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Art teachers urged to take risks with new technology

Art teachers should overcome their fear of risk-taking and schools should embrace mobile phones and other technology, according to the academic behind a new degree in the subject.

Diarmuid McAuliffe, subject leader for art and design at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) school of education, says schools have tended to ban mobile phones, ignoring their potential for creativity.