“During lockdown, making craft works with any degree of refinement has been largely impossible.  Students have been asked to work on the other aspects of project development (creating research report, researching and mapping the context to their work, focusing on design work and renderings) and, while overall standards have been maintained, assessment criteria have been shifted to accommodate a world in which virtual, digital submissions have become the norm. Crits and tutorials have been provided.

MA JRP staff team decided to hold a Round Table event to bring everyone involved in the course together and, to this end, we proposed an extra-curricular activity made up of a series of quick fire 3-mintue lightning talks to raise key questions and opinions.  A call for contributions for our event – A Round Table: Jewellery in a time of crisis – resulted in a programme of 12 talks presented by students, Artists-in-Residence and staff, interspersed with questions and discussion.  The event took place using Microsoft Teams on Tues 28 April, and the panel of 12 speakers was accompanied by an audience of 40+.”