Stuart Bartholomew

Principal and Chief Executive, Arts University College at Bournemouth
Professor Stuart Bartholomew has held posts at McMaster University, Ontario; the University of Alberta; the University of Derby; the Open University and as Dean of Media at The University of the Arts, London. He joined The Arts Institute at Bournemouth as Principal and Chief Executive in 1997.

With expertise in the field of media and broadcasting, Stuart Bartholomew worked extensively with the British Film Institute and has served on national validating and awarding bodies and, most recently, with the Quality Assurance Agency. He was Vice Chairman of the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design for CHEAD and has been an adviser to the British Broadcasting Organisation, The Independent Broadcasting Authority, UNESCO and the OECD.

He was instrumental in the development of advanced awards in Photography and has extensive experience in curriculum development in a variety of Lens-based Media. His institution achieved the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Medal for its work in Film and Animation. He is currently active on the Regional Development Creative Industries Task Force, and advising the Department of Culture Media and Sport on skills and entrepreneurship in the creative industries with membership of the current Creative Economy programme. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s Initiative Strategy Group and The Higher Levels Skills Implementation Group at the Department of Innovation Universities and Skills.

Professor Bartholomew was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1999.