Collecting experiences

The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design (CETLD) and the Art Design Media Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy (ADM-HEA) organised a symposium to explore art and design students' learning from museums and their collections. Research conducted by CETLD at the V&A, identified limited targeted educational provision for higher education design students in museums. The same research suggested ambivalence from museum educators about the most effective ways in which to support higher education students learning from museums; this is in spite of the fact that tutors see the role of the museum as an academic facilitator, supporting student learning (Speight, 2007). Similarly, tutors were ambivalent about ways that they can support students learning from museums, although they believe that museums do provide a range of valuable learning opportunities. This day highlighted the innovative and exciting work being undertaken in this area. Richard Lumb, Education Officer at MoDA gave a presentation on the museum's Student Workshop Leader Scheme