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In late November 2020, CHEAD and CVAN* met with key art sector organisations with regional and national influence in visual arts with a view to form an advocacy group. This meeting demonstrated a sense of urgency to change the perception that our sector is in a stable...
COVID-19 and challenges for the design sector Thought piece provided by Jack Tindale All-Party Parliamentary Group for Design and Innovation. Few sectors of the economy punch above their weight like design. According to research by the Design Council, the value of the...
CHEAD Trustees are shocked and saddened to learn of the recent death of Professor Elaine Thomas CBE. Elaine Thomas studied painting at Manchester Polytechnic before taking up a post as Fine Art lecturer at the Ulster Polytechnic in 1973. She remained in Northern...
Elections for CHEAD Trustees will be held at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, held during the Annual CHEAD Conference in Sheffield on Thursday 28th March 2019, at 9.00am. Two Trustee vacancies will arise at the end of the 2018/19 year. Please see below links to...
What do creative arts graduates do? The destinations of graduates from creative subjects compares well with graduates across the whole of the higher education sector. Creative arts graduates employment is often related to their degree, with two-fifths entering arts,...
Policy Update now available #CHEADPOL with links to podcast on Creativity and profile of ACE CEO Darren Henley including what's in store for Arts Council England Strategy for next Ten Years.
CHEAD has made a submission to the House of Commons Education Committee's inquiry into the Fourth Industrial Revolution stressing the importance of understanding creative arts and design outside the ‘creative industries’ box as diverse sets of skills underpinning...
UAL has appointed David Isaac CBE as the new Chair of its Court of Governors. He will take up the role on 1 August 2018 following the end of Sir John Sorrell's five-year term of office. David Isaac is a prominent technology lawyer, Chair of the Equality and Human...
We are deeply saddened to hear about the fire that has devastated the Mackintosh building at Glasgow School of Art and the impact that this will have on the GSA community, and more widely. We wish our GSA colleagues, students, and all of those affected, strength and...
University of the Arts London (UAL) professor Susan Orr has been appointed Chair for a new pilot Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) subject-level panel for the arts. The appointment comes following an announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England...