SCT’s Partnership with Central St Martins College

August 2008

SCT has formed a new partnership with Central St Martins College of Art & Design, part of the University of the Arts in London. Post graduate students will, over a ten week period starting in October, research and write papers, including a guidance note, on issues to be considered in designing successful public spaces and, in particular, Speakers’ Corners. The material will be available to SCT for use on its website and through other media.

Between January and April/May, post graduate students will work on designs, first on a series of ‘generic’ Speakers’ Corners and then on location-specific designs (which will focus on neighbourhoods in which SCT is promoting projects) and designs for a mobile Speakers’ Corner which can be taken out to, for example, housing estates or places of work.

The project, which will involve work with school students, is being funded from the University of the Arts’ Widening Participation programme which aims to increase the proportion of young people from low income backgrounds entering arts higher education and the creative and cultural industries.