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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...
2024 ‘Making Waves’ Creative Competition
13 May 2024
Following the success of last year’s ‘Postcard Challenge’, the chosen theme for this years 'Making
Meet Jake Smith, a Creative Advertising BA graduate riding the wave of success
13 May 2024
"The sky’s the limit,” says Jake Smith, who recently started a new role as a creative/art director
Graduate Spotlight: Graphic Designer and Educator Tove Martens
10 May 2024
Introducing Tove Martens, a Graphic Design MA (Online) graduate whose time on the course ignited her
Graphic Design and Communication Design students take to the capital
09 May 2024
Earlier this spring, a group of Graphic Design BA and Communication Design MA students visited
Creativity is your business superpower
08 May 2024
Creativity is an essential component for a successful business, yet many creative students are not
Falmouth Lecturer Wyl Menmuir releases new book: The Heart of the Woods
08 May 2024
From the award-winning author of The Draw of The Sea, a calming collection of essays on the ways we
5 Minutes with: Anti-Fashion Photography Disruptor, Donald Christie
03 May 2024
Donald Christie’s iconic photography style was a seminal part of the ‘anti-fashion’ 1990s youth
Vape Hackathon: Falmouth students collaborate on innovative answers to the disposable vape sustainability issue
02 May 2024
In April, students from our Sustainable Product Design BA and Robotics BSc courses came together for
Dr Abigail Wincott awarded international Fellowship
01 May 2024
Dr Abigail Wincott, Associate Professor of Audio Journalism in the School of Communication, has been
Online Photography student wins Emerging Artist Award at The Photography & Video Show
24 April 2024
Current Photography MA (Online) student Natalie Persoglio has won the 2024 Emerging Artist Award at
Falmouth artists feature in Royal Academy of Arts exhibition on art, colonialism and change
24 April 2024
Works by esteemed Falmouth alumnus and Fellow Hew Locke OBE and Fine Art MA (Online) Module Leader
How Falmouth’s future-focussed approach is inspiring graduate fashion photographer Torgeir Rørvik
24 April 2024
A top award winner in 2022 at Graduate Fashion Week, the world’s largest showcase of BA fashion
