myblog | Paul Bench | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/pbench/activity/ Activity feed for Paul Bench. Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:33:31 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 8d0c9208647d9e61d371a220b619c890 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=139 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:53:53 +0000 ARP Title, Research Question and Researcher Biography (*reminder, not document for assessment)Title Investigating the Relationship between LGBTQ+ / Queer Subjectivity, Teaching and Learning at UAL Research Question In what ways […]

]]> 0 6d502770728daa2ee4d0a6815f4084cf Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=138 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:44:47 +0000 ARP RationaleAction Research and Social Justice in Higher Education I focus on the first two stages of the Action Research Cycle proposed by McNiff and […]

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]]> 0 5d086d890ecd2dd87f59d7191339c020 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=125 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:57:52 +0000 ARP Ethical Action Plan, Consent Form, Information Sheet and Interview ScheduleNotes on Ethical Action Plan I was initially motivated to highlight cultural and historical studies at UAL and the experience of mature […]

]]> 0 3ed72ee0f36dc5c2014ed865cc28f371 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=120 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:34:05 +0000 ARP Thematic Analysis Summary of FindingsBelow is a summary of findings under themes I identified across three interviews. Participant A identifies as a gay man and ‘ally for all other p […]

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]]> 0 accc8466473ab9ef978163aeb8a5d4c9 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=95 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:50:33 +0000 ARP BibliographyAhmed, S. (2012) On being included: Racism and diversity in institutionalised life. North Carolina: Duke University Press Ahmed, S. (2021) […]

]]> 0 5ff6f2d7aaccae0e368520578f76e410 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=94 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:37:31 +0000 ARP Conclusions, Evaluation and Critical ReflectionQueer status is significant, being strongly implicated in course content and pastoral care. It was implicit that staff and students gravitated to […]

]]> 0 458ccabb20ed399162d76bd8a3c9f8aa Paul Bench posted a new activity comment https://studyon.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2025/07/10/unit-2-inclusive-practices-blog-post-1-disability/#comment-3 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:21:25 +0000 This is such a coherent and thorough post. I like that you broke down the different definitions, relating them to the videos and readings. Interesting to note Crenshaw’s own positionality as a logical stating point. In relation to the videos, I was also thinking about not just what disadvantages these people, but where possible privilege lies. For…Read more

In reply to - Sonali Misra wrote a new post on the site Sonali’s PgCert Unit 2 Inclusive Practices – Blog Post 1: Disability I critically analyse the four videos with a focus on disability and apply the learnings to my tea […] ]]> ee1e96f079de5b9bf1657d7e8d3691f5 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=80 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:02:57 +0000 IP Unit: Reflective Report Introduction, Context and Challenges I am Unit Leader and Lecturer for Fashion Histories, on MA Fashion Cultures and Histories at LCF. Although […]

]]> 0 0ab6ea6e1f34f93ee9702080b47475d4 Paul Bench posted a new activity comment https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2025/06/12/blog-3-race/#comment-14 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:34:58 +0000 Thanks so much Laura-Beth. That’s so nice to hear. This post really got me thinking and sent me on several trains of thought, including about the teaching I had experienced, which is how I came to know about the Jane Elliot example. I was shown this early in my secondary school education in English class. I still think about my English teacher and…Read more

In reply to - Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog Blog 3 Race The resources centre on the way racism and the reiteration of white dominance is social, cultural, ideological and institutionalised, creating […] ]]> 2afe4345df65ea31a04419a0da2dd79d Paul Bench posted a new activity comment https://mishaxu.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2025/04/30/ip-task-1-disability/#comment-3 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:34:35 +0000 I remember from our group tutorial that you have, or are currently doing, research on disability. I really liked the examples you gave then and the way you made me think about projects that engage ‘able-bodied’ people/researchers in experiencing the difficulties of navigating spaces as a disabled person. As I think about this, I now also won…Read more

In reply to - Misha Xu wrote a new post on the site Misha's blog Blog 1 – DisabilityIn this Task 1, reflections and analysis on how people who have been identified as disabled interact[…] ]]> b6795c8cf2182a016b2bbc511ec44748 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=72 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:22:09 +0000 Blog 3 Race The resources centre on the way racism and the reiteration of white dominance is social, cultural, ideological and institutionalised, creating […]

]]> 1 04fac47aa5b667c07acc7646e9f4a739 Paul Bench posted a new activity comment https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2025/05/16/blog-2-inclusivity-religion-belief-and-faith/#comment-11 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:52:29 +0000 Thanks so much Laura-Beth. That’s so kind of you. I’m also so pleased that it’s of use. I tend to go down rabbit holes with these topics and sometimes it’s difficult to know when to stop!

That’s so nice that you picked up that sentence. I found this helpful too because I kept wondering where the lines are drawn. It reminds me of public…Read more

In reply to - Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog Blog 2 Inclusivity, Religion, Belief and Faith Religions/faiths/beliefs have been diminished, problematised and understood as fundamental (Appiah, 2014; Rekis, […] ]]> 6b7cfad97e5525f2efdc340e08a8aa1d Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=70 Mon, 26 May 2025 16:51:54 +0000 Intervention ProposalMy intervention is to embed inclusive practices in planning an MA Fashion Histories unit, which comprises weekly 3 hour teaching sessions with […]

]]> 0 63b1fd977f6e7ee263b952edccc2cd42 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=66 Fri, 16 May 2025 22:58:17 +0000 Blog 2 Inclusivity, Religion, Belief and Faith Religions/faiths/beliefs have been diminished, problematised and understood as fundamental (Appiah, 2014; Rekis, 2023; Ramadan, 2022). […]

]]> 1 e612479210e65b9c863f0e5a016b309f Paul Bench posted a new activity comment https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2025/04/25/blog-1-disability-intersectionality-and-positionality/#comment-3 Mon, 12 May 2025 11:16:47 +0000 Thanks so much Laura-Beth. I always seem to have a lot to say! From comments in our workshops I think trying to manage such complex and wide discussions in the short blog posts is a challenge for many of us. In relation to this, I also got a lot out of hearing your perspectives in the group tutorial, which I’m sure could have gone on much longer.…Read more

In reply to - Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog Blog 1 Disability, Intersectionality and Positionality Below, I respond to recurrent themes in the filmed testimony of three people, examining their diverse […] ]]> 4775691cf8ba71878e89df15ed49ebd5 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=62 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:41:31 +0000 Blog 1 Disability, Intersectionality and Positionality Below, I respond to recurrent themes in the filmed testimony of three people, examining their diverse experiences of disability and intersecting […]

]]> 1 efa1c7997cb194309f6e8b8b66d06ece Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=59 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:56:05 +0000 Case Study 3 Assessment and Feedback I am unit leader for Fashion Histories on MA Fashion Cultures and Histories, with some agency to modify briefs and Learning Outcomes. The unit has […]

]]> 0 2068cfe65e1fc849d873b88af60a1909 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=58 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:51:24 +0000 Reflection 4This reflection addresses the influence of Michel Foucault’s theories on education. Mark Barrow (2006) deploys Foucault’s technologies of the sel […]

]]> 0 4667ea2a88d7719595a914b78a605d82 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=57 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:48:24 +0000 Reflection 3This reflection addresses Learning Outcomes, their emergence and relationship to a neoliberal, market orientated agenda and the tensions in […]

]]> 0 0fd0ca3a321b77c1c3f06ec7671df7cd Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=55 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:13:48 +0000 Peer Observation of Practice: My Observation of a PeerRecord of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice           Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: 2 hours Seminar for BA Fashion […]

]]> 0 a420a168ae23030faad5e3f6f75d1695 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=53 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:57:17 +0000 Peer Observation of Practice: My Practice ObservedRecord of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice           Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: 2 x online tutorials of 30mins e […]

]]> 0 d4333963bdb125e40511f029b504c9ae Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=50 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:31:15 +0000 Tutor Observation of PracticeRecord of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice           Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Dissertation feedback and grading […]

]]> 0 f009cb6eeb15a9916f39b651dbf1e3cf Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=43 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:34:38 +0000 Case Study 2 Planning and Teaching for Effective Learning I am Unit Leader for Fashion Histories on MA Fashion Cultures and Histories at LCF. Last year I was able to shape content and modify a brief. The […]

]]> 0 45140104ebf60b40bcc554ecee7799be Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=14 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:26:49 +0000 Microteaching Reflection For the object-based microteaching exercise I planned to spend 5 minutes establishing access to Padlet (fig. 1), the aims of the session (fig. 2), […]

]]> 0 671557a2e48caed35f0b107dd73b9495 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=13 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:07:45 +0000 Case Study 1 Knowing and Responding to your Students' Diverse NeedsI was invited to give three lectures for MA Fashion Photography, with an open brief but the implicit rationale of highlighting academic research […]

]]> 0 b4c0fc218bcfe7062d426e4e2169379b Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=12 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:29:31 +0000 Reflection 2Here, I reflect on bell hooks’ chapter Talking Art as the Spirit Moves Us (1995). hooks’ (1995) theme of needing to be initiated in order to see […]

]]> 0 9d55a2e7633df5a83852c88a69cf5cef Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=11 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:21:55 +0000 Reflection 1Here, I reflect on the set reading by Judy Willcocks and Kieran Mahon (2023), which examined the potential of using object-based teaching […]

]]> 0 b5acf782a8612798d1888d3a56adb624 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=10 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:18:55 +0000 Introducing MyselfHello, I’m Paul and I’m an Associate Lecturer in Historical and Cultural Studies across institutions, degrees and degree levels. Most of my wor […]

]]> 0 96d0f4f3f5f04780d96095bf27e32e5e Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=4 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:58:55 +0000 PGcertHello PGcert

]]> 0 1bf8c2480b355e1f8935fcdfa122cff1 Paul Bench created the site paulbench pgcert https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/555683/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:52:22 +0000 0 798d361c9043cf8e1e7584865b7446a9 Paul Bench wrote a new post on the site pbench's blog https://pbench.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:26:45 +0000 Hello PGcertI teach Historical and Contextual studies and hope the PGcert will give me new ways to engage students.

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