 During the 1950s the Royal West of England Academy Schools became the West of England College of Art.This moved to the Bower Ashton campus in 1966, where it was then absorbed by the University of the West of England (School of Visual Studies), now the Department of Creative Industries, UWE, Bristol.The current president is the artist Fiona Robinson PRWA and Director (Chief Exec) is Alison Bevan BEM.