Are you interested in playing a significant part in the progress of a thriving, dynamic organisation with a mission to advance the development of the art and design community in higher education?
We are seeking nominations for new applicants to join the Board of Trustees at CHEAD in the Spring of 2026.
If you’re interested in putting yourself forward for the role, but aren’t sure if it’s for you, then join us for an informal question and answer session with CHEAD’s Directors and a Trustee to hear more about the experience of being a Trustee and to give you an opportunity to ask questions before committing to applying.
CHEAD 2026 Trustees Election Q&A
"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.
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...