2017 – HE Bill, Brexit, and Beyond

Feb 8, 2017 | Policy

CHEAD’s Executive wishes all our members a successful 2017 and welcomes participation with our packed agenda for the coming months. Tweet #cheadpol HE Restructure: REF 2 Consultation: CHEAD is carrying out three regional REF 2 consultation events in preparation...

The Future of Design Research – CHEAD Research Alliance Symposium

Feb 3, 2017 | Policy, Research

The second in CHEAD’s highly popular series of symposia aimed at strengthening art, design and creative media research in preparation for REF 2021 was hosted by Prof Paul Chamberlain at Sheffield Institute of Arts on 2 February. Chaired by CHEAD’s Research...

Data and Metrics in Creative HE

Jan 16, 2017 | Policy, Research

CHEAD Membership & Networking Meeting, Thursday 15th December 2016 at Woburn House The trend towards increasing use of data and machine learning presents great opportunities for design research. However, the increasing reliance on metrics in decision support —...

CHEAD Policy Review 2016

Dec 21, 2016 | Policy

A very merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our members, partners and collaborators from our Executive Committee and Chair, Prof Anita Taylor.  2016 has given us some very ‘interesting times’ and the HE policy agenda remains packed for the coming year...

Creative Education as a Global Driver for UK Economy and Society Post-Brexit

Nov 25, 2016 | Policy

This was the clear message from a joint event co-organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group (APDIG) and CHEAD at the House of Lords today (November 24 2016). Gillian Youngs, Professor of Creative and Digital Economy and Head of Innovation and...