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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...
D&AD New Blood Awards: Falmouth students scoop Pencils & 'portfolio picks'
13 July 2021
Falmouth’s Creative Advertising and Illustration students have once again excelled at the annual
£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 of funding
Meet the events management students behind the scenes at the G7
09 July 2021
BA(Hons) Creative Events Management, BA(Hons) Sustainable Tourism Management and BA(Hons)
Journey to the Underland
09 July 2021
We caught up with the team behind The Chintz bar and new venue Underland – both situated in the Old
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
Forest & Clay: Small business flourishes in the hands of Falmouth graduates
02 July 2021
Fine Art graduate Dan Bethell and Fashion Photography graduate Anna Burnett have created Forest &
Student work celebrated at Falmouth Games Expo
30 June 2021
The Games Academy has brought the curtain down on a productive academic year with their annual
Building a sustainable Fine Art career: in conversation with Ian Monroe
29 June 2021
After coming of age as an artist in the midst of the 2008 financial crash, course leader for Fine
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
Falmouth University wins AGCAS Award for Excellence 2021
25 June 2021
Falmouth University has won the AGCAS Strategic Innovation Award for Excellence 2021 for the
Meet Ai-Da: The world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist visits Cornwall
25 June 2021
After the buzz of Cornwall’s G7 Summit, another special visitor will be in the county to showcase
How one graduate turned her mental health struggles into poetry
23 June 2021
Olivia White started documenting her thoughts to help deal with her mental health during her time at
