It’s the wrong time of year to be trying to talk to students – their heads are full of assessments, rightly so; they are suffering from varying levels of e.o.t.s (end of term syndrome); and time is a precious commodity for all. I am telling myself it is for these reasons, rather than general apathy, that we only had 13 students turning up for our Turning Point Response session on feedback. Still, quality rather than quantity counts. Ably hosted by our student project lead, James, the session offered an insight into what students perceive to be feedback and what students then do with that feedback. We’re eager to follow this up by getting a broader range of opinions so we’re holding back on letting you know the results until we’ve conducted an on-line questionnaire. We’re hoping this will get a broader range of responses.

In addition to this we’re putting together an on-line questionnaire which we’re going to send across art schools in the UK to try and get insights into perspectives from arts educators. We’re hoping this will add to the insights we’ve already obtained from discussions with colleagues at Newcastle.

More later…

Having discussed perceptions of feedback with staff, we’re now eager to get the student point of view. In order to do this we’ll be holding a session with students on May 23rd at 12.30pm in Lecture Theatre 1, first floor Armstrong Building (ARMB 1.49). We’re going to use the Turning Point Student Response System (think ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’) and then, hopefully having some intriguing results, follow up with focus groups/interviews. Students interested in participating should contact Vee or James.