Stacie Woolsey has turned her experience of unaffordable further design education two years ago into her Make Your Own Masters course, which will take on 10 students in 2020.
Make Your Own Masters (MYOM) is now open to applications from UK-based multidisciplinary creatives who "have all faced a barrier to post-grad learning".
The 18-month, part-time programme will guide participants through a self-directed curriculum that includes designing projects in response to briefs, working with mentors and undertaking placements with influential companies and institutions.

The programme is based on Woolsey's experience of making her own masters, which she undertook after realising two years ago that she couldn't afford to do an MA at a UK design school. "I needed to live in London, have significant financial family support and/or £40,000 in savings (as quoted by the RCA)," said Woolsey.
"So, I simply did not get that opportunity. There's a lot of people like me. So I decided that if I couldn't afford to buy an education ? and my pathway to work ? I would build one for myself."

With inclusivity in mind, MYOM is structured as a part-time course with two-month breaks "to allow learners to work full-time and sustain themselves financially".
And although it commences in January 2020, the first two months will be a "transition" phase so that the learners can build their own course of study while adjusting to the time commitment.
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