Celebrating 120 Years
A montage of images from throughout Falmouth University's 120 year history. All images have a blue overlay and the Falmouth University 120 logo.
In 1902 Falmouth School of Art opened as an evolution of The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which aimed to 'promote the useful and fine arts, to encourage industry and to elicit the ingenuity of a community distinguished for its mechanical skill.’
The School started as we mean to go on - harnessing creativity to forge the future of industry. To celebrate this anniversary, we delved into the archives and quizzed our community to unearth the stories that have shaped us.
Our timeline: The moments that made us
Journey through our timeline to discover the moments that made us; from the inception of Falmouth School of Art in 1902 and the installation of our Chancellor Dawn French in 2015, to welcoming our new Vice-Chancellor Professor Emma Hunt in 2022 (and the triumphs and challenges faced along the way).
The evolution of our prospectus
Explore how our prospectus front page has developed from the mid 1900s to the present day, and hear from the people that help bring them to life.
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Stories from our community
In 2022, we quizzed former and current students, staff and friends of the University about their experience at Falmouth and what it meant to them. Read about the careers launched and connections made, below.
Hear from inspiring alumni
Meet just a few of our outstanding alumni and discover where it all started.
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Looking ahead: Friends of Falmouth cast their minds forward
15 December 2022
Emma Rice, Rob Da Bank, Philip Marden and Sir Tim Smit KBE imagine the future of Falmouth University...
Lifelong connections made at Falmouth
15 December 2022
Hear from former students who’ve formed lifelong connections with friends they met at Falmouth.
In conversation with Professor Alan Livingston CBE (Part 1)
16 December 2022
Our Vice Chancellor talks to the former University College Falmouth principal about the challenges a...
Meet the creative team now based in the original Falmouth School of Art building
15 December 2022
We visit Kingdom & Sparrow, the creative team now based in the building where it all began.
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Photography student begins placement at Cornish dairy
12 September 2024
Commercial Photography BA student Raquel Rodrigues has started an exciting work placement at Cornish...
Alumni featured in Best of British exhibition in New Delhi
10 September 2024
Falmouth alumni Ramalingam Muthukrishnan has been featured in a Best of British exhibition in New De...
Falmouth lecturer Luke Thompson to release book on conversing with animals
05 September 2024
Professional Writing MA lecturer Luke Thompson will release his new book, titled Domadomadoma-Blumbl...
Graduate finalist in Ocean Photographer of the Year
03 September 2024
Marine and Natural History Photography (MNHP) BA alumna Jasmine Corbett has gained some of the highe...
Photography graduates complete placements at Flexi-Hex
23 August 2024
Three graduates have completed micro-internships at the Cornish sustainable packaging company, Flexi...
Journalism graduate’s cancer documentary destined for Cannes
20 August 2024
Journalism and Creative Writing BA graduate Tavie Carey’s compelling documentary has been selected...
Tim Cockerill: How your garden can help insects thrive
16 August 2024
Marine & Natural History Photography BA lecturer Dr Tim Cockerill has appeared on BBC Breakfast to t...
Acting graduate stars in new Edinburgh Fringe show
14 August 2024
Acting BA graduate Piers MacKenzie began his run portraying Daniel Radcliffe in Joshua Kaplan’s TE...
From “destined for prison” to a feature on international platform Photoworks
13 August 2024
Photography BA graduate Emily June Smith is one of ten artists to be featured in The Graduate Issue ...
Graphic Design student wins prestigious Tim Coventon Award
12 August 2024
Graphic Design (BA) student Eathan Aktion is off to Australia after being chosen as this year’s wi...
