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Art & Design in Higher Education Organizations

ADM-HEA: Higher Education Academy, Subject Centre for Art, Design and Media (UK)
The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Art, Design and Media was established in 2000 to support and enhance learning and teaching in higher education art, design, media theory and practice, the history of art and design and cultural studies subjects. Access a number of publications on this site including Networks, the organization's journal. Highly recommended.
AICAD: Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
"The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit consortium of 41 leading art schools in the US and Canada. It was founded in 1991 by a group of 25 presidents who felt a need for the similarly structured art schools to come together so as to mutually develop their schools and programs. Our mission is to help strengthen the member colleges individually and collectively, and to inform the public about these colleges and the value of studying art and design."
CCS: Creative and Cultural Skills (UK)
Creative & Cultural Skills (CCS) is the Sector Skills Council for advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, performing, literary and visual arts. They are an “industry-led, campaigning organisation operating across the United Kingdom” aiming “to secure world beating creative enterprise and more diverse cultural industries.”
CHEAD: Council for Higher Education in Art & Design (UK)
CHEAD is the association of 70 educational institutions with degree or postgraduate provision in art and design, represented by their most senior academic concerned with art and design
Cumulus: International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design, Media
Cumulus is the only global association to serve art and design education and research. It is a forum for partnership and transfer of knowledge and best practices. Cumulus consists currently of 169 members from 43 countries.
EARN | European Artistic Research Network
The European Art Research Network (EARN) is a network of artists, researchers, educators, research leaders, and their host institutions who's mission includes sharing and exchanging knowledge and experience in respect to artistic research, with particular reference to the development of postgraduate programmes.
GLAD: Group for Learning in Art and Design
The Group for Learning in Art and Design (GLAD) is a non-affiliated group of academics representing art, design and media from across higher education institutions plus colleagues from the specialist further education sector. GLAD’s remit is to engender discussion about best practice in developing the student experience in art, design and media and, in particular, to promote and stimulate debate and consideration of developments in the teaching and learning of the subject.
IDEC: Interior Design Educators Council
The development of interior design education parallels that of fashion design education in it's discussion of evidence-based practice. See the Council's white paper, Defining Graduate Education in Interior Design: http://www.idec.org/pdf/IDECWhitePaperGrad.pdf
NASAD: National Association of Schools of Art and Design
NASAD is an association of approximately 297 schools of art and design, primarily at the collegiate level, but also including postsecondary non-degree-granting schools for the visual arts disciplines. It is the national accrediting agency for art and design and art and design-related disciplines. It produces statistical research, provides professional development for leaders of art and design schools, and engages in policy analysis.
NSEAD: The National Society for Education in Art and Design (UK)
The National Society for Education in Art and Design is the leading national authority concerned with art, craft and design across all phases of education in the United Kingdom.
RTI: Research Training Initiative
The Research Training Initiative (RTI) is a project based at UCE Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD), which aims to develop and support research education and training in art, design and media. RTI seeks to encourage debate about research skills, methods and approaches; and supports researchers, research students and research supervisors through the publication of PhD case studies, methodological papers and reviews.
UKCGE: UK Council for Graduate Education
UKCGE promotes: the interests of graduate education across all disciplines; a distinct identity for graduate education and research in Higher Education; quality measures for graduate education and research conducted in HEIs; the effective leadership and management of postgraduate students; the status, education and training of postgraduate students

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