Arts & New Media

The arts are a major employer in their own right and play a vital role in the cultural life and well being of the South East. This trend is set to continue over the next ten years due to the focus provided by major cultural events, the growth in population, and the spread of accessible technologies.

Within the South East, Sussex has for a long time enjoyed a reputation for creativity and innovation in visual arts, performance and music. The area attracts industry and small businesses that are renowned for producing and promoting innovative work. Higher education has also made a major contribution to the cultural economy and life of the area. The focus of our work is on the three interrelated subjects of performance, design and new media. In each we are seeking to develop the curriculum and provide clear access routes in order to attract a wider range of learners to higher education. We aim to build closer links with employers and other organisations in the arts so that we can respond to the latest developments in the sector. We will thus be able to support future growth in activity by providing the highest quality vocational training.

See the Arts & New Media update in the Practitioner Network for more details about our work.

Linda Randall - Project Manager

Linda is the curriculum lead for the Arts & New Media curriculum area. Linda is based at Northbrook College Sussex where she has been working for four years on a variety of new initiatives for the local community. She has also been working with the Aimhigher Sussex programme.

Linda's background is very much one of vocational learning, having developed her skills through a number of positions in the private sector. During her career she has worked in several locations around the world, successfully managing projects and project teams.

Linda also holds the post of Outreach Development Officer. This involves managing a team which supports young people who have not succeeded in their mainstream education, engaging them in vocational study and collaborating with local agencies and providers.

Email: l.randall@nbcol.ac.uk

Paul Andersen - Arts & New Media Consultant: Audio Visual & New Media

A broadcast practitioner and trainer, Paul began working as a director on the Tomorrow’s World and Horizon programmes at the BBC and went on to produce for ITV and the independent sector. Paul has led creative teams in corporate communications for blue chip clients as well as managing his own SME publishing company. Paul’s overseas experience includes three years as the Head of Training and Co-Production of an international centre based in Denmark providing management and skills training to broadcast organisations throughout central and eastern Europe. As a facilitator Paul has worked with multilateral organisations including leading an EU Arab-Israeli Peace Media project and consulting for USAID on the media in Kosovo.

Paul enjoys teaching in FE and HE and, as well as being a visiting lecturer, he worked for a year as the interim Programme Leader of a vocational HND at an FE/HE college. Paul has worked with HEFCE funded vocational projects in the creative industries and with Universities and Business Link in the south of England. Paul regularly presents CPD short course training with Skillset funding and is a lay member of an NHS Research Ethics Committee.

Email: paulandersen@f2s.com

Nick Gardner - Arts & New Media Consultant: Performing Arts

Nick Gardner is Programme Manager for the Theatre Arts Department at Northbrook College, Worthing. The vocational courses developed by Nick and his team in the department span provision from National Diploma to BA(Hons) in a very wide range of Theatre disciplines from dance to event management and costume. Included in the courses are a flourishing body of Foundation Degrees, including the stage lighting course featured in Foundation Degree Forwards recent DVD for employers.

Nick’s background lies in the field of visual arts, theatre design and construction. He is external examiner for Coventry and Nottingham Universities and has, with two colleagues, been recently commissioned by Routledge Theatre Publications to produce a reader in Theatre Design.

Email: n.gardner@nbcol.ac.uk

Lisa Holloway - Arts & New Media Consultant: Music

Lisa Holloway became Brighton Music Network’s Chief Executive after years working in the Internet and Telecoms industry where she had built a successful career running Sales, Operations and Customer Services departments. As Head of Learning & Development for Thus Plc, Lisa managed a company-wide education programme for 1000+ staff.

Lisa studied Theatre at Dartington, followed by an MA in Performance Theory at Central School of Speech and Drama. She taught Theatre freelance at various colleges, in adult education and in children’s theatre, and acting and directing in the UK, Scandinavia, Europe and Russia.

In 2003 Lisa applied experience gained in the corporate world to where her passion lies, and grew the Brighton Music Network (BMN). She is a Fundraising Consultant to music festivals Brighton Live, The Great Escape and Lewes Guitar Festival, writes a weekly music column for Sussex’s Latest 7 and sits on Brighton and Hove City Council’s Licensing Strategy Group, the creative industries leadership group Creative Brighton and the South East Media Network council.

Email: lisa.holloway@brightonmusic.net

Clare Chandler - Arts & New Media Consultant: Art & Design

Clare Chandler has been working as a research editor for the University of Brighton since August 2006. Prior to that she worked for the DfES for seven years during which time she managed advertising and publicity campaigns, including the ‘Aimhigher’ campaign to widen participation in HE and the ‘Get On’ adult literacy campaign. She has also worked as a writer and editor in educational publishing. She has a BA in English with Italian from Sussex University, a PGCE from Brighton University and the CIM Advanced Cert. in Marketing.

Email: cjhchandler@hotmail.com