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Contents

A Farewell to Dartington

1. THE SITUATION

 

1.1 This Report- Authorship and the Save Dartington College Campaign - The Report

1.2 Rationale for this report:: The need for a democratic voice

1.3 The major players: their views

1.4 The proposal to close the college. Closure or Relocation?

 

2. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

 

2.1 Dartington College of Arts – Historical and Philosophical Background

2.2 The Dartington College Ethos

2.3 The College and the Trust –  Some roots of the crisis
2.4 The Recent Roots of the Crisis

 

3. THE CURRENT POSITION

 

3.1 The Arts at Dartington – The Present Day

3.2 Dartington College – Dimensions of the crisis: Funding or commitment?

3.3 Dartington - Brand or College? Questions of educational and artistic philosophy

3.4 The “Consultative Process” leading to the decision to “relocate” to Falmouth

3.5 Comment on the current management style at the college

 

4. THE COMBINED UNIVERSITIES OF CORNWALL - A UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

 

4.1 University College Falmouth and the Combined Universities of Cornwall. A Grand Plan

4.2 What Falmouth might deliver

 

5. RELOCATION, DEVASTATION OR CONTINUATION

             

5.1 Impact on Falmouth and Penryn

5.2 Impact on Dartington staff

5.3 Viability of Falmouth to attract students (as opposed to Dartington Hall)

5.4 Impact on Totnes and district and South Devon

5.5 National and international implications

5.6 The Only Option

5.7 A Few Thoughts on Funding

5.8 The Macadie/King Plan
5.9 Dartington Praxis

5.10 The Mystery of the Trust’s real motives

5.11 The Trust’s Business Record
5.12 “Replacement” Activities

 

6. CONCLUSIONS

6.1 Overall assessment framework