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In March 2020 UAL announced that they were to close the Drama Centre, following an unfavourable review of the centre's provision for academic development, quality assurance and equal opportunities. Students currently enrolled would complete their training.
- 1963–2022
- Federation of Drama Schools
- London, England, United Kingdom
- 'Disproportionate' Complaints
- Students ‘Protected’ Staff
- Conservatoire Culture
- ‘Isolated and Entrenched’
- Financially Unsustainable
Each group’s inability to comprehend the other’s core concerns created “two distinct cultures within the one organisation,” reviewer Chris McIntyre wrote. A tendency among DCL staff to be “resistant to and dismissive of” normal communication and quality assurance practices exacerbated the “disproportionate” number of complaints from students. UAL i...
Despite the number of complaints, McIntyre found many students preferred staff at DCL to the wider UAL establishment. Students had an “arguably overly close relationship” with DCL staff and used satisfaction surveys to “protect” them from CSM and the university at large. One DCL student told ArtsProfessional she was “incredibly satisfied” with her ...
UAL believes DCL’s conservatoire-style training doesn’t reflect the direction contemporary creative arts education is heading in. Its own evaluation, run alongside McIntyre’s, says students were “encouraged to build intensive relationships within the group and consider themselves as an ensemble of actors,” and it was normal to work together beyond ...
DCL staff became isolated from the wider university and “consolidated solely around the conservatoire identity”, thinking that senior managers within CSM did not “fundamentally believe” in their work. The independent review said staff became defensive when problems were raised and resisted strategic actions to improve its processes: “This has led t...
UAL was subsidising DCL’s acting degrees more than any other course across the university, providing about £9000 per student on top of tuition fees. A viability exercise conducted by UAL alongside McIntyre’s review said DCL spent £743,000 more than it earned and was “unsustainable going forward”. The university’s decision in October to suspend recr...
6 apr 2022 · “It smacks of cowardice”: inside the closure of the Alra drama school - New Statesman. Culture. 6 April 2022. “It smacks of cowardice”: inside the closure of the Alra drama school. The school, which had campuses in London and Wigan, closed without warning on Monday, causing turmoil for 284 students and 44 staff. By Ellen Peirson-Hagger.
6 mar 2020 · Drama Centre London is set to close, as plans are revealed to end all of its acting provision at its current home in Central Saint Martins. For the past 20 years, Drama Centre has been part...
4 apr 2022 · Last modified on Mon 4 Apr 2022 12.07 EDT. A British drama school has closed after an unsuccessful restructure left it with heavy losses and no longer financially viable, resulting in almost...
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7 ott 2019 · News Oct 7, 2019 by Matthew Hemley. Drama Centre London is part of Central Saint Martins. Photo: Shutterstock. Former students and tutors at Drama Centre London have warned that a...
8 apr 2022 · Staff and the 284 students at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) were told over a video call on 4 April that their institution was closing with immediate effect and that its campuses in Wigan and London were being shut down with possessions still locked inside.
