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Maggie Ayliffe

Liverpool School of Art and Design

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

Maggie Ayliffe is the Programme Leader for Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University. She is a painter, educator and project manager with over 30 years experience of working across Higher Education and Arts and Culture projects. In her previous role as Head Of Wolverhampton School of Art, Maggie was the University lead for British Art Show 9, and worked closely with Wolverhampton Art Gallery to host and co-ordinate the show in the city. Maggie is currently co- chair of HEAD Trust and has contributed extensively to critical thinking around Art and Design education, inclusivity and widening participation and Fine Art pedagogy. She has also exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Maggie’s practice as a painter is rooted in Feminist Art Practice in its relationship to abstraction.

Degrees

1999, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, MPhil, Fine Art
1993, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, MA, Fine Art
1990, Humberside Polytechnic, United Kingdom, BA (Hons), Fine Art

Certifications

2016, Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellowship of HEA

Academic appointments

Associate Dean & Head of Wolverhampton School of Art, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Science, University of Wolverhampton, 2018 - 2023
Head of Visual Art Department, Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, 2016 - 2018
Associate Lecturer MA/BA Fine Art, University of Chester, 1999 - 2004
Senior Lecturer/Course Leader Fine Art, University of Wolverhampton, 1997 - 2018
Associate Lecturer Fine Art, University of Salford, 1995 - 1999

Postgraduate training

PGCE in Post 16 Art and Design Education, United Kingdom, Bolton Institute, 1996 - 1997

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