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RepositoryUniversity Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference NumberUAL/OH/2/4
TitleOriana Baddeley
DescriptionInterview with Professor Oriana Baddeley, Dean of Research at Central Saint Martins and Chelsea College of Art and Design.

The interview can be accessed in QuickTime Movie and Waveform Audio formats, and a transcript is also available.

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Video 1 [00:00] Oriana Baddeley; Dean of Research; began working at the university in 1978 as a visiting lecturer; initial roles at Camberwell; move to current role. [01:16] Role at University of Essex; Associate Lecturer role at Camberwell whilst completing PhD; narrow scope for teaching history of art in UK; ancient Mexican art; popular topic in art schools. [03:06] Work as assistant on contemporary art course at ICA; Dawn Addis; PhD research on Mexican art. [04:02] Number of research students at UAL; supporting PhD students and staff research; Research Excellence Framework; content of PhDs; context of practice; UAL as a mono-technic; research strategy to develop partnerships across disciplines; unique place of UAL; partnership with Kings College London; policy and design. [08:00] Discusses Camberwell College joining London Institute; staff resignations; protest; brand management; turmoil; shift to more radical and inclusive staff; autonomy lost; competition between colleges; Camberwell feeling forgotten. [11:26] Discusses experience of joining London Institute; senior staff resignations; new Head of Department; new course structure for Art History; rapid expansion; decline of course; crisis of art history nationally; new universities offering art history. [14:59] Art history role in curriculum; ceased to be a degree requirement by late 1990s; decline of Contextual Studies Department; academic debates. [17:39] Formation of CCW administrative system; size of colleges; process of becoming Head of Research for CCW. [20:15] 2010 centralisation of research support; relationships of CCW colleges; Fine Art abolished at Camberwell during formation of London Institute; staff resentment; Roger Brakewell reintroducing Painting and Drawing; differences to Chelsea; material base at Camberwell. [24:02] Wimbledon association with Theatre courses; common subjects across colleges; conservation at Camberwell; Chelsea as a Fine Art college. [25:33] Margaret Buck; political upheaval at Camberwell; joint honours course; growth of design; discusses staff feeling trauma at decision to close Fine Art. [27:37] Financial struggles of small colleges; staff unhappy at closing of ceramics course; Fine Art reasserting itself; decline in popularity of ceramics. [29:29] Discusses feelings around becoming a university; working towards research degree awarding powers; PhD student subjects; supervisory structure for PhDs. [31:32] Co-founding the Research Centre for Transnational Art Identity and Nation; Todina Watinabu? Collaborative project; first studentships for PhDs; forming research centres. [33:53] Research centre activity; growth with academic development; increasing thematic focus; increased collaboration; strategic priorities; scale. [37:29] College collaboration; conference on archives and special collections; course competition; communities of practice; senior management restructuring; recent work with university archives; Kubrick archive materials focus. [40:48] Discusses communities of practice; support for working outside college structure; funding for project. [42:14] Fractional staff; entrepreneurship; diverse experience; problematic aspects of employing fractional staff; complexity of staff hours and activity for REF; balance of fractional staff. [46:27] Research strategy; changing subject categorisations; intersections of subjects; potential for relating subjects in new Stratford building. [49:09] Developing relationship to international students; international audiences; international ideas about creativity; Black Artists and Modernism Project; future direction of university. [52:24]
Date31 May 2016
CreatorRosa Kurowska-Kyffin
Extent1 audiovisual recording; length 00:52:24
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