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The winning design from Roland's Inter-School Challenge will adorn banners round the Walsall College construction site
Illustrating its commitment to developing the next generation of graphic arts professionals, Roland DG has announced the winners of its inaugural Roland Academy Inter-School Challenge. The final design will now be produced in large format to adorn banners on the perimeter of the New Walsall College construction site.
The competition required pupils in the Walsall area to design graphics inspired by the theme of regeneration in Walsall. Winners, Kirsty Ryan and Stacey Taylor, aged 13 and 14 from Barr Beacon Language College were judged to be the best in their use of colour, image and clarity of message.
In total, more than 60 pupils from six schools in the Walsall area submitted entries. Entrants prepared their designs at school before attending a half-day practical session at the Roland Academy, where they amended their entries using professional software, prepared them for printing in the VersaWorks RIP and outputted them on a Roland DG large format printer. Pupils were also given a tour of the Roland Academy, which operates from Walsall College, giving them the opportunity to learn more about wide format technologies and applications.
One of the judges, Walsall College signwork academy manager, Andrew Evans, said: "The competition has been extremely valuable for Walsall College in that it has given more than 60 pupils approaching school leaving age first-hand experience of what a vocational course can offer them."
