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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...
Senior Appointment: Dr Seamus O'Brien
10 December 2020
We are pleased to announce that Dr Seamus O’Brien has been appointed as Director of the School of
Sarah Gordon wins this year’s Nick Darke Award with The Underdog
10 December 2020
Sarah Gordon was announced as the winner of the prestigious Nick Darke Award for her stage play
Falmouth University Provost releases ‘Serious Games’ book
27 November 2020
Professor Minhua Eunice Ma, Falmouth University Provost, Professor of Games Technology and a world
Taking photography global: The Global Photographies Network
23 November 2020
Mandy Jandrell, Director of the Falmouth School of Art and Institute of Photography at Falmouth, has
Falmouth University and WaterBear announce joint venture
19 November 2020
Falmouth University has strengthened its successful partnership with WaterBear, the College of Music
English lecturer releases two new books
17 November 2020
Dr Ruth Heholt, Senior Lecturer in English, has recently published two new books that explore
Photography lecturer releases new book
05 November 2020
Dr Huw Lewis-Jones is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University's Institute of Photography. He's also
Poems Singing About Melons
04 November 2020
Luke Thompson, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the School of Communication, recently had a new
o-region film festival supported by Falmouth University receives record number of entries
22 October 2020
Cornish film and theatre company o-region received a record number of entries into the 2020 Roughcut
Falmouth University campus wins Green Flag Award again
14 October 2020
Penryn Campus gardens and grounds have been recognised by the international Green Flag Award Scheme
Head of Launchpad announced
16 September 2020
James Murray, has joined Falmouth as Head of the Launchpad Programme. He will be responsible for the
Falmouth University Illuminated Red
12 August 2020
Our Academy of Music & Theatre Arts (AMATA) was illuminated red last night in support of the live
