Dartington College faced with closure

Dartington College in Devon, an arts college with a unique international reputation, a vital part of the English cultural heritage, intimately connected to its environment on the Dartington Estate, is faced with closure under a proposed takeover bid by University College Falmouth (UCF - which is not a university).

These are the full notes for the speech made by Sam Richards at the Save Dartington College Day on 27.10.2007. The speech was shortened and improvised around on the day…

The Appeal Hearing for Sam Richards will be on Tuesday June 5th at the
Higher Close Meeting Room, 1.30 pm.

The Save Dartington Campaign seeks to keep Dartington College of Arts
healthy and functioning where it presently exists ­ on the Dartington
Estate.

The Department of Trade and Industry has been asked to open an investigation into allegations of breach of duty on the part of the directors of Dartington College under company law.

In a letter sent to all students a few days ago, DCA Student Union President Daniel Cooke joined Andrew Brewerton in attacking the area's two local MPs, Anthony Steen and Adrian Sanders.

After the Save Dartington Campaign alerted the internationally renowned composer Gavin Bryars to the fact that the new College Prospectus contains 'extracts' from his letter of protest, Mr Bryars sent us this:

The Save Dartington Campaign has discovered a new consultant’s report, buried deep in the SWRDA website. We couldn’t find it on the HEFCE website at all, although it was commissioned by both organisations.

In true Brewertonian style, Andrew Brewerton today launched an all out attack on Anthony Steen, the Conservative MP for Totnes and the South Hams, and Adrian Sanders the LibDem MP for Torbay.

THE BREWERTON POCKET GUIDE TO SPIN

For this exercise you will need a copy of the new Dartington Prospectus for 2008. However, as a public service we will supply you with the relevant quotes – so you won’t have to clutter up your bookshelves with enough spin to make a tornado seem like a gentle evening breeze.