Well done...

Well done to everyone on a great term's work

and to module three students on completing your MA!!

As you will appreciate now we have to work with the External Examiners and then go through the university assessment boards to confirm all grades, you will see your grades published on Unihub by mid-June. Finalist students you will receive your final degree classification the week after module grades are published. 

Module One - RPL claims are approved and credit added in July.

Module Two - Ethics Approval is due by the end of June, please remember you do not start your field research for your inquiry until September. 

Module three - graduates!! We look forward to celebrating with you at Graduation on July 4th if you're able to make it to London for this.

 

We look forward to working further with returning students in September. 

Term starts back September 12th.

 

 

Deferred submissions are due in by July 6, the folder and turnitin boxes are open now and close 23.59 July 6, you can submit anytime until this deadline for consideration for progression to the next module in September.

Preparation for Presentations

We are looking forward to hearing, seeing, learning more about the journey of the inquiry process from Module Three students later this week..

 

As you prepare for these presentations please consider the following:

You have 30mins in total, this time includes sharing your professional artefact with us. It will depend on how you are presenting as to how this happens, you might conso ider spending 20mins on your presentation and 10 mins on your artefact or they may work better woven into each other across the 30mins, but do please practice to time!

You are not required to use a powerpoint or similar presentation tool. You may wish to include visual aids and prompts but consider how you do this, why and how the visual aids contribute to what you want to communicate - ie: don't read directly your slides to us. If using slides use as prompts/aids only. 

Please ensure you are confident with sharing screen, including sound if needed for any element of your presentation/artefact. We will enable this, but should not be doing it for you as you present.

Please remember to talk to your learning through the process of the inquiry but also across the three modules of MAPP.  Please try and move away from 'findings' as the focus of the presentation. We want to hear about the process and your experience as a practitioner-researcher.

Ensure you have the schedule and double-check times if you are not in the UK - all times of the schedule are given in BST. Please note the time of your presentation AND your viva later the same day - you must be available for both as a minimum requirement and are strongly encouraged to be there for the whole session to support each other, not just deliver your own presentation.

Practice, breathe and celebrate the work you have done by sharing it with others!

Finalist Presentations May 19th and 20th

 Well done to all those submitting work on Friday!!

 

An invitation to all to attend the presentations of research from our Module Three students

 

MA PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PROGRAMMES

FINALIST PRESENTATIONS

May 19^th / 20^th 2022

 

ON ZOOM (same link both days)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95021610470?pwd=bjZRSzFFNVVhMmhxSjRQajN1THo3UT09

Meeting ID: 950 2161 0470

Passcode: 068459

 

All times are given in UK/BST

 

Thursday May 19^th Presentations run 9am-1.30pm 

(Viva’s 2.30-5pm - finalist students only, not open to public audience)

 

0850 Welcome and house-keeping for the smooth running of assessments

Programme One                    

0900 Lorraine Bennett MAPP DTP

0930 Ben Warbis MAPP DTP  

1000 James Butcher MAPP DTP         

1030 Natasha Goldstein-Opasiak MAPP SS   

1100-1130 short break

Programme Two

1130 Maria Pickart-Grant MAPP DTP

1200 Kimberley Creak MAPP DTP

1230 Linda Colligan MAPP DTP

1300 Adam Illsey MAPP DTP

 

Student Vivas

(these are 1-2-1 between student and assessor only – no public audience)

1430 Lorraine

1445 Ben

1500 James

1515 Natasha

1545 Maria

1600 Kimberley

1615 Linda

1630 Adam

 

 

Friday May 20th Presentations run 1.00-4.30pm

(Viva’s 5-7pm - finalist students only, not open to public audience)

 

1250 Welcome and house-keeping for the smooth running of assessments

Programme Three

1300 Paola Napolitana MAPP SS

1330 Jo Morris MAPP Dance

1400 Dan Burton MAPP Dance 

1430 Paul Pacifico MAPP AP

1500-1515  short break

Programme Four *

1515 Michelle Escoffrey MAPP AP

1545 Elliot Smith MAPP CIP

 * please note slightly later times for this programme than first posted - No further changes to be made

Student Vivas

(These are 1-2-1 between student and assessor only – no public audience )

1700 Paola

1715 Jo

1730 Dan

1745 Paul

1800 Michelle

1815 Elliot

MAPP Alumni session cancelled today

 The session scheduled for this evening was intended to be a chance to hear from MAPP alumni about their MAPP journeys and professional development post MAPP. Unfortunately, as live goes, two of the three alumni are unable to make the session. I have decided to cancel, reschedule to next term (all current and graduated MAPP students welcome to attend). I will also ask for some short videos from alumni and begin sharing these online over the summer.

So...last week of term, we are still here if you need to email with questions.. 

Submission date is May 6, 23:59.

Module Three students will give their presentations May 19 and May 20th, on zoom - ALL students are encourgaed to attend, module three's it is expected you are present and supporting your peers alongside giving your own presentation. 

I will post the schedule for these days next week.

All submission are via Turnitin with back up copy sent to your supervisor.

Grades and feedback are published via unihub at mid-June.

Finalist students you will receive your overal degree classification (Distinction / Merit / Pass) at the end of June. With graduation ceremony's being held in London in early July. 

PLEASE contact the graduation office (via unihub) with any queries about this, your certificates etc NOT your supervisor, we have nothing to do with this stage of things.

If you have applied for a deferral, the submission date for you is July 6, 23:59 via turnitin - Summer 2022 Submissions folder on Unihub

Schedule April-May 2022

As we continue to work through and communicate feedback on drafts of work sent in please do take the spring break (from MAPP sessions) as a chance to process, reflect and engage with your work thoroughly in order to bring it to submission for May 6. 

If you have discussed a deferral of this submission date with your supervisor, your new deadline will be July 6.

As I have noted an error on your schedule for this week/weekend, please note the conformed  schedule of sessions for MAPP programmes through the rest of this term is as follows:

Spring Break April 1st  – April 18th 2022	Independent study during this time, no supervisions available
Week 10 Monday April 18th  2022		Tuesday April 19th DAN4760 Module Three focus (artefact, review, presentation) 6pm   Sunday April 24th   Monthly discussion group – communicating ideas. 7pm
Week 11 Monday April 25th  2022	Last supervisions available before assessment	Sunday May 1st ALL modules Making connections / sharing stories with guest hosts from MAPP Alumni 7pm
Week 12 Monday  May 2nd  2022	No Supervisions available this week   Final submission due Friday May 6th 2022	Submit work for assessment via Turnitin
		End of Term
Assessment Period
	Thursday May 19th 2022	MAPP Oral Presentation/Viva
	Friday May 20th 2022	MAPP Oral Presentation/Viva

 

Feedback

As drafts of work come in this week - please do ensure you take time to engage in the feedback process thoroughly by instigating feedback using the feedback discussion form. 

 

Sending simply an attachment to an email with no feedback form and no email text in some cases, is both unprofessional and shows a lack of engagement with your learning/feedback process. 

 

A reminder for Module two's you should be sending in your draft proposal - Your Supervisor does not need your participant info form, consent form, ethics form etc, these are all uploaded as part of your MORE application and Astrid will be feeding back on these to you.

RPL Claim Submission

 A reminder that RPL claims are due to be submitted today. 

 

As discussed if you are not submitting the full 80 credits at this submission point that is ok, you will have agreed with your supervisor what AOLs you are submitting and should still list the other claims you intend to make on your RPL claim sheet. 

 

The RPL claim sheet is like your cover page for the claim - it must be completed in order to outline the claim you are making for accreditation of your prior experiences.

- the Supporting Statement section at the top is like a short artists biography overviewing your professional practice as a whole.

- the Prior Accredited Learning section is where you add the details of your ISTD Fellowship, Licentitate, PGCE if held - if not please leave this blank DO NOT add details of qualifications you may hold at level 4 and 5 for example as these do not add up to part of your 80 credit claim

- the Experiential Learning section is where you complete the details of the Area of Learning Essays you are submitting.

- the sections that are highlighted on the template form are to be completed by you - you must state the AOL title (max 60 characters permitted), dates, Content, Context, specialised subject area, broader context area, credit claimed, and include three citations per AOL.

The RPL claim as a whole submission consists of your annotated CV, current Job Description, any certification for Prior Accredited Learning you may be claiming and your AOL essay. Each AOL essay should be followed by appropriate illustrations for that area and bibliography.

Please submit the RPL claim cover sheet via the turnitin tab in the RPL folder on your MAPP ACI page on Unihub AND email it to your supervisor. Please submit the RPL portfolio (CV, Job Description, AOLS, illustrations and bibliography for each AOL) in the AOL tab in the same folder on Unihub. 

 

Any problems please simply email your work to your supervisor!