Conference Keynote: What’s on the horizon for higher education policy? Will this help or hinder Art and Design provision?
17:00 pm – 18:00 pm
Dates & times
17th March 2021
17:00 pm – 18:00 pm
Our Speaker
Dr Diana Beech
Chief Executive, London Higher
As Chief Executive of London Higher, Diana is responsible for leading the organisation’s aim of being a voice for London’s universities and higher education colleagues. Diana joined London Higher from the University of Warwick, where she led the institution’s Government affairs function.
Diana has previously worked in government as a policy adviser to three Ministers of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, advising on all aspects of Higher Education policy. Prior to this she was the first Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and she has published widely on several aspects of UK higher education policy.
Diana holds a PhD in German from the University of Cambridge and has held academic positions at universities in Canada, Germany and the UK.
Conference Sessions
Partners
S.H.E.D – Social Higher Education Depot has taken the premise of a garden shed and created a mobile, reconfigurable space for the shedding of preconceptions about people and place. S.H.E.D has over 11 designs, that were developed with the aim of supporting co-creative practice as art-making that invites participation and explores real issues people want to discuss.
It is positioned as a curatorial, consultation, lab and public space. S.H.E.D combines design and dialogue theory.
Shortlisted for Shed of the Year ‘Unexpected Category’ 2020
Finalist, Green Gown Awards ‘Benefiting Society’ Category, 2020
Follow S.H.E.D’s work on Twitter @Shed_UK and Dr Jones’s research into dialogue at @InDialogueUK.
S.H.E.D is run by:
CEO / Creative Director – Dr Rhiannon Jones
Business Development Director – Dr Victoria Barker
Operations Director – Sarah Webb
