1. Journals and Sketchbooks for
Learning and Teaching
Utilising Creative Archives at the
University for the Creative Arts
2. Background: History of University for
the Creative Arts
• Six Art Schools and Technical Institutes
dating from the 1870s
• Three mergers
• Campuses at
Canterbury, Rochester, Maidstone
(Kent), Epsom, Farnham (Surrey)
3. Archives and Special Collections
• Individual Artist Archives
– Tessa Boffin (Photographer)
– Bob Godfrey (Oscar Animator)
• The Diagram Group (book
publishers)
• Foundry Types Artwork
(Typographers)
• Art School and Institutional Archives
Bob Godfrey
4. Archives and Special Collections
Epsom School of Art and Technical
Institute opening
arrangements, 1896
Guildford School of Art
Class, undated [1970s]
5. First steps: initiating Archives into the
curriculum
• Collaboration with Learning and Teaching
Librarians, and Student Services
Faith Cannon, Fine Art student, using Maidstone archives to create digital images
• Promotional exhibitions/displays
6. Why focus on Student Work?
• Examples for Learning and Teaching
• Visual Impact
• Academic history/history of Art colleges
• Focus on the ‘ordinary’ student – telling a
story
Canterbury School of Art Degree
Show, 1982
12. Key documents used
Higher Education Academy (2006) Student employability profiles: Art and Design. York: Higher
Education Academy.
Lea, M. R. & Street, B. V. (1998) Student writing in higher education: An academic literacies
approach. In: Studies in Higher Education 23 (2) pp.157-172
QAA (2008) Subject Benchmark Statement: Art and Design. London: The Quality Assurance
Agency for Higher Education (QAA).
Stubbings, R. and Franklin, G. (2007) Does advocacy help to embed information literacy into the
curriculum? A Case study. In S. Andretta (Ed.), Change and challenge: information literacy for the
21st century. Adelaide: Auslib Press. pp.145-167
University fot the Creative Arts (2006) Teaching and Learning Strategy 2006 Farnham: University
for the Creative Arts
University for the Creative Arts (2011) Graduate Employabliity & Entrepreneurship Strategy 2011
Farnham : University for the Creative Arts
Hemmingway, A. (2008) Jobseeking strategies online At
http://www.bishopg.ac.uk/docs/careers/General/Job_seeking.pdf (accessed on 20.06.2013)
13. The framework
Student Journey
• Communication
• Team / Group Working
• Motivation
• Problem-Solving
• Understanding the student role
• Self-management
• Professional practice
Research process & producing work
• Concept Development
• Note-Taking
• Effective Reading Techniques
• Presentation Skills
• Academic Integrity
• Essay & Dissertation Writing
• Defining the topic
• Finding quality sources of
information
• Evaluating information
• Synthesis / using evidence
• Reflection
• Critical thinking and analysis
14.
15. Katy Simms
Final Major Project
Fine Art UCA
Rochester 2007
• Gather information
• Select information
• Articulate it
• Refine and expand an
idea
16. Katy Simms
Final Major Project
Fine Art UCA
Rochester 2007
• Reflect
• Evaluate
• Review
• What have
you learned?
• What next?
17. James Stenhouse
Final Major Project
ACCESS Canterbury
2012
• Seek information
• Gather information
• Select information to
use
• Managing information
• Evaluating information
• Using evidence
20. Copyright
• Creative Commons Licence for known students
• JISC guidelines and disclaimers for orphan works
• Third party material risk assessments
• Password protected URLs
21. Dissemination and next steps
• Initial and on-going digitisation of data
• Depositing of hard copy material in the library
• Internal blackboard links (My UCA)
• Workshops
• Interviews of academics, practicing artists, and
students
• Copyright assessment for online access
