April Update

This month several plans had been made and put in place to begin the research process of gathering data for analysis. This included the following actions: Send questionnaires out to research participants: BAME art and design students, art and design lecturers/ educators Interview min. 6 BAME art and design students Interview min. 2 BAME art Read More…

Research Ethics and Job Roles

The necessary ethical and methodical processes required to continue in moving forward with this project have now been achieved. The interview schedule and participant forms have been completed and comply with International Research Ethics guidelines to ensure that the research is carried out ethically and that the correct permission and consent for the use of Read More…

Research and Methodology

In order to move this project forward a review of literature has been completed to identify and evaluate existing bodies of work produced by researchers, scholars and practitioners surrounding the relationship between Attainment, Retention, Progression and Continuation and BAME students. This review revealed a huge amount of sources that were relevant to this topic, mostly Read More…

Improving the Relationship between Attainment, Retention, Progression and Continuation and BAME Art and Design Students

Within UK Art and Design programmes 64% of White students gain an upper degree in comparison to 31% of Black British students, this results in an attainment gap of 33% (Woodfield 2014, pp. 63-4). This indicates that there is an inequality within Art and Design attainment and the majority of BAME art and design students who do Read More…