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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

We are delighted to announce that CHEAD’s RIKE Alliance is creating a new Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Forum.

We are inviting expressions of interest in taking on the role of co-chair of CHEAD’s REF Forum

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.

Written by Sian Vaughan, CHEAD Co-opted Trustee (RIKE Alliance) and Director of Research for Art, Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University

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 

The Future of Practice Research Symposium took place at Manchester Metropolitan University on 9th June 2025. 

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).