Hi Cary
Thanks for that. I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks and want to
make sure that I proceed with APHE's backing as far as contacting the press
re concerns over Skillset and our response.
Thanks
Conrad
On 17/5/06 09:26, "Nicola Foster" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Many thanks Cary,
>
> Nicola
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> Dr. Nicola Foster
> School of Arts
> Suffolk College/University Campus Suffolk
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Welling, Cary" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:52 PM
> Subject: Photography, visual arts and Skillset
>
>
> Dear Ms Caine,
>
> As Chair of the Association for Photography in Higher Education (APHE) I
> need to discuss the status of photography in Skillset. I have read the
> Skills Strategy for the Photo Imaging Industry, discussed it with Pippa,
> chaired a discussion about it at the annual subject association conference
> and have important reservations about the recommendations for higher
> education that I must communicate to the correct persons.
>
> Most importantly, higher education for photography is much more than
> training, so the strategy as written ignores its major function as an
> education in the visual arts. Is it correct to only locate photography in
> the SSC for the Audio Visual Industries? Should it not be also in the SSC
> for Creative and Cultural Skills? The APHE is concerned not to have
> photography boxed into a narrow training agenda.
>
> Please can you help me make contact with the appropriate persons?
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Cary Welling
> Chair
> APHE
> Programme Leader of Photography
> School of Art and Design
> Nottingham Trent University
>
>
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