Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools 2010

Hosted by the Tasmanian School of Art (Hobart) and the School of Visual and Performing Arts at the Academy for the Arts (Launceston)

The 3-day program will be built around the interests of those proposing papers, but be generally divided into two groups: Day 1 will consider trends in teaching and learning within the creative arts sector, especially resulting from the Bradley Review in Australia’s Higher Education as its recommendations are being implemented through government and institutional policies. These include: the ‘blurring’ of lines between VET and Higher Education creative arts offerings and the pathways between these levels; quality and learning outcome standards; socially inclusive education, including increased participation rates and knowledge exchange between institutions and communities; and work-integrated learning.

The current Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) is concentrating institutional effort around selection of 2003-2008 research outputs for peer review. Days 2 and 3 of the conference will be built around these submissions, wherein we encourage academics to consider submitting the most recent of these for the conference, including those which may not have taken the form of a conference presentation elsewhere. Additionally, work submitted for the 2009 ERA collection process, and current projects, are equally welcome as content for abstracts.

Research Higher Degree (Masters and Doctorates) candidates are strongly encouraged to propose papers. It would be greatly appreciated if supervisors could promote this opportunity to their candidates. Additionally, three ACUADS Postgraduate Grants will be made available to assist currently enrolled doctoral candidates to participate in the 2010 ACUADS conference. The ACUADS Executive Committee will select three grant recipients from the full papers proposed by doctoral candidates for presentation. For these papers, the ACUADS Executive will act as the double-blind refereeing team. Successful recipients will be advised by 20 July of the outcome. Recipients will receive $500, which will cover the registration fee with the balance being made available to assist with travel and accommodation costs.