To read my Personal Statement, and for an overview of my educational background and current situation, click here.
Educational Overview & History:
Theo Moore Crowther
1) Certifications, Awards and Training - Include:
Duke of Edinburgh - Silver Award - Ongoing (with New Forest Open Award Centre):
Voluntary Section: Assisting Sensei Scanlan in teaching under-14s at Rising Sun Martial Arts
Physical Section: Weekly Weight-lifting Training
Skills Section: Uploading 5 new T-shirt designs weekly, to be sold on T-shirt e-commerce sites
Expedition: to be retaken (after 10 hours of peak-heat hiking in my first expedition, in the summer of 2022, I had to pull out and postpone, due to heat exhaustion).
International GCSE (EdExcel) in English Language - June 2023
Functional Skills Level 2 in Mathematics - June 2023
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Industry Certifications & Courses completed:
Uxcel - UX Design Industry Certifications, with course completion and evaluation, in:
https://theocrowther.com/certifications/ux-certifications
Common Design Patterns
Design Accessibility
Design Terminology
Design Workshop Facilitation
Mobile Design
Typography
UI Components I
UI Components II
UX Design Foundations
UX Research
UX Writing
Uxcel Courses started, but yet to complete:
Design Composition and Wireframing
Futurelearn - Industry Certifications, with courses completed in:
https://theocrowther.com/certifications/futurelearn-certifications
Introduction to Indie Games
Film Distribution: Connecting Films with Audiences
Video Game Design and Development: Character Design
BFI Film Academy presentation attended:
An Introduction to the Video Game Development Process
Udemy.com:
How to Come Up With Killer Business Ideas
How to Do What You Love and Create a Happier Life
Financial Literacy Curriculum, by MoneyTime - (Endorsed by International Financial Literacy Award standards): Ranked in top 10 certified students, at time of course completion (https://www.moneytime.co.nz/)
Youth Digital (Apex Learning) - Minecraft: Mod Design 1
Film Workshop - Young Film Academy's visual media creation Filmmaking course
Driving lessons (weekly) - Ongoing
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2) Media & Business Projects Portfolio - Including:
Podcast - 'Immersion & Inversions Podcast': Full concept-completion production: theming, script notes, recording, podcast participant, creation of Intro-jingle, and full editing
Video - Full concept-completion production: theming, script, narration, video host, shooting, editing and production of short documentary-style video, entitled: The Power Of Immersion: Why Theming Matters
Blog posts on business fundamentals, marketing process and operations, media, education and lifestyle
Manga designs, pencil-drawn
Logo designs, created from scratch, in Figma
UX Design training and certifications - click to certificates
Usability Consulting - Usability (UX) Report and Analysis - click to UX report
Ckrispy T-shirt designs and online sales
Web Build, focusing on landing pages, as an 'in-a-box' business product: Polar Bear Pages
Web Build Projects Portfolio - theyconvert.com
Junior Contractor and Trainee (in UX Design and Web / Landing Page Creation) - NerveCentral Limited, a digital marketing consultancy, founded by my parents.
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3) Areas of Interest & Leisure Pursuits*:
Theme Parks:
Immersive learning and projects based on theme park (i) industry developments, trends and news, (ii) business and profitability considerations, (iii) engineering developments and (iv) theming / user-experience of rides, media and merchandise
Theme park visits several times a year, and attended IAAPA when in London (2012)
Regular usage of: No Limits 2, and Planet Coaster
Previously: Ran a YouTube channel for several years, sometimes creating videos on the theme park sector
Preferred Manufacturers: Intamin and B&M Favourite rides: The Smiler, Wicker Man
Digital Gaming:
Using a desktop, PS4 and Xbox One
Overview of Video Games Experience:
Futurelearn (course and certification): Video Game Design and Development: Video Game Character Design
Futurelearn (course and certification): Introduction to Indie Games Course
Discord Server Management (Gaming team facilitation and communications): 20+ gaming members
Team Management - 5 People CSGO, Overwatch
Multiplayer Games - including CSGO, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, Dead By Daylight, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2.
Narrative Games - including Nier Automata, Hogwarts Legacy, Half-Life Series, Elden Ring, Resident Evil Series
Indie Games - including FnaF Series, Undertale, Cuphead, Terraria
Youth Digital course - Minecraft MOD1 Coding and Programming
eSports - CSGO and Overwatch
Manga character creation, through sketching and shading, using graphite pencil
BFI Film Festival 2023 - attended presentation online: An Introduction to the Video Game Development Process
Preferred genres: RPG Favourite games: Resident Evil 4, Persona 5 Royale Preferred interface: Desktop
Movies:
Futurelearn (course and certification): Film Distribution: Connecting Films with Audiences
Watching 2+ movies, weekly, with a strong interest in 'behind the scenes' educational videos on theming, Special FX and production
Preferred genres: Horror and Action Favourite movies - Back To The Future, The Shining
Music:
Recent, yet strong, interest in Video Production, especially of tracks for Concept Albums
Electric guitar: Saved up for, and am just starting to learn how to play
Preferred genres: Punk Rock Favourite artists - Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Nirvana
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4) Sports & Physical Education:
Current lessons / Field sports coached sessions, in :
Japanese JuJitsu - Greenbelt currently
Ultimate Frisbee - Co-lead matches & coach
Weight-Lifting
Handball
Less Frequently / Previously:
Parkour
Badminton
BMX Biking
Ice Skating
Football
Trampolining
Indoor climbing
Bouldering
Kayaking
Swimming
Jogging
Ramp-based Scooting
Archery
Paddle-boarding
Body-boarding
Golf
Volley Ball
Assault courses
Leisure: paint-balling / laser-tag / sledging
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5) Social Groups & Sports Clubs, Organised by my Family and I:
Groups created, organised, promoted, and fully managed by my family and I, and/or sessions that I have coached at:
Home Educated Teens (HET) Hangout, Hants & Wessex - Facebook Group for social events for home educated teenagers (ongoing)
(2018 - Present)
HET Sports and Youth Group: Weekly field sports sessions for home educated teenagers, focusing on Ultimate Frisbee and Handball, followed by a Youth Group social event (2020 - Present)
Wednesday Teen Social Group: Weekly sports and physical activity social group, that took place in a different sports centre or venue, each week (2020 - 2022)
Japanese JuJitsu - Weekly Assistant Coach to Sensei Scanlan at Rising Sun Martial Arts, for the under-14s group (in 2022)
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6) Earlier / Younger Years Education - Overview:
Home Education - Autonomous Approach / Self Directed Education (SDE) - (See here for further information.)
Home Education Learning Co-Operative: Weekly Tuesday Academics Group, including Science and experiments, History, Citizenship, Environmental Management, Geography, Drama and Entrepreneurship small group studies
Home Education Sports, Art/Crafts and Social Group: Weekly
Areas of Interest & Leisure Pursuits: See above*
Cookery, Baking & Crafts
Introduction to Coding
Kidpreneurs Academy course (Udemy.com)
Sports: a very wide range
Ran a YouTube channel, focusing on theme park news and digital 'game-play' run-throughs, uploading most weeks
Weekly Educational Outings, included field trips - in home ed groups, and privately - to:
Science Zone UK (science lessons)
Eden Project, Cornwall
National History Museum
Fossil hunting and excavating at Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Butser Ancient Farm
Winchester Science Centre
The Discovery (Science) Centre, Bracknell
Tudor House, Southampton
Bursledon Windmill, Southampton
The London Eye
Harry Potter Studios, London
Marwell Zoo
The New Forest Wildlife Centre
Planetarium, Southampton University
Oceanography Open Days, Southampton University
The Living Rainforest, Reading
Local libraries
Titanic Exhibition, Southampton
Bournemouth Aquarium
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