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Talking D&T[Archive] Subject Integrity: When Art Meets Design & TechnologySend me a message.Michelle Gregson, General Secretary and Chief Executive of NSEAD, discusses the relationship between art and design and design and technology education, exploring their distinctiveness while highlighting their shared values and challenges.NSEAD operates as a learned society, subject association, and specialist trade union for art and design educationBoth art and design and design and technology subjects face similar challenges of reduced curriculum time and resourcesMichelle describes a "spectrum of practice" where art and design focuses more on internal/artist expression while design and technology addresses external/user needsCurriculum "blurring" between...
2025-08-1945 minTalking D&TSubject Integrity: When Art & Design Meets Design & TechnologySend me a message.In this episode, I'm joined by Michele Gregson, General Secretary and Chief Executive of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD). With over 30 years of experience across education, Michele brings valuable insights into the relationship between art & design and design & technology education.We explore the complex interplay between these two subjects, discussing both the common ground and distinctive characteristics that make each unique. Our conversation delves into how curriculum pressures and resource constraints are reshaping both subjects, sometimes leading to what Michele thoughtfully describes as 'blurring' rather than...
2024-11-0545 min
You Might Know Her FromIf We Had a Patreon: Movie Clubbing Buffy the Vampire SlayerHello slayers! We're back with *another* very special episode of the show. SAG is still on strike so we are movie-clubbing 1992's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui and written by Joss Whedon. We get into the megawatt stardom of Luke Perry, Kristy Swanson's surprising singing voice and engaged body during "stunts," and Hilary Swank as a popular girl. We also get into the delicio us cameos from recent topic, gossip columnist Liz Smith as well as Easter eggs about the high schools used for filming, the end credit song, and everything we could find out...
2023-10-2647 min
The 47th HourEpisode 006 | The 47 is out there | Showcasing the 90s television series The X-Files and the cult fantasy movie Buffy The Vampire SlayerWelcome to another episode of the weekly science fiction and fantasy podcast "The 47th Hour".
Steve, Toby and Guy have fun whilst discussing the news, rumours and our favourite classic sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series. We'll also enter items, characters and shows into our Halls of Fame and Shame, play Sci-fi or Sci-fake, create Tier lists and so much more.
Steve casts his tie-breaking vote on Last weeks Hall of Fame nominations
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2022-03-251h 03
You've Got to Read This!Episode 6: Eight Young Adult (YA) novels and a book of poetryEpisode 6: Let's talk YA (Young Adult) fiction and a book of poetry with our niece, Sydney. We discuss: Spy School Revolution, by Stuart Gibbs; The One and Only Bob, by Katherine Applegate; Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series, by Tyler Knott Gregson; Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys; The Cousins, by Karen McManus; One of Us Is Lying, by Karen McManus; One of Us Is Next, by Karen McManus, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, by Adib Khorram; Darius the Great Deserves Better, by Adib Khorram.To purchase any of the books we...
2021-01-2817 min