New beginnings...

It was wonderful to see our module three finalists from this term and last graduate on Monday, and to meet and connect in person with some of you!! Do share your photos from the day here!

Congratulations to all, and all the best with your next adventures...do keep in touch!

Some news to share with you, I have recently been appointed as the new Director of Programmes (Arts) for Dance and Professional Practice, so will be moving away from Programme Leading MAPP, though continuing to stay connected as I will oversee all of our dance and professional practice provision at undergraduate and post graduate level in this new role.

I am delighted to introduce our new Programme Leader for MAPP, Dr Robert Vesty to you, knowing the programme is in caring, and creative hands as we move into the new term.  You can get to know Rob a little through their blog here ahead of meeting in September.

https://robertvestymapp.blogspot.com/

We are also expanding our Programme Team and will enjoy the support and voices of practice from more supervisors from the Arts faculty. Mike Dines will continue to supervise and be joined by Angela Woodhouse and Yasmin Foster-Paul who along with Rob Vesty will make our programme team for 2023/24. Please do look them up and their area of work-practice-research, I hope you will agree, a really exciting team!

I will stay on to see some of you through your final module where possible. I will email all students I have been supervising, introduce you to your new supervisor as appropriate in the coming week. 

We welcome new students starting the MA the week of Sept 18th, and term starts for all on Sept 25th

Wishing you all wonderful summers now and all for a great term in September!!

MAPP Finalist Presentations May 10, 2023

You are all invited to attend the research presentations of this term's MAPP finalists.

These are held on zoom (usual link) 

The schedule is below.

MA Professional Practice Programmes

Finalist Presentations

 

Wednesday May 10th 2023

 

Via zoom 

(usual MAPP session link)

 

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97372325589?pwd=WjY0cERGQS9jWVJ5QlVFZytBNkZoUT09

 

Meeting ID: 973 7232 5589

Passcode: 337759

 

 

 

Schedule: 

Times are all given in UK (BST) time. 

Each presenter has 30mins within which to share their presentation of their research inquiry process and learning and their professional artefact.

please arrive 10mins before the start time to settle in, students presenting should check they are able to share screen and sound as needed ahead of time.

 

11.30 Jacqui Ison-Parsell (MAPP Dance)

12.00 Maria Sofocleous (MAPP DTP)

12.30 Melody Edge (MAPP DTP)

13.00 Piedad Seiquer (MAPP DTP)

 

Short break 1330-1400

 

14.00 Amy Coughlan (MAPP DTP)

14.30 Nicola Fish (MAPP DTP)

15.00 Amanda De Souza (MAPP DTP)

 

 

1530-1630 Break and Assessors convene.

 

 

Viva (1-2-1 student and assessors only) 

1630 Jacqui

1645 Maria

1700 Melody

1715 Piedad

1730 Amy

1745 Nicola

1800 Amanda

Alumni Sharing

Our Alumni sharing this term will be recorded rather than in the live time-space of our usual Sunday session. 

I will upload to UniHub the recordings from MAPP Alumni, sharing generously their experiences of their time on the programme, developments in their professional practice through research and since. 

There will be no live session Sunday April 30th.

Our next time to gather online will be for the Module Three Presentations on May 10th. 

These will run on zoom (usual link) from 1130 (BST) to 1630 (BST)

I will post the schedule for this shortly. 

Module three students you are expected to attend for the whole time of the presentations, all students are warmly welcomed and encouraged to attend and support your peers.

Good luck now with the final preparations of your work for assessment. 

The deadline for all modules is Friday May 5th, 23.59 (BST) via Unihub Submissions Folder, Turnitin portal to upload your work as indicated by the Module code. 

Any problems, and as back-up, please email your work for assessment to your supervisor by the deadline also.

Sunday Open Discussion Group

 This Sunday April 23, we have out next discussion group for all students 1900 (BST)

The focus of the discussion is 'communicating ideas'

This is essentially what you are doing for your assessment in each module of the MA, and I would suggest what we are all doing through practice. 

It would be good to consider ahead of Sunday 

What are the ideas you are trying to communicate with the assignment you are working on right now?

Where are these ideas situated (theory / practice, society, cultural contexts)?

What are you methods of communication?

What does it feel like to share your thinking with others in this way?

Those of you in Module Three, this is a great opportunity to practice communicating the ideas of your research inquiry - in preparation for your presentation next month.

Please use the comments to share a snapshot of your thinking around this theme, what would you like to talk about on Sunday?

Module Three - Artefacts

Module Three students, I am battling a horrible chest infection and not up to talking very much at all. I am happy to talk individually with you about your artefact a little later on, and I have scheduled a session for us to meet one last time ahead of submission of work for this term to discuss the presentations also. This will be :

Tuesday April 18, 1900 (BST)

zoom link for the rest of the term

Join Zoom Meeting 

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97372325589?pwd=WjY0cERGQS9jWVJ5QlVFZytBNkZoUT09

Meeting ID: 973 7232 5589

Passcode: 337759

I am uploading to unihub for you today some examples of past artefacts from this programme - not to suggest 'this is how they should look' at all, but to offer some examples where students have really considered effectively how the artefact communicates something of their research process and is relevant to the context of their practice - these are the two main intentions of the artefact. 

New Zoom Link

 Strangely our MAPP zoom link has expired

Please use this one for the remaining group zoom sessions this term

Join Zoom Meeting

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97372325589?pwd=WjY0cERGQS9jWVJ5QlVFZytBNkZoUT09

Meeting ID: 973 7232 5589

Passcode: 337759

Module Two Student Consultation meeting

Students currently in Module Two this term, we would like a short meeting with you to inform you of the re-validation of the MA programmes in April, and what that will mean for you as you begin your final module of study in September. 

Can I propose we meet on 

Thursday March 30th, 1700 (BST) 

Please comment below to say if you are able to attend this meeting.