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International consultancies and professional contributions
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Brad Buckley was invited in 2003, by Professor Else Marie Bukdahl, the Rector of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts¹ (www.kunstakademiet.dk), and the late Professor Torben Christensen, the Pro-Rector, to be the keynote speaker at the seminar Visual Arts PhD Programs and to be a consultant on the restructuring of their academic program. The purpose of this seminar and consultancy was to assist the Academy in preparing its submission to the Ministry of Culture for the introduction of an undergraduate degree and a PhD program. This change to the award structure is due to the Bologna Agreement and the EU Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications, a European Union (EU) treaty that calls for the reform of higher education and the standardisation of all degrees across the EU. The paper addressed several key issues about PhDs in the context of the visual arts, including coursework components and the appropriate training of supervisors.
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Su Baker and Brad Buckley have provided extensive advice to Professor Yvonne Singer, Director of the Graduate Program at York University, Toronto, on the establishment of a PhD program in the visual arts (one of only three programs in Canada). Professor Singer visited Australia in 2007 to discuss PhD programs including issues surrounding supervision and examination. |
¹ The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is 250 years
old and was established by Royal charter in 1754 by King Frederik
V. The Academy was created according to the ‘French model’. Its first director
was the French sculptor François Joseph Saly. The Academy is considered
one of the most prestigious schools of fine arts in Europe.
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