PALATINE Briefing June 2005
Contents:
- Book Now for Unlocking the Stories - exploring collaboration between performing arts and museums + call for contributors
- How Were we for you? impact feedback welcome
- Creativity, Chaos and the Imaginative Curriculum
- Enterprise and Employability: PALATINE events, resources and publications
- Development Awards Update: the work of Clive Barker, Phelim McDermott on DVD, and more
- HE Academy/THES e-Tutor of the Year competition closing date
- HE in FE: case studies wanted for innovative use of technology
- Free Publications Available
- Future Events
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***BOOK NOW***
PALATINE, in partnership with the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester (MSIM), invites colleagues to this free seminar/workshop:
UNLOCKING THE STORIES:
exploring collaboration between HE performing arts and museums
Museum of Science and Industry Manchester (MSIM)
Castlefield
Manchester
Friday 8 July, 10.00- 4.00
In recent years there has been a sea change in the way museums view and interpret their collections. There is now great interest in developing and applying creative approaches to museum presentation and interpretation, and in utilising the performing and creative arts to unlock the stories and to engage with the knowledge and experiences that lie stored in museum collections.
Unlocking the Stories explores the ways in which dance, drama and music courses in higher education can work with museums to enhance both the learning experience for students and the work of the museums. The seminar brings together HE institutions, departments, course leaders, museum directors, curators and education staff to discuss the issues, share ideas, establish practical ways forward, and to develop potential and actual projects between HE performing arts and museums. The aim is to enhance both the learning and teaching experience for students and the ways in which museums engage with their public.
Presenters/Contributors currently include:
Ian Griffin, Director, Museum of Science and Industry Manchester
Tony Jackson, Director of the AHRC-funded Performance, Learning and ‘Heritage’ research project, Centre for Applied Theatre Research, University of Manchester,
Carran Waterfield, Director, Triangle Theatre, winner of the Best Educational Initiative at the Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence 2005
We are inviting more contributions - short and informal - particularly from colleagues with practical experience of work in this field. Please contact Ralph Brown ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk.
A number of factors inform this event:
- The need for museums to establish a greater, deeper and genuine engagement with their various audiences, and the recognition that stories, narratives and performance events provide a powerful means to provide that engagement;
- The growth and interest in site-specific work, and the potential to provide students with opportunities to negotiate, create, produce and perform in ‘real world’ situations;
- The desire of museums to build long-term, sustainable, and mutually beneficial relationships with higher education;
- The shift from promoting ‘public understanding’ towards enabling ‘public engagement’;
- The increasing recognition of performativity as a critical element in the work of museums.
Some of the issues and questions Unlocking the Stories intends to address include:
- How can HE performing arts courses and institutions work more closely with museums?
- How might courses in dance, drama, music, music technology and performance technology etc. contribute to and benefit from collaborations with museums?
- What are the challenges, risks and benefits of collaboration?
- What work is already taking place? What research is being undertaken?
- What are the possible (creative) tensions and conflicting agendas?
- What are the possibilities and potential for practical work and research?
PALATINE welcomes suggestions for other questions and issues.
Please e-mail: palatine@lancaster.ac.uk (subject heading ‘Unlocking the Stories’)
To book a free place contact:
Barbara Hargreaves
palatine@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 592614
Details of travel information and accommodation for delegates attending this event are available here: How to get to the MSIM
How Were we for you? Feedback on PALATINE's impact
PALATINE is keen to hear from colleagues or departments in cases where the understanding and/or practice of learning, teaching and assessment (individual, departmental, institutional) has been enhanced - in a small or large way - by work that PALATINE has undertaken, supported, produced, published etc.
Such evidence of impact is important in informing not only our work but also those to whom we are accountable. We do not require full and detailed reports, but just a few lines or a paragraph or two providing an outline of the impact.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank those colleagues who have already responded.
Please e-mail: palatine@lancaster.ac.uk (subject heading 'IMPACT')
or contact Paul Kleiman 07884 003695.
Creativity, Chaos, and the Imaginative Curriculum Resources
The Imaginative Curriculum Network of the Higher Education Academy, as well as organising events to promote the exploration and development of curriculum innovation, has produced a substantial and interesting number of documents and resources around the themes of Creativity, Curriculum Design, Change, Complexity, Chaos etc.
There are over 50 papers on the theme of curriculum, many of which will be of interest to colleagues.
The full list is available and downloadable from here: Curriculum Resources
Particular choices include:
Teaching at the Edge of Chaos Paul Tosey
The principles of good design: a guide to curriculum design Paul Kleiman (PALATINE)
Using complexity theory to make sense of the curriculum Norman Jackson
Creativity and curriculum design: what academics think Chris McGoldrick
How can creativity be taught? Personal accounts of teaching to promote students' creativity
Creativity in Higher Education Norman Jackson
Notes on a creative curriculum Peter Knight
The Higher Education Academy also has hundreds of resources on many non-subject specific aspects and themes of learning and teaching - from Accessibility and Assessment to Subject Benchmarking and Widening Participation. The links and search facility to those resources are available here: Academy Resources
Colleagues who are External Examiners may be particularly interested in the resources that the Academy has developed as part of its ongoing interest and research into that area of work. Those resources are available here: External Examiners
Enterprise and Employability: PALATINE resources, events and publications
On 16 November 2005, as a contribution to National Enterprise Week, PALATINE is organising and hosting at Lancaster University a major one-day conference CREATIVE ENTERPRISE in HIGHER EDUCATION, that will focus on the role of higher education in developing and supporting new creative enterprises and emerging creative artists. There is a call for papers and presentations for this event.
The draft programme will be published shortly, but we are still accepting ideas for proposals for presentations, contributions and workshops. Please contact Ralph Brown ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk to discuss or submit proposals.
PALATINE's PACE (Performing Arts Creative Enterprise) project has a number of resources, publications and events that should be of interest to colleagues. These include the PALATINE/PACE report Performing Arts Entrepreneurship, and the CD-ROM The Business of Art: Developing skills for business start-up in the arts and media, produced by colleagues at Leeds University. Details of this and other events are available in the FUTURE EVENTS section below or on the EVENTS PAGE of the PALATINE website.
Development Awards Update: the work of Clive Barker, Phelim McDermott on DVD..... and more
PALATINE has supported, through its Development Awards, the production of a set of DVD-ROMs on the work of Phelim McDermott and the late Clive Barker. Researched and created by Dick McCaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, the DVDs are in the final stages of production and should be available later in the year. They include footage and commentary, transcripts and articles, and will provide an excellent resource for colleagues and students. If you are interested in obtaining either or both of these resources, which will be free to UK institutions, please e-mail palatine@lancaster.ac.uk (subject heading 'DVDs') with your preferences and contact details.
Also in DVD format, and available now from PALATINE, are the three DVDs produced by Paul Allain, Sophie Metro Aksoy and Frances Barbe at the University of Kent focusing on performance documentation. Full details about the project and its outcomes are available at www.palatine.ac.uk/development-awards/302/
We always welcome applications for Development Awards. For information visit
www.palatine.ac.uk/palatine-projects/introduction/
or contact David Pearson
davidpearson@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 593579
Closing date for THES/HE Academy e-Tutor of the Year Competition
Just to remind colleagues that the closing date for entry to this competition, details of which we published in our May Briefing, is 1 July 2005.
Full details including an Entry Form and Criteria are available here:
www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor.htm
HE in FE: case studies wanted for innovative use of technology in delivering HE in FE
Are you involved in the delivery of HE programmes in FE? Are you using technology in new or innovative ways to deliver or manage the programmes? If so we’d like to hear from you. JISC and the Higher Education Academy are seeking to develop and make funding available for case studies that focus on the use of technology in the delivery of HE in FE. The case studies will cover how technology is being used, how barriers have been overcome, and what lessons have been learnt. If you are interested in developing a case study please contact us:
palatine@lancaster.ac.uk (subject heading 'HE in FE')
Free Publications Available
We have a number of free publications, from PALATINE, Higher Education Academy, HEFCE, JISC, ESECT and other organisations, on various aspects of teaching and learning including assessment, e-learning, employability, enterprise, student feedback, etc.
The full list is available here: PALATINE Free Publications
To order, e-mail palatine.admin@lancaster.ac.uk, with the name(s) of the publication(s) and the number you require. Please remember to include your postal address.
Future PALATINE Conferences, Workshops
+ Calls for Papers/Presenters
Details and reports of all workshops, conferences and seminars can be found at: www.palatine.ac.uk/palatine/introduction/
All the PALATINE events listed are FREE.
To book for any PALATINE event contact
Barbara Hargreaves
palatine@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 592614
*NEXT event... One-Day Seminar/Workshop 8 July 2005 Unlocking the Stories:
details | Calls for Papers/Presenters: 26 October 2005 Integrating Practice
details | Call for Papers/Presenters: TWO WORKSHOPS, 10 November 2005 Popular Music Education in HE: What's the story? AND 11 November 2005 both at the 10 details |
Call for Papers/Presenters ONE-DAY CONFERENCE 16 November 2005 Creative Enterprise Conference Centre, details |
| Call for Papers/Presenters September/October 2005 An Inspector Calls: Health and Safety in the Dance, Drama and Performing Arts Sector University College Winchester details |
Do you have an idea for a PALATINE event? We welcome any proposals that are concerned with enhancing or furthering the understanding of learning, teaching and assessment in any or all of our subject areas. Contact: Ralph Brown |
Unlocking the Stories: exploring collaboration between HE performing arts and museums A one-day event for HE performing & creative arts and museums |
Organised by PALATINE, in partnership with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (MSIM)
see first article at top of briefing
To book contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
Call for Papers/Presenters: September/October 2005 (date to be confirmed) |
Health and safety generally, and issues such as student access to performance spaces, have become increasingly important issues in HE performing arts. Discussion forums reveal a wide range of departmental and institutional policies and practices on these issues. There is also often a general lack of understanding of the needs and requirements of performing arts practice, particularly in non-specialist institutions.
This workshop is intended to bring together performing arts staff, technical and production staff, and those responsible for health and safety, to discuss and share best practice, with a view to producing a set of guidelines for institutions.
Expressions of interest in presenting or leading workshop sessions at this event are sought from colleagues. To send a proposal or discuss an idea for a presentation, contact: Ralph Brown ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 593545
To book contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
Call for Papers/Presenters: Integrating Practice as Research Wednesday 26 October 2005 |
This one-day conference will focus on teaching and research issues arising from the recent integration of practice as research methods in HE performing arts programmes. The day will be structured around presentations for peer review/discussion, in combinations of performances / screenings; performances / screenings with associated documentation; and expository writing-based conference papers.
'The pursuit of practice as research / practice-based research (PAR / PBR) has become increasingly important during the past ten years to the research cultures of the performing arts (drama, theatre, dance, music) and related disciplines involving performance media (film, video, television, radio) as the contribution of the arts and cultural industries to national health and prosperity has climbed up the political agenda.' (Piccini, 2002, www.bris.ac.uk/parip/t_ap.htm 22.02.05)
The implications of such a shift continue to be a popular and volatile topic of debate, in both national and international arenas. In conjunction with this debate the UK has witnessed an increase in acceptance of 'mixed-mode meta-practices' as 'worthy' contributors to knowledge by HE institutions. This new faith has facilitated a departure from the separation of theory and practice in the activities of many undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research programmes. Despite these changes, readily available models of good practice that demonstrate the successful implementation of PaR methods remain rare. This is particularly the case at the undergraduate level, and in subject areas primarily left unaddressed by PARIP (www.bris.ac.uk/parip/) such as music and sonic art.
Proposals for presentation on any aspect of practice as research in HE are invited, but the following topics are particularly encouraged:
- Is it possible to have students in 'practice as research mode' at level 1? How would this be developed through to level 3 and on to postgraduate studies?
- Do other institutions have experiences of integrating practice as research at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels that can be used as a model to make practice as research more explicit, in the same way that 'Key Skills' have been made explicit?
- The subject areas of music and sonic art seems to be limitedly involved in the debate surrounding practice as research. What are the reasons for this and how can it be taken forward?
Expressions of interest in presenting or leading workshop sessions at this event are sought from colleagues. To send a proposal or discuss an idea for a presentation, contact: Ralph Brown ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 593545
To book contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
Call for Papers/Presenters: Popular Music Education in HE: What's the Story? Thursday 10 November 2005 |
A one-day conference which focuses holistically across a range of subject matters within Popular Music, essentially aiming to take stock of current debates, and in doing so present a snapshot of where the subject area is positioned from an institutional, legislative, industrial, and skills-based perspective. Although not prescriptive, potential themes could include:
- Widening participation and its impact on the HE Popular Music curriculum
- Potential interrelationships between course modules, in particular the relationship of theory and practice
- The formulation of relevant Benchmark Statements which are specific to Popular Music
- Should Popular Music degrees directly prepare students for employment? If so how?
- Assessment formats: mechanisms for developing transparent and relevant assessment criteria
- Popular Music performance: what does/should it entail?
- The relevance of sight-reading: is it a vestigial paradigm?
- Popular Music education what subject areas must it contain?
- Potential models for Popular Music based 'research as practice'.
Expressions of interest in presenting or leading workshop sessions for this event are sought from colleagues.
Please contact Paul Carr: p.carr@glam.ac.uk
To book for contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
Note: Please inform us if you intend to attend both events at Glamorgan (10th and 11th). We hope to provide accommodation details nearer to the event date.
Call for Papers/Presenters: Assessing Musical Aptitude Friday 11 November 2005 |
Theme/focus
Emerging music-related courses in HE and FE need to address the needs of a growing number of non-traditional music learners. This is often in addition to the needs of those who have progressed through formal routes.
From the point of admission onwards, this presents a problem as to how we can satisfactorily assess and compare such diversity in an equitable manner.
A similar problem exists in a research-based context (psychology of music, psychoacoustics, auditory display etc.) where subjects can be referred to as ‘musicians’ and ‘non-musicians’ yet the basis by which this distinction is made is often unclear.
It seems that it would be of both educational and scientific interest if a system existed that would allow one person’s musical awareness to be compared against another’s – regardless of musical-background.
An initial study at the University of York has explored one approach to developing such a Musical Aptitude Test (MAT) which demonstrated that there is a recognised need for such a test.
Published results of the MAT experiment (Edwards, Challis, Hankinson & Pirie, 2000) provoked a lot of interest, demonstrating a real need for such a test and a wide variety of applications for one. The purpose of the proposed workshop would be to bring together would-be users of the test to clarify and crystallize the set of requirements – and possible ways of meeting them.
Target audience:
Educators and researchers with specific interest in assessment/grading of musical awareness. This topic crosses boundaries so it is anticipated that there will be multi-disciplinary interest.
Workshop aims:
To build upon and formalise the existing network of interested researchers and educators.
To add strength and support to any potential research bids that we would expect to evolve as a result of this workshop.
Key issues that potential speakers may wish to address:
- What does experience show as are ‘typical’ common differences between traditional and non-traditional music learners?
- What is musical-awareness?
- What are the key areas of musical awareness that are most appropriate for assessment?
- How would we (as educators/researchers) wish to view the results of such assessment (e.g. single score, profile, grade-charts etc.)?
Intended outcomes for participants:
- Shared knowledge of real issues and existing approaches to a solution.
- Development of a network.
- Opportunities for future collaboration and involvement e.g. research proposals.
Proposals for presentations/contributions should be sent to
Dr. Ben Challis bchallis@glam.ac.uk
or contact Ralph Brown ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 593545
To book contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
Note: Please inform us if you intend to attend both events at Glamorgan (10 and 11). We hope to provide accomodation details nearer to the event date.
Call for Papers/Presenters: Creative Enterprise in Higher Education Conference Centre, Lancaster University |
As part of National Enterprise Week, PALATINE's PACE Project - which has focused on supporting and promoting enterprise in HE performing arts - is organising a day conference focusing on the role of higher education in developing and supporting emerging creative artists and new creative enterprises.
Higher education has a major role to play in enabling and informing the transition from being a student to being a successful professional practitioner.
The conference explores the roles that higher education institutions can adopt in developing learning and teaching environments that stimulate artistic and creative enterprise.
Conference themes will include:
The role of higher education in developing and promoting enterprise in the arts- Raising the profile of entrepreneurship and self-employment as a career choice amongst arts students and graduates
- Sharing innovative practice in relation to teaching and supporting new artists and potential creative entrepreneurs
- How academically based learning relates to work based learning
- Developing effective partnerships between higher education institutions and arts organisations.
- Promoting cultures of innovation through enterprise teaching
- Supporting business-minded arts practitioners for the future
Expressions of interest in presenting or leading workshop sessions at this event are sought from colleagues. To send a proposal or discuss an idea for a presentation, contact:
Ralph Brown, Projects Officer, PALATINE
ralph.brown@lancaster.ac.uk
01524 593545
The deadline for proposals is 15 June 2005
To book contact: Barbara Hargreaves palatine@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592614
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