Mission

Placing students at the centre of its work, Central develops practitioners and researchers who shape the future of theatre and performance across the UK and beyond.

Central is committed to:

  • maintaining our distinctive ethos as a higher education conservatoire at the crossing-point of higher education, industry and community. This consists of a fluid combination of scholarship and research, industry-related vocational training and research-informed teaching;
  • recognition that enhancement of learning is a project for staff and students alike, and that it takes many forms and relationships;
  • active encouragement of diversity as a basis not only for an enriched learning experience but also for an enhanced working environment;
  • opening doors to our disciplines for new thinkers, makers and practitioners in dispersed and diverse communities and seeking to lead participation in varied but interrelated communities of interest and study.