Future Creatives Collective
Want to test-drive creative uni life, boost your portfolio, and secure a guaranteed pathway into Falmouth? Join the Future Creatives Collective!
The Collective helps you kickstart your creative journey and create an entry for this year’s Creative Competition: Dreaming & Doing.
This is a free, three-day online programme during February half term 2026. It’s designed for UK students aged 16+ (studying at Level 3 – A Levels, BTECs, T Levels, Foundation Diplomas etc.) who are curious about studying creativity at university.
Over the week, you will:
- Try out workshops designed to get you generating ideas and developing your creative skills.
- Get mentoring from Falmouth students who’ve been where you are now.
- Learn how to smash your UCAS personal statement and portfolio.
- Get lots of ideas to help you create your own piece of work for Dreaming & Doing; our 2026 Creative Competition.
Join us for the three-day online programme:
- Monday 16 February to Wednesday 18 February
Why sign up?
Get a guaranteed offer for Falmouth University:
- Option 1: Integrated Foundation Year (IFY)
Complete the programme and submit your creative work to the competition and you’ll get a guaranteed conditional offer to study on Falmouth’s Integrated Foundation Year (IFY).
- Option 2: Straight into Year 1 (BA)
Aiming to jump straight into a three-year degree instead of IFY? By completing the programme and entering the competition, we’ll fast-track your application straight to review for any BA course that has an IFY entry route. That means no interview – your application and portfolio go straight to the team for review.
For both routes, you’ll still need to hit our standard UCAS tariff points and published entry requirements. The difference is: being part of the Future Creatives Collective takes the stress out of the process and gets you reviewed faster. See the Terms & Conditions for the full details on guaranteed offers and fast-track routes.
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Portfolio booster: Your work can go straight into your creative portfolio and you’ll get a certificate of completion to enhance your future university application.
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Competition prizes: You’ll also get lots of ideas to help you enter our Creative Competition 2026, with a chance to win up to £250 worth of art supplies/creative kit – plus get your work seen in exhibitions.
What you need to do
- Apply online from by midnight, Friday 23 January 2026 to secure your space
- Take part in all three days of the programme from Monday 16 February to Wednesday 18 February
- Submit your creative piece to the Creative Competition by 31 March 2026, 5pm.
- The programme is open to UK residents aged 16 or over who are currently enrolled on a Level 3 qualification programme at a state school, sixth form, college or academy in the UK (e.g. A-Levels, BTEC, UAL Extended Diploma, T Levels, Foundation Diploma or equivalent).
- Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis following successful registration.
- Participants must have reliable internet access and be able to engage in both synchronous (live) and asynchronous (independent) elements of the programme.
- Participants are expected to attend all scheduled live sessions and complete any independent creative activities set as part of the programme.
- Full participation is required to be eligible for the guaranteed progression incentives described in Section 3.
- Falmouth University reserves the right to withdraw a participant from the programme if their behaviour is deemed inappropriate in line with the University’s Online Events Notice.
- If a student participating in the Future Creatives Collective is a minor at the time of enrolling and studying on the programme the consent of their parent or legal guardian is required before they can participate in the programme.
To be recognised as having completed the programme, participants must:
- Attend all scheduled programme sessions during February half term 2026.
- Submit a piece of original creative work to the Creative Competition 2026 by 31 March 2026, 5pm.
Upon completion, participants will receive:
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A certificate of completion, which may be used to support UCAS or other higher education applications.
Participants who successfully complete the programme will be eligible for one of the following:
- Integrated Foundation Year (IFY) Route
A guaranteed conditional offer to study on Falmouth University’s Integrated Foundation Year BA, subject to meeting the University’s published entry requirements and UCAS tariff points.
- Year 1 Entry Route
If applying to a BA course with an IFY entry pathway, your application will be fast-tracked to application review. This means no interview will be required; applications and accompanying portfolio (where appropriate) will be assessed directly by the academic team.
In all cases, progression is conditional on meeting:
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The standard published UCAS tariff points for the relevant course of entry.
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Any additional published course-specific entry requirements (e.g. GCSE Maths/English grades).
Participants who meet the University’s contextual admissions criteria may be considered for a contextual offer in line with Falmouth University’s Admissions Policy.
These incentives apply only to on-campus BA undergraduate courses that offer an IFY pathway.
Guaranteed conditional offers cannot be transferred to other course types or study modes (for example, non-IFY routes, online courses, BSc undergraduate, or postgraduate programmes).
Applications to other course types or study modes will be considered separately and assessed under the University’s published Admissions Policy.
Creative submissions must comply with the Creative Competition 2026 Terms & Conditions. This includes (but is not limited to):
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Work must be original and created by the participant.
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Work must be suitable for a school-aged audience.
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Submissions must be made in the correct format and before the published deadline.
Failure to comply with the competition rules will disqualify a participant from receiving the programme’s progression incentives.
- By registering and participating in the Future Creatives Collective, participants consent to Falmouth University’s Online Events Registration Notice.
- Personal data provided during the application and participation process will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the University’s Privacy Notice.
- Participants’ details may be used by Falmouth University for programme administration, admissions monitoring, and evaluation purposes.
- Falmouth University reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the programme content, timetable, or delivery model where necessary.
- Participants will be notified in advance of any material changes.
- These Terms & Conditions operate in conjunction with Falmouth University’s published Admissions Policy.
- Falmouth University reserves the right to withdraw progression incentives where a participant does not meet the criteria outlined in Sections 1–4.
- The University’s decision on all matters above, including eligibility, completion, and progression incentives is final.
- Completing this programme does not commit you to applying or accepting a place to study at Falmouth University.
- By participating in the Future Creatives Collective students are agreeing to all the above terms and conditions.
Contact
Our Schools and Colleges Partnerships team is made up of passionate and highly experienced practitioners. To book an activity or for further information, contact your regional representative or email outreach@falmouth.ac.uk.
If you would like to find out more or tell us you identify as an underrepresented student and would like support, please contact our Outreach Team: