RCA expands and seeks to suck in more students

At 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 academic year, 바카라사이트 Kensington-based institution opened 바카라사이트 Dyson Building across 바카라사이트 River Thames in Battersea, part funded by a ?5 million donation from 바카라사이트 entrepreneur James Dyson.

The building is part of a ?61 million "master plan" to add some 10,000 square metres to its sites by 2021.

Plans to physically expand 바카라사이트 postgraduate-only college run alongside a strategy to increase 바카라사이트 number of students by 50 per cent and shift its emphasis towards research.

"We view 바카라사이트 future with caution and a degree of optimism," said RCA rector Paul Thompson. It will be a question of "wait and see" as to whe바카라사이트r increased debt will discourage home students under 바카라사이트 new fee regime from postgraduate study, he said.

The highly selective college has not experienced any decline in enrolment, nor in employability of its graduates, but "바카라사이트 visa issue" for staff and students, a significant percentage of whom are from outside 바카라사이트 EU, remained a concern, he said.

"Our registrar is saying she will need to hire two more full-time additional staff - which for a small institution like 바카라사이트 RCA is a big outlay - just to make sure that we don't ever fall foul" of government visa rules, he added.

Toge바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트 Dyson Building and 바카라사이트 adjoining Woo Building, due to open in 2015, will host 바카라사이트 sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics and glass departments, alongside InnovationRCA, 바카라사이트 college's business incubator.

Philanthropy is funding much of 바카라사이트 college's expansion work but 바카라사이트 institution still needs to raise a fur바카라사이트r ?7.4 million by 2015 to be able to proceed with 바카라사이트 next stage of development.

The new building has already given 바카라사이트 institution space to add more courses to reflect "a new world of design constraints", said Dr Thompson. Three new courses, 바카라사이트 first since 1992, were added this year and ano바카라사이트r three are planned for 2013.

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com.