Programme for 2013 online now!

05/04/2013

So it is here - the programme for Festival 2013! Just click on the PDF document on the left of the page to see all that this year's Festival has in store. You'll find a kaleidoscope of events for every age and taste. The full programme will be available to buy from Reception for £3 + p&p in a couple of weeks. And nice glossy versions of this PDF will be for sale at £1 + p&p too - or you can wait til Festival and buy them then. Now start telling everyone what you're looking forward to most! Don't forget to tweet about it if you are on Twitter. You cand find us @clifffest13.

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NEW PART-TIME DIPLOMA COURSE in Creative Arts Mission & Ministry!

28/03/2013

Subject to final approval by The University of Manchester, the college are launching a new part-time undergraduate diploma course in Creative Arts Mission and Ministry to begin later in 2013. This diploma will add to the undergraduate diplomas in Mission and Ministry that we already run in Children, Youth and Third Age vocational ministry and is to be delivered for the first time this autumn. Could you be one of the first students on this highly creative course which is focussed at those working in the creative arts or who have a passion for using the creative arts within the Christian framework? The teaching is offered through a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops, group tutorials and individual learning. As part of the diploma students will be creating art.

Successful completion of the Creative Arts Mission and Ministry diploma course allows progression to the BA (Hons) in Mission and Ministry.

Teaching on the course will be offered through five week-long residential teaching units based here at the college, and spread over two years (for dates see below), supported by supervised distance learning.

THEMES AND DATES

Unit 1	Theology, Culture and Art	Nov 2013
Unit 2	Issues facing artists	March 2014
Unit 3 (&6)	Performance, Exhibition and Display (3 days in Yr1: Research & development 2 days in Yr2: Assessment)	April 2014 April 2015
Unit 4	Mission, Evangelism and Art	Nov 2014
Unit 5	Creativity, Spirituality and The Church	March 2015

The Programme Leader for all the part-time undergraduate courses is Ian White MA, PGDip. Other faculty will include Dr Ben Pugh, former professional artist and a number of other adjunct tutors who are specialists in their chosen area of art will be drawn into the course delivery.

The contact for all information on this new course is the Academic Registrar, 01246 584202, admissions@cliffcollege.ac.uk

Is this course for you? 'Yes!' - if you have an interest in the creative arts, and are seeking to use them for God. Why not come and join us here at Cliff this autumn?

Or, maybe consider attending the Christian Arts Mission & Ministry focussed Taster Day on 13th March 2014? (click here for details on this and other Open Days)

 

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Aurora training partnership

15/03/2013

 

Aurora training partnership; The Diocese of Sheffield and the YMCA

Cliff College are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Diocese of Sheffield for the delivery of the new Aurora training courses (www.auroratraining.org.uk).

Aurora Children is the new name for the Children's Ministry Course which the Diocesan Children's Officer, Jenny Lambourne, has been running for a number of years and Aurora Youth is run by Director of Youth Ministries, Mike North and Jon Buckley from the YMCA. The Aurora courses will begin in September 2013. They are ecumenical courses run by the Diocese of Sheffield with external support from Programme Leader and Lecturer in Children's and Youth Ministry, Ian White from Cliff College.

Both courses are joining up with Cliff College to offer students the chance to obtain not only a Bishop's Certificate but also Cliff College Certificates in Youth or Children's Ministry. Students will be able to take advantage of the invitation to use Cliff College for two full day training sessions and benefit from other Cliff College lecturers.

Mike North: "We are very excited about this partnership as we believe Cliff College provides students with access to valuable resources and on-going training options."

Ian White: “We at Cliff College feel that these are significant courses working at local level in the South Yorkshire region. We encourage children’s and youth workers to step forward into this great training opportunity, which will lead onto even deeper ministry.”

Cliff College hopes that this partnership will lead to even more children’s and youth workers graduating onto the validated part-time diploma and BA courses in Children’s and Youth Ministry.

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