The Council for Higher Education in Art & Design
CHEAD is the association of educational institutions with degree or postgraduate provision in art, design, creative media and related disciplines.
About CHEAD
CHEAD provides a voice for and on behalf of higher education art and design in the UK four nations advancing knowledge and understanding in the sector and promoting the sector’s interests to others. We carry out research, scan the policy horizon, brief our members, facilitate networking opportunities for senior staff from within and outside HE as well as helping to shape higher education art and design policy on our members’ behalf. We facilitate specialist internal networks supporting art and design research leaders, Subject Associations, and HE gallery leaders.
Members
Art & design enrolments each year
Value of research income in millions
Creative Education Manifesto
This manifesto sets our eight asks, eight societal
benefits and eight economic benefits of investing in arts education in schools, colleges, and higher education.
Latest News & Resources
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Mind the Gap: Live Screening 30th October 2025
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Member Profiles
Newcastle University
Our reputation is built on world-leading teaching, alongside world-leading research, disseminated in the form of publications, exhibitions, installations and interventions.