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Below are my reflections on the intervention which took place during the first year sewing skills workshops, occurring over 3.5 days during the Autumn term. Each technician teaches one pathway (30 students). The form group is split in half and … Continue reading →

Ahmed, S.K. et al. (2025) ‘Using thematic analysis in qualitative research’, SSRN Electronic Journal, 6. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5222482. Anon (2023) ‘consent-template-for-surveys ’. Milton Keynes: The Open University. Home (2024) American Sewing Guild ASG. Available at: https://www.asg.org/sew-comfortably/ (Accessed: 28 September 2025).  Braun, V. and Clarke, … Continue reading →

Last week I introduced the adaptable sewing packs to my first year students on Wednesday morning. It didn’t go as smoothly as planned. I introduced the packs whilst students were at their machines sewing, and it was hard to tell … Continue reading →

I have been drafting and redrafting my survey after sending it out to both colleagues, fellow PGCert students and tutors. To draft the initial survey I researched government guidance around gender and disability in the context of data collection, lifting … Continue reading →

I spent today sewing the adaptable sewing packs with my colleague. They will contain the adaptable tools so with accessibility in mind we used a velcro fastening for the main bag, and then for the smaller pack (which contains the … Continue reading →

My intervention will likely produce data which is open to the ethnographic research approach, where I will be analysing both qualitative and quantitive data produced by the surveys, along with personal observations which can be analysed through descriptive research and … Continue reading →

For my ARP I referred back to my intervention exploring gender and disability and have narrowed down the aims by focusing upon whether adaptable tools can assist students in their learning. The tools were initially used to teach and assist … Continue reading →