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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 3h

They took it very seriously!

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 9h

I am delighted to share that I have been appointed to the Practitioner Advisory Group (PAG) for the Education Training Foundation (ETF) for a three-year term!

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 1d

I spent time with my Year 1s reflecting on reflection and exploring all things learning objectives. And ended the day by setting them a “secret mission” to gain insights from Kayleigh McLaughlin’s Year 2s!

A lovely reminder that the best days are the ones spent learning with others.

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 1d

My UCC ITE Year 1s are now well into the swing of things and have settled into a classroom culture of gold stars, clapping, and whooping. Joyful learning in action!

Today was a full and fulfilling day:
It started strong with Lou’s Techtober session on authentic public speaking

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesdays are long, but they are also one of my favourites, because I get to spend most of the day in the classroom! One of my favourite places to be.

I can not quite believe October half term is just around the corner.

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 1d

Earn your stripes and then rip them off again.

#Studio #ArtStudio #Watercolour #Orange #Paint #Paper #WorkInProgress #MixedMedia #Tape #BTS #Process #ProcessArt #Line #UnDo #ReDo

#CreativeColchester #ColchesterArtist #EssexArt #AbbieCairns

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to this weekend’s Virtual Health & Well-Being Summit (ARU).

I’m chairing keynotes by Assoc. Prof. Siân Shaw & Assoc. Prof. Yu-Hsiu Lin.

18–19 Oct | ARU Cambridge

eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-health-and-well-being-summit-navigating-the-path-to-better-health-tickets-1513200907649

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 3d

Some Sunday orange!

#Studio #ArtStudio #Watercolour #Orange #Paint #Paper #WorkInProgress #MixedMedia #Tape #BTS

#CreativeColchester #ColchesterArtist #EssexArt #AbbieCairns

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 3d

I have really enjoyed joining the #Techtober events when I can, and this week’s session on AI and Neurodiverse Learners, led by Freya Rose Bevan, was particularly insightful. The live demos were so useful!

I have also been having some fun with autodraw, which I had not come across before!

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JVET @jvetjournal.bsky.social · 3d

This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.

This week we ask what deeper shifts in values or incentives might be needed for firms to see training not as a cost, but as a shared investment in societal resilience?

#SpotlightSundays #JVET

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday was made even better thanks to Frances Akinde. In one of those delightful twists life throws at you, the recent NSEAD meeting brought us together Frances had been on my wish list of guest speakers, and this was the perfect opportunity to ask. (She said yes!).

Appreciation to Frances!

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 6d

I am so excited to be working with the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) to offer this brand-new course for Educator–Artist–Researchers (EARs) in the post-16 sector!

Enrol now via NSEAD: www.nsead.org/courses-advi...

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 7d

Another great SPACE session today!

We explored all things 3D, oil painting processes, children’s books, and canvases.

Tina Bullen and I also shared and exchanged our latest works. It is exciting to see how our ideas are developing and to gain valuable peer feedback from fellow creatives.

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 7d

(Can we) have it all and more(?)

#HaveItAll #AndMore #YouCantHaveItAll #Text #TextArt #WorkInProgress #Stencil #Line #LineDrawing #Pen #PenAndPaper

#CreativeColchester #ColchesterArtist #EssexArt #AbbieCairns

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 8d

It is week three in the ITE classroom, and our discussions have been buzzing with ideas around pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy.

We also unpacked the many roles and responsibilities of the FE educator… and welcomed two new (and very busy!) colleagues to the room: Trevor and Motivator.

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 9d

This evening I met online with fellow LSRN Learning and Skills Research Network co-conveners, and it was uplifting! The space was full of enthusiasm, thoughtful discussion, and some great ideas are beginning to take shape.

Join us for LSRN Thinking Together: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 10d

have spent some of today planning for two of my upcoming WEA - Adult Learning, Within Reach courses:

Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century England

Artist Movements from the Early Twentieth Century

Book now!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-apprec...

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 10d

Materials clash. Vinyl letters with collages automatic writing.

#ColourClash #Materials #Play #ArtPlay #FailBetter #ThisTime #Collage #AutomaticWriting #Text #TextArt #BTS #WorkInProgress #Studio #ArtStudio

#CreativeColchester #ColchesterArtist #EssexArt #AbbieCairns

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JVET @jvetjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.

This week we ask what if VET governance welcomed all social orders, how might that reshape its logic?

Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#SpotlightSundays #JVET

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 11d

I have had a very productive day in the studio working on two projects, one collaborative and one solo!

It has been a joy to delve deeper into my collaboration with Tina Bullen. Visually responding to someone else’s ideas and exploring new creative directions together has been really fun!

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 11d

I have been exploring some letters for my collaboration with tina.bullen

Reuniting with my stencil brings me pure joy.

#Text #TextArt #Letters #Language #LinguisticUnit #Stencil #StencilArt #Pen #PenAndPaper #Collaboration #Studio #ArtStudio #BTS #WorkInProgress

#AbbieCairns

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 12d

LSRN Learning and Skills Research Network Thinking Together sessions.

This is a shared, equal space for teachers, researchers, and teacher educators to do our thinking together.

Sign up to the mailing list to receive a reminder and the joining link each month: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 14d

again

(Do it) again
(Use it) again
(Again) again

#Art #FineArt #TextArt #WorkInProgress #Studio #ArtStudio #Process #Paper #Collage #BTS #WordPlay #Stencil #DoItAgain #UseItAgain #AgainAgain

#CreativeColchester #ColchesterArtist #EssexArtist #EmergingArtist #AbbieCairns

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 14d

It is always special to see research in print, and I am grateful to be able to contribute to ongoing conversations around artist-teachers, dual identities, and adult community learning.

@nsead.bsky.social

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Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social · 14d

I am so pleased to have received the hard copy of iJADE (International Journal of Art & Design Education), which features my article “An Analysis of a Proposed Definition for Artist-Teachers in Adult Community Learning.”

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