Advice For Students

Our ‘Graduate & Student’ category contains a variety of blog posts covering everything from degree show preparation to web design interview advice.

CV writing advice for web design & creative students

In this week’s video blog Joel and I share 10 great tips for writing and designing a creative CV. The tutorial concludes with some examples of Web Designers CVs. Continue reading

What’s the difference between a Web Designer and a Developer?

In this week’s web design video blog, Nick and James give their opinions on the difference between web designers and a web developers. Continue reading

Web Design Interview tips, questions & advice

In this week’s video blog, Nick and I share our tips and advice for web design interviews. In the video we also cover some of the common questions that you can expect to be asked. Continue reading

Top Resources for Learning Website Design

Any experienced Web Designer will tell you that the best method of learning website design is simply practice. We take a look at some of the best tutorial websites for web designer beginners. Continue reading

How to become a Web Designer

In this week’s web design video blog, Nick and James talk about how you can become a web designer and the various routes that you can take in both education and from self-training. Continue reading

Top 10 Skills for Web Designers

Michael Angrave of Creare looks into his top 10 recommended skills for the very latest in website design. Covering all angles from design to development, and management . . . Continue reading

Getting to know the ‘CSS Box Model’

Michael Angrave looks into the CSS Box model in order to ensure that your understanding of even the basics of website design are clear. Read more to find out how the Box Model works, and what are the drawbacks? Continue reading

5 important website design expectations

In this simple blog, we take a look at certain preconceptions that web users tend to have about websites. We look at some of the most common things from the website’s logo clicking back to the homepage, to an easy to find contact page. Continue reading

Creative Student Degree Shows

As that time of the year approaches, I thought suitable to write a short article for 3rd/4th year degree/HND students regarding Degree Shows. Back when I was on the ‘home straight’ of my third and final year of University, a … Continue reading

Interview Advice for Design Graduates

One of my most daunting memories when I was nearing the end of my degree was my growing anxiety about being interviewed for a job. Right up until the end of my course at my ‘Degree Show’, where we showcased … Continue reading