Roy Chilvers

Director of Creative Media

• Centenary Building HT102 /HT226
• T: 0161 295 2335/ 0161 295 6163
• E: r.chilvers@salford.ac.uk

Monday – not available

Tuesday - 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Wednesday – 1.30pm – 4.30pm

Thursday – 8.30am – 12.30am

Friday –  8.30am – 9.30am

I have been associated with the School of Art & Design since 1999, when I began teaching technology-related design modules on a part-time basis. I originally trained in painting and photography, before becoming involved with the developing opportunities presented to creative practice by the emergence of affordable desktop computers. As a result, I worked exclusively as a creative entrepreneur during the 1980’s and 1990’s, establishing businesses offering design and technology services to a range of commercial clients. Services offered included straightforward brand and identity development, through digital engineering on interactive products, and on to strategy planning for marketing and design management. After 27 years, I decided on a career change and made the move into fulltime academia, taking up a full-time post in the School of Art & Design in 2006. In 2011, I moved into academic management as Director, Graphics & Media, whilst retaining a reduced teaching role on undergraduate programmes.

During the time I have worked in Art & Design, I have taught on,  led, a number of undergraduate programmes. These include:

Programme Leader

BA(Hons) Design Futures

BA(Hons) Design Management for the Creative Industries

BA(Hons) Design & Heritage

BA(Hons) Journalism & Design Studies

The bulk of my time is now taken up in managing both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as Director, but I still deliver the following modules to BA(Hons) Design Futures, some of which are also delivered to students undertaking B.Sc Multimedia & Internet Technology, in the School of Computing, Science & Engineering:

Level 5

Computing & Design 2

Professional Practice 2

Level 6

Computing & Design 3

Professional Practice 3

I also supervise MA Heritage Studies students in their final dissertation projects.

A major part of my teaching practice includes asking students to confront and reflect upon the nature of their relationship with technology when devising and producing design solutions. This is driven by an interest in the way in which designers have been required to adapt to changes in technology over time. This in turn has led me to pursue explorations in issues related to the wider concept of ‘heritage’, articulating what that word actually means, and where the value of legacy persists in seeking design solutions. The majority of my work is based on creative practice such as photographic image-making, but also crosses over into moving image on the one hand, and back into traditional craft skills such as ceramics on the other. I remain interested in the notion of how designers can be sure their solutions are fit for purpose, which influences my teaching in areas of usability design and techniques for post-production evaluation of end-user opinion.

University Diploma, Fine Art & Photography

BA(Hons) Library & Information Systems

MSc Interactive Multimedia Production