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- Position:Associate Head of Department
- Department:ACE - Art and Design
- Telephone:+4411732 84787
- Email:Adrienne.Noonan@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Adrienne is responsible for professional practice, enterprise and industry-focussed curriculum design and extracurricular initiatives across undergraduate and postgraduate Art and Design programmes.
She works closely with the creative sector to support curricular content development and oversees work-based learning; encourages partner engagement in programmes, including ‘live’ student projects and mentoring schemes; promotes student engagement in external events, competitions, festivals, and exhibitions via the department's HEIF5-funded Enterprise Office. She’s worked closely with programmes on Creative Skillset accreditation and development.
She was a Co-Investigator on Bristol & Bath by Design, an 18-month project measuring and mapping the impact of design on the Bristol/Bath city region funded by the AHRC and Design Council. Project partners include UWE Bristol School of Art & Design, UWE Bristol School of Film & Television, UWE Bristol Business School, Bath Spa University Bath School of Art & Design, University of Bristol Faculty of Engineering, West of England Design Forum, Bristol Media, Creative Bath, and the West of England LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership). She was also Co-Investigator on the University of Local Knowledge project, led by University of Bristol and Knowle West Media Centre, funded by the EPSRC.
She is an active member the BBC Bristol Partnership’s Innovation Group, West of England Design Forum, Bristol Media and the West of England LEP, working on talent development and retention in local/regional capacity.
Prior to joining UWE in 2007, Adrienne directed publications at Maryland Institute College of Art and was an editor/producer at epicurious.com (Condé Nast) and Martha Stewart Living (Time Inc.).
Area of expertise
Industry Engagement and Partnership; Professional Practice and Enterprise Curriculum Design; Content Development, Design and Curation; Writing/Editing/Design for Professional Audiences
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