- This module provides the framework for the initiation of your overall project as outlined in your Learning Contract.

-It should be used to establish working processes that will inform your practice as you begin to test ideas relating to the project aims and objectives set by you in your Learning Contract. The module will also allow for the on-going revision of your project and Learning Contract.

-You will execute a body of project work and undertake relevant research in order to develop your ideas and working practices.

-You will be supported by tutorials, with academic supervisors and will be expected to regularly update your supervisor on project progress.

-You are expected to produce a Project Portfolio to accompany your main practical project. This should document the development of your work by providing: evidence of appropriate research, an analysis of project planning and implementation; the work should also cover a critical evaluation of skills gained and action planning for next steps.

-The Project Portfolio can take a number of forms, including practical projects, written reports or verbal presentations, which are supported by evidence of appropriate research within the field of study.

-The exact nature and content of this module will be negotiated by you, with appropriate staff help, in the Learning Contract.

- It will usually take the form of analytical, preparatory, experimental and other practical work relating to your chosen area of practice, plus associated research that underpins the project.

-Specific module Learning Outcomes will be taken from your own negotiated and approved Learning Contract.

Formative Assessment: Midway formative feedback will be embedded within supervisory sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support your development and progression.

Supervisory sessions.

Independent, self-directed study.

1. Implement a negotiated project and demonstrate an advanced level of relevant research to support your practices; where appropriate, this will include working in collaboration with others.

Research Skills
Critical Reasoning & Collaboration

2. Identify appropriate strategies to critically assess and develop your project and demonstrate an advanced understanding of the working practices that underpin your professional development.

Knowledge & understanding
Personal Development & Entrepreneurship

3. Articulate and present your project in a professional portfolio to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Communication

4. Reflect critically upon your professional practices to identify gaps in your professional practice.

Reflection

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Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant

Negotiated access to equipment, studio spaces and workshop facilities and technical support as appropriate to the subject area.

Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.

BELL, J. & WATERS, S. (2018) Doing Your Research Project. 7th Edition. (McGraw-Hill).

COLINS, H. (2010) Creative research: the theory and practice of research for the creative industries (AVA Academia).

DENSCOMBE, M. (2014) The Good Research Guide: for small-scale social research projects. 5th edition. (OUP).

Hyper-personalised Learning Project 1. This module will commence the start of your negotiated learning projects and provide you with an opportunity to begin to develop your individualised learning pathway.