myblog | Lauren Curran | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/20041901/activity/ Activity feed for Lauren Curran. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:12:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 832eeb8373451aa9f839fecd6c0c6b25 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=159 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:49:26 +0000 Waay too long!! I put faaaar to much onto my slides and didn’t even get through half of them. 10 mins is so fast- I need to refine, summarise and streamline more. I had no time to practice and panicked about […]

]]> 0 2f514455d8d7ef36c6f85e11a00faa3c Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=155 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:41:35 +0000 This was an odd experience for me, I had lost my voice so was not able to speak any contributions to the workshop…only type! This meant I had to be very succinct about what I said but also realised how long it […]

]]> 0 c9e43855ef08c23226ed65cab839c050 Lauren Curran commented on the post, Sounding boards, on the site Jo Howcroft - PGCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication http://johowcroft.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/11/10/sounding-boards/#comment-2 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 10:14:43 +0000 Thank you so much for being my sounding board! It was a hugely fruitful conversation, and it makes it apparent that more conversations like this need to happen across the board!
While I get to see some form of […]

]]> 7369737660ea5d6664a4da45db572985 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=150 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 22:50:41 +0000 I was initially hesitant to put together another presentation for this session but I ended up doing it and I’m glad I did. Vikki suggested timing the 10 mins so that we get used to the time for our final […]

]]> 0 8d6cbec116b4ea357d9b021c3f63d63f Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=149 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +0000 As I was feeling a bit lost on the last session, and wasn’t ready to test anything out in the assigned time in our workshop, I organised with a fellow Technician and PGCerter to test out some interview questions […]

]]> 0 8243fdbbd0664de0022b651af3c96b9a Lauren Curran commented on the post, Hierarchy - The Grade 5 Technician, on the site PGcert journey http://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/10/27/hierarchy-the-grade-5-technician/#comment-11 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:43 +0000 Ooo how interesting! I did not know that. We are always told by management that there’s nowhere to go except management after grade 4. Who makes these rules?
So were you taken on straight away as a grade 5 or d […]

]]> f5228f0fbcf27fe8983c58f46587e977 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=147 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:06:48 +0000 my diagram

Cousin, Glynis. Researching Learning in Higher Education : An Introduction to Contemporary Methods and Approaches, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. ProQuest Ebook Central, […]

]]> 0 6305e660f32f9a1adc3162a2457a4a44 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=144 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:44:55 +0000 It was so great to have time to chat about our projects with our peers. Its really comforting to talk to people in the same situation and hear their ideas and takes on really interesting ares of study. I find […]

]]> 0 d77a168af98a24019620aede4d0841c5 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=141 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:39:12 +0000 At this point I feel like i’m searching for one thread, when there are so many interwoven ones.

I schedule a meeting with Vikki as I am just not feeling creative, have such little time due to work […]

]]> 0 7067c7f6aa658b46c07894f1d9f8c656 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=134 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:37:46 +0000 Questions that are flying round my head and I need to refine more and get answers to.

brainstorming questions at the very beginning

more initial brainstorming questions

I started to refine the questions […]

]]> 0 7183a40f9ed67b39e9204c86bac915d7 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=132 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:31:09 +0000 So apparently this mythical beast does exist. You can still be a teaching and learning technician and not just purely management at grade 5. My manager was telling me about a job role advertised at CSM that had […]

]]> 0 b3e510a059b1c5d7681974b6cec4a882 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=125 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:12:45 +0000 While both the chats I had were really great I am feeling increasingly lost….

Should I do a focus group with all participants? My main concern is that students won’t feel free enough to say what they […]

]]> 0 d4408a0ad0e266061ae63f30c2f618f7 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=123 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:37:49 +0000 During my conflicted feelings about the marking process it occurred to me that I didn’t actually know what marking would look like this year, post emergency pandemic mode. What things had changed forever? What […]

]]> 0 b660a388a781479e93409fdeac7d3659 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=118 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:22:33 +0000 Vikki brought my attention to Tracey’s work around negotiated assessment/meta assessment. I reached out to her via Instagram and we swapped emails and arranged a zoom meeting. We had a really interesting chat for […]

]]> 0 26c5245ba1aa3df1c305478c49dff2d1 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=116 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:23:22 +0000 It was really great to hear everyone’s ideas and where they were going with their action research. I found it really inspiring. The variety of subjects and approaches to them were great insights. I think […]

]]> 0 2255496d73862f580e07df418795a7ad Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=114 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:58:11 +0000 I want to create some kind of tool for staff (and students) that will track students technical journey. Particularly in their 3rd year where this is crucial to how they progress and create their final […]

]]> 0 6db3e7acbd0be4393f63684379640716 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=113 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:14:17 +0000 Jean McNiff’s Action Research for Professional Development

I found this guide very easy to read and really informative. It neatly broke down what Action research is. The main thing I need to consider is that […]

]]> 0 97a75921dc2f4f104d573b927dc1897b Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=104 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:20:46 +0000 First Brainstorm Mind Map

I started to mark students work (summatively) for the first time during the summer. Having two hats, a technical and an academic one, and the ease of which I switched between them […]

]]> 0 32be1409c158ae41c297de072b96316f Lauren Curran commented on the post, Race, on the site My PGCert Blog http://julespgcert.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/06/21/race/#comment-11 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:06:34 +0000 Hi Juliet,

I really enjoyed reading your reflections. I have also found this course pretty mind blowing and it has made me have so many conversations I have never had before. I am coming to terms more and more […]

]]> 1fe7b1078a40ee84ec2f503d366c586c Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=89 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:03:39 +0000 Trigger warning: this blog post contains topics of racism, white supremacy and white fragility

It is important to contextualise this blog post through my own positionality. I am a white person who has been […]

]]> 0 ba59f2910ec5b78f9da3b9e9dcf333b6 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=86 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:03:34 +0000 Performance and Identity

What?

To create a resource/bank of reference material that deals with bodies in performance from a more diverse lens.

Inspired by the shades resources, it made me reflect on […]

]]> 0 1da825f03c50b4c8bb6f7f76ee2ec38c Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=80 Fri, 28 May 2021 17:01:25 +0000 It was great to be directed to the Religion, belief and faith identities in learning and teaching UAL site. I have never come across it before, and it is a great collection or resources which I will keep […]

]]> 0 0fea4e08b7bd2873f66fc0b6708e11fa Lauren Curran commented on the post, Disability, on the site Kangan Arora https://kanganarora.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/04/disability/#comment-4 Thu, 06 May 2021 14:23:06 +0000 Yes, I agree- I feel like more awareness is key and perhaps some embedded training could go towards this. I’m so glad I chose this unit!!
I also enjoyed this ted talk, which addresses some of the issues we were […]

]]> d2311ba634ca2ad5647d804b0e57dac8 Lauren Curran commented on the post, Disability, on the site Kangan Arora http://kanganarora.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/04/disability/#comment-2 Wed, 05 May 2021 12:17:16 +0000 Hi Kangan,
So great to read your blog and thoughts around inclusivity. Language use really struck a cord with me and I also was struck by the term ‘creatively able’ I think its so important that we become better […]

]]> a930cbdd21a54fdf5496f8ec60520c66 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=58 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:05:45 +0000 The resources for this week’s task were extremely thought provoking. From film to text, lived experiences, to terminology, it took days for me to digest, examine and reflect on everything.

LISTEN

The Film o […]

]]> 0 9511118fdcb41f0f8dd9e3bade9157ce Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=56 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:53:32 +0000 Image from Shades Of Noir, Disabled People: The Voice of Many, p131

This task was a little dis-arming! Who am I? What makes me, me? How does that make me see the world? What experiences have shaped me? […]

]]> 0 90d03709f261b6704b44075a65c005a2 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=19 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:54:00 +0000 For this part of the session we were introduced to TEF (Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework) which measures teaching quality, learning environments and student outcomes. I was not familiar with […]

]]> 0 670cc8c2a66012a310a3b6486a71414e Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=29 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:02:13 +0000 I was really nervous about this session! But I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. It was so fruitful to sit through colleagues sessions, see different teaching styles in action and try out new things- something I […]

]]> 0 d770055ba253d66842f168c57504823e Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=25 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:35:27 +0000 To prepare for this session we watched a video on performing to an invisible audience. It was interesting to watch someone presenting online about presenting online, and listening to tips and tricks about […]

]]> 0 5f1b528479561322fc9f3fb277cf7a12 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=21 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:03:02 +0000 I really enjoyed this topic, it resonated so much with me. For me, it is such an important part of what we do as teachers, and something that has a HUGE impact on students.

For the session I read […]

]]> 0 d85210ce9fc7ec2f134eadba529acc38 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=16 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:23:17 +0000 horse, seal or something else completely?

I had a love hate relationship with this text Understanding Art: The Play of Work and the Spectator by Vilhauer about Hans George Gadamer’s Ethics of Play. Ok, maybe […]

]]> 0 85c70db66efd878d37f1d85bc3048dff Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=9 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:34:46 +0000 It was so great to virtually meet everyone in the tutor group and see everyone’s backgrounds, work, motivations and interest areas around teaching. The plethora of knowledge, skills and experiences everyone will […]

]]> 0 64aadd688cc6d2fb1e9fbff46441be68 Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=8 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:31:00 +0000 James Wisdom- HE Overview

Eye opening stats about higher education in the arts and how success is measured by different bodies. Possibly naively did not realise the bigger picture of HE in general and quite […]

]]> 0 f8a1a45fd5806e34994505ae83655dce Lauren Curran wrote a new post on the site PGcert journey https://laurenc123.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:23:26 +0000 Hi, 
My name is Lauren (she/her) and I am based at Lime Grove, D Block.
I work as a technician on the 3DFX for performance course, and teach students the practical making side of the course. I also work with the […]

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