative development and collaborative projects. I’m looking forward to the 5th May 2022 where I’ll be able to join my 2019 classmates to graduate, only 3 years late – thanks Covid!
I do a couple of different things at UAL so here’s a little introduction:
- IP Education – The core of my work is as the Intellectual Property Educator at UAL working across all six colleges to embed IP thinking in the practice of students and staff. Our tiny team of two is situated within the Careers and Employability department. I work on IP education for three days per week and began this role in February 2021.
- Design Management – On my other two days a week I work as an Associate Lecturer at LCF within the Fashion Business School. As a graduate of MA Fashion Design Management most of my AL hours are focused on this course, teaching business model design, research methods and fashion innovation.
If two jobs weren’t enough for one person, I thought I’d add a few more things into my week. Alongside my work at UAL I run a fashion business consultancy called Rockett Fashion where I work with emerging designers to support their business development and operations.
I’ve chosen to undertake the PGCert in Academic Practice as developing my teaching practice will support each of the three stands of my ever evolving career. Although I’m relatively new to the university (unless you count recently being a student!) I would like to focus on furthering my professional development, meeting new people at UAL and crafting space in my week to spend time on further scoping out IP thinking.
