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Bloomberg New Contemporaries returns to Plymouth for the 75th annual exhibition of work by emerging and early career artists

MIRROR | Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2024

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Short Courses and Masterclasses

This course has been designed to help you feel equipped to commence your studies in January 2025, on one of our January-start degrees.

Online Learning Taster Course

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Pre-Degree

Pre-Degree students aged 16 to 19 will be exhibiting and selling their original work as part of our annual Design to Sell event, a pop-up shop open to the public and held in our Palace Court campus on Thursday 28 November

Design to Sell 2024

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Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 30 November, and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour local affordable accommodation.

Open Day - Undergraduate and Postgraduate

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Find your future in post-16 creative study by attending our next Pre-Degree Open Day. Courses include UAL Level 3 Extended Diplomas.

Open Day - Pre-Degree

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This exhibition marks the conferment of the professorships of Professor Paul Fieldsend-Danks and Professor Stephen Felmingham, celebrating their contributions to artistic and educational discourse both at Arts University Plymouth and the wider national and international field.

MIRROR | Beyond What We Know

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Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 11 January, and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour local affordable accommodation.

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Student Life

Open Day - Foundation Diploma

Join us at our on-campus Open Day on Saturday 5 April, and discover our state-of-the-art facilities, talk to expert staff and tour local affordable accommodation.

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It’s one month until Christmas, let the festivities begin!

What’s On in Plymouth - November 2024

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Benito Juarez, Founder of the Floating Fab Lab, talks to Arts University Plymouth about his work to build a series of floating laboratories in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Making Futures: An Interview with Benito Juarez, Rainforest Innovator

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BA (Hons) Costume Production students have collaborated with artist and writer Ethan Pennell, bringing illustrations from his Dartmoor Folklore Map to life.

Costume students bring Dartmoor folklore to life

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Arts University Plymouth graduate Megan Trapnell collaborated with Princess Yachts on a pilot project to create high-end fashion items from surplus manufacturing material

Graduate designer launches luxury sustainable fashion line with Princess Yachts in Cannes

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From affordable living to cultural events, find out why Plymouth is a top city to live in as a student

Why Plymouth is the Perfect Place for Students

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MIRROR and Arts University Plymouth are hosting Bloomberg New Contemporaries, a prestigious national exhibition featuring work by the next generation of artists, which returns to the city for the first time in 60 years.

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2024

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Arts University Plymouth ranked 2nd out of every university in Britain for Teaching Excellence by national university guide

#2 in the UK for Teaching Excellence – Daily Mail University Guide

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Extended Diploma students from Arts University Plymouth’s Pre-Degree & Sixth Form centre are celebrating as they receive the results of their qualifications and prepare to progress to university, employment and beyond. Arts University Plymouth students have achieved results that are above national benchmarks for the 8th year in a row

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From university-wide awards given out at Arts University Plymouth's annual Graduate Shows to the internships and work placements offered by creative industry partners, here's a roundup of some notable winners of awards and internships in 2024.

Award winners from the Graduate Shows 2024

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Times Higher Education has analysed the results of the National Student Survey 2024 to understand which UK university has the most satisfied students. Arts University Plymouth ranks as number two in the UK for most satisfied students

Arts University Plymouth ranked #2 in the UK

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21-year-old Brandon Burch from Plymouth and 25-year-old Zara Lily McDermott from Kent win coveted Best in Show awards at D&AD New Blood Festival 2024

Illustration students win Best in Show at D&AD New Blood Festival 2024

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Theatre Royal Plymouth, ‘The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical’ and course leaders from BA (Hons) Costume Production and BA (Hons) Fashion Design degrees at Arts University Plymouth have revealed the winning designs to be showcased alongside the exclusive pre-West End debut of the ‘The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical’.

Fashion students and graduates showcased in launch of Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical

The Value of Creative Graduates

Working with GuildHE, UKADIA, Creative UK and a steering group of other creative specialist higher education providers, Arts University Plymouth has helped to launch a new report on ‘The Value of Creative Graduates’.

Championing the value of creative graduates

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Students from our postgraduate and Pre-Degree communities have been selected as winners of the 'Children and Young People’s Portrait Competition', a competition organised by The Box, Plymouth, and Arts University Plymouth, in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery.

MA and Pre-Degree students win Children and Young People’s Portrait Competition

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Clearing can be a bit of a confusing process, so we've pulled together all your frequently asked questions to clear things up!

Worried About Clearing? Here's Everything You Need To Know

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✨ Alumni Spotlight'! ✨⁠ ⁠ Nicholas J R White, an Extended Diploma in Art &amp; Design graduate and BA (Hons) Photography alum from Arts Uni Plymouth, now an internationally acclaimed photographer. &#x1f4f8;✨⁠

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Happy International Women's day!

Alumni Monday with @seathefilm (aka Tom Bispham)

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