2. Looking-Out Project DCMS ADM-HEA Submission of draft reports by 30 Sept. Report to be edited by D. Clews Stepping- Out/Looking-Out Project Report Publication Feb 2010 Questionnaire - Department Heads Questionnaire: Teacher- Practitioners Case Studies Focus Groups Professional Profiles

3. Stepping- Out Project Fund Stepping-Out Project Draft reports submitted for editing into final report Project Report Publication (Downloadable from ADM-HEA ) ‘10x10’ Artswork@Bath Spa University ‘Balancing Work and Study’ CEMP Bournemouth ‘Co-Working’ University of Brighton ‘The Reflexive Practitioner’ Nottingham Trent ‘Visiting Design Professionals’ Design Skills Alliance HEFCE Arts Council England CETLD Brighton CHEAD Skillset Design Council ADM-HEA

5. The Projects The Reflexive Practitioner –School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University –Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Kingston University 10x10 –Artswork, Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the creative industries, Bath Spa University Visiting Design Practitioners –Creative Manchester –Manchester Metropolitan University Co-Working –Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton Balancing Work and Study –Centre for Excellence In Media Practice, University of Bournemouth

6. The Reflexive Practitioner Nottingham Trent University, Kingston University Enquired into the value of professional practitioners in the the curriculum Used qualitative research involving semi-structured interviews with practitioners teaching fine art Additional research involved PGCert design student interviews Created a website with videos of the interviews, dividing the questions into debatable themes The website acts as a growing resource to link the debate on artists in education with verbatim accounts of artist-educator experiences

7. 10x10 Artswork, BathSpa University Held a series of workshops designed for teacher- practitioners These were designed to develop a body of material and explore professional development needs Employed different techniques, such as drawing and performance, with different facilitators Offered ‘non-HE’ spaces in which to see things differently Examined the ways that education and practice educate and inform each other

8. Visiting Design Professionals Creative Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University Arose from a UK Design Skills Alliance proposal to support the development and delivery of industry-relevant curricula Examined the nature and extent of design professionals’ interaction with education Identified a range of companies, individuals and organisations in north-west England with and without involvement in art education Recorded interviews investigating perceived barriers to and benefits of such involvement Focus group discussion identified fruitful areas for collaboration and produced recommendations for both industry and HE institutions

9. Co-Working University of Brighton Balancing Work and Study CEMP, University of Bournemouth