Creative Arts postgraduate study: Developments and challenges
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Wood, Becca
Gailbraith, H.
Gallagher, S.
Te Whaiti, R.
Ingram, S.
Watson, R.
Gailbraith, H.
Gallagher, S.
Te Whaiti, R.
Ingram, S.
Watson, R.
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2025-04-14
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Conference Contribution - Oral Presentation
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Aotearoa
New Zealand
creative arts education
art education
dance education
post-graduate education
creative practice in business
creative practice in cultural identity
New Zealand
creative arts education
art education
dance education
post-graduate education
creative practice in business
creative practice in cultural identity
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Wood, B., Galbraith, H., Gallagher, S., Te Whaiti, R., Ingram, S., & Watson, R. (2025, April, 14). Creative Arts postgraduate study: Developments and challenges [Paper presentation]. ANZAAE Conference, Wintec, Kirikiriroa. [Hamilton], New Zealand
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/7029
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Postgraduate creative practice study enables deep dives into a practice, it’s cultural, contextual and theoretical grounding. Are our Postgraduate offerings fit-for-purpose for our present and future? The shape, duration and study mode of Creative Arts Postgraduate offerings have been changing significantly in Aotearoa (and internationally) over the last 5-10 years, and ongoing change is likely.
Student needs are evolving, resources more restricted (across staff time/workload, and studio space and workshop facilities), additional governmental focus on vocationally-aligned qualifications, which all challenge a number of existing Postgraduate degree pedagogies and structures. The University Advisory Group work is likely to have recommendations relating to Postgraduate Research in relation to both the structure and purpose of the University system, and the broader research ecosystem. We don’t know how this will unfold, and there are anxieties around how creative practice research will fare. We ar e being asked to support our students to complete within timeframes aligned with funding, while our students are regularly aski ng for more time to complete. There are increasing challenges in terms of retention of Postgraduate students and the rhythms and intensities of Postgraduate study work well for some students and don’t for others.
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