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Civic and Place: framing the role of cultural development in Art and Design Working Paper
We are please to launch a working paper arising from the event in April 2025: Civic and Place: Exploring the Role of the Civic in Art and Design which brought together researchers, educators, practitioners and community stakeholders to examine how art and design can shape, sustain, and animate civic life.
The paper is co-authored by:
Dr Rowan Bailey, Director of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield.
Evelyn Wilson, co-Director of National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange
Dr Rhiannon Jones, Associate Professor (Civic Practice). Head of Civic and Communities, University of Derby.
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30.09.25
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19.09.23
The State and art & design education in England: Part One, ‘Rip-Off Degrees’, the poverty of expectations for the discipline and neoliberalism
This blog is the second in a series and has kindly been provided by
Vanessa Corby
Professor Theory, History and Practice of ArtYork St John University
The State and art & design education in England: Part One, ‘Rip-Off Degrees’, the poverty of expectations for the discipline and neoliberalism
When I say there is a poverty of expectations for art and design educational outcomes in this country, I’m not saying anything that the discipline doesn’t already know. The present impoverishment of the National Curriculum and its effects were foretold in Bob and Roberta Smith’s Letter to Michael Gove MP, 25 January...
14.01.22
Realising Art and Design Research in Policy Making Decisions
Arts and Design Expertise and Evidence
Base: how can we use it?
CHEAD's policy roundtable series with the All Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group, Realising Art and Design Research in Policy Making Decisions, has published the first in a series of reports summarising how we can use the art and design evidence base in policy making.
The purpose of this session was to explore current issues contributing to the underutilisation of existing Art and Design Research and how we can develop existing case studies flexibly to ensure that wider application of these examples works efficiently and reaps the benefits....
18.08.20
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 techniques are already recommending us TV shows or music on services such as Netflix or Spotify, but the potential applications stretch across many areas including fashion, art, computer games and filmmaking.
The importance of both AI and the creative industries for the UK’s economic future have been identified with both areas receiving sector deals, but our...
15.06.20
CHEAD & Crafts Council Members COVID-19 Impact Survey Results
In May we issued the CHEAD & Crafts Council Members Covid-19 Survey, designed to understand how higher education is adapting and sustaining provision to support students and graduates at this time. The survey was open from 1st May to 15th May 2020 and was sent to 66 institutional members across the UK and publicised across social media.
Firstly, thank you to everyone who completed the survey. We received a large number of responses, representing over two thirds of CHEAD’s membership.
We have created this infographic in order that can see the key findings of the survey and share these with...
10.03.20
#CreativeEducation2020
#Creative Education2020
At a packed event in the Houses of Parliament on 25th February 2020 CHEAD and APDIG hosted parliamentarians, members, industry representatives and guests in the Jubilee Room.
Professor Anita Taylor, Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and chair of CHEAD, opened the event with a rally call to the custodians of creative education to continue to inspire the next generation of creative producers.
The thread of discussions and our key takeaways can be viewed on Twitter here
Kevin Brennan MP, Shadow Arts Minister, spoke to the power of creative education, stating that 'Man cannot...
13.12.16
Consultation: Schools that work for everyone
CHEAD response to consultation: Schools which work for everyone (42.8 KB)
14.07.16
CHEAD's Response to HESA DLHE Review
This is CHEAD’s response to the Consultation on principles and future requirements for the UK’s
public interest data about graduates. Many thanks to Gillian Youngs and Kertstin Mey (CHEAD Treasurer) at Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design; Anita Taylor at Bath Spa University (CHEAD Chair), Vicky Gunn at Glasgow School of Art, and Judy Glasman at Hertfordshire University (CHEAD Vice Chair), and Simon Robertshaw at UEL, for their invaluable contributions. #NewDLHE
CHEAD Response to HESA DLHE Review (138.1KB)