WEEK 5, 30/10/17

Within the session, we learnt about the Roehampton’s and British universities’ development from interwar years, due to social and cultural changes after the First World War. We also looked at a famous pupils, Eunice Kennedy Shiver and Richmal Crompton. Due to unavailable preparatory reading, we unfortunately learnt with little depth and vague context.

Despite this obstacle, I still learnt key research techniques I can apply to my project. By our class cross-examination of Kennedy and Crompton, I learnt and practiced creating a biography, contextualising figures, and different approaches to take to gain relevant information to study, all via questions. For example, where they were born; why they studied at school; did their attendance effect the school’s prestige?

We also discussed what creative outlets could we use for our project tom develop engagement. This inspired me to a multitude of possibilities: of educational podcasts, posters, short films, and moreover. However, I decided I was most likely to produce a small, condensed hand companion to building or architectural piece.

From this session, I can research educational prestige: ‘Why did Eunice Kennedy Shiver choose to study at Sacred Heart and what effects this had on the school?’