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Glorious Failures | with BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin is the filmmaker behind BAFTA award-winning film Bait, and Enys Men. Mark is also Falmouth University's Distinguished Professor ...
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Falmouth University retains world-class position in the 2023 Rookies Rankings
28 February 2024
Falmouth University has been ranked as a top 10 creative schools in the UK, and top 50 in the 2023 R...
Zenande, Sinawe, Zinathi and Buhle at Sea Point Pavilion, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Michelle Sank
Photography tutor wins Sony World Photography award
18 March 2024
Michelle Sank, a photographer and online tutor on Falmouth’s Photography MA (Online) course, has w...
'Barbie' and beyond: how Film BA graduate Faith Glenister is breaking into camerawork
22 February 2024
As Barbie bids for best picture at the 2024 Oscars ceremony, we thought it was the perfect time to ...
How Illustration graduate Calum Heath established a global freelance career
07 February 2024
With clients including financial magazine Barron’s, Danish newspaper Weekendavisen and style journ...
An interview with Sally Blake, award-winning video game producer and advocate for women in games
26 February 2024
We chatted to Sally Blake, award-winning video game producer and advocate for women in games, about ...
Bal maidens, fishwives and carnival queens: meet Fran Rowse’s ‘Cornish Maids’
12 February 2024
Fran Rowse's photography project 'Cornish Maids' is a collection of portraits of Cornwall’s young ...
Photography graduate's work lights up Piccadilly Circus on NYE
04 January 2024
Serena Brown's work lit up Picadilly Circus this New Year's Eve as part of the Mayor of London's 'Lo...
Our year in stories: 2023
19 December 2023
This time of year is all about community, and we couldn’t be prouder of ours. From BAFTA nominatio...
Rolling Stone rates Falmouth-produced horror in top 5 films
19 December 2023
Mark Jenkin's 'Enys Men' lands fourth place in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Horror Movies of 2023' list.
Falmouth University students and alumni win big at Creative Conscience Awards 2023
11 October 2023
The awards cement our reputation for championing ethical and sustainable practices.
ATTUNE x Aardman Animations: New video focuses on young people's mental health
10 October 2023
In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2023, young participants of ATTUNE have released a video h...
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Serena Brown named as finalist for Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023
31 August 2023
Find out more about the Falmouth graduate's shortlisted work.
How a crap campaign helped Surfers Against Sewage tackle pollution profiteering
18 August 2023
Head of Advertising Dr Cui Su speaks to Creative Advertising graduate Jake Smith about his recent ca...
Clubs & societies at Falmouth University
04 October 2023
Find your people with the wide range of clubs and societies from the Students' Union.
Launchpad business Amutri secures Innovate UK funding to revolutionise 3D visualisation industry
25 August 2023
Launchpad start-up success story Amutri is celebrating following news of their successful bid to sec...
Behind the scenes with the assistant to Barbie's Director of Photography
Film graduate Faith shares her experience of working on Barbie (2023).
Harnessing technology to make live events more inclusive
05 June 2023
In May 2023, the Live Audience Accessibility & Augmentation knowledge exchange project hosted a seri...
Interior Design Students Intern at Prestigious Studios
23 June 2019
Getting an internship in a top-end design studio is an invaluable experience; it offers an
Students Commissioned to Film Galapagos Land Birds
23 June 2019
Diving with sharks, snorkelling with penguins, swimming with green sea turtles and eagle rays; these
Festival Win for Graduate
21 June 2019
MA Film & Television graduate Sema Basharan has won Best Student Film at the British Documentary
Falmouth University Hosts Poldark Preview
20 June 2019
Lucky fans of Poldark and hundreds of local school pupils got a real treat this week, when they
Falmouth University Declares Climate & Ecological Emergency
20 June 2019
Falmouth University is joining others in the UK and across the world by declaring a climate and
Placement at Award-Winning Theatre Company Inspires Student
17 June 2019
When your ambition is to establish and run your own theatre company, as it is for Beth Hargrave, one
Top 10 tips from a professional illustrator
15 June 2019
Tilly McKerrow, one of our Illustration tutors and – simultaneously – one of our MA Authorial
Illustration Alumnus Part of Team That Has Won $100K in NASA Competition
12 June 2019
A degree in Illustration can take you much further than book covers, editorial pieces and product
Graduate Film Shortlisted for Sheffield Doc Fest
12 June 2019
Working the film festival circuit for the first time, Stroma Cairns, 2014 BA(Hons) Film graduate
Student Journalist Gets National Press Attention
11 June 2019
When parliament voted for an extension to the Brexit process on 3 April, Kira Taylor, second-year BA
Film and Writing Lecturers Produce Collaborative Paper
11 June 2019
It’s not just students that collaborate across departments and schools at Falmouth University
Music Lecturer Named in List of Top Female Composers
11 June 2019
Dr Norah Lorway, BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology lecturer, has been recognised as a top female
