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Graduate film about letterpress facilities gets the stamp of approval
BA (Hons) Media Arts graduate Danny Cooke's shortfilm 'Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film' illustrates the letterpress facilities available to BA (Hons) Graphic Communications with Typography students at Plymouth University. This quietly stylish film about the centuries-old design technology will make you yearn for an ink roller!
Culture Theory Space lecture
Plymouth University is welcoming a guest lecturer from Bauhaus University, Weimar, on Thursday 9 February for a Culture Theory Space lecture
Associate Professor in History to give paper at conference in Montpellier
BA (Hons) History Associate Professor Dr Elizbeth Tingle is giving a paper at a conference called 'Preaching Death in early modern England and France' at the University Paul-Valery Montpellier III’ 8-10 February.
Student sets sights on international contest after winning UK design accolade
Third year BA (Hons) 3D Product Design student Dan Humphreys wins Superyacht UK Design Competition 2012 and accepted his prize at the Tullet Prebon International Boat Show in London earlier this month.
BA (Hons) Media Arts academics featured on blog for their installation Plasticity at the British Film Institute, London
John Matthias , Associate Professor (Reader) in Sonic Arts and Jane Grant , Associate Professor (Reader) in Visual Arts discuss their installation ‘Plasticity’ at the onedotzero ‘Adventures in motion’ event, British Film Institute Southbank, London on the bowers-wilkins music blog
Academics presented at 6th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices in Los Angeles
Professor David Smart and Esther Dudley presented at the 6th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices at UCLA , Los Angeles on Friday 20 January 2012.
Arts Careers Showcase 2012
22 February 2012 Roland Levinksy Building 1pm-7pm
A host of Arts professionals and employers will be coming to Plymouth to meet students from the Faculty of Arts. Link to the Arts Careers Showcase website
Then there was the sky...
Students and graduates from Plymouth University are exhibiting their new work in the exhibition 'Then there was the sky... ' . The exhibition is open from 14 January – 26 February 2012. Then there was the sky... is the first time that the group have worked together to curate a whole exhibition and the accompanying programme of events.
Film ‘In Transit’ in international competition
Congratulations to BA (Hons) Photography Lecturer Heidi Morstang !! Heidi’s film 'In Transit’ has been selected for the 34th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France 2012. This is the most prestigious short film festival in the world exhibiting the most sought-after selection of films.
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