Creative & Cultural Skills and the Design Council are encouraging design sector organisations to pull together to achieve better-trained industry. The UK Design Alliance, a partnership set up to achieve this aim, is stepping up a gear this week, as David Worthington takes on the role of Chair, and Julian Grice, CEO of The Team, joins David as Vice Chair.
This move marks a step change in the Alliance’s Good Design Practice campaign, with an increased number of Alliance partners working to help educators and designers elevate the commercial and social benefits of good professional practice.
David Worthington stated:
‘Now more than ever, the UK design and design education industry needs the Good Design Practice campaign. We need to elevate the value of design in schools, we need to create stronger, mutually beneficial relationships with universities and, above all, we need to ensure that our world-class design industry goes from strength to strength. The Alliance partners are here to drive that campaign.’
Caroline Felton, Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, said:
‘We are actively developing this partnership to ensure that the design workforce is supported. The work of the Design Alliance across the UK is a central part of our plans for the future, ensuring that education is meeting the needs of industry and that the sector is equipped to meet its potential for growth in the future.’
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