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Bernadine Murray

(she / her)

Head of School

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Head of School
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor Bernadine Murray is Head of School for the Creative Industries. She joined the University of Chester in 2007 with a background in Fine Art, Multimedia and Graphic Design. Her creative industry experience includes: freelance graphic design; in-house graphic design; front and back end software development for educational games; graphic illustration and community arts.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Head of Department
    University of Chester, Art & Design, Chester, United KingdomMar 2018 - Jan 2024
  • Deputy Head Department
    University of Chester, Art & Design, Chester, United KingdomSep 2015 - Mar 2018
  • Programme Leader
    University of Chester, Art & Design, Chester, United KingdomJan 2008 - Sep 2015
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Chester, Design, Chester, United KingdomSep 2007 - Jan 2008

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer in Multimedia
    Stockport College, Stockport, United KingdomSep 2006 - Sep 2007
  • Lecturer in Contextual Studies
    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United KingdomSep 2005 - Aug 2007
  • Acting Course leader New Media Design
    Tameside College, Manchester, United KingdomSep 2001 - Jul 2003
  • Visiting Lecturer
    Staffordshire University, Design, Stoke-on-Trent, United KingdomSep 2001 - Jul 2002
  • Visiting Lecturer
    Oldham College, Oldham, United KingdomNov 1995 - Jul 1996

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Programmer / Game Developer /Graphic Illustrator
    Europress, Macclesfield, United KingdomJan 2001 - Sep 2002
  • Community Arts Worker
    York Drop-In Center, York, United KingdomJun 1995 - Sep 1995
  • Design Co-ordinator
    Museum of Automata, York, United KingdomSep 1991 - Sep 1994

DEGREES

  • MProf
    University of Chester, Chester, United KingdomSep 2012 - Jul 2023
  • MA Interactive Multimedia
    Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United KingdomSep 2021 - Sep 2004
  • PGCert FE and HE
    University of Bolton, Bolton, United KingdomSep 1995 - Sep 1996
  • PGCert Community Arts
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United KingdomSep 1994 - Sep 1995
  • BA Hons Fine Art
    Stourbridge School of Art, Stourbridge, United KingdomSep 1986 - Jun 1989

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
  • Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School for the Creative Industries