The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA) invites you to this 2025 National Online Forum to collaboratively design a new National Evaluation Framework for creative practice research.

This 90-minute Forum builds on the work achieved at last year’s event (see Creative Matters Edition 7, 2024) where we began the conversation on what a fit-for-purpose research framework might look like. This year we continue the process and we need your input.

We have invited 5 guests to speak for 5 minutes on the following topics:

Working with data
Indices of ‘excellence’
Creative / Practice
Strategic leadership for influence and legacy
Framework foundations

These short presentations will set the scene for a robust and productive conversation to follow.

Pre-Forum Reading Material
Ahead of the Forum, we ask that you read this PDF document summarising last year’s discussion outcomes, which presents the outline of the framework foundations we hope to build on with your involvement.

Come and contribute to this vital discussion!

Professor Craig Batty, President & the DDCA Board
The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts

The session will be recorded and posted on the DDCA website and LinkedIn

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