Our year in stories: 2025
15 December 2025
2025 has been a stellar year here at Falmouth. As the year draws to a close, we want to celebrate the achievements of our creative community. From international award wins to big funding success, album releases to powerful exhibitions - and even a standing ovation at Venice Film Festival - 2025 has been a year worth celebrating.
The year's top stories
Falmouth University awarded £1.4m to power the future of creative design and manufacturing
18 November 2025
New state of the art design and advanced manufacturing facilities for students at Falmouth Universit...
Falmouth University takes custodianship of prestigious historic clothing collection
03 November 2025
Computer games, high-definition digital archiving and immersive visitor experiences are just some of...
Forging Futures: How Falmouth University’s Games Academy became a catalyst for creativity and innovation
02 October 2025
When Falmouth University launched its Games Academy in 2015, it did so with a bold premise: that gam...
Falmouth University achieves University Mental Health Charter Award
06 August 2025
Falmouth University is delighted to be the first and only specialist creative arts institution to ac...
‘Design is Play’ Symposium: A Look into our Collaborative Graphic Design Event
10 February 2025
A group of innovative and engaging graphic designers came to Falmouth this January as part of an ins...
Ones to Watch
Our award-winning graduates
Fashion Photography alumna awarded grant by PhotoVogue
09 December 2025
2024 BA(Hons) Fashion Photography alumna Narantsetseg Khuyagaahas been awarded the Rising Voice Gran...
Television alumnus wins honorary award at Activists Without Borders Film Festival
05 December 2025
Since gaining his BA(Hons) Television & Film Production, Tom Waller has forged a career in filming, ...
Photo: Hydar Dewachi
Photography alumna selected for New Contemporaries 2025
05 December 2025
BA(Hons) Photography alumna Viviana Almas has been selected for New Contemporaries, a prestigious sh...
Film alumni take home award for Best Adventure at the Kendal Mountain Festival
02 December 2025
School of Film & Television alumni Dan Simpkins and Angus Breton, along with the rest of the creativ...
Credit: Vinted
Fashion graduate wins Vinted RE/style competition by creating catwalk looks from second-hand garments
25 November 2025
When Fashion Design BA(Hons) graduate Chiara Corso applied to be on a TV show, she didn’t think fo...
Meet the drawing alumna named 2025’s Royal Watercolour Society Young Artist
11 November 2025
Since Olive Haigh graduated from Drawing BA(Hons), she has worked as an assistant curator and freela...
Games Academy graduates win national Tranzfuser competition
04 November 2025
Studio Whalefall, a team of Falmouth Games Academy graduates, is celebrating success after winning T...
Falmouth Comedy Writing graduate wins UK audio and radio awards
24 June 2025
2025 has been a big year for radio producer Jack Edwards, who has forged a career he loves and is ta...
Graduate named in DMG Media’s ‘40 Under 40’ young marketing stars
20 May 2025
Marketing and Digital Communications MA (Online) graduate Andie Cooper is at the forefront of market...
Photography graduate Niamh Shergold wins Portrait of Britain award
07 February 2025
Her winning image, ‘Maria & Connie’, is part of her final major project, ‘Lost & Found’.
Our inspiring staff
World premiere success for Falmouth’s Mark Jenkin at Venice
Distinguished Professor of Film Practice at Falmouth University, Mark Jenkin, debuted his new film Rose of Nevada at the prestigious Venice Film Festival this year, where it gained a standing ovation and captured the attention of audiences and critics alike.
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Dr William Huber honoured with Horizons Faculty of Excellence Award
11 November 2025
Falmouth University’s Associate Professor of Game Studies, Dr William Huber, has received internat...
Professional Writing lecturer on his award-winning novels and short stories
24 October 2025
Falmouth’s award-winning, Man-Booker nominated Professional Writing BA lecturer, Wyl Menmuir, has ...
Lecturer’s game studio wins national award for championing games education
07 October 2025
Observer Interactive, the independent studio co-founded by Matty McGrory, Senior Lecturer in Indie G...
Falmouth Honorary Graduate is awarded an MBE for his work with Deaf Rave
30 July 2025
Troi Lee is the founder of Deaf Rave, an inspiring organisation that gives the Deaf community a plat...
Photography lecturer showcases work in renowned Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
28 July 2025
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has been held every year since 1769, marking it as a longstandin...
Image by Tom Prentice
Lecturer in Sustainable Tourism curates exciting new surf exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall
26 February 2025
Dr Sam Bleakley, an associate lecturer in Sustainable Tourism at Falmouth, and former professional s...
Meet this year's Honorary Fellows
Stories from our current students
Creative Events Management students shine at Cornwall Tourism Awards
20 November 2025
Five final-year Creative Events Management BA(Hons) students recently supported the operations and s...
Interior Architecture student wins scholarship with industry-ready approach to design
28 October 2025
Interior Architecture BA final-year student Hannah Schmidt has won a £3,000 scholarship with The Ho...
Students win big at Creative Conscience Awards 2025
07 October 2025
Eight students have been awarded the top awards at this year’s Creative Conscience Awards, with th...
Games Academy students shine at The Rookies
12 September 2025
Five students from Falmouth’s Games Academy and School of Film and Television have reached the fin...
Falmouth students and alumni win four Wood Pencils at D&AD Awards 2025
16 July 2025
The prestigious D&AD Awards, held in early July, was judged by creative leaders and innovators to ce...
Falmouth student wins global entertainment award while interning at Disney+
17 June 2025
After building vital creative skills in the first two years of her Falmouth degree, from confidence ...
Our Cornish community
Falmouth lecturer leads life-size ‘Basket Shark’ project to raise awareness of sea pollution
To mark World Ocean Day, staff and students from Falmouth University created a hand-crafted, life-size and mechanical 20-foot sculpture of a basking shark for Falmouth’s ‘Festival for the Ocean’, highlighting the dangers caused by plastic pollution.
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Illustration alumna receives Cornwall Heroes Award for creative work with mental health charities
05 December 2025
“Falmouth became a foundation for the career I am now building for myself,” says Charlotte Cree,...
Falmouth lecturers collaborate with West Cornwall Women’s Aid to facilitate exhibition in Penzance
24 November 2025
Unsettled is an upcoming exhibition that showcases the strength and resilience of women rebuilding t...
Falmouth researchers create immersive score for new film exploring Cornish temperate rainforests
28 May 2025
Researchers in Falmouth’s Centre for Blended Realities have created the soundscape for an immersiv...
Fine Art students create English Heritage-commissioned works inspired by Pendennis Castle
20 May 2025
‘Monuments of Anticipation’ is a new short film, publication and exhibition that has been commis...
Prussia Cove inspires Falmouth students on weekend writing retreat
17 February 2025
Third-year students on Falmouth’s undergraduate writing and journalism courses recently gathered a...
Fashion and Textile students’ work displayed at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange
12 February 2025
Students across Falmouth’s Fashion & Textiles Institute have been selected to have their work feat...
New for 2026 courses
Content Creation BA(Hons)
Develop your creative, technical and analytical skills, so you can produce compelling content that c...
Creative Computing BSc(Hons)/BA(Hons)
Work across creative disciplines to explore creative coding, interactive systems, digital storytelli...
Game Art BA(Hons) (Online)
On this online Game Art degree, you’ll develop the creative and technical skills needed to thrive ...
Game Development BA(Hons) (Online)
On this online Game Development degree, you’ll establish your specialism within the field, gaining...
Spatial Design MA
Learn to design spaces that are responsible, ethical and responsive to real communities. ...
Artificial Intelligence BSc(Hons)
Artificial intelligence is transforming every corner of our world: from cars that drive themselves t...
Artificial Intelligence for Creative Practice MA
This master’s programme explores how emerging technologies can enhance and transform human creativ...
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