1. Tell Us About It
Diverse Student Voices in Creative Learning in Practice
Terry Finnigan
University of the Arts London

2. Student Voices in Art and Design
Find out more about the student project
Experience some examples of the students work
Feedback thoughts and key points
Consider how this student work can be a catalyst for change within the institution

3. Students from diverse backgrounds
High achieving students
Variety of diverse backgrounds
Focus on the overall learning experience

4. Co-creation ‘Hearing each other’s voices we all grow’
(Frederick and James 2007)

5. Reflections on learning
What helped you learn?
What were the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them?
Can you share any tips or strategies for new students?

7. What helped you learn?
Staff encouragement to explore identity through the work
Taking risks and experimenting
Working across subject areas
Working in collaboration with others
Individual determination

9. Not another report…. Exhibitions Staff and student workshops
University website: Common place
Archive: pedagogic research base

11. Visual and tactile experience
Triggers discussions around difference and identity
Encourages staff to reflect on their pedagogy
Produces dialogues on the mutability of meaning

12. Co-creating change
Student voice projects are about challenging the academy to allow active participation from a wide range of communities and individuals who will help to redefine the parameters of higher education itself Stuart 2000

13. Institutional change and the archive
Race ethnicity degree attainment task group
Common Place pre-entry website
Diversity module on PG Cert at CLTAD
Shades of Noir website

14. Your Wise Words
Have a look at the mini exhibition of the student work around the room
Choose one piece and in pairs discuss it and reflect on what it says and how it has been produced
Feedback to the group

15. References
Stuart,M. (2000)Beyond Rhetoric: Reclaiming a Radical Agenda for Active Participation in Higher Education. Thomson Ed. Stretching the Academy: The politics and Practice of Widening Participation in Higher Education. Leicester. NIACE
Frederick, P. and James, M. (2007) Heritage Rocks: Principles and best practices of effective intercultural teaching and learning in D. Robertson and L. Nilson(eds) To improve the Academy. Mass: Anchor Publishing
Tell Us About It: Accessed on 28/11/11
Finnigan T. (2009) Tell Us About It: Diverse student voices in creative practice. ADCHE 8(2) pp

16. References http://commonplace.arts.ac.uk/