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Glorious Failures | with BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin is the filmmaker behind BAFTA award-winning film Bait, and Enys Men. Mark is also Falmouth University's Distinguished Professor ...
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Falmouth University retains world-class position in the 2023 Rookies Rankings
28 February 2024
Falmouth University has been ranked as a top 10 creative schools in the UK, and top 50 in the 2023 R...
Zenande, Sinawe, Zinathi and Buhle at Sea Point Pavilion, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Michelle Sank
Photography tutor wins Sony World Photography award
18 March 2024
Michelle Sank, a photographer and online tutor on Falmouth’s Photography MA (Online) course, has w...
'Barbie' and beyond: how Film BA graduate Faith Glenister is breaking into camerawork
22 February 2024
As Barbie bids for best picture at the 2024 Oscars ceremony, we thought it was the perfect time to ...
How Illustration graduate Calum Heath established a global freelance career
07 February 2024
With clients including financial magazine Barron’s, Danish newspaper Weekendavisen and style journ...
An interview with Sally Blake, award-winning video game producer and advocate for women in games
26 February 2024
We chatted to Sally Blake, award-winning video game producer and advocate for women in games, about ...
Bal maidens, fishwives and carnival queens: meet Fran Rowse’s ‘Cornish Maids’
12 February 2024
Fran Rowse's photography project 'Cornish Maids' is a collection of portraits of Cornwall’s young ...
Photography graduate's work lights up Piccadilly Circus on NYE
04 January 2024
Serena Brown's work lit up Picadilly Circus this New Year's Eve as part of the Mayor of London's 'Lo...
Our year in stories: 2023
19 December 2023
This time of year is all about community, and we couldn’t be prouder of ours. From BAFTA nominatio...
Rolling Stone rates Falmouth-produced horror in top 5 films
19 December 2023
Mark Jenkin's 'Enys Men' lands fourth place in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Horror Movies of 2023' list.
Falmouth University students and alumni win big at Creative Conscience Awards 2023
11 October 2023
The awards cement our reputation for championing ethical and sustainable practices.
ATTUNE x Aardman Animations: New video focuses on young people's mental health
10 October 2023
In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2023, young participants of ATTUNE have released a video h...
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Serena Brown named as finalist for Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023
31 August 2023
Find out more about the Falmouth graduate's shortlisted work.
How a crap campaign helped Surfers Against Sewage tackle pollution profiteering
18 August 2023
Head of Advertising Dr Cui Su speaks to Creative Advertising graduate Jake Smith about his recent ca...
Clubs & societies at Falmouth University
04 October 2023
Find your people with the wide range of clubs and societies from the Students' Union.
Launchpad business Amutri secures Innovate UK funding to revolutionise 3D visualisation industry
25 August 2023
Launchpad start-up success story Amutri is celebrating following news of their successful bid to sec...
Behind the scenes with the assistant to Barbie's Director of Photography
Film graduate Faith shares her experience of working on Barbie (2023).
Harnessing technology to make live events more inclusive
05 June 2023
In May 2023, the Live Audience Accessibility & Augmentation knowledge exchange project hosted a seri...
Falmouth alumni shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022
27 September 2022
Three Falmouth graduates have been shortlisted for this year’s Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize and
Falmouth graduates shortlisted for AOI World Illustration Awards 2022
20 September 2022
Four Falmouth University graduates have been shortlisted by the Association of Illustrators at the
Fresh from Falmouth: June edition
01 July 2022
Summer has arrived, and with it a whole host of exhibitions, student award nominations and graduate
British Ballerina, Julie Felix, to be made an Honorary Fellow
27 June 2022
Falmouth University is delighted to announce that Julie Felix, acclaimed former ballerina with the
Fresh from Falmouth: May edition
01 June 2022
With end of year assessments completed, our campus community can start mapping out its plans for an
Graduate joins leading prosthetic effects company
26 April 2022
MA Prosthetic Effects graduate Camille Delattre chose to study at Falmouth due to the University’s
Olivier Award win for Associate Lecturer Simon Harvey
11 April 2022
Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of), co-directed by Associate Lecturer Simon Harvey, has won Best
Veganuary has chosen its art competition winner
25 January 2022
Abby Mundell has been announced as the winner of Veganuary's art competition, which challenged
Cowabunga! Illustration graduate scoops collaboration with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
02 September 2021
Illustration BA(Hons) graduate Lily Stock has won the Prospect 100 Global Design Competition 2021 i
Business students embark on global social enterprise
09 July 2021
Students from the School of Entrepreneurship have conducted a four-week virtual exchange with the
Falmouth graduates declare WarOnCovid
25 May 2021
As coronavirus began to take its toll on the UK, Creative Advertising graduates James Hodson and
Waste not, want not: Graduate business launches sustainable clothing line
20 May 2021
Since her time at Falmouth, Fine Art graduate Lucy Whittaker has been nurturing a new sustainable
