West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is launching a one year part-time Online Foundation Certificate in Art and Design, which starts on Friday, February 12, 2021. This new course offers an opportunity to develop practical and creative skills in a broad range of mediums and subjects, including drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. All students are encouraged to apply regardless of previous experience.

The Clothworkers’ Company is generously supporting the Designer Bookbinders’ ‘Transferring Design initiative’; offering funding that enables Kate Holland, a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders, to teach a bookbinding course within West Dean College's Graduate Diploma in Conservation Studies, specialising in Books and Library Materials.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation are very pleased to announce that they have won the 2020 Public and Community Award as part of the Sussex Heritage Trust Awards 2020 for the restoration of the College’s 126-year-old roof. Taking almost two years to complete, the project repaired the numerous leaks, rotten roof timbers and failed masonry of the 39 individual sections using 26,000 Welsh slate tiles to the highest standards, ensuring the building can continue to provide world-class education for future generations.

As it’s getting close to Christmas, Rose Zhou, who is studying at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, for an MA in Conservation Studies (specialising in Ceramics & Related Materials) knew there was a sense of urgency to finish working on a pair of ceramic elves, so they could be reunited with their owner for the festive season.

For the first time, award-winning West Dean Gardens, near Chichester in West Sussex will be open on Boxing Day (Saturday, December 26, 2020) and New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1, 2021) between 10.30am - 4pm. Entry continues to be by timed tickets, which are available to book online.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has just launched their hugely popular Summer School 2021 programme. The Summer School is the perfect opportunity to escape to the West Sussex countryside, immerse yourself in creativity and learn a new skill. Running between Friday, July 30, 2021 and Thursday, August, 19, 2021, there are 27 courses to choose from.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has launched an online course Tapestry Weaving – Learn the Basics with Philip Sanderson, West Dean Tapestry Studio Leader and Tutor. This in-depth online course comes with all the materials you need to get started with tapestry weaving. The tapestry course is the latest in a series of new online courses at the College.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has announced that it will be hosting a series of “virtual” Open Days on Wednesday, November 25; Wednesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The online sessions will cover a variety of degree and diploma subjects from the School of Arts and School of Conservation.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation is launching a new programme of blended online and practical workshop-based courses in Building Conservation. Following a grant from Historic England, the course Mortars for Repair and Conservation, is the first in the programme aiming to increase the flexibility of training for building conservators.