Financial Statements 2017/18
Academic structure Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Sector-leading courses
Our Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries offers an exciting portfolio of courses, many with an outstanding reputation. In the past year alone, 12 of our courses scored above average in the National Student Survey with BA Fashion Textiles scoring 100% and BA Photography closely following with 96%. We are also leading the sector in the areas of Film Production and Photography and are ranked the first in London and the third in the UK. In the upcoming academic year, we are introducing two additional foundation degrees in English, and Creative Writing and Journalism – to further open the doors to higher education to those who may otherwise not have the option.
Cutting–edge facilities
We have made significant financial investments in our facilities in recent years. This investment in high tech equipment includes the development of our industry standard TV, radio, motion capture and sound recording studios, editing suites, digital media labs and performance spaces. We also provide our students with access to our animation studio, with fully equipped state-of-the art technology including a large number of lab computers and a new 80-workstation digital media workshop.
Our animation facilities are among the best in the country and are built to professionally approved specifications. Our 3D Animation and Games BA is well resourced with over 60 workstations equipped with the latest software. It also has comprehensive Virtual Reality support with access to HTC Vive Headsets, Oculus Rift Consumer Version with Oculus Touch, Playstation VR and Gear VR, as well as the dedicated use of a Vision Motion Capture Suite. Our broad suite of equipment ensures that our students are learning in a stimulating environment, which successfully prepares them for their future careers.
Award winning students
We have enjoyed continued successes over the past year both at home and overseas. Our MA Film students worked closely with the Metropolitan Police to produce Louder than Hate, a film highlighting the importance of women of different faiths to come together and tackle knife and hate crime
and our Television Production students won an Edinburgh International Television Festival Award for their competition show idea, The Switch. Our students also had an impact abroad with Film students taking home a whopping seven awards at the Dubai International Film Festival.
Staff making a difference
Dr Neelam Raina, one of our professors in Design and Development, was awarded a grant by AHRC-ESRC for her research into The Value of Culture in Conflict working with a local NGO, SABAH, in the Neelum Valley to support women’s entrepreneurship. Dr Raina’s work has already empowered many women to develop their craft so they can generate sustainable incomes for their families. This inclusive and locally-led approach to alleviate poverty was made possible through training, peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange with other practitioners.
Professor in Professional Practice, Dr Yasmin Alibi Brown, was honoured by the Asian Media Awards this year with an Outstanding Contribution to Media award. She was also nominated for the second year running for the Press Awards Broadsheet Columnist of the Year. These awards are run by the Society of Editors and Dr Brown was recognised for her far reaching and wide-ranging work on social issues, equality and Muslim culture throughout the UK.
Working in partnership
We continue to strengthen both our academic and corporate partnerships and recently saw the completion and presentation of a Heritage Lottery funded project by our Illustration programme in collaboration with the the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum. To celebrate the RAF’S 100th anniversary, staff and students created a webcomic anthology exploring the history of the local area (Hendon) and bringing it to life through a series of animated stories.
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