NSEAD News

Invest in arts subjects to protect our children’s futures

Michele Gregson, general secretary of NSEAD's Guardian letter, calls on the government for long-term investment in arts subjects

Pearson unveils vision for future-proofed design education curriculum as 1 in 2 teachers back modernising the subject

NSEAD, IDEO, RAEng, RSA, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Design Council, Future Foundations, NAEE, Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK),…

New Campaign launched to #SaveOurSubjects

Last year, the Edge foundation teamed up with the Independent Society of Musicians and Parentkind to survey parents on what skills they thought were important…

A historic day in Art and Design Education Leadership

After 25 years of membership, Marlene Wylie has become President of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD).

NSEAD reviews next steps for Trade Union members

Further to the results of the various education unions' ballots in the past week, NSEAD is reviewing our next steps and considering all options. The picture…

Visualise: Race & Inclusion in Art Education – Call for Evidence

An important call for evidence from the Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation:

NSEAD Black Art Educators (UBAE) Network

UBAE would like to invite Black educators, students and individuals from the wider NSEAD member community to join us and connect with our self-organised…

Obituary for Dr Anthony Dyson (1931- 2023)

Anthony (Tony) Dyson: Artist, master printer, art historian, teacher, has died at the age of ninety one.

Paul Nowak General Secretary TUC calls for urgent meeting with the Prime Minister

NSEAD is part of the TUC and fully supports the call for a meeting, to begin negotiating pay conditions.

Professor Simon Olding

Tributes across the fields of both education and contemporary craft have been shared for Professor Simon Olding who, following a short illness, has passed…

Help Runnymede Trust and Freelands Foundation with the Visualise Project

Call for evidence from teachers and students into race and inclusion in visual arts education in the UK

The results of the NSEAD indicative ballot on strike action

Last month NSEAD wrote to the Secretary of State Kit Malthouse on behalf of our members working in schools in England to respond to the proposed pay award…

Record number of young people enter ‘big picture’ competition

Teacher pay: NSEAD respond

In response to the pay award offered by the UK Government for teachers in England, NSEAD have written to the Secretary of State for Education and will…

Queen Elizabeth II - an icon for the visual age

NSEAD pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen.

Examinations trends: the changes and the challenges ahead

The class of 2020-22, have completed their examinations in Covid. This extraordinary time is not business as usual for all students and their teachers…

The class of 2020-22 – examinations report for GCE A level and Highers

For many young people this will have been the first time they have taken examinations since their final year of primary school. This cohort and their…

Examination grades are predicted to fall as education inequality increases

On Sunday 14 August Ofqual and UCAS published a joint letter to students in England who will be receiving results on 18 August. The letter sets out the…