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.

This workshop discussed how collaborative reflection and writing provides us, as a group of learning developers, with insights into our role and sense of identity.

Research Group
Reference
Johnson, I., Welton, K., Sum, K., Rafferty, V., Kantacheva, R., Nodder, J., Chin, P., Canton, U., Bishopp-Martin, S., and Bickle, E., (2022) Collaborative writing communities for learning development. DOI: 10.47408/jldhe.vi25.986
Publish Date
2022

Initiatiing a community of practice (CoP) to empower individuals to connect and collaborate with neurologically similar people.

Research Group
Reference
Welton, K.,(2023) Dyslexia in higher education: enhancing student belonging and overcoming barriers to achievement through communities of practice. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Issue 26: Special EDI Issue. DOI: 10.47408/jldhe.vi26.933
Publish Date
2023

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.

Research Group
Reference
Pedler, C., (2019) Illustrating Mental Health. [Practice Research] (2019). University of Worcester. DOI: 10.66992/QOIRu0
Publish Date
2019

This chapter explores the topic of Mature students and widening participation in UK higher education, exploring the particular approaches within the creative arts being developed by Arts University Plymouth.

Research Group
Reference
Gundry, T., (2025) ‘Grown-up conversations’, in Exploring Widening Access for Mature Age Students. London: Routledge, pp. 134–147. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003540144-11.
Publish Date
2025