Royal Opera House Design Challenge

Mar 24, 2021 | Membership, Opportunity, Resource

Blog kindly provided by Sarah Waterman Project Manager, Design & Make Learning & Participation – ROH Bridge Programme Manager Essex Royal Opera House. In 2010 the Royal Opera House moved its set production facilities from east London to the new Bob and...

Spend now, tax later

Mar 4, 2021 | Policy

CHEAD responds to the Chancellor’s March 2021 Budget. Blog piece provided by Sandra Booth, CHEAD Director of Policy. The budget provided a welcome confirmation of the Government’s commitment to the UK’s ambitions for an innovation led recovery which will...

Letter calling for Minister to protect Creative Education in H.E.

Feb 16, 2021 | Policy

In late January 2021 the Department for Education published four papers affecting further and higher education, including the regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), making a change in the top-up funding for high cost subject areas meaning Art and Design courses...

New economic indicators for Creative Industries

Feb 15, 2021 | Policy

Newly released infographics demonstrate the economic impact of the creative industries sector. The Gross Value Added (GVA) of the UK creative industries was provisionally estimated at £115.9bn in 2019 current prices, before the disruption caused by the COVID-19 global...

#ArtIsEssential Campaign

Feb 12, 2021 | Advocacy, Art education

In late November 2020, CHEAD and CVAN* met with key art sector organisations with regional and national influence in visual arts with a view to form an advocacy group. This meeting demonstrated a sense of urgency to change the perception that our sector is in a stable...