Schumacher College is a progressive college for ecological studies offering postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, research degrees, short courses and a horticulture residency.
We focus on interactive and experiential education to help students develop the practical skills and strategic thinking required to face 21st century challenges.
This year we are celebrating our 30th year of providing transformative learning experiences at Dartington.
ABOUT US: Read more about our history and ethos >
live chats & open days
Get to know our College, our faculty and our programmes with these online and offline events.
flexible learning models
We offer pathways to learning to suit all needs – including part time routes, single modules, and blended learning models.
postgraduate programmes
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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SCHUMACHER COLLEGE
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Short Courses
A unique brand of small-group experiences which embrace the learning through head, hand, and heart.
Horticulture Programmes
Our horticultural students join a rich, six month immersive programme learning how to grow food in a way that maintains and restores soil and ecosystem health.
virtually schumacher
– Ongoing series of live chats with course tutors
– Podcasts
– Video archive – including our long-running Earth Talks series
research at dartington
We offer research degrees in partnership with University of Westminster CREAM. Our researchers have expertise in a wide range of topics including arts practice-led research; animism; medieval literature; modernism; story and myth; arts, design and ecology; ecology and spirituality; Goethean science; regenerative economics, farming and food; social work with adults and children; and social enterprise.
latest news & blogs
In search of rewilding
Following a recent Engaged Ecology visit to Lower Sharpham Farm, we consider the ecological, social and political complexities of rewilding in practice.
“How we produce our food is our greatest form of agency over our future.”
Last week, Andy joined our Regenerative Food & Farming students to talk about his experiences and find out what we do at Dartington, including our agroforestry techniques.
Perspectives on hedgelaying as a learning process
This week our Regenerative Food, Farming and Enterprise MSc students have been learning all about the time-honoured practice of hedgelaying, and in this blog post we explore how it might be compared to the learning process more generally.