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Popular Music students’ rise from campus gigs to festival stages | Degree Show Stories
From winning Battle of the Bands and featuring on BBC Introducing, to a booked-up summer of festival appearances, Petrea are a rock band on ...
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From personal vision to professional Fashion Design | Degree Show Stories
15 June 2026
Welcome to Degree Show Stories, our summer series where we go behind the scenes with our final year ...
Visual Effects graduate celebrated with Academy Award
15 May 2026
BA(Hons) Digital Animation & Visual Effects graduate Josh Bainbridge has received a Scientific and T...
From first-year nerves to centre stage | Degree Show Stories
08 June 2026
Welcome to Degree Show Stories, our summer series where we go behind the scenes with our final year ...
The future of Costume Design starts here | Degree Show Stories
27 May 2026
BA(Hons) Costume Design for Film & Television final year student Maisie Pepperell discusses collabor...
Award-winning author and lecturer explores what it means to be ‘seaworthy’ in ambitious collaborative project
11 May 2026
What does it mean to be ‘seaworthy’? That is the question at the heart of Booker-nominated autho...
Games Academy graduates help deliver BAFTA-winning Atomfall
08 May 2026
Three graduates from Falmouth University’s Games Academy have helped create the action survival ga...
Post Production & Visual Effects alumnus recognised as one of Cornwall’s 30 under 30
14 May 2026
Since completing his BA(Hons) Post Production & Visual Effects course at Falmouth, Winston Tjia has ...
Falmouth students reveal “incredible learning curve” of working on new Mark Jenkin film
09 April 2026
Falmouth University Distinguished Professor of Film Practice and BAFTA-winning writer and director, ...
French & Saunders: Titting About podcast scores nomination at this year’s Audio and Radio Industry Awards
30 April 2026
A comedy podcast hosted by Falmouth University Chancellor Dawn French and produced by multi-award-wi...
Online Illustration student sees her reportage art shared in nine languages by the BBC
22 April 2026
“When people don’t have a voice or strong access to media, it becomes the responsibility of jour...
Falmouth students win big at this year’s Royal Television Society Devon & Cornwall Awards
16 April 2026
Students and graduates from across Falmouth’s School of Film & Television have seen their fi...
Dance & Choreography graduate returns to Cornwall with leading dance company
14 April 2026
BA(Hons) Dance & Choreography graduate Dorka Zatonyi recently returned to Cornwall in her role as En...
Falmouth Honorary Fellow sees her historic pointe shoes restored on BBC’s The Repair Shop
09 April 2026
Acclaimed former ballerina and Falmouth Honorary Fellow, Julie Felix MBE, has built an inspiring car...
Falmouth graduates see their student work recognised at this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards
09 April 2026
The British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) is a visual celebration of British wildlife that this...
Dress historian and fashion lecturer releases new book with Penguin
02 April 2026
Behind the pages of Dr Kate Strasdin’s latest non-fiction, Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years o...
Television graduate lands dream job on House of the Dragon
07 April 2026
Television graduate Sophie Gray secured a marshal role with a major production company before she ha...
Nicole Lin, BA(Hons) Costume Design for Film and Television
Meet the stars of our 2027 Undergraduate Prospectus
03 March 2026
Our hot-off-the-press 2027 undergraduate prospectus puts our talented graduates front and centre thr...
Opening our doors: Falmouth Uni’s Community Day 2023
05 June 2023
Falmouth town is many things. It’s creative, it’s bustling, it has a strong sense of community and
Falmouth Showcase 2023: A celebration of our graduating talent
02 June 2023
Congratulations to our class of 2023!
Falmouth graduate Pete Jordi Wood: Amplifying voices in LGBTQ+ folklore
01 June 2023
Graduate, Pete Jordi Wood's work has recently caught the attention of international publishing
Investigating 'rainbow washing' in advertising during Pride
30 May 2023
Creative advertising student investigates the history of 'rainbow washing'.
Cornwall teenagers set to shine at National Saturday Club exhibition
26 May 2023
The National Saturday Club exhibition opens on 27 May at Falmouth's Fashion & Textiles Institute
From Polaroids to creating positive change: an interview with Dr Catarina Fontoura
26 May 2023
Catarina Fontoura is an artist, educator and writer. With an abundance of experience across
Why sustainable businesses need to talk eco-anxiety
25 May 2023
Discover how businesses can support their employees with eco-anxiety.
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 at Falmouth University
25 May 2023
Here's how Falmouth engaged with Fairtrade Fortnight 2023.
Image credit: Ava Rylands, Graphic Design BA(Hons) student
Final-year Graphic Design students present their portfolios to industry professionals
24 May 2023
Project and portfolio review sessions support students' next steps into industry.
What is Creative Advertising?
22 May 2023
With today’s ad space oversaturated and fiercely competitive, how do brands cut above the noise and
Tristan and Yseult at Restormel Castle, 2003 by Steve Tanner
Falmouth University awarded £850,000 research funding
19 May 2023
Falmouth University awarded £850,000 research funding for immersive archives project, capturing
Mastering specialist skills with MA Prosthetic Effects
19 May 2023
Isa Shaw-Abulafia shares her experience of Falmouth's Prosthetic Effects MA.
