The Council for Higher Education in Art & Design
CHEAD is the association of educational institutions with degree or postgraduate provision in art and design.Â
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 graduates each year
Value of research income in millions
The FACE RACE Summit
The FACE RACE Summit was the first national academic platform for the creative arts, platforming Black, Brown and minoritised creativity. Now all filmed content is available on the FACE website and presents vital knowledge, lived experience and inspiration for your academic cohort.
Annual Conference 2023
The CHEAD Annual Conference 2023 Creative Graduates: What is the Future Now? creates an opportunity to discuss the critical issues facing art and design education across the UK in 2023 and will facilitate, promote, and enhance debate.
Latest News & Resources
The FACE RACE Summit 2022 – All Filmed Content Available NOW
The FACE RACE Summit, the first national academic platform for the creative arts, platforming Black, Brown and minoritised creativity, to explore experience in a white fashion industry, was hosted at the end of last year by Central Saint Martins. Also partners, were...
Call for applications to convene the 2024 CHEAD Annual Conference
We are inviting CHEAD member institutions to submit applications to convene the 2024 CHEAD Annual Conference. The CHEAD Annual Conference is a popular, member networking event, offering a platform for CHEAD member representatives to come together around a live sector...
Creative pedagogy: The art of getting lost and finding my way (A stroll through my educational and research journey from Belfast to Leicester)
DMU’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education Professor Susan Orr will weave together education and research stories with moments from her personal life to chart her journey from school in Belfast to her current role at DMU. She will discuss examples of her research in...
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.
Leeds School of Arts
Leeds School of Arts, with a history that spans over 170 years is united by a common goal: to encourage individuality, to inspire creativity, and to create impact.