Changing Faces

Arts University Bournemouth creates external engagement role

Patrick Jowett
1 min read

Dr ANNA FARTHING is set to become Arts University Bournemouth’s (AUB) first Executive Director of External Engagement.

The newly established role is part of a restructure to enhance the institution’s civic role and will involve regenerating Palace Court Theatre, the university’s newly-acquired performance space.

Farthing has contributed to major cultural regeneration projects in Hull, Salford, Torquay, and Weston-Super-Mare, and has helmed successful launch programmes for Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum, Portsmouth’s National Museum of the Royal Navy, M Shed, and the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol. 

She is also a former visiting fellow at Bristol University and research associate for the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama.

"I’m excited by the vision of a civic university that is laid out in the AUB Strategy," Farthing said.

"The appetite for positive change across the region is palpable and I look forward to engaging with colleagues and external partners to develop a shared ambition for a thriving creative economy that fully embraces innovation, sustainability, health, pleasure and learning for everyone."