enhancement in art, design and media in Scotland

Conference Background
Professor Gareth Fisher, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

Enhancing Higher Education in Art, Design and Media in Scotland
Dr Claire Carney, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

A Summary of the Discussions (assessment, employability and learning environments)
David Clews, ADM-HEA

Keynote - Assessment in Art and Design: Findings of the Scottish Enhancement Themes on Assessment from and Art School Perspective, with examples from a joint programme in China
Professor Allan Walker and Raz Barfield, The Glasgow School of Art

Keynote - The Learning and Teaching Environment in Art, Design and Media
Professor Gareth Fisher, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

The following papers were submitted by conference delegates in response to event discussions:

Employability Audit: Implementing an Employability audit within an Art and Design Institution
Lesley Black, The Glasgow School of Art

Call Centre for Contemporary Art or Why New Labour Artists Aren't Working: Fine Art Education and 'Employability' in Scotland
Dr Neil Mulholland, Centre for Visual and Cultural Studies, Edinburgh College of Art

Widening Participation and Enhancement in Art, Design and Media in Scotland
Jackie Main and Eileen Reid