External Partnerships at University of the Arts London: Overview of findings from focus group and interviews

This report investigates a range of external partnerships at University of the Arts London (UAL) that are currently embedded within the curricula, or complementing curricula activity, in order to understand and further develop a process of working with external partners to enhance learning and teaching

Work of Art: Understanding Enterprise and Employability in Art and Design HE

A publication created to support learning and teaching in enterprise and employability in art and design higher education. We hope by sharing what enterprise and employability looks like in practice we can engage in discourse, develop an understanding across disciplines and use these aspirations to develop future strategies across UAL and within art and design practice

Teaching as Creative Practice Symposium

The Teaching as Creative Practice Symposium explored the relationship between creative practice, creative teaching and teacher identity. The purpose of the symposium was to • celebrate UAL funded educational development projects and those responsible for them whilst building capacity • support colleagues in developing their own response • share good practice across the UAL and also across the sector through an open symposium • enable staff at the university to engage with a wider community • provide models of excellence and creative practice to support a wider understanding of professional development in creative subject

Work of Art: Enterprise and Employability in Art and Design Teaching and Curricula

The poster presentation explores approaches to partnership development of enterprise and employability within teaching and curricula, in order to define and articulate future pedagogic practices in this area. The purpose is to share approaches to partnership engagement in the design of enterprise and employability within teaching and curricula; to articulate understandings of what worked, or did not work, and why; and to discuss complex issues or projects and how these were resolved to further enhance teaching and learning in this area. The poster showcasse vignettes of industry and employer partnerships and how these are embedded as part of teaching and curricula: - Understanding and Defining Enterprise and Employability - The Student Journey: London College of Communication BA Surface Design - Working with Industry: Wimbledon BA (Hons) Technical Arts and Special Effects - Collaborative Learning/ Cross Discipline Partnerships: London College of Communication MA Graphic Moving Image

SEE Performance Report

Student Enterprise and Employability (SEE) aims to support our students and graduates to realise their career ambitions. In this, our first Performance Report, we outline the key values underpinning everything we do

Student Enterprise and Sustainability

This paper begins a provocative and open debate exploring the links and issues between sustainability, enterprise and employability within art, design & creative sectors. Striving for a sustainable world is a concern that should occupy everyone and we believe that the art, design and creative sectors have a unique role in support of this. University of the Arts debate series on 15 May 2013 explored what kinds of future await our graduates and how they might contribute to creating a more sustainable future. The debate provided a space for conversation on the subject; to explore the link between enterprise and sustainability but also the relationship to art and design. A sustainable future is one where people can meet their needs without compromising the ability of people to do so in the future. Sustainability is a compound concept and provokes new questions around ecologic, economic and social issues and also the cross overs of these areas. Presently, we find ourselves in the position where we are threatening our own ability to enjoy our own future. The journey to a sustainable future is a creative and inspiring act. As a society we all learn, use this learning for insights and turn these insights into action. Sustainability issues are shaping the context of which businesses will have to make money; therefore it is in the long-term interest of enterprise to address issues of sustainability. Doing nothing presents real risks and doing something opens opportunities. Artists and designers need to understand human behaviour; the key tool is empathy. A deep understanding and respect of your audience and the people you are trying to communicate with to increase and affect people’s willingness and ability to change. Sustainability needs storytellers & problem solvers to design for human behaviour. Through storytelling we can make behaviour seem normal and enable change through infrastructure with design interventions that affect people’s willingness and ability to act. Through the arts we can make sense of complexity. Through media, culture, advertising we can shape expectations. Through design, architecture, product and service innovation make it easier to act. There is a massive opportunity and need for the creative economy to respond. Enterprise can shape the context, the system so we are on the path to a sustainable future. Enterprise can also innovate so we can win on that path

Teaching tool: Evaluating Students’ Engagement in Industry Projects (Live Projects)

The student feedback questionnaire is intended as a discussion with students and tutors to reflect on their design and support of industry projects. This can help course teams to: - evaluate the impact of industry projects; - enhance enterprise and employability; - inform curriculum design and learning and teaching strategies on how to measure student experience

Student Enterprise and Sustainability in the Creative Arts

This paper begins a provocative and open debate exploring the links and issues between sustainability, enterprise and employability within art, design & creative sectors. Striving for a sustainable world is a concern that should occupy everyone and we believe that the art, design and creative sectors have a unique role in support of this. University of the Arts debate series on 15 May 2013 explored what kinds of future await our graduates and how they might contribute to creating a more sustainable future. The debate provided a space for conversation on the subject; to explore the link between enterprise and sustainability but also the relationship to art and design. A sustainable future is one where people can meet their needs without compromising the ability of people to do so in the future. Sustainability is a compound concept and provokes new questions around ecologic, economic and social issues and also the cross overs of these areas. Presently, we find ourselves in the position where we are threatening our own ability to enjoy our own future. The journey to a sustainable future is a creative and inspiring act. As a society we all learn, use this learning for insights and turn these insights into action. Sustainability issues are shaping the context of which businesses will have to make money; therefore it is in the long-term interest of enterprise to address issues of sustainability. Doing nothing presents real risks and doing something opens opportunities. Artists and designers need to understand human behaviour; the key tool is empathy. A deep understanding and respect of your audience and the people you are trying to communicate with to increase and affect people’s willingness and ability to change. Sustainability needs storytellers & problem solvers to design for human behaviour. Through storytelling we can make behaviour seem normal and enable change through infrastructure with design interventions that affect people’s willingness and ability to act. Through the arts we can make sense of complexity. Through media, culture, advertising we can shape expectations. Through design, architecture, product and service innovation make it easier to act. There is a massive opportunity and need for the creative economy to respond. Enterprise can shape the context, the system so we are on the path to a sustainable future. Enterprise can also innovate so we can win on that path

What's the point of employability in art and design?

This presentation provided: - an overview of the UAL HEA Re/Claim enhancement project and opened up discussion about the approach and vision for enterprise and employability - an opportunity to explore and reflect on practice, what learning and teaching activities are valued in the curriculum, the language used to describe these and what it means in relationship to enterprise and employability The presentation aimed to open up discourse to link concepts and relationships of creative teaching and learning practices that enhance enterprise and employability. It provided the opportunity for participants to reflect on and tell their story of enterprise and employability through the lens of creative curriculum practice

Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although 58 genomic regions have been associated with CAD thus far, most of the heritability is unexplained, indicating that additional susceptibility loci await identification. An efficient discovery strategy may be larger-scale evaluation of promising associations suggested by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Hence, we genotyped 56,309 participants using a targeted gene array derived from earlier GWAS results and performed meta-analysis of results with 194,427 participants previously genotyped, totaling 88,192 CAD cases and 162,544 controls. We identified 25 new SNP-CAD associations (P < 5 × 10(-8), in fixed-effects meta-analysis) from 15 genomic regions, including SNPs in or near genes involved in cellular adhesion, leukocyte migration and atherosclerosis (PECAM1, rs1867624), coagulation and inflammation (PROCR, rs867186 (p.Ser219Gly)) and vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation (LMOD1, rs2820315). Correlation of these regions with cell-type-specific gene expression and plasma protein levels sheds light on potential disease mechanisms