Dr Miranda Matthews lectures in art and education and is head of the Centre for Arts and Learning at Goldsmiths University of London. Miranda’s work at Goldsmiths has included being a tutor on the PGCE in art and design since 2016. Miranda researches issues of freedom, autonomy and representation in the arts and learning. Her writing often looks at theoretical mapping of practice. She is currently researching responses to recent policy in practice with teachers of art and design, and interdisciplinary approaches to visual and discursive practice in higher education. In the new paradigms of social distancing, Miranda is researching affective and creative online spaces.