Research at Falmouth is at the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution, where human-centred design, innovation and storytelling are fundamental to making digital technology both useful and meaningful. Responding to market demand and working hand-in-hand with industry, our research takes creativity beyond the creative sector into other high-growth markets including e-health and wellbeing, aerospace and agri-tech.
Our work delivers outputs with global impact. However, our approach is firmly rooted in the needs of our local community. Committed to championing and bolstering the Cornish economy, we’re mindful of how the region can provide an exceptional testbed for innovative research programmes.

Outstanding result in Research Excellence Framework 2021
100% of Falmouth University’s research impact case studies and 63.4% of its research outputs have been rated as being world-leading or internationally excellent (4* and 3*) in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021).
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Research & Innovation Projects
Our research cross disciplinary boundaries and tackle the challenges of our age, aligned to our rese...

South West Creative Technology Network
The South West Creative Technology Network drives both blue-sky thinking and real-world developments...

Lobster Grower & Lobster Grower 2
Lobster Grower is a consortium led project, working to establish a low-carbon method of rearing lobs...

Online Orchestra
By harnessing the internet, the Online Orchestra gave people living in remote communities the opport...

The South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications
The South West Centre of Excellence for Satellite Applications is developing space-focused research ...

Bee Brick
Bee Brick is an innovative product, offering the dual function of being a construction material that...

Polish Vermin
Polish Vermin is a piece of theatre which explores the lives of EU migrants living in the UK in the ...

The Sowenna project
The Sowenna Project is developing a VR environment with young people who have mental health problems...

Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work)
Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work) is a 60-minute drama documentary which w...

Ambulatory heart rate variability monitoring, distress, and self-harm in university students
This project aimed to track the parasympathetic nervous system of university students by using a hea...
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Research & Innovation news

Enhancing Tremenheere's sculpture trail with augmented reality
28 March 2023
Academics in augmented reality at Falmouth University are collaborating with Tremenheere Sculpture G...

Falmouth graduates leading the production of new LGBTQ+ short film
22 March 2023
Two Falmouth graduates are heading up the production team behind 'King Henry'.

Middle Watch narrowly misses the win at 2023 BAFTAs
21 February 2023
The Falmouth community was rooting for the team behind short animation Middle Watch during Sunday’...

Mark Jenkin’s ENYS MEN in cinemas 13 January
05 January 2023
ENYS MEN, Mark Jenkin's highly anticipated follow-up to the BAFTA-winning BAIT, will be hitting UK c...

Sound/Image Cinema Lab wins bronze at Reimagine Education Awards 2022
08 December 2022
Falmouth University film teaching and research project Sound/Image Cinema Lab has been awarded bronz...

Enys Men to be released in the UK by the BFI
05 October 2022
Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

Lecturer's film Long Way Back to be released in cinemas
25 August 2022
Long Way Back, the third feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University Associate Le...

Wild Voices: The "sound of extinction" by Tom Hull
12 August 2022
This piece was written by Tom Hull, a researcher at Falmouth University. He is a specialist in wild ...

Enys Men premieres in Cannes
20 May 2022
Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

Falmouth receives outstanding result in Research Excellence Framework
12 May 2022
100% of Falmouth University’s research impact case studies and 63% of its research outputs have be...

Connected Health Care team shares project research at REWIRED 2022
07 April 2022
Researchers from The Connected Health Care team presented at the Digital Health REWIRED Conference i...

Sound/Image Cinema Lab film makes its way to SXSW in new Folk Horror documentary
22 March 2022
The award-winning short film Backwoods, which was developed by Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema lab, ...

Dr Lee Miller appointed as Head of Postgraduate Research
22 March 2022
Dr Lee Miller will join Falmouth University as Head of Postgraduate Research and Associate Professor...

Falmouth and Tongji universities launch augmented reality research programme
04 March 2022
Chinese-Cornish collaboration will see regional garden attractions working together with researchers...

Film and Television students & staff collaborate on short film Mab Hudel
21 January 2022
The Sound/Image Cinema Lab has added a new film to its portfolio. Students and staff have collaborat...

Provost Eunice Ma discusses mental health project on BBC podcast
21 January 2022
Professor Minhua Eunice Ma, Provost of Falmouth University, spoke to Dr Daisy Fancourt and Professor...

Connected Health Care research project enters exciting new phase
12 November 2021
The Connected Health Care research project is calling on unpaid carers to come forward and participa...

Student crewed film another Cinema Lab success story
09 November 2021
Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab gave students the chance to work in key production roles fo...

Reporting Earth provides platform for valuable climate crisis reporting discussions
29 September 2021
On Tuesday 21 September, Falmouth University hosted Reporting Earth, an online journalism summit&nbs...

New report highlights transformative capability of creative tech clusters in South West England
27 September 2021
The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) will present a new report at an online event on 2...

£33,000 worth of Aerospace Funding for Cornish Start-up
09 July 2021
A start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has received an offer o...

Blending creativity with technology to tackle trauma in young people
28 June 2021
Academic researchers from Oxford University have teamed up with Falmouth University to deliver ATTUN...

Falmouth and the UK Space Agency work together to amplify the voice of carers
11 June 2021
With Carers Week 2021 underway, Falmouth University’s ground-breaking project ...

Kerdroya: Cornish mythology meets Pokémon GO
05 May 2021
Professor Tanya Krzywinska and a team of developers from the Games Academy, including Tim Phillips, ...

Falmouth Launchpad Becomes a Global Start-up Studio
09 April 2021
Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has been accepted into the Global Startup Studio ...

Launchpad partners with Code First Girls
08 April 2021
Launchpad, Falmouth University’s venture studio, has joined forces with Code First Girls to o...

Student-crewed film released for streaming
06 April 2021
Wilderness, written by Falmouth associate professor Neil Fox and crewed almost entirely by Falmouth ...

Meet the women bridging the digital divide
12 March 2021
The Connected Health Care (CHC) project seeks to provide a digital infrastructure for primary care, ...

A springboard to the future
12 March 2021
Falmouth has launched a new, free, guided programme of creative activities to help students destress...

Launchpad start-up named as Innovation Camp finalist
09 March 2021
Launchpad start-up, Data Duopoly, are one of just 15 selected from over 400 global start-ups to be n...

The Creative Writing lecturer reclaiming Venezuelan history
26 February 2021
Dr Sherezade Garcia Rangel, course leader for BA Creative Writing Online, has been granted one of ju...

Lecturer establishes historic Royal Musical Association study group
16 February 2021
Dr D Ferrett, Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, has become one of four academics to form the Popular...

Success for Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab
22 December 2020
The Sound/Image Cinema Lab, the externally facing production and research hub at the School of Film ...

English lecturer releases two new books
17 November 2020
Dr Ruth Heholt, Senior Lecturer in English, has recently published two new books that explore V...

Funding Call Open for Technology Expansion in the South West
09 July 2020
The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) are proud to announce the launch of the Data Prot...

Launchpad Business Co-Founder is Awards Finalist
02 April 2020
Tanuvi Ethunandan, the Co-Founder of Launchpad incubator business Data Duopoly, has been announced a...

BAFTA Win for BAIT
03 February 2020
Congratulations to Film lecturer Mark Jenkin and producers Early Day Films, for winning a BAFTA in t...

Architecture Students Create Structure for National Trust
25 October 2019
First year Architecture students are gaining valuable industry experience in a live-build project wi...

Beacon Benches: Architecture Students Collaborate with Community
10 June 2019
First year students from BA(Hons) Architecture have been working with the local community to create ...

£700k for Future-Focused Museums Project
18 April 2019
A collaborative project, led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP with Falmouth University and th...

Pioneering Games Project Enhances Museum Experience
11 December 2018
Lecturers from the Games Academy have been working with the Cornwall Museums Partnership o...

Feature Film Nominated for Prestigious Award
07 June 2018
A film featuring an A-list actress, funded by Falmouth University and crewed by Film and Television ...

£6.5m Project to Drive Digital Innovation in the South West
15 May 2018
A project worth £6.5million is being launched across the South West to expand the use of digital te...