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Falmouth University has been awarded the 'Employability and Entrepreneurship' prize at the Guardian University Awards 2018.
The in-house photography agency MAYN Creative sealed the win for Falmouth, as it provides students the opportunity to work on client briefs for organisations such as WWF and in collaboration with established creative industry, such as SONY Music.
We're delighted to announce an evening with internationally acclaimed poet, Alice Oswald on Friday 11 May at our Penryn Campus.
Alice is currently our Writer in Residence, and poet in residence at BBC Radio 4. She will read from a new work called Nobody, a poem about the sea. The event will be followed by a reception and book signing. Tickets are free but booking is required.
School of Film & Television students took home four prizes at last night's Royal Television Society (RTS) Devon and Cornwall Student Awards.
Kingsley Marshall, Head of Film at Falmouth and RTS Devon and Cornwall Central Chair, said: "We've had a terrific range of entries from the region's further and higher education institutions.
"The panel highlighted the prowess of the storytelling across both factual and drama, and noted the high levels of craft across all of the shortlisted entries."
Winners include:
Textile Design students have received numerous honours from this year's Bradford Textile Society competition.
The prizes brought back to Falmouth include the Lapa Charitable Trust Award for hand embroidery, won by Olive Grover, and the Clothworkers' Company Award presented to Helena Cockwill.
Neil Aldridge has scooped first prize in the Environment category at the World Press Photo Contest 2018 for his image Waiting for Freedom.
Neil is a conservation photographer and an Associate Lecturer in Marine & Natural History Photography. His winning photograph, Waiting for Freedom, shows a young white rhino, blindfolded and partially drugged after being saved from a poaching hotspot in South Africa and moved to the safety of Botswana.
Marine & Natural History Photography students have claimed first and third place in the Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2017 Awards.
Third year student Rebecca Witt came first with her portfolio Cairngorms Woodland Wildlife, featuring native animals in their natural habitats, her own interpretation of the student competition brief on the theme of woods.
Celebrated alumna Tacita Dean's artwork will be exhibited at three of London's most prestigious art venues from March to August 2018.
The National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts will be showcasing the various aspects of Tacita's work, most famously her use of the medium of analogue film. Tacita studied Fine Art at Falmouth from 1985 to 1988, and was nominated for the Turner Prize shortly after in 1994.
A delegation from Falmouth University has been in Hong Kong as part of a major UK Government exhibition promoting investment opportunities and partnerships with Asian economies.
Falmouth's unique business incubation programme – Launchpad - was the focus of the trip, with events, talks and other sessions run by staff and graduates.
Students from the School of Film & Television have been nominated for six awards at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Devon and Cornwall Student Awards 2018, including Best Drama, Best Comedy, Best Factual and Best Animated Film.
Christopher Morris, Director of the School of Film & Television, commented: "What is so pleasing is the breadth and ambition made by our students. The nominated films include the true story of a scientist who spent months in a cave underground, a film that imagines that life on earth has ceased and a moving transgender journey is explored."
Creative Events Management students are undertaking an extra-curricular wine course aimed at developing their knowledge and appreciation of wine to enhance their employability in the events industry.
The six-week course covers new world whites, old world whites, new world reds, old world reds, sparkling and rose. Students will discuss regions and grape varieties, sample a balance of different wines including some very high quality examples and learn about production techniques, quality points and key terminology.
Two Press & Editorial Photography students received honours at the annual UK Picture Editors Guild Awards this week.
Emily Allen received the highly commended award and Alex Fleming received the commended award for Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year. This year was the first that student work was admitted to the prestigious event, where some of the biggest names in newspaper photography are commended for their work.
Visiting Professor of Architecture MJ Long has been sharing her expertise with first year students.
MJ worked on the redevelopment of the famous Porthmeor studios in St Ives. Her sensitive intervention at Porthmeor won many awards and has breathed new life into the artist studios located on Porthmeor beach. MJ presented a lecture to the students, gave them a tour of the studios and set a design challenge which focused on the design skills required to maximise the famous 'light' in Cornwall.
This summer Falmouth School of Art will be running its popular five-day Intensives delivered by specialist tutors (9 - 13 July 2018).
Intensive courses in Abstract Painting, Drawing and The Figure offer practicing visual artists and art educators the opportunity to immerse themselves in their work with daily guidance and input from the School's expert tutors, including some of Cornwall's leading artists.
We're delighted to announce that our BA(Hons) Architecture course has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) candidate status*.
Head of Architecture Tom Ebdon explains: "Validation means that the RIBA believes that that the course is of a high enough standard that students are prepared for professional practice.
A documentary about one of Britain's most eccentric performers will receive its world premiere at prestigious American film festival SXSW this week.
Professor Christopher Morris, Director of the School of Film & Television, has been working for the last five years with filmmaker Steve Sullivan on Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story. The documentary explores the extraordinary secret life of artist Chris Sievey, best known as his alter ego Frank Sidebottom, the maverick comedian with a papier-mâché head.
Architecture students discussed the future of architectural practice at a recent two-day symposium looking at the possibilities for participatory design modes and entrepreneurial working, all viewed through the differing lenses of students, practice and client.
Neil Aldridge has been announced amongst the nominees of the World Press Photo Contest 2018 - one of the world's most prestigious and respected awards for photojournalism.
Neil is a conservation photographer and an Associate Lecturer in Marine & Natural History Photography. His photograph, Waiting for Freedom, of a young rhino in Botswana is in the running to pick up the coveted award in the competition's Environment Category in Amsterdam in April.
Aardman founder and Falmouth University Honorary Fellow, Peter Lord, recently visited our School of Film & Television. Most famous for the creation of lovavble duo, Wallace and Gromit, Peter is a pioneer in the field of animation. He sold his first film to the BBC at the age of sixteen, alongside his partner David Sproxton, formed Aardman in 1967, and togerther they produced iconic characters and films including Morph, Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep.
The School of Film & Television recently welcomed two leading figures in animation - Aardman's Head of 3D Ben Toogood and Game of Thrones VFX Coordinator Juri Stanossek, to campus.
It was a great opportunity for students to get an insight into the industry, from leading professionals who have worked on some of the most influential projects from the small and big screens.
A promotional film made by students and alumni from our School of Film & Television has been nominated for Best Promotional Film at the Learning on Screen Awards 2018.
The film called We Are Story was directed by Film graduate Alex Falconer and designed to capture, in 50 seconds, what it is like to study Film or Television at Falmouth.
A film made in the Cornish language, which celebrates the life of Cornish campaigner Henry Jenner, is being launched on St Piran's Day at Falmouth University.
Henry Jenner (1848-1934) campaigned to get Cornwall recognised as a Celtic nation and prove Cornish is a living, spoken language. His determination lead to the founding of the Cornish Gorsedh and many other organisations that work to protect Cornwall's cultural identity.
Legendary festival organiser and DJ Rob da Bank joined an expert panel this week to give students an insight into the world of music festivals.
Rob, who co-founded Bestival, joined Ele Beatie (co-founder of Field Maneuvers) and Fred Stuart (co-founder of Knee Deep Festival) to speak to Creative Events Management and Music students.
The event took a Q&A format with students receiving expert feedback on cutting edge issues surrounding festival management.
Our Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA) is playing host to two of the UK's most talented comedians, Lou Sanders and Luke McQueen, on Thursday 1 March.
Lou Sanders has appeared on Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Russell Brand's Stand Off for Red Nose Day and the Russell Howard Hour. She has written for 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, Stand Up for the Week and Miranda. Luke McQueen has featured on BBC3, ITV2 and ALL4.
Animation graduate Erin Morris has been awarded the Best Short Film Award at the 21st annual Miami Jewish Film Festival for her short animation Strings.
The film is inspired by the work of Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli violin restorer who has spent the past two decades locating and restoring violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Erin's animation follows a single violin as it passes from hand to hand through the period of Nazi persecution of the Jewish people.
Sustainable Product Design graduates have launched an innovative sustainable lamp thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Quercus, first designed by Max Ashford whilst he was a student, is intended to be a product with an entirely sustainable lifecycle, from sourcing to disposal. Made out of recycled waste, including naturally fallen oak for the body and a wine bottle for the lampshade, all of the parts can be easily disassembled into constituent parts, driving design thinking towards a sustainable circular economy.
First year Architecture students have created a sustainable wind shelter for the Mount Hawke Eco-Park.
Students were set the brief to construct an eco-friendly, low-cost structure to provide shelter for fifteen people, innovative in its design and reflective of the mining culture and coastal landscape surrounding it.
