Photograph of biomaterials created by Arts University Plymouth MA Student Natalia Lombardi

Research & Knowledge Exchange Repository

Arts University Plymouth’s research community benefits from an unique environment dedicated to practice-led creative inquiry within a world-class suite of material and digital resources which provide evolving opportunities for original scholarship and innovative outputs.

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?

Research Group
Reference
Brown, M., (2015). The Great Editorial Race: the serious business of play. Proceedings of ENACT Learning in/through the Arts, 7TH ELIA Teachers' Academy. 10-12th May. Fonty’s School of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, The Netherlands. DOI: 0.66992/JF47S00
Publish Date
2015

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

Research Group
Reference
Ashton, B., and Brown, M., (2023). Curiosity Incubator. Proceedings of Exploring Situatedness: ELIA Academy. 10th-12th May 2023, University of Évora, Portugal. DOI: 10.66992/qttpgH
Publish Date
2023

The Thinking through Making workshop seeks to harness the power of play & imagination as a means to approach and conceptualise global challenges.

Research Group
Reference
Ashton, B., and Brown, M., (2024). Thinking through Making. Proceedings of Arts Plural, ELIA Biennial Conference. 20th-23rd November 2024, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, Italy. DOI: 10.66992/ma1FbG
Publish Date
2024

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.

Research Group
Reference
Brown, M., and Hirons, J., (2021). The Little Poster Festival: Drawing Thinking. Proceedings of Education & Illustration: Models, Methods, Paradigms: 11th Illustration Research online symposium. 11th Feb 2021, Kingston University, London. DOI: 10.66992/YS0MbN
Publish Date
2021

At its core, the objective of this project is to empower individuals and organisations to generate ideas and visually communicate them effectively.

Type
Reference
Brown, M., & Rowe, S., (2024) Shaping Thinking [Research Practice] (2024). Art University Plymouth. DOI: 10.66992/E1LMCC
Publish Date
2024

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.

Research Group
Reference
Brown, M., (2024). Global Challenges & Creative Practice. Proceedings of Gathering Pace: GLAD Conference 2024. 6th September 2024, Ulster University, Belfast. DOI: 10.66992/kJRsJK
Publish Date
2024