2014 Conference

Delegates at the 2014 ukadia conference

Delegates at the 2014 ukadia conference

The 2014 ukadia Conference was again a huge success, with feedback from delegates saying it was ‘the best yet’ and ‘already looking forward to the next!’

Dr Lucy Kimbell and Rt Hon John Denham MP provided us with thought-provoking and disturbing scenarios of possible futures for the specialist arts higher education sector, and the workshops provided added stimulation and opportunities for participation.

Dr Lucy Kimbell delivers her presentation on 'Some futures for art and design higher education.'
Dr Lucy Kimbell delivers her presentation on ‘Some futures for art and design higher education.’

We were delighted that Ravensbourne hosted the conference in their groundbreaking building, and delegates stated that the tours given by Ravensbourne student ambassadors were ‘fantastic and informative’.

The conference was preceded by the Private View of Mapping Territory, a collaborative exhibition of 22 students from ukadia member institutions across the country.  The Private View was opened by Grayson Perry CBE, who also spent time speaking to each of the students about the work that they had created especially for the exhibition.  The exhibition website is available here.

Rt Hon John Denham MP asks 'Higher education: could we all be getting more for our money?'

Rt Hon John Denham MP asks ‘Higher education: could we all be getting more for our money?’

Ryan Shorthouse, Director of Bright Blue, gave the after dinner speech.

You can now download presentations here:

Lucy Kimbell futures for HE

Pauline Tambling, joint CEO of CCSkills, and Andrew Davidson, Skills Academy Programme Manager at the Design Council, deliver their workshop on Building a Creative Nation.

Pauline Tambling, joint CEO of CCSkills, and Andrew Davidson, Skills Academy Programme Manager at the Design Council, deliver their workshop on Building a Creative Nation.

John Denham HE Finance

UAL Awarding Body

Design Council UKADIA annual conference 260214

CCSkills UKADIA annual conference 260214

Studying Craft is the research report presented by Julia Bennett of the Crafts Council.

 

Grayson Perry CBE talks to Serhan Tekbas, a student from CSM
Grayson Perry CBE talks to Serhan Tekbas, 2nd year BA (Hons) Architecture, CSM

Transcripts of the keynote speeches can be downloaded here:

John Denham transcript 260214

Lucy Kimbell transcript 260214

Transcripts prepared by Helen Worger, brighton38@btinternet.com

All photographs (c) Alys Tomlinson

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