myblog | Denise Aitken | Activity https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/members/20044515/activity/ Activity feed for Denise Aitken. Sat, 09 May 2026 14:26:13 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 82bf7fdd563771ace5921c51e5205d49 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=210 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:28:35 +0000 Unit 2 SummativeReflective Report for Unit 2 Inclusive Practices: Study skills tutoring for neurodiverse students – feeling positive about how you spend your time strengthens your identity and wellbeing Denise Aitken 20044515 Word

]]> 0 1738b02b763b2036d22535b7f9a061df Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=202 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:21:26 +0000 PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication

Action Research Project Ethical Enquiry Form

Participant name: Denise Aitken

Cohort: 1

Tutor name: Frederico Matos

What is your […]

]]> 0 004ab90afbb3374d9c6bb39892159047 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=201 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:08:40 +0000 I took this course to enrich my practice, generate some ambition to connect more with teaching students with neurodiversity in the higher education creative arts setting. I haven’t really acknowledged working i […]

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Action Research Project Ethical Enquiry Form

Participant name: Denise Aitken

Cohort: 1

Tutor name: Frederico Matos

What is your research […]

]]> 0 426ac1b9f321dbaa8f52fecba7c08aa5 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=191 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:59:05 +0000 Turning the focus from my last blog that concluded on the existing and supported inequalities in British school systems manifesting in school exclusions, let’s look at the changing face of higher education t […]

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I was unable to attend the last group workshop due to meetings with legal team regarding my son’s 5th adjournment to his sentencing hearing whilst he a […]

]]> 0 e7df30c8cf3aaa21e13299dbdc576ea2 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=175 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 16:51:12 +0000 Project Title: how can I develop the time management tool to help neurodiverse students organise study tasks more effectively?

You are being invited to take part in a research project.  Before you […]

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]]> 0 25ec374300e75c6d6c9763d5d8640b0b Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=169 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 16:23:07 +0000 Action Research Project: how can I develop the time management tool to help neurodiverse students organise study tasks effectively?

My professional role and workplace at UAL and interest in time management […]

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METHODS

Formative feedback from a work […]

]]> 0 4eccd332494fbd649a69608287c1b7a8 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=159 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:56:18 +0000 I couldn’t attend the group session the other week. I had meeting with my son’s duty solicitor, the head of prison law and a senior law partner over my son’s rolling custody awaiting a sentencing heari […]

]]> 0 c4d91a36b2241bc32c7681ecbfc289cb Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=154 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:04:51 +0000 Rationalising exploration of phrases and colours for the developing time management tool (intervention) November 6, 2023 At the group workshop today, I got some great feedback on my questionnaire from my peer researchers. Part One: Sensory Integration and rationale for including colour in the Time Management Tool/Intervention

]]> 0 82aab613eb814fc84bb90bf1a934f012 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=148 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:31:30 +0000 Research project: how can I develop the time management tool to help students organise study tasks effectively?

This study is part of my research on the PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and […]

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Brief overview of research so far.

After researching into people’s varied subjective perspectives on the passage of time (Zimbardo et al., 2012) I settled upon and Action Research project […]

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People have disabilities vs People are disabledPeople have dyslexia vs People are dyslexic

Though the […]

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Punctuality

Drawing upon Dr Ayres’ ground-breaking work, dyspraxia is

‘seen most frequently as causally related to underlying dysfunction of the tactile and p […]

]]> 0 8e6961e897e58306c64e94b86f8fca75 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=126 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:25:31 +0000 My discovery of the relationship between ADHD and time blindness, some people’s inability to judge the duration of how long an event takes, a judgement that Fontes et al. (2016) explain is a person’s subjective […]

]]> 0 29d8429a2683c747b398e48237995b8c Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=125 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:04:23 +0000 A bit of a Monday cohort traitor, I stepped into the virtual space of the online Wednesday cohort led by Rachel and Liz, swimming in guilt as I enjoyed spending time with peers not from my Monday group, as we […]

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Key words

AR               action research

ADHD           attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Spld.       […]

]]> 0 8a286c0d3fac9bd8e9695c8318809e45 Denise Aitken posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/26/inclusive-practice-blog-task-2/#comment-9 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:41:37 +0000 Your feelings of sadness as students (all of us), struggle with confidence about what we express and how, is pervasive. And this course has been telling us remaining silent isn’t an option. We’re all on a delicate journey of avoiding offence but addressing sentiments. Moreover, as staff we have a role of encouraging and strengthening student…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog The paper points out some obvious points about secularism in higher education and in the west and inherent contradictions. What jumped out to me was the […] ]]> 73e0c9fef3fbc9a407373e173bab5080 Denise Aitken posted a new activity comment https://pgcertalixbizet.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2023/05/22/witness-unconscious-bias/#comment-2 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:12:17 +0000 Hi Alix, I like your mention of ‘an educational institution is not an isolated island that can pretend not to be concerned by the external power forces existing in current governments or the world at the moment’. HE can’t continue to be colour-blind and non-racist instead of anti-racist. Walking into these insitutions and seeing the academic…Read more

In reply to - Alix Bizet wrote a new post on the site Alix Bizet UCU This short video is very efficient with a very provocative format stating the unconscious bias for what is a “get out of jail” card that many people use […] ]]> 517de421c1aef9ba85b53b56c9d5ca74 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=117 Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:24:00 +0000 The SON resource offers wider reading to students’ core curriculum; texts are accessible, unique and personable, increasing chances of students finding them relatable. The diversity means the content can be a […]

]]> 0 6508962aecbf93e79f063a1763213389 Denise Aitken posted a new activity comment https://diegob.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2023/05/12/ip-blog-1-disabilities/#comment-8 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:42:02 +0000 I don’t know how I managed to title my response above with ‘0 thoughts on’ . I think I was cutting and pasting . What a disaster. Can the moderator remove that?

In reply to - Diego Benalcazar Vega wrote a new post on the site Diego Benalcazar Disability service page The commitment of UAL towards achieving inclusion and equality for disabled students is admirable. With over 3500 […] ]]> 3de3335fdc0a83d5d2b8b522aa773d40 Denise Aitken posted a new activity comment https://diegob.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/04/ip-blog-2-faith/#comment-12 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:02:14 +0000 I like your remark, ‘I can think of one question/provocation; the text suggests that religious identities like being a Muslim are “chosen beliefs”, and, therefore, might need or ought to have less legal protection than ascribed identities like gender and race’. I agree beliefs aren’t always ‘chosen’ as children are immersed in the religious ide…Read more

In reply to - Diego Benalcazar Vega wrote a new post on the site Diego Benalcazar ‘Religion in Britain: Challenges for Higher Education.’ I have chosen two topics from the text, the ones that resonated with me the most: Mul […] ]]> 89aa65071781fe393f2a72b0fac73596 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=116 Wed, 24 May 2023 15:27:54 +0000 by Denise Aitken

 Modood and Calhoun (2015) state the scope of religious literacy must be understood,

‘in a context of wider social divisions and group power relations, especially racism, ethno-religious […]

]]> 0 33fdabde5fc1efc2b1046182dba72c05 Denise Aitken posted a new activity comment https://diegob.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2023/05/12/ip-blog-1-disabilities/#comment-7 Sun, 21 May 2023 20:07:55 +0000 Disability Service Page.

As a member of the Disability Service at UAL, it’s great to hear course/year leaders taking interest in accommodations for disability students. I heard from the disability department the other day that on average, the disability advisors have something like a caseload of 700 students each. Sometimes I remind students…Read more

In reply to - Diego Benalcazar Vega wrote a new post on the site Diego Benalcazar Disability service page The commitment of UAL towards achieving inclusion and equality for disabled students is admirable. With over 3500 […] ]]> 7f295fdfe4130ff57687374338c855f9 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=110 Mon, 15 May 2023 12:46:26 +0000 by Denise Aitken

Disability activist Thompson (cited in Blahovec, 2016) reports she aims to raise awareness of ‘what it means to be of colour and disabled, and some of the disparities surrounding that’, hig […]

]]> 0 3e0a8590ef9a0f3b1c3ac5df8734c092 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=101 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:45:21 +0000 Last Blog

It’s been a little puzzling – the consistent message that the pg cert is expecting a different voice, a real voice and though referencing is encouraged, heavy leaning on academia is d […]

]]> 0 03d9fcbef71b360821651cb18bd944c6 Denise Aitken commented on the post, Induction session, on the site Lana Locke: PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication 2022 http://lanalocke.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/12/13/induction-session/#comment-3 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:31:22 +0000 I nearly fainted at the phrase ‘more than one way to skin a cat’. I have two.

]]> fbaf16e013e33d1b37986fa034574997 Denise Aitken and Lily Jenkins are now friends https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/465046/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:55:51 +0000 0 43638010b7975b45e4d4658f5384e9d3 Denise Aitken joined the group myblog.arts support https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/465039/ Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:45:40 +0000 0 78875a578d540396298ab7b1a4e2376c Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=88 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:11:38 +0000 ‘Why are you ruining my good rioting day?’ by Denise Aitken

Available at: htt […]

]]> 0 ec0003fc5045c8ba9f4cd6211cc23b58 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=73 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 17:36:02 +0000 I think that the pg cert tutorial event that I had with my tutor Dr. Linda Aloyuis helped me, as it threw up questions around assumptions and attitudes that I may unconsciously carry, and it created a space for […]

]]> 0 7ed87b320635dad424c6958eb58d84cf Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=54 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:56:43 +0000 TUTORIALS

Though I conduct tutorials for neurodiverse students, I believe all students can benefit from 1-2-1 tutorials at various times throughout university. Not all teaching staff is comfortable with […]

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For this micro-teaching activity, I drew upon a social semiotic approach and Rose’s analytical tool (2015) as a critical analysis framework.

In teaching a student, I would need to adjust the […]

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]]> 0 927a400c6f98c57926963b823378ff55 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=21 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:47:30 +0000 Data Day Reflective Blog

The data day was refreshing in the sense that we had some word play, and I wrote a Haiku on the spot which I didn’t think was possible, and never would have attempted it out of this c […]

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Even though the title of the semiar was ‘approaches to […]

]]> 0 08e4e0ccc92fe76d18a7b4879811c99f Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=17 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:31:25 +0000 Blog from peer observation session discussing case studies.

There was substantial objection to case study teacher who is perceived by fellow peer as being self-absorbed in their teaching style – based on t […]

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]]> 0 5b17fe8a767b85d33b6f0745fc7e8cf0 Denise Aitken wrote a new post on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=7 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:38:00 +0000 Blog from peer observation session discussing teaching case studies.

At this event, we looked at a couple of teaching case studies. From the group’s discussion on the day, there was substantial objection to […]

]]> 0 b13dc4e0bdccaf61a898cdd26ccb490e Denise Aitken commented on the post, Blogging in the PgCert, on the site Blogged&jogged by Denise Aitken https://blogg2learn.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/12/13/hello-world/#comment-3 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:55:13 +0000 Back in the blog

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