The Contemporary Visual Arts Network CVAN plans to launch a new initiative by inviting sector representative organisations to come together and form an alliance for the visual arts. The new alliance is drafting a shared mission statement and agreeing objectives which...
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In conversation with Greg Clark MP
In conversation with Greg Clark MP - Wednesday 28th October, 2020 – Write Up. As part of Policy Connect’s “In conversation with…” event series, CEO Jonathan Shaw spoke with Greg Clark MP to discuss his role as Chair of the Science and Technology Committee. The event...
Visual Arts: The Beating Heart and Soul of Building Back Better
CVAN, APDIG and a-n are delighted to launch their latest report, produced in collaboration with Contemporary Visual Arts Network. Visual Arts: The Beating Heart and Soul of Building Back Better calls for Government to exploit the potential of the Visual Arts sector to...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity update
New partnership to inform CHEAD EDI programme. Shades of Noir: Knowledge Exchange Centre for Race and Practice-Based Social Justice are pleased to announce their recent partnership with The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD). “We are delighted to...
Strategic Design Leadership
The All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group and the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design, were delighted to host an online workshop on Strategic Design Leadership on Wednesday 4th November 2020. The event was led by John Howell OBE MP, Co-Chair...
AI and Creative Industries
This guest blog is kindly provided by John Davies NESTA. The Art in the Artificial. The implications of AI for the creative industries and how we should respond. The use and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creative industries is growing. AI...
COVID-19 Lockdown and the Creative Arts Disciplines: When the hitherto ‘reasonable’ becomes an unrealistic ask.
This Blog has kindly been supplied by Professor Vicky Gunn, Glasgow School of Art. A View from a devolved Nation. On 23rd June 2020 the Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (John Swinney) moved the country’s parents from...
#BlackLivesMatter – Statement from our Chair, Professor Anita Taylor
Update for CHEAD Members - EDI Policy June 2020. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement. The recent events in the the UK and USA have highlighted the inequality and racism that pervades many aspects of society today. The #BlackLivesMatter movement has brought...
CHEAD & Crafts Council Members COVID-19 Impact Survey Results
In May we issued the CHEAD & Crafts Council Members Covid-19 Survey, designed to understand how higher education is adapting and sustaining provision to support students and graduates at this time. The survey was open from 1st May to 15th May 2020 and was sent to...
Advocacy – An open letter from CHEAD
In an open letter to the Secretaries of State for Universities and Science, Research and Innovation CHEAD outlined the need for policy to engage with arts, media and design higher education by valuing the sector’s extraordinary response to the Covid-19 crisis.