Buddying up: implementing a personal protective equipment buddy system in a care home environment

With the third wave of COVID-19 once again gripping the country, care home staff are under increasing pressure. Karen Hayes and Gail Beckett outline the introduction of a personal protective equipment buddy system that was well received by those working in a care home environment in their locality.

Buddy Pair Approach as a Tool to Assess the Efficacy of Outcome-Based Education

The buddy system framework is a thought where two individuals need to be as one during the class, sit alongside one another, answer pair cooperate, examine together, and share materials with one another. In addition, a buddy needs to share the ongoing proceedings, lessons, assignments, or activities in and out of the class at whatever point he/she will be late or missing in class. Accordingly, with the buddy system, everyone needs to have each other's contact number. This chapter aims to introduce buddy pair as a catalyst in achieving the outcomes as desired by a student during the course of his education. The chapter also aims to throw light on various case studies giving out the relevance and efficacy of the method.

International Artist ‘Interactions’

In this visual article we will share experiences of an artist-in-residency project at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. The article starts by explaining the reasoning and motivations of an international artists collaboration. It explores and visually documents the context of developing a learning community of artistic practice. It visually describes a range of interactions, and peer reviewing opportunities which aimed to develop new understandings, knowledge and skills. It also highlights the use of an international artist teacher to facilitate and support the community in its exploration. A buddy system, studio-based crits, museum and gallery visits, curating, exhibiting and speaking publicly are all shown as processes for enabling the artists’ dialogue and development in an international context for making.