yesterday’s meeting was, as maybe you heard already, not with Seona Reid but instead Irene McAll McWilliam [...] I don’t know if it was very productive, but it did give us some more time until the Board of Studies meeting, which was supposed to be today.

Since it was such short notice, they are having an extraordinary meeting, where the recommendation will be put to the rest of the design school, on Monday 12:00.

We were thinking that if everyone/anyone could come up with some examples that show that the world of ceramics is alive and kicking, that it is currently ‘picking up’, that there are more and more opportunities (galleries, commissions, in the industry etc etc), then we can present that in the meeting, and say that there is in fact a lot going on with ceramics right now.

We think our main two arguments against the recommendation should be:

1) the lack of adverstising/marketing of the course
2) the lack of consultation in the “review”

(or should we say lack of review; it was announced in September that there would be one, but there has been no consultation with staff or students, and as far as we can see no research into what is going on in ceramics in general, or WHY the application numbers have continued to decline - because they have, there’s no denying that), and the process which she/they have gone about this.

But so, yes, if you do have any concrete examples of the current revitalization in ceramics, please do email them to me, and i’ll write them up in time for the meeting.

Thanks a lot again,

all the best,