It’s time again for the Miles Nurse Scholarship call for entries! This scholarship was created to acknowledge our Senior Instructor, Miles Nurse, and his ongoing contribution to our profession, and his tremendous efforts in helping educate a new generation of user experience and interactive designers. This is an annual $2,500 VFS scholarship awarded to a new student for the January intake of the Digital Design program. The successful candidate will be an individual who demonstrates a strong interest and passion for user experience, interactive design, problem solving, and storytelling.

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Curious if you might be the right candidate for this opportunity? Well, let’s hear more from two previous recipients of the Miles Nurse Scholarship — alumnus, Arcelia Ocana Manjarrez and current student, Jane Haezer Saputra.

In selecting these talented individuals, Miles saw their budding UX design sensibility shine through in their scholarship submissions. “In Arcelia’s submission,” said Miles, “it was her passion that shone through and was embodied in a classic Mexican saying she provided, “I’m not sure if my English is good enough to win this scholarship competition but, as we say in Mexico, “There’s no worse struggle than one that’s not even done.” For Jane’s write up, what stood out to me was her inquisitive nature. She’s an ethnographer at heart and I could tell she would embrace a user-centred design approach. You can see it in her response which included a statement that read, “To achieve my dream of being an interactive designer, I will work hard, ask lots of questions, get lots of answers, and enjoy every second of it.”

The ladies were kind enough to take a few moments to reflect on their experiences of winning the scholarship competition and attending the program… Read More