Art from the heart:The perceptions of students from widening participation backgrounds of progression to and through HE Art and Design

Researcher: Dr Caroline Hudson, Real Education Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The project's aims were to:

• Track the experience of different aspects of Higher Education (HE) of a sample of students from widening participation backgrounds, on a range of HE courses at two NALN institutions;
• Assess the extent to and ways in which widening participation issues identified by students and staff are specific to HE Art and Design or are generic to experience of HE;
• Track the development of students from widening participation backgrounds’ Art and Design practice, over the first two years of HE;
• Assess the extent to and ways in which students from widening participation backgrounds use their own experience in their Art and Design practice;
• Assess the extent to and ways in which two NALN institutions address widening participation issues identified by students and staff ; 
• Identify the distinctive contribution of the NALN in addressing widening participation issues identified by students and staff at two NALN institutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A copy of the report is available to download here   Art from the heart report

If you would like to receive a hard copy, please contact Kirsty Morris on k.r.morris@arts.ac.uk