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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Visual Arts: The Beating Heart and Soul of Building Back Better
CVAN, APDIG and a-n are delighted to launch their latest report, produced in collaboration with Contemporary Visual Arts Network. Visual Arts: The Beating Heart and Soul of Building Back Better calls for Government to exploit the potential of the Visual Arts sector to...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity update
New partnership to inform CHEAD EDI programme. Shades of Noir: Knowledge Exchange Centre for Race and Practice-Based Social Justice are pleased to announce their recent partnership with The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD). “We are delighted to...
Strategic Design Leadership
The All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group and the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design, were delighted to host an online workshop on Strategic Design Leadership on Wednesday 4th November 2020. The event was led by John Howell OBE MP, Co-Chair...
Fashion Academics Creating Equality (FACE) blog piece – Power and Privilege
CHEAD is delighted to announce a new partnership with Fashion Academics Creating Equality (FACE) which will facilitate a two-way exchange of resources. Recently, FACE took part in a CHEAD members event Creative Resilience: Art Adapts and have posted a blog piece...
Group for Learning in Art & Design 23rd Annual Conference: Call for proposals
Group for Learning in Art & Design (GLAD) 23rd Annual Conference Friday 23 April 2021 Calling students, researchers, lecturers, leaders, technical staff & members of professional services teams Call for Proposals for Papers, Workshops & Lightning Talks...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Policy
Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Policy. We would like to update members of the changes we have made to the Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Policy which is available here Equity_Diversity_Inclusivity_Policy_Slides_FINALand Inclusivity (EDI) policy resulting from...
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....
New Trustee Appointments
The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) is delighted to announce three new trustees, Michael Gorman, Professor Jake Kaner and Professor Sunil Manghani, who join the existing Board of Trustees. Michael Gorman, Senior Learning & Teaching Fellow at...
AI and Creative Industries
This guest blog is kindly provided by John Davies NESTA. The Art in the Artificial. The implications of AI for the creative industries and how we should respond. The use and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creative industries is growing. AI...