who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Jane Osmond
Coventry University, Priory Street,
Coventry, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom
Keywords threshold concepts,
industrial design, tacit knowledge,
CETL, pedagogic research
Willy Oud
Kohnstamm Instituut, Universiteit van
Amsterdam, Plantage Muidergracht
24, Postbus 94208, 1090 GE
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keywords art education, innovation
projects
Ellen O’Hara
Cockpit Arts, Cockpit Yard,
Northington Street, London, WC1N
2NP, United Kingdom
Keywords economics, business
development, craft business models
Jane Osmond is Senior Research Assistant for the Centre of Excellence
for Product and Automotive Design (CEPAD), Coventry University
and is researching students’ spatial awareness skills, threshold concepts
in design and internationalization of the curriculum. Jane is
undertaking a Ph.D. by research in this area, and has published several
papers on threshold concepts.
› Threshold concepts and the transport and product design curriculum: reports
of research in progress, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education,
8.2, 169-175.
Willy Oud is Senior Researcher and project leader at the Kohnstamm
Instituut of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam,
UvA) since 1985. She specializes in research on innovation projects in
the field of arts education. She was previously a primary school teacher
before she simultaneously studied Education Science at the UvA and at
the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
› Researching effects on ‘ArtWork(s) in the Third Sector’: how can we
evaluate community arts projects?, Journal of Arts & Communities, 1.3, 203-
215.
Ellen O’Hara is Head of Business Development. She holds a degree in
Economics and Econometrics from the University of Birmingham and
a postgraduate diploma in Administrative Management. She joined
Cockpit Arts in 2006, where she is responsible for the design of the
business development strand of the incubation offer. She leads Cockpit
Arts’ research projects, which have a focus on craft business models
and the impact of incubation on growth. Ellen previously worked for
The Princes Trust, Arts Council England and Andersen management
consultancy. She sits on the Board of Directors for CreativePeop!e, a
national network of professional development providers, and This is
Not a Gateway, an organization that facilitates the production and
exchange of current thinking and research in urbanism.
› Raising the Bar – a study of growth trends among Cockpit Arts studio
holders and the impact of incubation on their development, Craft Research,
2.1, 129-141.