CHEAD is the association of educational institutions with degree or postgraduate provision in art, design, creative media and related disciplines.
CHEAD provides a voice for and on behalf of higher education art and design in the UK four nations advancing knowledge and understanding in the sector and promoting the sector's interests to others.
This manifesto sets our eight asks, eight societal benefits and eight economic benefits of investing in arts education in schools, colleges, and higher education.
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: Civic and Place: Exploring the Role of the Civic in Art and Design which brought together researchers, educators, practitioners and community stakeholders to examine how art and design can shape, sustain, and animate civic life.The paper is co-authored by:Dr Rowan Bailey, Director of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield.Evelyn Wilson, co-Director of National Centre for Academic and Cultural ExchangeDr Rhiannon Jones, Associate Professor (Civic Practice). Head of Civic and Communities, University of Derby.Professor...
"The coaching skill base is so expansive and transformative": Introducing Coaching Tools to Technical Leaders
Ashleigh Pearson is a qualified ILM coach and a member of UAL’s coaching network. Her current research interests include critical thinking through making and facilitating interdisciplinary, embodied and dialogic thinking spaces in art and design HE. In 2024-25, Ashleigh was a participant in the CHEAD Technical Leadership programme. We invited her back to introduce coaching to this year’s cohort and offer them some tools.
Director of Membership and Operations, Joanie Magill interviewed Ashleigh to discuss coaching and the tools she introduced to the cohort and why they matter.
CHEAD Sustainability Think Tank
Join us for our annual update on sustainability activities across the CHEAD network.
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