Edinburgh College of Art

Students to help with TED art installation »

A group of students will help French artist JR set up his installation in the streets of Edinburgh ahead of this year’s TED international conference. TED is a non-profit organisation that brings together experts in the fields of technology, ente...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Inselaffen »

Wed 04 May 2011 by Kathryn Lloyd | Read more »

ECA graduate wins M&S backing »

An Edinburgh College of Art graduate will have one of her designs sold by Marks & Spencer after winning a prestigious fashion award. Jett Sweeney, 23, was crowned Fashion Graduate of the Year 2010 at the Scottish Fashion Awards after designing an ...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Kathryn Richardson | Read more »

ECA: Painting over the cracks »

Senior staff at the Edinburgh College of Art received large increases in pay and pensions even as the troubled art school's finances deteriorated to near-bankruptcy, an investigation by The Journal has found. Financial records show that by the end of ...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

An artless pretense »

We report today what we hoped in our first editorial of this academic year was not the case: that it appears the decision to merge the Edinburgh College of Art with the University of Edinburgh was driven primarily by financial instability rather than t...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 | Read more »

Major shift in applications to Edinburgh's universities »

The latest figures have revealed a major shift in the number of applications received by Edinburgh’s universities this year, with the University of Edinburgh being the only university in the city to experience a drop in interest. Applications to...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Sarah Purvis | Read more »

Merger proposal to be submitted to Scottish Government »

The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) have agreed to merge. ECA’s Board of Governors met on 21 September and agreed to the deal. Six days later, the University Court met and also consented. The full merger proposal docu...

Mon 27 Sep 2010 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

A marriage of convenience? »

The circumstances of the proposed merger of the University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh College of Art are not entirely fortuitous. Earlier this summer, we were promised a thorough consultation and told that 2013 was the earliest possible date for a ...

Wed 15 Sep 2010 | Read more »

ECA and Edinburgh University discuss possible merger »

Talks are at an advanced stage between Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh which could see the two institutions join facilities by 2012. The discussions, aimed at deepening collaborative ties between the two historic institutions,...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Ross Haig | Read more »

ECA has Edinburgh iPhone users walking through time »

A team of Edinburgh academics have created an application that allows smart phone users to 'walk through time'. Students and professors from the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and Edinburgh University have joined forces with EDINA map services to crea...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Edinburgh College of Art launches research magazine »

A magazine that captures the institution’s ongoing and future research in the interdisciplinary creative subjects of "art, design, architecture and landscape architecture" is to be published by the Edinburgh College of Art's (ECA) research staff....

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Emma Towers | Read more »

National honours for ECA architecture journal »

They design, they modify and they manage the world around us. Our cities, our waterways, our space. Two weeks ago the crème de la crème of landscape architects were recognized in the Landscape Institute’s biennial awards. The Lands...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Philip Close | Read more »

Ten Decades - ECA Centenary Exhibition »

Mon 05 Nov 2007 | Read more »