https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/19010858/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Abigail Swain's friends. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:35:27 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 ca95b346bd6aa2db090f76201cd12897 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617495/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 “We know not through our intellect but through our experience.” ―  Maurice Merleau-Ponty Dall’ Alba’s paper on improving teaching by enhancing ways of being is f […]

]]> 0 7cbd70ed73509a34d8549f56becd379d https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617494/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 ‘It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge’ – Albert Einstein The Art of Loving In The Classroom: A Defence Of […]

]]> 0 3f961123b7214947db357cacb6e60585 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617493/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 “Be true to thine own self” ―  Socrates philosophy of education Siegel, Harvey et al, detail in their paper on the philosophy of education important themes on the […]

]]> 0 41fe5dc84e53692401b1da16fe2c72c5 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617492/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct. — Carl Jung Vilhauer, M. (2010) Understanding art – the play of wor […]

]]> 0 057272e61196eeaacc0a1126a3ca57b4 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617491/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 unit two – inclusive practices blog post one – (including extended activity) 1), a film by christine sun kim video source: vimeo “now I am reclaiming sound as my p […]

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]]> 0 6dc772aa29fd010e2fe22341c7c66068 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617489/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 unit two – inclusive practices blog post 3 (including extended activity) shades of noir (son)  my inclination to paint,” packer has said, “especially from life, is […]

]]> 0 7f78a0967552218d0ebf51b87c95cc95 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617488/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 artefact – formative assessment “washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”―& […]

]]> 0 4ca3e00f283cbb15f4a0e11c673d3b31 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617487/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:36 +0000 Jackie Roberts Biography: “The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates Research Question: Using creative writing in the form of psychotherapyvignettes, to […]

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]]> 0 874bcc7fb44dab60c8b12d0f802cd6bf https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617485/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 I’m looking forward to taking part in UAL’s Learning and Teaching Day at LCC on 14th January 2015. This year not just attending, enjoying and being inspired by the […]

]]> 0 1492ff6f65a11b0ecba9a77268380173 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617484/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 Cara Lee Roth and I have been invited to deliver another ‘Evaluating Student Experience in Industry Projects’ workshop at the LCC Learning and Teaching Day – which […]

]]> 0 af134ce8388c8b18dbc44ab7e9a8e6e4 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617483/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 Interested in Digital Learning Spaces? You can now listen to UAL academics talking about how they and their students are using digital spaces for reflective […]

]]> 0 e751b4d1f0ac73985b8dfec61f0a9675 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617482/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 I had the great pleasure this year (2016) of again attending and presenting at the friendly and fascinating Solstice / CLT Conference at Edge Hill University – f […]

]]> 0 b27997f9ce4816cf98e0fdaf55cef3b9 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617481/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 UAL’s Annual Learning and Teaching Day 2017 was held at CSM. The link to the slides I used for my ‘Lightning Talk’ about a series of interviews / podcasts I have […]

]]> 0 885101d5cb68303f84091c7e80181e50 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617480/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 I attended and presented at the UAL Learning and Teaching Conference 2019.  It was held at London College of Communication on 21 March 2019. The theme which ran […]

]]> 0 abcd6ef738556cff1051752ccfa8599d https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617479/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:34 +0000 Earlier this century I contributed to the design and delivery of several business advice and mentoring projects – primarily focused on new creative businesses, […]

]]> 0 a522dc089f1cab35e3667a7c670271fa https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617478/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 I’m looking forward to taking part in UAL’s Learning and Teaching Day at LCC on 14th January 2015. This year not just attending, enjoying and being inspired by the […]

]]> 0 98af26d26ae5e5e8c341159a39b9e3d4 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617477/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 Cara Lee Roth and I have been invited to deliver another ‘Evaluating Student Experience in Industry Projects’ workshop at the LCC Learning and Teaching Day – which […]

]]> 0 a6ac8705ab870fac7d5a1c3baf6922df https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617476/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 Interested in Digital Learning Spaces? You can now listen to UAL academics talking about how they and their students are using digital spaces for reflective […]

]]> 0 a797fc1d5215079d6300fb41362f14b6 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617475/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 I had the great pleasure this year (2016) of again attending and presenting at the friendly and fascinating Solstice / CLT Conference at Edge Hill University – f […]

]]> 0 067e1911775b3b345ad63ee50c205077 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617474/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 UAL’s Annual Learning and Teaching Day 2017 was held at CSM. The link to the slides I used for my ‘Lightning Talk’ about a series of interviews / podcasts I have […]

]]> 0 868f8e8fcbe1fd78426cad020f1bc133 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617473/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 I attended and presented at the UAL Learning and Teaching Conference 2019.  It was held at London College of Communication on 21 March 2019. The theme which ran […]

]]> 0 0ec9ad484c192dfbb7d94cb02525eef8 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617472/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:33 +0000 Earlier this century I contributed to the design and delivery of several business advice and mentoring projects – primarily focused on new creative businesses, […]

]]> 0 ff8101857acb9762acd72a3066a3e35e https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617471/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Both philosophy and literature represent the world and reflect on it. They are clearly different, yet converge, overlap and relate to one another in various ways. […]

]]> 0 dd88f589f93aaedb0d37d176f08006d6 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617470/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Look inside the mind of a famous thinker: Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and writer Daryn Green talk to author and Philosophy Now columnist Raymond Tallis about […]

]]> 0 dcba3323d42350c1d3cffeab8c5480e4 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617469/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Isaiah Berlin said of David Hume, “No man has influenced the history of philosophy to a deeper or more disturbing degree.” Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now […]

]]> 0 2a581d355c51d89661145bd60e746d87 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617468/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 What has Buddhism to offer the 21st Century? Join Anja Steinbauer and her guests, Martin Muchall and Rick Lewis, for a critical discussion of ideas in and about […]

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]]> 0 ce8ccdcc0b82d93b58c0cc8a26b967c6 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617466/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Join Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now and guests John Callanan from King’s College, London, and Andrew Ward from the University of York to talk about the most i […]

]]> 0 00ae5954103e983a9a3597677792de00 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617465/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 What is meta-ethics? How does meta-ethics differ from ethics, and what does it tell us about ethics? Why is it important for how we should live our lives? Join […]

]]> 0 ba09221b9c07ae21473a35f443c14267 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617464/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Might Nietzsche be right, claiming that lying is “a condition of life?” – Or Kant, arguing that lying means annihilating human dignity? Is it ever acceptable for g […]

]]> 0 ae11e93319dddfeb66c2dd2ba7b87666 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617463/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Ludwig Wittgenstein worked out how language has meaning, twice. He also thought that some of the most important things we can know we can’t express at all. Grant B […]

]]> 0 e15d5d2296e84d4c78a2152227aefbaa https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617462/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:32 +0000 Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now (and author of The Metarevolution) is joined by members of London philosophy groups Philosophy For All and the Philosophical […]

]]> 0 64f648d41ca8a58e71555dcff1193dd4 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617454/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Sarah Day, Acting Course Leader Teaching and learning themes: sharing and showcasing work, including securely with […]

]]> 0 34a10298c8ab74460eed02ed75da950b https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617453/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Matthew Hawkins, Senior Lecturer Theme:  Developing research skills. Course name; level:  BA (Hons) Photography C […]

]]> 0 9fcaefdfcca8700eea8fee0cc94cd5c2 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617452/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Georgia Steele, Programme Leader; Tim Meara Curriculum Co-ordinator Themes: research skills, reflective practice. […]

]]> 0 d06941dc3889d361165aeb3e00823842 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617451/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Tim Morgan, Learning Technologist Themes:  low residency; synchronous and asynchronous online learning; international […]

]]> 0 d0f1891e9e76ef90c2ad7f853119ce9f https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617450/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Tony Pritchard, Course Leader, Postgraduate Design for Visual Communication Teaching and learning themes: […]

]]> 0 4b54918ab72f076eaea614ec069a2a77 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617449/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Jennifer Williams-Baffoe, Online Fashion Tutor and CSM’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Coordinator Themes:  pure […]

]]> 0 d77457aef3ed48b6596142cff1634072 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617448/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: James Swinson, Course Leader for Research Pathway in the MA Academic Practice in Art Design and Communication & CSM […]

]]> 0 1d2c4687b3904d563f963f6256f7b8b6 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617447/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to podcast. In conversation with: Ana Stankovic-Fitzgerald, Course Tutor, Fashion Illustration and Fashion Drawing. Themes:  teaching online; […]

]]> 0 a96954cea8db573025e94d0091a55716 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617446/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:31 +0000 Direct link to Podcast. In conversation with: Mark Barden, Course Leader BA (Hons) Sports Journalism. Themes:  “communities of practice”; easing the move from […]

]]> 0 cb873fa5d565b6fd7c8d9f2acce62278 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617387/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 Myblog.arts will be offline for approximately 30 minutes from 9pm this evening, Monday 9th March 2015. This is to allow for essential maintenance work on the web […]

]]> 0 e7e236bc154ed83d27242cd944ae2f1e https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617386/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 I updated the Terms and Conditions page today to clarify the situation with the long-term availability of blogs created on myblog.arts. See the section title ‘Blog […]

]]> 0 0f592cb672e2e49cd3aabad8659ddc80 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617385/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 There are ongoing issues with UAL’s network which are causing problems with some pages here at myblog.arts. Most individual blogs are working, but in some cases […]

]]> 0 a76b9ec802f20a7d8791ce48665eb63a https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617384/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 There continue to be network issues at UAL which affect myblog.arts. We are waiting to hear about progress on this from the IT department. In the meantime some […]

]]> 0 7610da5e72a3f9ba3e553fc95f367028 https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617383/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 myblog.arts will be offline on 14th July 2015 at 11am, for approximately one hour, while an update is applied to the WordPress software. This update brings the […]

]]> 0 02fcc43fc60f75e535b7b63d860716bc https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/617382/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:20 +0000 myblog.arts was updated on 14th July 2015 to use the latest version of WordPress. Here are a couple of short videos giving an overview of some of the new features […]

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