Creativity or Conformity?
Building Cultures of Creativity in Higher Education
An international, interdisciplinary conference

University of Wales Institute
Cardiff, Wales, UK
January 8-10 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Cardiff School of Art & Design at UWIC, in collaboration with the HE Academy
Imaginative Curriculum project, is convening a major three day international
conference for FE and HE educators, managers and policy-makers. 

Structure of the conference 

The conference will take place over three days. Much of it will be given
over to structured/chaired debate, sharing of best practice, and creative
problem-solving sessions. There will be five keynote presentations of 40
minutes each (with discussion) and thirty other paper presentations of 20
minutes each (with discussion). There will also be tabled papers for
distribution at conference and posting on the conference website.

Themes

The title 'Creativity or Conformity?' highlights perceived tensions between
the learning environment required to promote creativity and current
economic, legislative, and pedagogic imperatives. The conference will
provide a unique opportunity for those involved in higher education to
discuss this issue, share best-practice and, potentially, influence policy.
It will also be an important step towards establishing an active network for
all, whatever their discipline, for whom promoting creativity is a primary
concern.

Papers will be presented on the following themes:

1. Educating for Creativity: pedagogic, organisational and administrative
innovations, ways of overcoming barriers, disciplinary and
inter-disciplinary perspectives and practices, personal development
planning, action research projects, e-learning, problem-based learning,
assessment and evaluation, new technology and creativity in HE.

2. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, academia and industry,
government initiatives, creativity and the economy, professional practice,
sustainability and development, ethics.

Dissemination

It is intended to post all abstracts and papers on the conference website
and publish an edited selection of the papers in a peer-reviewed journal.

Proposal requirements

We invite submission of proposals from lecturers, academics,
educationalists, researchers, managers, practitioners and others in all
disciplines. Proposals should comprise:

• an abstract of no more than 400 words
• a title
• a biography of no more than 150 words
• details of technical requirements
• contact details.

The above must be received by 1 July 2006

Submission guidelines for papers will be given on acceptance of abstracts.

Dates

• 1 July 2006: deadline for abstracts
• 1 August 2006: confirmation of acceptance of abstracts
• 1 October 2006: deadline for receipt of papers for presentation and
publication at conference
• 1 November 2006: deadline for receipt of papers for tabling at conference.

Contacts

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Academic Co-ordinator at:
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All other enquiries about the conference should be directed to:

Annie Grove White 
Conference Co-ordinator
School of Art & Design, UWIC, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB 
Tel. +044 (0)29 20 416636
Fax +044 (0)20 20 416640
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Further information will be available from April 2006 on the conference
website: www.creativityconference.org 

Information about the venue can be found at www.uwic.ac.uk