1. ALAN MANLEY
19 Rowan Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B72 1NW
T 0121 355 7169 (UK) M 07712183451 E manleyalan@gmail.com
DOB 5 June 1982 Skype alanmanley
Career
2011-2012 Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough
3D Design Tutor and Course Leader for First Diploma in Art and Design
Designing and delivering curriculum content for Level 2 First Diploma in Art and Design, Level
3 National Diploma in Art and Design and Level 3/4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Organising and designing the delivery of the Level 2 First Diploma final exhibition
Marking and assessment of the Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 programmes
Teaching Fine Art, Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Exhibition Design, Photography and
3D Design across levels 1-4
Providing pastoral support for Level 2 students on the Art and Design programme
2009-2010 Design writer for productdesignhub.com and VEER Design magazine
(Based in London)
2007 – 2009 Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, Bangalore, India
Course Leader for Product and Interface Design
Organising and planning Product and Interface Design courses and workshops
Curriculum development for the Product and Interface Design course
Teaching Product and Interface Design
Organising and developing Srishti's relationship with UK universities.
Member of the graduate exhibition organisation committee
Personal tutor for a group of students
2006 – 2007 Chocolate fountain officer for the Chocolate Fountain Company
(Birmingham)
2005 – 2006 Graphics fitter for 8X4 Media group (Birmingham)

2. ALAN MANLEY
19 Rowan Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B72 1NW
T 0121 355 7169 (UK) M 07712183451 E manleyalan@gmail.com
DOB 5 June 1982 Skype alanmanley
Education
2010.2011 Sheffield Hallam University
PGCE in Design and Technology
First Placement: Myers Grove School (September 2010 – December 2010)
Second Placement: Notre Dame High School (January 2011 – June 2011)
2004 – 2005 Sheffield Hallam University
MA Research in Art and Design; The major focus was on the relationship between memories that
people have and the objects which they own that relate to those memories. It was an investigation into
the use of the idea of tangible memories. This was AHRC funded further education. Bursary prize of
£11,000.
2001 – 2004 Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons) Industrial Design (Product), 2:2
2000 – 2001 University of Central England, Bourneville College of Art
&Design,
B.Tech. Foundation Diploma, Pass with Distinction
1993 – 2000 King Edward VI Aston School, Birmingham
A Levels (2000): 4 A-Levels including: Biology, Design and Geography
GCSEs (1998): 12 GCSEs at grade A* to C including A* Design Technology
Selected Talks
Pecha Kutcha 2 Bangalore, 18th October 2007: I participated in the 2nd Pecha Kucha
night in Bangalore at the Centre for Knowledge Studies. I presented a seven minute piece
called the 'Objects of Memory'. It touched on some issues within material culture and began
to question the influence and potential interference of design on the process recollecting
memories.
The Bangalore Culture & Space Symposium, 29th September 2007: A gathering of
philosophers, space scientists, educators, and artists that took place in Bangalore, India. The
symposium examined themes at the intersection of space science, technology and arts from

3. ALAN MANLEY
19 Rowan Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B72 1NW
T 0121 355 7169 (UK) M 07712183451 E manleyalan@gmail.com
DOB 5 June 1982 Skype alanmanley
a cultural perspective. I participated as a guest at the conference and at the subsequent
seminar sessions.
Selected Projects
LeNS (Learning Network on Sustainability): An European-Asian institutional collaboration
to establish teaching material and innovative pedagogy for Sustainable Product-Service-
System Design. This is a three year long project with six other institutions from across Europe
and Asia funded by the European Union. During the time I was involved with the project I was
the lead faculty and represented Srishti in the annual meeting in Delft, Netherlands.
Brighton: A project funded by the AHRC to encourage pier to pier learning between students
from Srishti and Brighton University on the area of crafts and sustainability. I was the
supporting faculty and took representatives from Brighton on trips around the south of India.
Nokia/USID: A series of projects that is highlighted by the application of a student project for
an international competition in interaction design; this was a faculty lead project, who
proposed a user interface solution for rural farming in India.
Landing Lights: This was a project which highlighted the issues and problems involved with
urban homelessness in India using the medium of art installations. The project was lead by
Srishti artist in residence, Yashas Shetty. I was in charge of creating the CAD renderings for
the proposal document for the project.