Date: Thursday 01 April 2021
Time: 19.30 – 21.30 (12.30 – 14.30 BST)
Programme e-booklet for download: to update soon
19.30 – 21.00 Future of the Creative Industries: Core Skills Required in the Post-Covid-19 Era Opening Remarks: Current Trends and Core Skills Required in the Post-Covid-19 Era, by The British Council Panel Discussion: ◆ TBC - by Coventry University |
21.00 – 21.30 Breakout sessions |
【Speaker Profile】
Sevra Davis
Director of Architecture Design and Fashion
The British Council
Sevra is currently the Director of Architecture, Design and Fashion at the British Council. Before this, she was Head of Learning at the Design Museum where she oversees the museum’s education programme, and Director of Design at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) where she was responsible for the RSA’s work on articulating the potential of design in society, as well as the RSA Student Design Awards. She often speaks on the value of design and a design approach, design for social innovation, and how open innovation could positively impact our future. Sevra trained as an architect and urban designer and spent ten years working in industry prior to moving into the not-for-profit sector.
Mandy Jandrell
Director of the Institute of Photography and Head of Photography
Institute of Photography and Falmouth School of Art
Falmouth University
Mandy Lee Jandrell is an internationally exhibiting artist working with installation, photography and moving image. Her work has been shown in numerous museums and galleries internationally including The Royal Academy and The Whitechapel Gallery, and has been published and reviewed in publications including The Guardian, The Observer and the Art Review.
Charles Parrack
Senior Lecturer
Department of Architecture
Oxford Brooks University
Charles Parrack is Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. He leads the professionally accredited Masters in Architectural Design course in the School of Architecture. [Profile]