This fall, we will organise the pre-PD program for potential PD Arts + Creative candidates again.
About the pre-PD program
The pre-PD program is organised to help potential candidates develop their PD proposals. It will be offered to potential candidates to enter the program during its pilot phase and consists of 5 sessions. To participate in a pre-PD program as a potential PD candidates, you should be nominated for participation by a University of Applies Science (UAS).
The program is structured around the main components of the PD proposal, as formulated in appendix 3 of the validated PD Programme description. The (quality of) resulting PD proposals may inform the UAS decisions to select or not select a candidate for the PD programme. The proposals of selected candidates are submitted to the Graduate Committee (GC) by the UAS for a procedural assessment of the PD Arts and Creative, together with the required Education and Supervision Plan (OBP, see Appendix 2 of the validated PD Programme description).
Location
Social Impact Factory in Utrecht (sessions are held at Vredenburg 40 or at Kromme Nieuwengracht 3, check session details for the correct location)
Dates
Session 1: Friday September 6th, 2024 (time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm)
Session 2: Friday September 20th, 2024 (time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm)
Session 3: Friday October 4th, 2024 (time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm)
Session 4: Friday October 18th, 2024 (time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm)
Session 5: Friday November 8th, 2024 (time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm)
| DATE | ACTION | RESPONSIBILITY |
| End of August 2024 | Nomination of 1-3 candidates per University of Applied Sciences | University of Applied Sciences |
| September to November | Pre-PD sessions | Taskforce with at least one invited professor (lector) per session |
| November | Submit research plan to University of Applied Sciences | PD candidate together with the first supervisor |
| November | Writing of the Education and Supervision Plan (OBP) | Candidate together with the supervisors |
| End of November | Submit research plan and OBP to Graduate Committee | First supervisor |
| First two weeks of December | Reading plans and procedural assessments | Graduate Committee |
| Mid-December | Establishing final list of candidates to the PD | Graduate Committee |
| January 1 | Start of PD | Taskforce in collaboration with Graduate Committee and General Board |
Pre-PD programme starting points are:
1. The sessions are structured around the first five sections of a PD proposal. During and after each session, all candidates draft the section of their proposal related to that session;
2. The remaining sections of the PD proposal, sections 6, 7, and 8, are written under the supervision of the candidate’s PD supervisors;
3. The programme is attentive to visual input and other ways of writing outside of academic writing;
4. The programme pays special attention to the development of a good research question; as well as
5. To research ethics and the difficulties that come with collaboration in complex research
Session format:
10.00: reception and warm up/team building
10.30: introduction to the objectives of the day plus a short pitch from the candidates 11.30: writing sprints including lunch (13.00-13.30)
13.30: discussion of writings in groups with Taskforce members and professors 14.30: writing sprints
15.30: discussion of writings in groups with Taskforce members and professors
16.00: closing
The pre-PD sessions
Session 1. Practice problem, Purpose & Leading Question
When: September 6, 2024, time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, Utrecht
a. Which ‘problem’ do you want to address through your project. With which artistic or societal partners have you developed this problem definition, whose problem is it. How familiar are you with this problem and why are you the right person to do the research? The answers to these questions should be supported with proof of previous work and activities.
b. What is the purpose of your research: to know more about the problem, to redefine the problem, to solve it, to change existing ideas or practices, etc. Who will benefit from your work, identify concrete partners, who ideally have been involved in defining the problem as well.
c. Summarize practice and problem in a concise research question
Session 2. Research and Change Approach
When: September 20, 2024, time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, Utrecht
Which artistic, design or other creative method(s) will be used? Why are these frameworks most relevant to and useful for the research question? How do they relate to the research environment?
Special points of interest for this session:
Is the research change-oriented? How is this change orientation supported by its methods? What is the added value of an artistic or creative approach as opposed to others? Can the research question be answered within four years based on the proposed way of working?
Session 3. Roles & Integration of Roles
When: October 4, 2024, time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, Utrecht)
a. Describe how and when the four roles – of innovator, professional, researcher and change agent- come back in the research. Motivate why the candidate will be able to fulfil these roles after completing the PD proposal.
b. How are the roles distinctive and where do they overlap in the research? How do they form a coherent PD practice and how do they contribute, together to the proposed outcome (think in terms of ‘one cannot realize change without a professional way of working’, or ‘innovations come from research’, etctera).
Session 4. Ethics
When: 18 October, 2024, time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, Utrecht
Which ethical issues could be encountered during, or could arise from the research? Which ethical implications could the proposed methodologies have? What will you do with them? Does your institute need to give ethical approval and did you acquire it?
Session 5.Contributions to Practice, Knowledge, and the Domain
When: 8 November, 2024, time 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Where: Social Impact Factory, Kromme Nieuwegracht 3, Utrecht
Take notice that this has to go back to problem and purpose as well
a. how does your arts discipline and/or the societal domain in which you have worked benefit from your project
b. what kind of knowledge have you gained, has your discipline gained and the societal domain, think of what you know now, that you did not know before, both in terms of content, of ways of working (methods), ethics etc
c. how does your project fit in the wider domain and what does it contribute, check the program proposal and the learning goals to articulate this.