ABSTRACT
One of the founding principles of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) was to educate students of design, and this remains an important part of its remit today. The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design (CETLD) was a partnership project between the UK's University of Brighton, the V&A, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Royal College of Art (RCA), 2005–10. Its aims were to enhance learning and teaching in design through research by bringing together resources and expertise from both higher education (HE) and collections-based partners. This provided an excellent opportunity for the V&A to investigate the type of resources and interpretation students want and need from a museum experience.
