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Waiting for the Coldstream Committee to finish tinkering about with the structure of the Dip AD (Diploma of Art and Design) and report, is something of an irrelevance in the present situation. This is not to say that their recommendations will be unimportant. The likely innovations, in terms of allowing greater degrees of specialization and the inclusion of ‘vocational’ diploma qualifications, will add considerable flexibility to the system, and there are other important issues which need to be pronounced upon — notably the GCE entrance qualifications, the absorption of the foundation year, and the democratic structures within the colleges. But the battles which will determine the future and status of art education are being fought elsewhere — if they are being fought at all.