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Revealed: The cash crisis that could destroy College of Art

Years of financial mismanagement have driven Edinburgh College of Art, one of Scotland’s oldest and most prestigious artistic institutions, to the edge of extinction.

The Sunday Herald has seen documents relating to a proposed merger between the ECA and the University of Edinburgh. These reveal the full extent of the “weak financial management” that has created a fiscal black hole for the college.