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Falmouth graduate wins Portrait of Britain for second year running
Photography graduate, Niamh Shergold has been named a winner of Portrait of Britain for the second year in a row, cementing her place as one...
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Falmouth Head of Art wins first place in the John Ruskin Prize
02 February 2026
After the success of the ‘Basket Shark’ project in 2025, newly appointed Head of Art, Duncan Cam...
Photography lecturer shoots editorial commission for The New York Times
11 February 2026
BA(Hons) Photography (Online) lecturer, Celine Marchbank, has recently captured the 96-year-old Ghan...
Falmouth graduate named in Drapers 30 Under 30
03 February 2026
BA(Hons) Creative Events Management graduate Laonni Easterbrook has been named in the 2026 edition o...
Falmouth graduate nominated for Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
04 February 2026
A photograph of a female cellar spider, taken by recent BA(Hons) Marine & Natural History Photograph...
Falmouth graduate leads communications campaign for Redruth Town of Culture bid
02 February 2026
MA Communication Design graduate Bethia Naughton-Rumbo has spent fifteen years as a marketing consul...
Film & Television alumni win at the Wildscreen Panda Awards
23 January 2026
“Winning at the Wildscreen Panda Awards was honestly a dream come true,” says Adam Radage, a gra...
MA Professional Writing lecturer signs deal with Picador to publish new book set in Cornwall
28 January 2026
Just a few months after his short story was published in the 2025 edition of Best British Short Stor...
Game Art graduate reaches finals in international team challenges
20 January 2026
BA(Hons) Game Art and MA Game Art graduate Eden Gates has reached the finals of two team-based game ...
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...
Creative Writing course leader organises conference on creativity and neurodivergence
20 May 2025
Dr Marshall Moore, course leader of Falmouth’s online Creative Writing degree, is part of a panel of
“An intrinsic human need”: Technician and metalwork artist on the value of creativity
16 May 2025
Esther Smith creates captivating characters in copper, brass and silver through her moving metal
Falmouth technician creates artwork for Royal Ballet & Opera project celebrating neurodiversity in dance
06 May 2025
From writing stories and poetry, to producing animations and illustrations, Emilia Wharfe’s creative
George MacKay and Callum Turner on the set of Rose of Nevada. © Ian Kingsnorth
New student-backed films from Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab
06 May 2025
Here’s a look at some of this year’s standout student-supported releases.
The technician and photography graduate taking music videography by storm
23 April 2025
Since graduating from Photography BA(Hons) in 2016, Charlie Fairbairn has forged an eclectic career
Celebrating Cornwall’s surf scene with major new exhibition, SURF!
07 April 2025
A brand-new exhibition that explores the history and cultural impact of surfing in Cornwall has now
Senior lecturer documents the photographic history of South Africa in his latest book
05 March 2025
Having visited South Africa to chart the country’s photographic history from colonialism to
“You won’t be shy of things to do as a UX designer” says lecturer Jason Haritou
04 March 2025
User Experience Design MA (Online) lecturer Jason Haritou has many strings to his bow. Beginning his
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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
Interior Design tutor Claire Arnott moves her art to a gallery
21 February 2025
Claire Arnott, an Interior Design BA(Hons) (Online) tutor, has taken her love for creating art into
How to get the most out of Screenwriting Competitions
23 January 2025
For many screenwriters, completing a script is a significant milestone - and rightly so. But once
Course leader inspires at International Illustration Research Symposium
15 January 2025
Barnaby Lickens-Richards, who leads Falmouth University’s online illustration master’s degree
