Postgraduate success story for UCF
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
(0)"An exceptional bunch of people that have come through an exceptional institution," is how Guest of Honour, Jane McCloskey, described graduating students at University College Falmouth's recent Postgraduate Awards Ceremony held at the town's Princess Pavilion.
Addressing more than 130 students, their friends, family and UCF staff, ITV's Regional Director, Jane McCloskey applauded the students' drive, ambition, talent and ownership of their respective disciplines, and celebrated the creative fusion with industry and sense of community that underpin the College's ethos.
Students graduated with Masters Degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas in a range of Art, Design and Media disciplines - from Fine Art; Illustration: Authorial Practice; Photography and 20th Century Art & Design; 3D, Interior & Landscape and Textile Design; to Broadcast Journalism; Investigative Broadcast Journalism; Sports Broadcast Journalism; International Journalism; Creative Advertising; Professional Writing and Television Production.
A number of other awards were also bestowed. MA Investigative Broadcast Journalism graduate, John O'Shea, was awarded The Allen Holden Award by Pirate FM's News Editor, Tristan Hunkin. MA 20th Century Art & Design graduate, Terence Peters, was awarded the Falmouth Decorative & Fine Arts Society Award by Chair of the Society, Amanda Hobson, and MA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice student, Irene Waters was awarded a Sandra Blow Scholarship.
The first staff members from University College Falmouth to undertake its new in-house teaching qualification, a three stage MA in Education focusing on the creative curriculum in Higher Education, were awarded Postgraduate Certificates in Higher Education.
"Our postgraduate students contribute significantly to the culture and vitality of University College Falmouth," said Rector, Professor Alan Livingston. "Whether they make their mark as writers, directors, broadcasters, designers, photographers, artists or illustrators, their strong sense of community and the value of the Falmouth brand will remain with them, and benefit them, throughout their professional lives."
For further information about University College Falmouth, visit www.falmouth.ac.uk, email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 213730.
In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts to create a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing.
The merger paves the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall in 2012, creating a Higher Education institution unique to the South West.
University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.
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