Textiles Conservation Centre threatened with closure

emmapeelpants

emmapeelpants

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For UK citizens only, but please pass it on if you know of anyone who doesn't visit these forums but would be interested in signing the petition!

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/TCCClosure/

"The Textile Conservation Centre (TCC) was established as an independant charitable trust in 1975. Based in Hampton Court Place from 1975-1999. Merged with the University of Southampton in 1998 and moved to a custom-designed building on Winchester School of Art campus in 1999. The TCC is the leading international organisation in the field of textile conservation research, education and practice. Students of conservation, conservation science and museums and galleries study alongside each other, so building a mutual understanding of the wider sector in which they will work. MA Textile Conservation is considered the leading course internationally, with the majority of trained textile conservators around the world having studied at TCC. The University of Southampton proposes to close TCC commencing summer 2008 with full closure by September 2009, with the loss of all jobs and courses.

This petition is to hopefully prevent the closure of such an important academic institution which has a distinguished history and international reputation and to secure the jobs of leading academics within this field."
 
Hi, I have signed it too. I remember when Mrs. Thatcher got rid of Mrs. Levey at the V&A - what a disaster for people who were interested in learning about lace. Administrators don't have that sort of knowledge.

Margaret Chelsealace.
 
I signed that this morning.

I'm sick of this government closing all the cultural related things. They were were so keen to pass the 24 hour drinking law, yet they close the museums, etc. They closed the costume museum in Leicester and then the one in Nottingham as apparently they said "no one was interested in costume".

I suppose if they get everyone drunk and senseless, then we cannot question their motives!

Lei
 
That's really sad--I hope your petition gains lots of steam and can stop this assault on culture and history....

what excuse is the university giving for trying to close it? (Also, is it a private or state-funded university, I wonder? If the textile conservation course there is an international leader, it's hard to believe a serious scholar or academic would want to shut it down--seems like only a politician could do such a thing...)
 
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