Grandage is a director and producer who graduated from CSSD in 1984. During his twelve years as President, he oversaw the acquisition of Royal title and the opening of the School’s new North Block building. Retrieved 8 February 2011.MICHAEL GRANDAGE CBE is stepping down as President of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD). Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London). ^ "University guide 2011: Drama and dance".
Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. "Pinter Replaces Mandelson as Central President". ^ a b Alistair Smith (14 October 2008).Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. ^ "Central School of Speech and Drama celebrates new Royal Title".The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. "Rapid Scoping Study on Leicester Drama School" (PDF). ^ a b c "Where do HE students study?".Royal Central School of Speech and Drama ( University of London). The school has over 20 doctoral candidates and the first graduate of the programme, Broderick Chow, was awarded his PhD at the December 2010 graduation ceremony. The school has been ranked highly by The Guardian, placing it sixth in its league table of specialist institutions and ninth for Drama and Dance. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the majority of Central's submission was judged "world leading" or "internationally excellent". Michael Grandage became president in 2010. He was to receive an honorary fellowship in December 2008, but had to receive it in absentia because of ill health he died two weeks later. In October 2008 Harold Pinter, who attended the school in 1950–51, became its president, succeeding Peter Mandelson.
Past presidents of the school include Laurence Olivier and Judi Dench. The school's theatre is located inside the new building which was awarded a BREEAM rating of "very good". The school is located at Swiss Cottage in North London, an area which is being redeveloped as a "civic and cultural quarter" which includes a new extension building for the school, replacing 1960s accommodation. The school's Patron, Princess Alexandra of Kent, played a role in recommending the institution for the title. It is entitled to use it in official documentation, although it continues to be colloquially referred to as "Central".
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On 29 November 2012, the 'Royal' title was bestowed on the school by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of its reputation as a "world-class institution for exceptional professional training in theatre and performance studies". In 2006, the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art was absorbed into Central. The school offers undergraduate, postgraduate, research degrees and short courses in acting, actor training, applied theatre, theatre crafts and making, design, drama therapy, movement, musical theatre, performance, producing, research, scenography, stage management, teacher training, technical arts, voice and writing. It became a constituent college of the University of London in 2005 and is a member of Conservatoires UK and the Federation of Drama Schools. The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students.
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