The New Digital School - A design school with no teachers, curriculum or assessment

Although I am probably not the typical student that wants to get a job, it surely had helped me in getting a good yet general view of the digital world, and allowed to meet a lot of people in these areas which are definitely helping in making some of my ideas/projects come true.

The big difference about this school – something that I was happily able to read ‘between the lines’ when I signed up – is that it doesn’t only focus on the hard skills like coding or working with a specific piece of software. It will do that if you ask for it but the best part is that TNDS will focus (and make you focus) on the soft skills. In your human skills so to speak. It will help you understand what you need to know, it will provide it and help you get there. For me that is the only way to learn something in depth. Something you are previously interested in, that you want to know more about, and that you find useful in a near future. TNDS allows you to develop the confidence and knowledge for you to be able to do that with your own projects, both during the course and after you finished. And that kind of sums it up and shows how anti academic it is – it doesn’t have a fixed set of rules or parameters. It adapts to your needs and current skills and then helps you to grow that skillset and makes sure that you are ‘send off’ with something you will use for life. That – as a mastercard add would point out – is priceless.

Pros:

What I needed was a course that was exactly like TNDS: with a programme that would get me an overview of all the digital subjects I wanted.

Cons:

So far, so good!

Hope they get what they need to get bigger.

Pros:

For those who want or need to be disruptive. Great learning in a great environment 💪

Cons:

They are breaking some 🔒in this field, so they must be strong and keep going.

I've meet the TNDS for a while and I can only say great stuff. They even organise workshops with awesome experts that I've felt the need to send my team over to Porto to participate in them.

For anyone considering work in digital (design), defo the place to go.

Pros:

Amazing management team, great location and most importantly: an amazing attitude and (new) learning process.

Cons:

Nothing to add here, really.

I've used since January 2018. The course itself has finished.

I'll be updating my comments over the following weeks.

Pros:

Excellent networking. Awesome masterclasses with professionals that have real work experience and know how to teach.

Cons:

It's a new course, there are some rough edges, needs some work. It will get better.

It's not for the faint-hearted. There's no hand-holding.

This is a good resource