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Dr Heather Robson

Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor

Department: Northumbria School of Design

Key Publications

Creative design activities to support the complex learning enviroment of the classroom for children with autism specturm disorder (ASD), Elmarakbi, N., Robson, H., Currie, L. 8 Sep 2022, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, The Design Society
Developing a criteria-based quality framework for measuring value, Dixon, P., Pickard, A., Robson, H. 2002, In: Performance Measurement and Metrics

Current and Recent Projects

Creative Fuse North East (AHRC funded), Bailey, M. (Principal Investigator), Robson, H. (Co Investigator), Newcastle University, 01/02/20 - 31/07/22, 0.00
ERDF: Creative Fuse North East 2 (see also CRP0755 AHRC), Bailey, M. (Principal Investigator), Robson, H. (Co Investigator), Newcastle University, 01/02/20 - 31/07/22, 0.00
Creativity Works (ERDF), Bailey, M. (Principal Investigator), Robson, H. (Co Investigator), European Commission, 01/06/16 - 28/01/19, £229,779.00
Creative Fuse North East, Bailey, M. (Principal Investigator), Robson, H. (Co Investigator), Arts & Humanities Research Council, 01/01/16 - 31/12/17, £468,671.00

Professional Activity

Organising a conference, workshop, ...: National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE) 2023
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) Annual Conference 2022

PGR Supervision

David Gardener Brands of War; The visual shifting of a commercial brands logo impacted by the Second World War Start Date: 06/02/2023

Qualifications

Art PhD August 31 2007
Art BA (Hons) June 30 1999

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