ASDAN’s Expressive Arts Short Course has developed the confidence and wellbeing of learners at Community Film, Art and Media. We spoke to Director of Engagement, Ray Hanks, about how the course has engaged students and met their learning needs during the lockdown.
Community Film, Art and Media in Bolton provides a range of creative courses with the aim of up-skilling post-16 learners. Their centre engages local communities from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented BAME communities and young people with learning and physical disabilities.
“Coming on the back of the most extraordinary restrictions ever imposed in the country, our plans to engage our cohort of NEET (not in education, employment or training) individuals was a huge challenge” says Ray. “We needed to adapt our training to the audience and their needs, which have dramatically changed due to lockdown.
“Our training programme, Creative Opportunity, harnessed the brilliant ASDAN Expressive Arts Short Course, which caught the imagination of our students from the start. The course adapted well to a remote situation. We were able to deliver the entire course via Zoom Pro using the ASDAN student books.”
See the full case study at https://www.asdan.org.uk/courses/case-study/expressive-arts-short-course-builds-students-selfbelief-through-distance-learning