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UAL Professor appointed chair of subject-TEF arts panel

by GuildHE Admin | Jan 26, 2018 | News

Professor Susan Orr, Dean of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement at University of the Arts London (UAL), has been appointed Chair of the arts panel for the first subject-level pilot of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The appointment comes following an...

Chair of ukadia publishes new HEPI report on the creative arts crisis

by Kate Wicklow | Nov 6, 2017 | News, Publications, Uncategorized

Recent higher education debates have focused on the direct economic returns of obtaining a degree – and certain degrees in particular. Taking one county as an example, this report reveals the knock-on effect for the options available in schools. In short, creative...

New report on Creative Freelancers

by Kate Wicklow | Aug 30, 2017 | News

The Creative Industries Federation have launched a report on the experiences of freelancers within the creative industries. The research collected the views of 700 freelancers and 50 organisations in the sector, and highlighted a broad spectrum of experiences: from...

AccessHE Arts and Design Research Project

by Jack Fleming | Jul 21, 2017 | News

Decline in Arts GCSE take up

by Kate Wicklow | Jul 12, 2017 | News

Recent Ofqual statistics have shown a further decline in the take-up of arts based GCSE’s. Design and Technology has been hit the hardest, with an 11% decrease in exam entry. Entries in every arts subject area have fallen by at least 3,000 since last year, and...

What does the TEF tell us about specialist arts Universities?

by Kate Wicklow | Jul 11, 2017 | News

This article was originally published on WonkHE on the 5th July 2017 Professor John Last, Chair of Ukadia and Vice Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts Let’s take an imaginary leap to the end of the decade and look back from that vantage point. The odds are we...