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Creative Thinking Level 5 Summary (2021)
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Cochrane, R., & Heathcote, K. (2021). Creative Thinking Level 5 Summary. Edinburgh

A new qualification in Creative Thinking offered at SCQF Level 5 in schools across Scotland. Embedding contemporary teaching and learning theory to provide the transferable, problem solving skills identified by the World Economic Forum and Skills De... Read More about Creative Thinking Level 5 Summary.

Creative Thinking Level 6 Summary (2021)
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Cochrane, R., & Heathcote, K. (2021). Creative Thinking Level 6 Summary. Edinburgh

A new qualification in Creative Thinking offered at SCQF Level 6 in schools across Scotland. Embedding contemporary teaching and learning theory to provide the transferable, problem solving skills identified by the World Economic Forum and Skills De... Read More about Creative Thinking Level 6 Summary.

Plugging the Data Gap: Freelance Workers in the Creative Industries (2021)
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Panneels, I., Terras, M., Jones, C., Helgason, I., & Komorowski, M. (2021). Plugging the Data Gap: Freelance Workers in the Creative Industries. https://www.pec.ac.uk/blog/plugging-the-data-gap-freelance-and-self-employed-workers-in-the-creative-industries

The lack of data on the self-employed and freelance workforce is a particularly severe problem for the creative industries, which are disproportionately made up of freelancers.

Bleeding Free (2021)
Digital Artefact
MacLeod, K., Morgan, L., & Cochrane, R. (2021). Bleeding Free. [Digital video]

A documentary film about period poverty and menstrual health. The film focuses on the importance of free access to period products and how this improves the life chances for women and girls, especially in relation to education but also for gender equ... Read More about Bleeding Free.

Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age (2021)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2021). Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age. Annals of Tourism Research, 89, Article 103188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103188

The expansion of additive manufacturing or 3D printing as a novel (re)production method disrupts social consumption patterns and challenges existing conceptualisations of tourist souvenirs as material, metonymic and symbolic objects that often lack a... Read More about Souvenir authenticity in the additive manufacturing age.

Daydream@Creative Leadership (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Daydream@Creative Leadership. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning, Online

In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at... Read More about Daydream@Creative Leadership.

Creativity is the ONLY answer (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Creativity is the ONLY answer. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning event, Online

There are known knowns in life - ice-cream on a summer’s day makes you happy or a blanket in front of the fire in winter is comforting. Another of these known knowns is creativity is the only answer – it solves all problems: boring maths, a disillusi... Read More about Creativity is the ONLY answer.

Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, February). Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship. Presented at Design Entrepreneurship Series, Maynooth University, Ireland

Uncertainty. The power and risk of working with the unknown.
Ruth will be drawing on her experience as a designer for Tannoy, Linn, Aston Martin and her company Love Scotland, to talk about service design with social impact. Uncertainty requires ski... Read More about Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship.

The value of mass-digitised cultural heritage content in creative contexts (2021)
Journal Article
Coleman, S., Terras, M., Thornton, P., Smyth, M., Schafer, B., Drost, S., Pegado, B., Panneels, I., Elsden, C., Osborne, N., Lechelt, S., Helgason, I., & Speed, C. (2021). The value of mass-digitised cultural heritage content in creative contexts. Big Data and Society, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211006165

How can digitised assets of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums be reused to unlock new value? What are the implications of viewing large-scale cultural heritage data as an economic resource, to build new products and services upon? Drawing up... Read More about The value of mass-digitised cultural heritage content in creative contexts.

Creative Assessment (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, November). Creative Assessment. Presented at Edinburgh College Research, Innovation & Improvement Project Forum, Online

This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the context of the creative industries feedback needs to become a shared responsibi... Read More about Creative Assessment.

'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S., & Peracha, M. 'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition. [Curation of artworks]. Exhibited at Koel Gallery [Online - https://koelgallery.com/exhibitions/landscape-of-memory/]. 17 November 2020 - 29 December 2020

Sana Bilgrami and Maliha Peracha brought together artists from Scotland and Pakistan to discover in their work refractions of a shared and evocative vision of the elemental power, rhythm and continuity of natural forces. This exhibition reveals how b... Read More about 'Landscape of Memory' International Online Art Exhibition.

DETAILS: Women and Social Realism (2020)
Digital Artefact
Macinnes, C., Lamb, B., Haillay, S., & Coatman, A. (2020). DETAILS: Women and Social Realism. [Documentary film]

AHRC nominated for best early career research film. Three women filmmakers discuss their own contribution to social realism on screen and their inspirations.

Daydream Believers and a Qualification in Creative Thinking (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, October). Daydream Believers and a Qualification in Creative Thinking. Presented at Fusion Cities 2 (Virtual) City of London Corporation, London [Online]

What if there was a Higher/A Level in Creative Thinking?

Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia (2020)
Journal Article
Supartono, A., & Moschovi, A. (2020). Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 51(3), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000508

This article seeks to explore the impact of digital technologies upon the material, conceptual and ideological premises of the colonial archive in the digital era. This analysis is pursued though a discussion of creative work produced during an inter... Read More about Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia.

Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Elsden, C., Chan, K., Erskine, P., Helgason, I., Lechelt, S., Osborne, N., Panneels, I., Smyth, M., Warren, K., Terras, M., & Speed, C. Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events

Creative Informatics is a research and development programme based in Edinburgh, which aims to bring the city’s world-class creative industries and tech sector together. We are a collaboration between University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier Univers... Read More about Creative Informatics Guide for Online Events.

Stamp IT - Simple solutions to assessment in Design Education (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, June). Stamp IT - Simple solutions to assessment in Design Education. Presented at Fusion Cities of the Future, London

Cochrane, R. (2020, June). Stamp IT - Simple solutions to assessment in Design Education. Presented at Fusion Cities of the Future, London.

Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement (2020)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Winton, E., Jamieson, K., Muir, N., & Sandison, M. (2020). Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement. Learning Disability Practice, 23(2), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp.2020.e2045

This article describes a public engagement project on bereavement involving people with intellectual disabilities. The project was a practical application of research findings related to discussing death, dying and bereavement with people with intell... Read More about Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement.