room: LVMH 1
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The duality of preservation: bringing psychological safety to teaching & learning as a route to wellbeing and achievement
Lorde says that self-preservation isn’t self-indulgent, but an act of political warfare. Her use of the descriptor ‘warfare’ seemingly aligns with where people of colour have to prioritise preservation – in highly politicised spaces like HEI. If we expand ‘preservation’ beyond the ‘self’ to a community responsibility, how might approaches to psychological safety lend itself…
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Invisible Cartography: Mapping the Unseen in the Tutorial Space
This session will be a brief insight into students’ affective response to the tutorial space, as well as broader reflections on the role of sensory experience in learning.
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The writing retreat as a means to support and hone academic writing skills: A case study on the Research Project unit
Writing retreats are development events for scholars and – usually graduate – students to immerse themselves in academic writing. But, less attention has been paid to the use of retreats amomg undergraduates. Based on data collected during LCC’s Media School evaluation project, this paper looks at the pedagogical value that retreats may have in the…
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What can a creative university with language justice look like?
Language is core to how we express ourselves and connect with each other, and is inextricably linked to culture, identity, and power. Practices of language justice – simply defined as the right to communicate in the language in which one feels most comfortable- enable each of us to bring our full selves into the room;…
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AI: three opportunities
In 2024, students on the MA in Advertising were asked to work with AI on three industry projects. In one with Havas, they created speculative fictions on what AI would mean for the agency in 2030; in a second they used practice-research to explore the affordances of AI for BBH and Advertising Week; in a…
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Site-Specific Pedagogy Map
The Site-Specific Pedagogy Map is a paper and digital object that is an outcome of the UAL Educational Enhancement Sabbatical 2024. The map offers six pedagogical exercises based on Mike Pearson’s approaches to the ‘visitation’ of a site and how that site might be excavated for cultural, political and historical artefacts to be brought back…
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Making Moodle more inclusive: What do students and staff tell us?
The design and use of Moodle is a critical part of inclusive practice, for example, through the availability of teaching materials, flexibility of access and breaking down barriers. However, gaps in awareness, training and design, mean this potential is often not fully realised. We will discuss the key messages from interviews with students and staff…
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Exploring the relationship between practice and writing in Masters final projects
This talk reports on a recent qualitative study on the written components from a range of practice-based Master’s projects. What form does this writing take? What language practices are involved in the construction of this kind of writing? What is meant by academic writing in this context?
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‘Delving’ into Large Language Models: ethical considerations in the context of academic writing
Over the past year we have witnessed the wide diffusion of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their progressive integration in our daily tasks. In the context of Higher Education and, more specifically, academic writing, this poses some challenges while offering new opportunities. This talk analyses the complexities of teaching and assessing Contextual and Theoretical studies…
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Another Intercultural Context: Australian universities and indigenising the curriculum
In Australia, what is meant by “indigenising the curriculum”? Broadly, it’s about bringing the perspectives, traditional knowledges and processes of Aboriginal cultures into mainstream education: not just as an adjunct, but embedded. This session offers a snapshot of the why, what and how of indigenisation – and invites you to compare and contrast with our…