Welcome to
TICE
International
How does it work?
TICE is an annual subscription-based service for schools internationally interested in providing their students access to ālive projectsā co-written by creative professionals and brands worldwide. Each school can choose the level of subscription they require and select from a wide range of portfolio enhancing briefs.


What are the industry projects like?
TICE projects emphasise the topics, issues and trends prominent in society today and more importantly for students, how they will evolve in the future by using industry-sourced trend-prediction to highlight changes in up-and-coming sectors.
In doing this, student gain access to industry professionals who showcase how they do their jobs through challenges and tasks supported by brands worldwide. They gain skills, knowledge and awareness directly from people in industry willingly to share their professional insight.
By choosing a project that stimulates their personal interests and aspirations, also subjects they feel passionate about, the students gain a wealth of experience but most importantly develop an understanding of a career path they previously would not have known existed.
Examples of projects
Our projects change each and every year moving with industry and exploring the skills and topics their sector is looking for in young people wishing to enter these careers. Once a school has chosen which creative area (s) they would like to explore there is then an array of projects for the students to choose from. Here's a small selection of some of the recent projects:
Fashion Communication, Editorial & Fashion Photogrpahy
SONGWRITING, LYRICS, COMPOSTION & SNGING
ART DOCUMENTARY & EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Graphic & Communication Design. City & Urban Branding.
TESTIMONIALS
I feel like I have personally achieved so much! My creative side has bloomed and I have realised that there is so much to the fashion industry and I am excited to hopefully have a job in it in the future!
Emily Holburn
TICE Fashion Student (2022)I would recommend the TICE project to anyone who is interested as it benefits you in many ways. It boosts your confidence and independence whilst teaching you about the professional art world and showing you what it is like to commit to a project. My best tip would be to just keep being creative despite any adversities and have fun with your project, choose something that interests you so that your project can fully express you.
Xuehan Zhang
TICE Photography Student (2021)As a gallery owner, curator and collector Iām always on the look out for talented creators to collaborate with and grasp opportunities. Seeing the work here gave me huge pride not only to be associated with TICE and everything they do to support young artists but because each one of the images compelled me to put myself in shoes of the person behind the lens.
A number of these images have a great commercial value and I would confidently hang them on the walls of my gallery knowing they would gather a lot of positive attention. In the same way they got my attention, Iām sure they would get the same positive reaction from the public and find themselves in the art collection of many modern homes.
Trevor Read
The Aviary Gallery, London & Sponsor of a TICE Photography ProjectTICE is very important to our students because they suddenly get a chance to see what itās like to live and work in the creative sector and they get to do things that donāt really have the opportunity to do in school ā they get to lead, they have to work together. Theyāre filling their CVs with things that the creative sector really wants to see. Itās invaluable to them.
Jayne Younger
Teacher, Longbenton High SchoolTICE is a really valuable experience for my pupils. It helps me to engage them with my subject, inspires them to think beyond the classroom, and gives them an amazing opportunity to express themselves through design. I have no doubt that TICE helps to promote my subject, and helps encourage pupils to pursue it not only at options level, but after that too.
Kate Winder
Teacher, John Spence Community High SchoolExamples of TICE Project Outcomes
LEVEL ONE - EXPLORE PACKAGE
- Annual Subscription
- TICE Account
- Project Support
- Choose Creative Areas
- Deadline for submission
- Showcase project work
- Full administration
- Aimed at Year 9+
Level two - ENGAGE Package
- Annual Subscription
- Project Support
- Choose Creative Areas
- Deadline for submission
- Showcase project work
- School visit
- In-school workshop
- Full administration
- Aimed at Year 9+

How is it delivered?
Each TICE International project is delivered by a series of online tutorials that you can access at any time. Your school can choose when to deliver each project. This may be as a co-curricular activity (CCA), in lessons contributing to coursework, activity weeks, as EPQ's or after school clubs.
How many staff will it take to support the projects?
We need one person to be the project lead in school. This person will be our point of contact during each project brief. The delivery of the tutorials and student research can easily be monitored by one staff member however depending on the project brief, you may want staff with specialist creative skills involved.
How long is each project?
We have given guidelines in hours for each project on individual project briefs. It should not take more than 15-20 hours per project over a series of 9 or 10 weeks, depending on how your school chooses to the deliver the programme.
TICE INTERNATIONAL DETAILS
Who is TICE?
TICE is a UK national award-winning creative organisation that works with businesses, schools, colleges and universities to give young people a taste of the opportunities that exist within commercial creative, design and digital industries.
What year groups are suitable for TICE International?
TICE International is more suited to students in Year 9/Grade 8 or above. It is perfect for young people who are developing creative portfolios, wanting to enhance UCAS forms and looking for unique employer led projects to engage in.
Project Areas to explore:
With TICE, young people can explore the worlds of:
Fashion, Textiles, Music, Photography, Graphic design, Illustration, Creative enterprise, Creative writing, Film, Digital Media, Animation and moreā¦

Frequently asked questions
For any questions or queries, please visit our FAQ's page. You will find the answers to the questions we get asked the most about TICE International.