A type design workshop conducted (in English) by Jean François Porchez announced in Madrid from 4 to 8 July 2005. More details available here. Informations about registration here.
En avril 2004 eu lieu un atelier de création de caractères à l’Uqam. Judith Poirier, à l’origine de cette aventure, avait durant cette semaine-là tout filmé. Elle tenait le coup de filmer et monter en même temps des premiers jours, mais le challenge était trop lourd sur la semaine entière très compacte en événements.
List of main typefaces projects conducted in the second semester as a group project, mean all students particpated to it. For years 1997 to 2004. Few others included.
Despite the good success with the students and all great support received internationally, the course is discontinued by the administration with no clear reasons in July 2004. Read more about it in English or that one in French.
To answer about the Collaborative way of design fonts (students) question posted here and here.
Collaborative is the best way I found to let students achieve in a short time a font and see all aspect of the designing, production until the finished product. I can’t see in couple of days (workshop) or 3 hours by week, any student be able to design complete font from scratch without background.