NSEAD is the art, craft and design educators’ professional body. We are a specialist trade union, subject association and learned society.

NSEAD membership offers comprehensive workplace protection, wide-ranging support for better practice and professional inspiration for career success. Full membership represents outstanding value for money, meeting all your professional needs in one low-cost fee.

Why Join?

NSEAD is the only combined trade union, learned society and subject association for art, craft & design educators across the UK.

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Membership and Benefits

Led by and accountable to our members, NSEAD protect and promote our subject and your professional interests so that you, and your learners, can flourish.

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Member Portal

A new place for you to manage your membership. We have a new NSEAD Member Portal which makes it easier to join NSEAD, as well as update and renew your NSEAD membership. This page explains how existing members (who joined before the portal was…

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Trade Union

NSEAD is your specialist trade union, No other teaching union offers this level of subject-specific support – meeting all of your art educator needs

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Health Insurance Discounts for NSEAD Members with HMCA

An exclusive offer to provide private medical plans for members of National Society for Education in Art and Design has been arranged with HMCA, including a £50 gift card or £100 off your first-year subscription upon joining a private medical plan.

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