Link to Issue 18
Networks
Networks was established in 2007 by the Art Design Media Higher Education Academy Subject Centre, based at the University of Brighton and funded by the UK higher education funding councils. Networks is an online publication written by, and distributed free of charge amongst, colleagues involved in higher education teaching and learning in art, design and media subjects.Networks aims to:
- Support a network of colleagues involved in higher education in art, design and media subjects;
- Help share knowledge between colleagues working in UK art, design and media higher education;
- Promote and share effective practice in learning and teaching.
Readers tell us that the news, features, case studies, projects and reviews impact on their teaching practice in positive ways. Many contributors use Networks to share their research with a broad audience where it can have genuine impact.
Networks has been published quarterly with contributions from colleagues working in UK-based art, design and media HE. Issue 18 is the last published in the current form but watch this space for future developments.
Editors' choice
A selection of articles from our latest issue.
Drawing on All Resources: developing open educational practice in art, design and media
Event
Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton
16 May 2012
This event was, we think, the first conference to take a focused look at open educational resources and practice in the context of creative practice higher education. Hosted by the University of Brighton, the event brought together people and projects, many funded by the JISC / Higher Education Academy Open Educational Resources Programme (2...
Debbie Flint, University of Brighton
Work Informed Learning - the design student perspective
Case study
With the current upheaval in the Higher Education sector through a loss of government funding and increased fees, graduate destinations, and particularly employability are high on the agenda. Prospective students are rightly asking questions about their future employability, as well as the career history of the course they are considering joining.
As a response to these concerns a pilot sc...
Jean Whitehead, University College Falmouth
Towards an ontology of the studio tutorial
Feature
This paper reflects on the critical nature of the studio tutorial from the perspective of the teaching and learning experience. It substantiates its argument by refuting a discernible view that art practice (and hence its criticism) is ‘subjective.’ To do so, it co-opts aspects from philosophy and the psychoanalytic tradition to explain how a student’s work represents an ontologically existenti...
Robert Clarke, University of Huddersfield
Art Design Media Learning and Teaching Projects 2011-12 - Final Reports
Projects
One of the unarguable successes of the ADM-HEA Subject Centre, based until recently at the University of Brighton, has been the funding of teaching and learning projects in art, design and media. Over the past 11 years the Subject Centre has sought to support the key themes identified by the Higher Education Academy through its funding of a diverse range of innovative projects across the sector...
Stephen Mallinder, University of Brighton
Drawing on All Resources: developing open educational practice in art, design and media
Event
Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton 16 May 2012 This event was, we think, the first conference to take a focused look at open educational resources and practice in the context of creative practice higher education. Hosted by the University of Brighton, the event brought together people and projects, many funded by the JISC / Higher Education Academy Open Educational Resources Programme (2...
Debbie Flint, University of Brighton
Work Informed Learning - the design student perspective
Case study
With the current upheaval in the Higher Education sector through a loss of government funding and increased fees, graduate destinations, and particularly employability are high on the agenda. Prospective students are rightly asking questions about their future employability, as well as the career history of the course they are considering joining. As a response to these concerns a pilot sc...
Jean Whitehead, University College Falmouth
Towards an ontology of the studio tutorial
Feature
This paper reflects on the critical nature of the studio tutorial from the perspective of the teaching and learning experience. It substantiates its argument by refuting a discernible view that art practice (and hence its criticism) is ‘subjective.’ To do so, it co-opts aspects from philosophy and the psychoanalytic tradition to explain how a student’s work represents an ontologically existenti...
Robert Clarke, University of Huddersfield
Art Design Media Learning and Teaching Projects 2011-12 - Final Reports
Projects
One of the unarguable successes of the ADM-HEA Subject Centre, based until recently at the University of Brighton, has been the funding of teaching and learning projects in art, design and media. Over the past 11 years the Subject Centre has sought to support the key themes identified by the Higher Education Academy through its funding of a diverse range of innovative projects across the sector...
