On 15th December 2020 the newly formed Research Alliance Strategy Group held its first meeting. Following a call for members, our newly elected representees from the wider research alliance responded with enthusiasm and vision. Our virtual meeting was attended by 19...
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CHEAD Research Alliance: Call for Strategy Group Members
CHEAD is issuing a call for applications for the role of CHEAD Research Alliance Strategy Group members for its Research Alliance. Two new Trustees and co-chairs of the Research Alliance, Professor Jake Kaner and Professor Sunil Manghani, were appointed in July 2020....
Call for a research focussed Co-opted Trustee
CHEAD is issuing a call for applications for a research focussed co-opted Trustee vacancy arising after CHEAD Trustee elections in April 2020. Co-opted Trustees have a very important role on the CHEAD Board of Trustees. They share the responsibility for governing...
REF 2021: Nominations to REF sub-panels
Sub-panel 32: Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design is a REF nominating body and has been approached to submit nominations for appointments to the sub-panels for REF 2021, in order to meet specific expertise...
REF 2021 Final guidance and criteria published
The UK’s four higher education (HE) funding bodies have published the key documents that provide guidance to UK universities when submitting their research to the next Research Excellence Framework, REF 2021. The ‘Guidance on submissions' (REF 2019/01) details how UK...
iJADE Conference, 22 & 23 February 2019. Creating spaces: Inclusivity, ethics and participation in art and design education. Call for papers.
The International Journal of Art & Design Education. CHEAD members are invited to respond to this call and to note this forthcoming conference. The conference, hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art, addresses...
The Future of Design Research – CHEAD Research Alliance Symposium
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 Alliance...
Data and Metrics in Creative HE
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 Research Alliance Strategy Symposium
A sold-out symposium launching the CHEAD Research Alliance was held on Thursday 8th September at the Royal College of Arts, London. With keynotes from Professor Naren Barfield and Professor Greenhalgh, the symposium aimed to facilitate the development of a coherent...