News Release
The Glasgow School
of Art has appointed Professor Tom Inns
as its new Director following an extensive international search it was
announced today, 3 May 2013.
of Art has appointed Professor Tom Inns
as its new Director following an extensive international search it was
announced today, 3 May 2013.
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| Professor Tom Inns |
Currently Dean of
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and Director of Research in the
College of Art, Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee, Tom brings
to The Glasgow School of Art an ambition for the School which builds on the
GSA’s role as Scotland’s specialist university-level institution for the visual
creative disciplines, its small scale and high-impact, and its distinctive
studio-based culture. He will succeed Professor Seona Reid, who is stepping
down from the role of Director after 14 years in the post.
Announcing the
appointment, Philip Rodney, Chair of the GSA Board of Governors and the
Selection Panel said:
“The appointment of
Tom as the GSA’s next Director has been an extensive and thorough process which
attracted a very strong field of national and international candidates.
Tom’s calibre and clarity of ambition for the future means he is ideally
placed to lead the GSA in the next and important stage of its development and
successfully build on the School’s achievements in recent years.
Tom as the GSA’s next Director has been an extensive and thorough process which
attracted a very strong field of national and international candidates.
Tom’s calibre and clarity of ambition for the future means he is ideally
placed to lead the GSA in the next and important stage of its development and
successfully build on the School’s achievements in recent years.
I am delighted that
we have found an outstanding successor to Seona Reid. Seona has made an
immeasurable contribution as Director of the GSA. The current standing of the
School globally is testimony to that. Building on that platform, I
believe that Tom Inns’ appointment heralds another equally exciting chapter in
the GSA’s development”.
we have found an outstanding successor to Seona Reid. Seona has made an
immeasurable contribution as Director of the GSA. The current standing of the
School globally is testimony to that. Building on that platform, I
believe that Tom Inns’ appointment heralds another equally exciting chapter in
the GSA’s development”.
Professor Inns said:
“The School has its own very particular history and provenance, a
very distinctive portfolio of activity and all set within a dynamic, spirited
city. The role of Director will be highly challenging, but enormously
rewarding. I am excited by the opportunity to lead Scotland’s only specialist
higher education institution for the visual creative disciplines, build on its
current international reputation and unlock its future potential”.
very distinctive portfolio of activity and all set within a dynamic, spirited
city. The role of Director will be highly challenging, but enormously
rewarding. I am excited by the opportunity to lead Scotland’s only specialist
higher education institution for the visual creative disciplines, build on its
current international reputation and unlock its future potential”.
Professor Inns will join the GSA in
early autumn 2013.
early autumn 2013.
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Professor Tom
Inns
Inns
Tom studied Engineering at Bristol
University and then completed his Masters in Industrial Design Engineering at
the Royal College of Art. In 1990 he was a co-founder of the Design Research Centre
at Brunel University, becoming Director in 1996. He completed his PhD in 1998
and moved to DJCAD as Professor of Design in 2000 becoming Head of the School
of Design in 2001. In 2004 he was appointed as Director of the AHRC/EPSRC
funded Designing for the 21st Century Research Initiative. Over a five-year
period he led this £6.5 million initiative co-ordinating the work of 41 design
research projects in universities across the UK. In 2010 he was appointed as
Dean of DJCAD, a school with 1200 students studying across the spectrum of Art
& Design disciplines. He has a strong interest in the future of design and
the way design thinking can facilitate interdisciplinary discussions. He
teaches strategic design at both, the University of Dundee and University of St
Andrews, School of Management. Tom regularly designs and facilitates knowledge
sharing events and workshops both internally within the University of Dundee
and with innovation agencies across Europe.
University and then completed his Masters in Industrial Design Engineering at
the Royal College of Art. In 1990 he was a co-founder of the Design Research Centre
at Brunel University, becoming Director in 1996. He completed his PhD in 1998
and moved to DJCAD as Professor of Design in 2000 becoming Head of the School
of Design in 2001. In 2004 he was appointed as Director of the AHRC/EPSRC
funded Designing for the 21st Century Research Initiative. Over a five-year
period he led this £6.5 million initiative co-ordinating the work of 41 design
research projects in universities across the UK. In 2010 he was appointed as
Dean of DJCAD, a school with 1200 students studying across the spectrum of Art
& Design disciplines. He has a strong interest in the future of design and
the way design thinking can facilitate interdisciplinary discussions. He
teaches strategic design at both, the University of Dundee and University of St
Andrews, School of Management. Tom regularly designs and facilitates knowledge
sharing events and workshops both internally within the University of Dundee
and with innovation agencies across Europe.
The Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art is internationally recognised as one of
Europe’s foremost university-level institutions for creative education and
research in fine art, design and architecture. It is a creative hothouse, a small
concentrated community of committed, creative people bound together by a shared
visual language and a concern for visual culture. At the heart of one of
Europe’s most influential and creative artistic communities the GSA provides an
energetic environment in which new ideas can flourish. Its Researchers produce
work that influences world culture by generating new knowledge through
creativity and conceptual thinking, and the GSA supports economic growth
through knowledge exchange and the application of creativity and innovation.
Since the School was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of
Design, as a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing
industries, the GSA’s role has continually evolved and been redefined to
reflect the needs of the communities of which it is part of, embracing in the
late 19th century fine art and architecture education and today, digital technology. For further information on The Glasgow School of Art
visit www.gsa.ac.uk
Europe’s foremost university-level institutions for creative education and
research in fine art, design and architecture. It is a creative hothouse, a small
concentrated community of committed, creative people bound together by a shared
visual language and a concern for visual culture. At the heart of one of
Europe’s most influential and creative artistic communities the GSA provides an
energetic environment in which new ideas can flourish. Its Researchers produce
work that influences world culture by generating new knowledge through
creativity and conceptual thinking, and the GSA supports economic growth
through knowledge exchange and the application of creativity and innovation.
Since the School was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of
Design, as a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing
industries, the GSA’s role has continually evolved and been redefined to
reflect the needs of the communities of which it is part of, embracing in the
late 19th century fine art and architecture education and today, digital technology. For further information on The Glasgow School of Art
visit www.gsa.ac.uk
Selection
Panel
Panel
Philip Rodney, Chair of Board of Governors
– The Glasgow School of Art
Alison Lefroy Brooks, Vice-Chair of Board
of Governors – The Glasgow School of Art
Sir Muir Russell, Vice-Chair of Board of
Governors – The Glasgow School of Art
Professor Alison Yarrington, Dean of the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Hull Governor – The Glasgow
School of Art
Daniel Ibbotson, Director – Graphical
House, Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
House, Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
Dr Ken Neil, Acting Head of Research The
Glasgow School of Art and Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art and Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
Sam De Santis, President GSA Students
Association, Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
Association, Governor – The Glasgow School of Art
Professor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive,
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Former
Rector – Royal College of Art
Rector – Royal College of Art
Professor Christine Hawley, Professor of
Architectural Studies, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College
London
Architectural Studies, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College
London