Today marks a significant step forward for the design industry! The Design Council has officially launched the Skills for Planet Blueprint, a landmark resource addressing the critical green skills gap in design. This Blueprint defines 18 essential Green Design Skills...
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Freelance is Not a Dirty Word
This blog has kindly been provided by Matt Dowling CEO of the Freelancers Club. Last week, we did something extraordinary. Alongside the WE Network at the University of Westminster and our partners at EEUK, we co-hosted ‘Taking Freelancing Seriously’ – a milestone...
Vacancy: Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles Design, Robert Gordon University
You will be joining an ambitious and dynamic Art School that offers a broad range of courses across Design, Media, and Fine Art disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The School is a vibrant, creative environment where studio practice enjoys a close...
External Examiner Opportunity: BA Illustration
The University of Northampton is seeking a new External Examiner for the BA Illustration course following the unexpected resignation of the current examiner due to personal circumstances. BA Illustration is part of the Art and Design department within the Faculty of...
Five years of the FACE Excellence Award: Last chance to enter
Five years of the FACE Excellence Prize at Graduate Fashion Week FACE (Fashion Academics Creating Equality) is proud to announce that applications are now open for the fifth year of FACE Excellence Prize 2025. This prestigious award, in partnership with Graduate...
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025: 200 Judges Announced
For its 6th Anniversary edition, Arts Thread is delighted that Monaco Foundry and Google Arts & Culture are collaborating on the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025. ✅ This proactive initiative has been created for all creative students graduating this year in...
CHEAD REF Advocacy Briefing Document
Please find below a downloadable copy of CHEAD's REF Advocacy Briefing Document. We hope you can use the REF Advocacy piece internally as a prompt to your colleagues to continue to support Art and Design, and practice-based research, more strategically. The piece has...
CHEAD Research Leaders highlight the impact on EDI and practice research in response to changes to REF2029
A blog post from CHEAD REF Forum Co-Chairs Kamini Vellodi (RCA) and Damian Sutton (Coventry University) following the CHEAD REF Forum event, hosted by the University of Westminster (Feb 2025). The CHEAD REF Forum blew the dust off the “how to do REF” instruction...
GenAI in Enterprise Education: Navigating the Hype, Harnessing the Potential
This blog has kindly been provided by Matt Dowling CEO of the Freelancers Club. Matt recently spoke at our Creative Graduate Futures event. Let’s address the elephant in the lecture hall: Generative AI is no longer a futuristic concept - it’s here, reshaping the...
Call for Papers: 38th German Congress for Art History (Munich, 25–28 February 2026)
The German Association for Art History, together with the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), will organise and host the 38th German Congress for Art History. The congress will take place in Munich from...