What I valued most was the way the course framed leadership not as something external to creative practice, but as part of it. As an illustrator and designer, that reframing was invaluable.
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Announcing CHEAD REF Forum Co-Chairs
Announcing the appointment of new Co-Chairs for the REF Forum with Debbie Savage and Richard Bibb joining Kamini Vellodi to oversee activity.
Invitation to Participate: Film & Research Project on GenAI & the Future of Creative Education in HE
The Illustration Educators subject association invite you to participate in a vital, multi-modal research project exploring the impact of Generative AI on creative arts education.
Enact: A Repository for Practice Research
A consortium, led by the University of Westminster, has been awarded UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure funding to build ENACT: a repository for practice research, and are seeking early-adopter pathfinder projects
Call for a CHEAD REF Forum Co-Chair
We are inviting expressions of interest in taking on the role of co-chair of CHEAD’s REF Forum
After the Unpausing….
We kick started the year with a lively discussion at our online REF Forum. The focus of the session was on the updates that REF announced before Christmas following its unpausing.
"Carry On Carrying-On"
Written by Sian Vaughan, CHEAD Co-opted Trustee (RIKE Alliance) and Director of Research for Art, Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University
Westminster-led collaborative project receives funding to build data service for practice research
Funded through UKRI and in partnership with QMUL, University of Leeds and the British Library, the University of Westminster has received funding to build the ENACT Practice Research Data Service
Is ‘The Future of Practice Research’ the future of research?
The Future of Practice Research Symposium took place at Manchester Metropolitan University on 9th June 2025.
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).