Research & Knowledge Exchange Repository

Slide presentation in person of practice-led research at University of Worcester, for Illustration Research cohort inc lecturers, related charities, students and professional creatives. The presentation was later published as a paper for the Journal of Illustration, by Intellect.

Conference presentation on the Impacts of Book Format on the Creation and Reading of Branching Narratives in Print Comics.

What is it about play and the nature of games that motivates students to work at an increased pace and engage more readily with their peers and tutors for critique and feedback?

A presentation delivered at the Illustration & Adaptation Conference in 2019 exploring my book 'That Little Jackdaw', an adaptation of the poem ‘The Jackdaw of Rheims’.

A workshop that poses a troublesome future before imagining fantastic solutions through the playful invention of rituals, folk tales, artefacts and idols.

Approaching the design and delivery of contextual modules in ways that develop the skills of student illustrators: extending their knowledge and understanding through critical writing practices which combine drawing and illustration.

This case study of teaching practice seeks to harness the potential of curiosity, play and imagination as a means to approach and conceptualise global challenges.

This conference presentation discusses the project Shaping Thinking, which explores the value of tools and techniques used within creative education, and how these might be applied outside our field.

Presentation exploring how Arts University Plymouth students are supported to create and pursue visions of a better world by developing competencies, skills, attributes and values linked to subject knowledge.

Creative education requires a creative approach and Hirons & Brown developed the Illustration Pedagogy project using the tools and contexts of illustration itself to teaching and learning.