On 19/11/2014 13:47, "Sally Wade" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>GLAD:Group for Learning in Art and Design
>
>Call for Proposals to offer papers and or Workshop at the GLAD Conference
>2015
>
>Date: Friday 27th February 2015
>Venue: Sheffield Institute of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University
>One-Day Event starting at 10.30 and finishing at 4.30pm
>
>GLAD: Controversy and Conformity - 25 years of transforming the academy
>
>The Group for Learning in Art and Design was formed twenty five years ago
>in response to changes in higher education which were to impact on how
>art and design was taught in higher and further education and specialist
>art schools. Early changes, such as modularisation, the massification of
>higher education, widening participation and the development of
>postgraduate courses brought both challenges and opportunities, which
>were the focus of much debate. The responses from the Art and Design
>sector were often viewed as controversial, differentš and indicative of
>a discipline reluctant to conform.
>More recently the introduction of student fees and then higher fees,
>competition for students, internationalisation, employability, REF, NSS
>and a focus on the student experience continues to shape how we teach art
>and design, where we teach and how students learn. These are the key
>drivers for all disciplines. So, have we transformed the academy or has
>the academy transformed art and design?
>This conference offers the opportunity for academic staff, technical
>staff and research students to consider the purpose and value of art and
>design pedagogy in an increasingly complex, fast-paced environment and
>the space to reflect and learn from past experiences, in order to develop
>strategies, practices and techniques for the future.
>Visit
>http://www.gladhe.org.uk/conferences/
>http://www.shu.ac.uk/sia/glad2015
>
>_
Sue Gollifer
Director ISEA International HQ
University of Brighton, UK
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