Feedback on last year's students results

We had  a session with Antje, reviewing why last year's students achieved their results.  Key points were:

Good points:

Good use of material culture (useful objects in appropriate designs)
Good development of ideas.
Strong concept.
Good development from 2D to 3D
Original materials - concrete and leather
Installation site innovative
Photos of work well sited
Beautifully worked retro embroidery
Good sketchbook work
Well made and purposeful.
Well displayed.
Good sampling.
High quality making.
Integrated domestic materials with uniform
Each jacket had a theme.
Holistic and concept well embedded.
Excellent presentation.
Well documented in sketchbook.
Photos enhanced presentation
Good observational drawing
Unusual representation of good drawing
Simple pattern used in many different ways.
Considerable ambition - worked in situ
Lots of supporting work.
Made own clays.
Made original forms
Well patterned and decorated
Risk taking with wires
Ambitious forms
Persistent drawing of pets.
Line drawings worked
Lots of supporting work
Solid development from observation
Drawing - observation - digital devt - contextualise
Excellent ceramic timeline
Good use of spectacle pattern
Supporting material - pushed pattern
Good use of words.
Lots of sampling
Excellent quality of print
Different fabrics
Well made.
Colour and simplicity - healing process of colour
Excellent combination of all work

Poor points:

Too much work in repetition
Poorly finished
Not enough volume of work
Poor quality workmanship
Poor print and framing
Imagery blurry and disguised
Patterns from 1st semester, not new design for 2nd semester
Poorly ironed.
Concept should be more critically developed and become more challenging
Needs to go outside comfort zone - too nice
Student did not listen to feedback.
Fans did not fit message
Applied fabric cumbersome; fell apart; threads did not enhance.
Too bright colours - not dark like fairytale
Context of modern figures not appropriate.  Very samey.
Lost the message
No critical engagement; no why
Safe
Poorly made
Awful material choice
Work fell down, badly made and wonky. Appalling display
Does not listen to advice - did not make scarves as advised - failed on reassessment
Did not take advice to move away from twee beach scene
Poor finishing
Photos collated - v little challenge or development
Lacked finesse
More contextual enagement required
Too straightforward
Poorly finished
Poor display
Lack of work produced
Poor standard of work
Lack of back up work.

I need to take this on board.  I can see legitimate criticism of my own work in the above negative comments!