MICHAEL BURKITT
TEDx SCUNTHORPE
The Power of Creativity
Film (11:36)
November 2022
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PGCE - Lifelong Learning - Huddersfield University, UK
MA Contemporary Fine Art Practice, Leeds Beckett University
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Beckett University
Hogeskool Voor De Kunsten Utrecht, NL
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Leeds Arts University



Michael studied in the UK and Europe and as a result has dedicated 10 years to leading arts education and advocating its power.
Michael has lectured in Art & Design, working across a range of disciplines at Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 in Further and Higher Education. He has four years experience in Programme Management and is a trained Arts Award Advisor.
Having established the Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media at John Leggott College, Michael moved on to teach in inner city London at Lambeth College, before migrating to Brazil to lead the first ever Foundation Diploma in Art & Design in Latin America at Escola Britânica de Artes Criativas (EBAC).
When designing Foundation curriculum Michael's focus is how to incubate innovative ideas, structure critical thinking and establish inclusive toolkits for creativity. Something he later developed closely with alumni tutors for Young Artists at The Royal Drawing School. Here Michael was a Child Safeguarding Lead and trained a pool of artists to deliver exciting drawing workshops at The National Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery and Ashmolean.
TEACHING
CREATIVITY
4 September 2023
1 day
continuing professional development
for teachers and creative educators
The development day will inspire your learners to open their own doors and take a seat at the table of a creative industrial revolution.
Working with Artist, Educator & TEDx speaker Michael Burkitt, we will explore his code for creativity, a toolkit for teachers and learners to maximise their creative learning sessions and assessment.
Michael will take you through a range of resources, activities and assessment criteria that will create an infrastructure for creativity. The ideas, thinking and activities from the day will be collated into a digital resource for teachers to implement and support each other with delivery in 2023/24.
Who should attend?
Ideal for those who teach creative arts qualifications at the following levels:
• GCSE
• A Level
• UAL Awarding Body (Levels 1-4)
• BTEC
• Foundation Art & Design
• Arts Award









