Author: Eleanor Sweeney

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I am glad that I chose to simplify ARP early on as it has been hard to organise and implement ideas whilst juggling workload (at LCF and my other 2 jobs) and whilst being fractional. Early on in my group tutorial sessions my peers recommended me to focus on the core issue that connected my… Continue reading ARP: Reflection and Moving Forward

The Textile Exhibition is usually held for 2nd year students to showcase their Future Craft Unit samples to the industry experts that partner with this unit. Although there is only 2nd year students work on show, it is cross pathways with the knit and print courses and I invited embroidery 1st and 3rd years to… Continue reading ARP: Textile Exhibition and Data Discoveries Part II

I aimed to try and collect initial data with a range of different methods as to allow students with different preferences or personalities to engage on their own terms, this also helped me analyse what is the most effective way of engaging the students. What stands out is that engagement increased when there were less… Continue reading ARP: Data Discoveries

The pictures below show some of the comments and ways the whiteboard has been used between mid November-Mid December.

Through talking to students in person about my PgCert during downtime in workshops and design class, natural conversations occurred where students shared ideas about what they wanted on the course to help build community. Themes that came up were: Buddy Systems It is a common process to pair 1st and 3rd year students together on… Continue reading ARP: Informal In Person Discussions

Below is the online pop up that shows before accessing the Padlet board, if yes is selected the student will receive the link to the Padlet and be able to add comments. The Padlet board was created on 20th October and is still active. All students from 1st-3rd year were sent the link and the… Continue reading ARP: Padlet Board

As my ARP project is small-scale, informal and student-led, I’ve drawn from qualitative and participatory approaches to research. I’ve been particularly interested in practices influenced by ethnography, where the focus is on lived experience, everyday interactions, and flexible forms of documentation. Rather than starting with a rigid structure, I’ve been following where the conversations lead.… Continue reading ARP: Research methods used for collecting ‘data’

As my ARP explores co-creating a sense of community on the BA Embroidery course, one of the unexpected challenges I’ve encountered is how to approach ethics and consent in a way that aligns with the spirit of the project. The format I’ve chosen is informal, conversational and student-led, it isn’t about extracting data or producing… Continue reading ARP: Consent Forms as a Barrier

I initially put together the information sheet for my research project using the PgCert example format. However i decided that to feel more aligned with the informal nature of my ARP and to appeal to creative students, a more visual format was more suitable. This poster was then emailed out to all students and stuck… Continue reading ARP: Information Sheet

Evidence of student feedback which highlights the desire for more community aspects to the course. These screen shots are taken from 1st-3rd years termly rep meetings, we document key notes that have come from these meetings Padlet so that they both staff and students to refer back to the key notes. We update the ‘You… Continue reading ARP: Starting Point

Forming the idea for my ARP has been more challenging than expected. I’ve come up against a few roadblocks such as timetabling, the complexity of my original idea, and the reality of being a fractional member of staff. I’ve also found it difficult to align the course requirements of this unit with the more natural… Continue reading ARP: Initial thoughts and feelings about the unit and my research project

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Introduction + Context I teach on the BA Embroidery course at LCF working across all 3 year groups, it is important to point out that although this course is its own BA it sits within a wider textile team with Knit and Print courses. Just before I started lecturing it was 1 degree with 3… Continue reading IP UNIT: Reflection Report – ‘Cross-Year Creative Exchange’