NAFAE AGM March 2009

Posted on: 04 March 2009
Institution: NAFAE
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This years AGM will be taking place at the beautiful and old Swedenburg Society, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London on the 27 March.
At 11am there will be a discussion around the new UCAS application process instigated by CHEAD and which NAFAE has been opposing.
The afternoon will be a forum that has been set up in response to the long correspondence in Art Monthly regarding changing attitudes and perceptions of quality in art education with particular reference to research into teaching.

AGM - Agenda

Coffee 9.30

Items 10 am

1. Chairs report Mark Dunhill
2. Treasurers report John Devane
3. Secretaries report Heln Baker
4. Journal Chris Smith
5. Membership discussion
6. Nominations for Treasurer & secretary

UCAS 11am

1. Guest Speaker - 20 mins
2. Guest Speaker 15 mins
3. Guest Speaker 10 mins
4. Student Union response 10 mins
5. Discussion - Mark Dunhill chair
6. Vote

LUNCH 1-2pm

Delegates will be provided with information regarding local places to eat.

FORUM 2-4pm

Following the recent debate questioning the quality of Art education in the pages of Art Monthly and the subsequent symposiums at the ICA in London and the IKON in Birmingham NAFAE will be hosting a forum following the AGM in March 09, to discuss/examine current and emerging attitudes to pedagogical practice, within Fine Art. The aim of this forum is to highlight discipline specific models of good practice and innovative teaching.

Presentations will be 10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions.
1. Introduction by Jane Ball - 10 mins
2. Sunderland: Staff Practice in a teaching Studio
3. Leeds: Embedding Professional Practice into the Curriculum
4. Salford: The Concentric Learning Map
5. Salford: Creative Teacher
6. Helen Baker: The Art School Gallery
7. Professor Rod Bugg
9. Round up Jane Ball/Mark Dunhill

Directions:

Entrance to all hired spaces is on Barter Street off Bloomsbury Way.
Closest Tube Station: Holborn (4 minutes) or Tottenham Court Road (6 minutes).
Access for the Disabled must be arranged in advance.
Limited Pay and Display parking is available and an underground car-park is close by beneath Bloomsbury Square.