Recent closures of courses and programs across the tertiary sector have been preceded by amalgamations and absorption into larger homogenous programs. University funding metrics require increased student to teacher ratios that have significantly changed student experience and altered established pathways and models of practice. Craft disciplines do not realise adequate measurable value and impact, relative to our colleagues in sciences and social sciences. These serious challenges invite thoughtful reform. To remain viable, craft will be required to contribute deeply considered responses to critical issues across social, ethical, cultural, political, and material imperatives, as well as other forms of innovation. This paper will present several scenarios where tertiary craft programs do have unrealised potential and a positive future as demonstrated through the capacity to play a serious role in contributing new knowledge on a range of issues with potential to engage nationally identified research priorities.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	craft, change, impact, innovation, reform, pedagogy
Research Division:	Creative Arts and Writing
Research Group:	Visual arts
Research Field:	Crafts
Objective Division:	Education and Training
Objective Group:	Teaching and curriculum
Objective Field:	Pedagogy
UTAS Author:	Rubenis, N (Dr Niklavs Rubenis)
UTAS Author:	Nicol, R (Associate Professor Rohan Nicol)
ID Code:	148641
Year Published:	2021
Deposited By:	Art
Deposited On:	2022-01-31
Last Modified:	2022-07-12
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