Overview
Roland Dry has over 20 years of experience as an educator, working in both higher and further education settings. In this time, Roland has utilised a wide range of approaches to provide high quality teaching in addition to developing and refining course systems and curriculum. In his former role in further education Roland, contributed to the Foundation Diploma at the AUB being awarded overall “Outstanding” grades by Ofsted on three separate occasions.
As an Illustrator, Roland has diverse interests in image making and illustration practices. He has worked for a range of clients responding to many types of briefs. Clients include BBC, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Mantra Lingua, A and C Black, Bloomsbury, Scholastic and the Diocese of Gloucester.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- MA Sequential Design/Illustration (Brighton University)
- BA (Hons) Illustration (Falmouth College of Arts – now Falmouth University)
Teaching Qualification
- PGCE (Higher Education) (Arts Institute Bournemouth – now Arts University Bournemouth)
Teaching
I am a Senior Lecturer, teaching on the BA (Hons) Illustration course at the AUB. Within my role, I teach on different course units at different levels. I have wide ranging interests in both the subject of illustration and how the dynamics of the teaching space can be used to facilitate knowledge transfer and the broader development of learners. Extensive former experience of teaching and managing in further education as a progression leader (and before this as a pathway leader), has provided me with broad oversite of many aspects of teaching and educational systems. Regarding further education teaching provision, I was interviewed for the book 15 Methods 20 Questions by Q Art.
In addition to teaching at the AUB, I have previously taught as a visiting lecturer/tutor on illustration degree courses at the University of Plymouth and the University of the West of England.
Professional Engagement
Selected published materials:
- My First Book of London (updated Second Edition), Bloomsbury, 2018
- 15 Methods 20 Questions Book Q Art (interviewed for publication), 2014
- Lent Board Game Diocese of Gloucester, 2011
- The Monkey King's Sacrifice, BBC, 2011
- Growing with Grandad, BBC, 2011
- My First Book of London, A and C Black, 2011
- Tom and the Tomango Tree in Story Fun for Movers, Cambridge University Press, 2010
- Ben’s Wishes in Story Fun for Flyers, Cambridge University Press, 2010
- Big Nose and the Storm Maker in Story Fun for Flyers, Cambridge University Press, 2010
- Obey the Law (joint credits), McGraw Hill Wright Group, 2009
- Aladdin Exercise Book, Oxford University Press, 2003
- Aladdin, Oxford University Press 2003
- The Pied Piper, Mantra Lingua 2002
Awards and Prizes
Notable awards/prizes
- AHRC Scholarship
Memberships
Advance HE Membership
- Fellow (FHEA)