Monthly Archives: December 2025

ARP.6 Data Analysis

Survey data analysis : About half of the total student survey respondents had used the Fine Art Subject Guide Bibliography. Of students who had used the resource 42% reported finding it helpful, the balance did not complete the survey beyond … Continue reading

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Positionality Review

‘Practices of representation always implicate the positions from which we speak or write’ Stuart Hall (1990, p.222). I had taken elements of my personal positionality into account in designing the research vehicle, reflecting on embedded advantages of being white, and … Continue reading

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CRT Tenets : ARP project review

Racism is normal : Here exemplified by the hegemony of white voices in the original Bibliography and the absence of social justice content. Also in the failure to meet the commitment made in UAL’s Anti Racism Action Plan (2021, p.11). … Continue reading

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ARP.5 Expanding the Outcomes

Having designed my research to make the project manageable in the timeframe and safely positioned (Lenette, 2022) I now see exciting possibilities to scale up at the outcomes stage. These broadened outcomes are supported by the CRT framework review. My … Continue reading

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ARP.4 Designing, Circulating, and Digesting the Survey

Matthews et al. (2010, p.201) describe questionnaires as well placed to collect ‘opinions and wishes’ which reflects my refined research question; now focused on understanding effects on student engagement when using the bibliography, and their preferences for change. Having initially … Continue reading

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