CHEAD is the association of educational institutions with degree or postgraduate provision in art, design, creative media and related disciplines.
CHEAD 2026 Annual Conference
Navigating Change: A Creative Leader's Role
Teesside University
Creative Education Manifesto
The manifesto outlines eight key asks which, if actioned, the coalition argues will help protect the critical talent pipeline that feeds the UK’s successful creative economy.
Resources for Embedding Skills for Planet
A space for practical resources to help designers, design educators and organisations that employ designers to embed the green design skills listed within the Skills for Planet Blueprint
CHEAD and ANdEA Study Programme 2025
CHEAD were delighted to win mobility funding from the British Council GREAT! Campaign enabling us to take twelve CHEAD Members to France for four days to meet with French schools of art and cultural organisations.
Hear what delegates had to say about their experience, and their plans for future collaborations and joint projects.
Civic and Place: framing the role of cultural development in Art and Design Working Paper
We are please to launch a working paper arising from the event in April 2025.
First ever UK Town of Culture competition to restore pride in communities
Towns across the country can now apply to become the first UK Town of Culture. Every town in the UK has an opportunity to bid for a £3m investment to tell its local story at a national level. Two runners-up will receive £250,000 to deliver elements of their bid.
The Future-Proof Leader Cultivating Unshakeable Confidence for Strategic Impact
Confidence isn’t innate – it’s a leadership capability that can be built through practice and mindset.
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