News

RECTO-VERSO Redefining the Sketchbook, call for papers

Call for papers.

Adopting a multi disciplinary approach this conference will seek to address the question of where the sketchbook resides within the practice of artists and designers in the 21st century.

Has the permanence of the sketchbook, its objectness, its image, its permanence changed? Has the digital environment transformed the sketchbook into a fluid and transient space where 'edit' 'undo' is the defining characteristic?

We invite abstracts of papers which examine the changing nature of the sketchbook within historic and contemporary contexts which will offer up new insights and perspectives on the sketchbook, this hitherto invisible aspect of the creative process.

Key themes

The digital sketchbook
The trace and the sketchbook
The itinerent sketchbook
The pedagogic sketchbook
The curated sketchbook
The lost pages of the sketchbook

The conference will run on 10-11 February 2011 at The Collection, Lincoln.

Call for papers, deadline 17 September 2010
Send a CV and 300 word abstract to
conferences@lincoln.ac.uk
Submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed and and selected by an independent panel. Notifications will be made to authors in November.

Visiting Moderators for Art and Design.

Edexcel is recruiting Visiting Moderators for Art and Design. Joining Edexcel's Assessment Associate Team offers an opportunity to gain greater insight into the assessment of candidates. If you are a qualified Art and Design teacher with teaching experience, this will enable you to enhance your expertise within the classroom and will assist you in preparing your students for their exams.
Full story...

Keep Calm and Carry On

Since the election on 6th May there has been an avalanche of announcements from the coalition government about their intentions to scrap organisations such as the QCDA, GTCE and BECTA, to cut the budgets of others such as Arts Council England, TDA and CCE. Teachers TV is now to be accessible on-line only, the Building Schools for the Future programme is to cease, decisions have been taken not to proceed with the new primary curriculum, to review the New Secondary Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage, to scrap the latest round of 14-19 diplomas, to abandon AS levels, to revert to the old attainment targets for KS3 assessment, to encourage schools to become academies, to create ''free schools'', to freeze teachers'' pay for two years from 2011, and to cut teachers'' pensions. Even PGCE courses are under threat. So far we''ve had the headlines but little, if any, detail about what happens next: we therefore advice ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’.
Full story...

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition

Call for Entries: One Month Left to Enter the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition!
Full story...

Subscriptions 2010-2011

The Society has not increased membership subscriptions since October 2007. The Finance and General Purposes Committee is charged by Council to keep subscriptions under review and a decision has been made to increase all subscriptions by 5 percent (4 percent if you claim your subscription against tax) with effect from 1st October 2010. Thus the increase is equivalent to a very modest one percent year on year.
Full story...
 
 

QCA Cross-curriculum Dimensions Planning Guides

QCA launched two publications at the QCA National Conference for Cross-Curricular Dimensions, 12th March 2009. The Cross-curricular Dimensions Planning Guide for Schools offers support materials for multidisciplinary planning, case-studies, a guide to each of the dimensions as well as useful links to further resources. The publication can be ordered or downloaded from the QCA curriculum website: http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/cross-curriculum-dimensions/index.aspx

The Sustainable Development in Action publication provides materials to support the integration of sustainable development dimension as well as themes or ‘doorways’ which the DCSF recommend for all schools by 2020. Again case-studies, the role of subjects and further support materials are outlined.

This publication can be ordered or down loaded: http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/cross-curriculum-dimensions/globaldimension/index.aspx

The British School at Rome Architectural Residencies 2009 - 10

Rome Scholarship in Landscape Architecture and Rome Scholarship in Architecture

Applications are invited from those working in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and environmental design for a residency at the British School at Rome (BSR). Two residencies are available for between three and nine months. Such residencies offer a valuable opportunity to develop and research work within the context of Rome. They include accommodation, full board and a research grant. More...

Free Films and Activities for Schools

FILMCLUB is a free after school film club providing extended school activities for pupils and students from primary and secondary state schools. It is a government funded organisation, set up in June 2008 which is piloting programmes throughout the UK but is already available in England. FILMCLUB hopes within three years it will reach 7,000 schools.

FILMCLUB supports schools in setting up a club offering advice, support in selecting free weekly screenings and even arranges visits from film industry professionals. They ask only that a member of staff, who will run the club, attends a regional induction day. The programme was described by Professor Tim Brighouse as one of those “high leverage” opportunities where “relatively low effort is needed to formulate or implement, but they yield extremely beneficial outcomes in terms of learning and ethos”. www.filmclub.org

Further News Items

See the Further News Items for a full listing of all stories.

Notice Board

The notice board is a place to post requests for help, ideas and inspiration! This service is only available to NSEAD members and subscribers to START magazine.

NSEAD Council elections and appointments to Boards of Council

President of the Society
Following the deadline for nominations on 30th September two valid nominations were received for the President of the Society – Susan Ogier Horwood and Andrew Mutter. The Electoral Reform Society has been instructed to organise a ballot of members and voting papers will distributed on 21st October with 12 noon on 2nd December the deadline for receipt of ballot papers.

The following were elected unopposed to Council:Susan Coles (Consultant), Sophie Hadaway (Advisory Teacher, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire), Norah Jardine (St Andrew’s & St Bride’s HS, East Kilbride), Patricia McKenna (John Ogilvie High School, Hamilton), Adrian Montana (Ashcombe School, Surrey), Oliver Nicholson (Consultant) and Marlene Wylie (AST, LB Hackney).

For full details including the membership of the new Publications, Professional Development and Curriculum Board follow this LINK

London Education Partnership Awards

Does your organisation have any successful education partnerships that you feel deserve recognition? The London Education Partnership Awards, run by the Institute of Education, University of London are an established annual event set up to recognise and reward partnerships that aim to improve the life prospects of London’s young people and adults. We encourage you to submit an entry for partnerships that you or your organisation contribute to, involving educational institutions, private sector, third sector and/or community organisations. There are eight categories including our ‘Creative journeys’ award which recognises innovative and inspiring curriculum practices in arts, design and media.

Please visit www.lepawards.org.uk for further details of the awards and how to enter. The application deadline is Friday, 2 April 2010. If you have any queries, please contact LEPAwards@ioe.ac.uk