News and blogs
This page brings together articles written by or about the learning community here at Schumacher College and Dartington Arts School. We are open to submissions from all members. If you are interested in contributing please contact will.kemp@dartington.org.
Dartington and Schumacher College: academic courses to close
Dartington Hall Trust subsidiary, Schumacher College Foundation, voted on 27 August 2024 to discontinue accredited courses with immediate effect. These include all courses presently supported by University of Plymouth: BSc, MA and PGDip. It is with great regret that...
New interdisciplinary programme announced!
The first educational program of its kind that actively seeks out new modalities of co-learning around social and ecological justice.
Fuelling the “can do” possibilities from within local communities
The Local Entrepreneur Forum helps build stronger communities making them more resilient in times of economic challenge.
How studying at Dartington changed me
Poetics of Imagination student Isabella Jones says her year at year at Dartington has been an enriching experience helping her grow in ways she could never have imagined.
Satish Kumar and Schumacher College win prestigious medal
The RSA honours the work of the college and its founder for their progressive approach to new economic and ecological education.
Clearing 2023
Throughout the summer, we will be fast-tracking applications for our BSc Regenerative Food and Farming at Schumacher College.
Reflecting on the symbols and science of water to understand Gaia
Stephan Harding believes it is only by exploring both the physical and the symbolic properties of water that we can fully appreciate its wholeness.
Learning How Land Speaks
Accounts from Living Waters workshops – a series of co-operative inquiries with rivers worldwide.
Stories in Time
Dr Sarah Elisa Kelly, tutor on our short course Unravelling Time, writes on eco-perspectives and how the socities we live in can shape our own relationship with time.
What is Regenerative Economics?
In this public webinar Ruth Potts and Jay Tompt, our resident economists and postgraduate lectuers, offer some introductory reflections on the alternatives out there to current mainstream economics.
The power of learning through participation in practice
A work placement at a social enterprise has helped ecological design thinking student Sarah Hawkins to understand the importance of working collaboratively.
A menagerie of imaginings to discover at the Venice Biennale
A Dartington arts student discovers an exciting world of possibility at the 2023 Venice architectural biennale which has theme “The Laboratory of the Future”.
Bullfinch Diaries by Dr Stephan Harding
In this blog post Dr Stephan Harding reflects creatively on the vicissitudes of life and our place in the world following a chance encounter with a bullfinch.It’s mid-March, and the snow falls thick and fast, most unusually for early spring in the south west of...
Reflections on E. F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful by Ruth Potts
Our Head of Regenerative Economics, Ruth Potts, reflects on the continuing relevance of E. F. Schumacher’s influential book, Small is Beautiful 50 years after publication.
An echolocation from our Poetics team
Alice Oswald, Martin Shaw and Valentin Gerlier discuss the origin story and ever growing relevance of our MA Poetics of Imagination on which they all teach.
Convergence with Universidad Austral de Chile
Current student Mark Sim blogs on a recent international meeting of minds combining our Regenerative Economics Master’s with Human-Scale Development and Ecological Economics intiatives in Chile.
Dartington & Hospital Rooms join forces for arts education
Announcing a dynamic new partnership with Hospital Rooms to offer residencies for students on MA Arts & Place to explore their arts practice in professional mental health settings.
What’s in a name? How we came to be called Schumacher College
Schumacher College was named in honour of the legacy of economist E. F. Schumacher, whose work prioritised an economics that also contributed to healthy people and planet. This blog burrows deeper into the story of how the College came to take on Schumacher’s name, with the help of our founder Satish Kumar.
New Entrant Farming Enterprise Programme launched
Accessing land is one of the greatest barriers for people wanting to work in agriculture – so we’ve created a programme that can try and help change that.
Bursary scheme backs students wanting to study BSc Regenerative Food & Farming
Following the success of last year’s bursary scheme which supports students through their first year of study on our leading-edge undergraduate programme in Regenerative Farming at Schumacher College, we are pleased to be able to offer it again to new students joining us in 2023.