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Staff profile / Ruth Dineen

Principal Lecturer
Tel: 02920 416633
Email rdineen@uwic.ac.uk

Ruth is a graduate of Reading University's BA in Typography & Graphic Communication with an interest in teaching, which led to a B.Ed in Art & English, and a fascination with gender roles, which resulted in an MSc in Women's Studies.

Ruth is currently Principal Lecturer on the BA Graphic Communication programme with particular responsibility for typography and word-based graphics. She has considerable teaching and external examining experience across a number of HE institutions. She has designed and run two BA courses and co-ordinated an MA Matrix structure for eight new art & design pathways within the School.

She is a member of the CSAD Research Principal’s Group. Her main research field is in the promotion of creativity in education internationally. Currently, with her colleague Annie Grove White, she is looking in to the feasibility of setting up a Welsh centre for creative teaching and teaching creativity in art & design. She has undertaken a comparative project with colleagues from Sichuan Institute in China where she is an Honorary Professor, and is a member of the Academic Board of Mianyang College of Art and Music in Sichuan Province, China. She instigated the HEA 'Creativity or Conformity' conference which UWIC hosted in January 2007. With colleagues in Sichuan Institute, she co-curated an exhibition and public seminar about creative education held in the UK and China in March/April 2007. This was supported by the Welsh Assembly Government, the British Council and the Chongqing Government.

Ruth Dineen is a member of the Teaching Creativity & Creative Teaching Research Group (http://www.wirad.ac.uk/research-themes/creative-teaching-and-teaching-creativity/) within WIRAD:

Research:

Current: Creative teaching & teaching creativity within a conformist culture.
Recent: Creative teaching & teaching creativity in collaboration with Professor Weihua Nui, Yale & Pace Universities, USA and Professor Zhang Jie, Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, China. Funded by British Council and Welsh Assembly Government

Journal Articles:

2008 In: Kaufman, J. et al. (eds). 'The effectiveness of western creative teaching methods in China: and action research project' Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, Feb 2008.
2005 In: Drew, L. (ed). ‘The promotion of creativity in learners: theory and practice.’ Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education. Sage 4 (3).
2005 In: Atkinson, D. et al, (eds). ‘Killing the goose; conflicts between politics and pedagogy.’ International Journal of Art & Design Education, Spring 2005, Blackwell Publishing.

Book Chapters:

2006 Views from the chalk face: lecturers’ and students’ perspectives on the development of creativity in art & design. In: Jackson, N. (ed). Developing creativity in higher education. London: Routledge Keegan.

Conferences:

2007 Creativity or Conformity: building cultures of creativity in HE (instigator, advisory group member, referee)
2007 British Council Chongqing: Creativity in Education; one-day seminar for government policy-makers (coordinator and speaker)
2004 presentation: Out of the Box; promoting creativity in learners, International Design & Technology Association Conference, Sheffield
2004 The Eureka Moment; promoting creativity in post-compulsory art & design, International Conference; Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art & Design, Barcelona
2004 Creativity versus Conformity, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff; Teaching & Learning Conference
2002 Art & Design Learning & Teaching Subject Network - Commissioned to review salience of programme specifications in art & design: Using Benchmarks in Art & Design; Art & Design Learning & Teaching Network, Brighton

Published conference papers:

2005 In: CLTAD ‘ The Eureka Moment; promoting creativity in post-compulsory art & design’. Enhancing the Curriculum, Centre for Learning & Teaching in Art & Design, London University of the Arts.
2004 In: Norman, E.W.L. et al (eds) ‘Out of the Box; promoting creativity in learners’. Creativity and Innovation, International Design & Technology Association, Sheffield

Referee for ‘Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education’ & ‘Innovations in Teaching & Learning International’.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Gaynor Kavanagh At Cardiff School of Art & Design, we believe in being at the top of our game and that includes being able to deliver programmes that really make a difference. We give our students every opportunity to explore all kinds of creative and professional possibilities, in an environment that recognises the importance of taking risks and seizing the initiative. We are interested in ideas and how these are examined through practice.