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The AYCH project is co-financed by the <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/erdf/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">European Regional Development Fund</a> through the <a href="https://www.atlanticarea.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Interreg Atlantic Area Programme</a>, and is designed to promote transnational cooperation among 36 Atlantic regions in five European countries. 
AYCH aims to develop new approaches and interventions within existing youth settings, as well as in both formal and non-formal education settings, to connect young people, creative and social business leaders, with experts in emerging and disruptive technologies and creative industries. This will take place across a network of Atlantic Horizon Hubs that will help them to develop ideas, new products and services.

People sit on colourful chairs facing a screen on an orange wall AYCH Incubation Launch Event January 2020

A man shows a group of students some examples of laser cutting in Plymouth College of Arts Fab Lab AYCH Digital Week January 2019

A man standing next to a screen showing a yellow slide talks to a group of people sat around a desk AYCH Hackfest June 2019

Hands holding a cardboard structure AYCH Day 2 2018

A large group of people pose for a photograph in a large warehouse style room strung with colourful bunting and paper lanterns AYCH Creative Jam November 2019

A male student in a blue jumper makes a presentation to a group of people AYCH Day 2 2018

A student plugs colourful blue cables into an electrical circuit AYCH Day 2 2018

Oli Raud, Strategic Funding Manager and AYCH Project Manager at Arts University Plymouth, said: “Seeing young people recognising the importance that digital and enterprise skills have in helping them to shift their societal roles from passive consumers, to active makers and agents of change, was a real privilege. We’re proud that the college is able to lead these activities, both in the city and across Europe with our transnational partners."
For further information about AYCH, please contact our Development team on <a href="mailto:projects@aup.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">projects@aup.ac.uk</a>.

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Making Futures is a biannual international conference hosted by Arts University Plymouth that aims to improve understanding of how contemporary crafts are practised in relation to developing global, environmental and sustainability issues.

Making Futures®

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The British Council & Arts University Plymouth worked together to report on the future of crafts in the South Caucasus.

Crafting Futures

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As a research hub within Arts University Plymouth, StudioLab unites the disciplines of art, biology, digital design, network ecology, neuroscience, haptics and bioinformatics to better understand the relationship between sensory data, emotion and corporeality in the context of digital culture.

StudioLab for Embodied Media

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Worked with citizens, communities and businesses in Plymouth and the region to provide access to digital fabrication facilities, training in digital design and manufacturing and support with sustainable entrepreneurship.

Smart Citizens Programme (SCP)

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Arts University Plymouth is one of the key partners of Green Minds, a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) programme funded project that aims to plan and manage the green spaces of Plymouth.

Green Minds

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A two-day international gathering of hot glass blowing expertise and innovation, with talks and live demonstrations from expert glass blowers including Netflix ‘Blown Away’ winner Elliot Walker.

Melting Pot: Hot Glass Gathering

Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs is a European project funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme, aiming at building a model of social innovation for young people supporting social entrepreneurship, employment and education in the creative and cultural industries.

Atlantic Youth Creative Hubs

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The Made@EU project was a European FabLab partnership that saw the university working in partnership with prestigious organisations in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Budapest.

Made@EU

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Hidden Talent in Devon is an exciting new project that enables people from a range of backgrounds to access creative workshops and learn new skills.

Hidden Talent in Devon

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SEED (Strategic Employer Engagement in Devon) enables local SMEs to access training in 2D & 3D digital design and manufacturing at Fab Lab Plymouth.

SEED (Strategic Employer Engagement in Devon)

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HackFest is a county-wide project that engages around 200 young people and schools across Devon in digital making, 3D design and coding activities, to create product prototypes that will solve societal issues of the future.

HackFest

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The Euranim project focuses on innovative digital animation technologies and their application in large-scale public and cultural works.

Euranim

Big Data and Environmental Futures Impact Lab

I Mayflower

iMayflower was designed to enrich Plymouth’s creative industries and empower creative people in the city, launched in 2019 and delivered in partnership with Plymouth City Council, University of Plymouth, Destination Plymouth, and Real Ideas.

iMayflower

Triple Edge was an international partnership that supported Vocational Education and Training, promoting tailor-made and participatory approaches that use gamification and digital tools to enhance entrepreneurial and digital skills in learners, companies and teachers.

Triple Edge

Market Makers is an initiative that aims to develop and promote arts and crafts talent in Liskeard.

Market Makers, Liskeard

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Fab Lab Plymouth is an open-access digital fabrication laboratory based at Arts University Plymouth.

Fab Lab Plymouth

A member of staff chats to visitors in Fab Lab Plymouth at the Fab City 2021 event Photo by Ray Goodwin

In 2019, Arts University Plymouth, Plymouth City Council, University of Plymouth, Real Ideas and Plymouth Culture worked jointly on a commitment towards becoming the UK’s first Fab City within a global network of Fab Cities.

Fab City Plymouth

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Made In Plymouth CIC was a a joint venture between Real Ideas, Arts University Plymouth, the University of Plymouth, and Plymouth City Council, working together to create a social enterprise souvenir line that celebrates and supports local artists and makers.

Made In Plymouth CIC

The Meanwhile Use scheme supports imaginative projects that occupy vacant spaces in the city centre

Cornwall Street Project Space

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Arts University Plymouth, in partnership with BFI, hosts the prestigious BFI 16-19 Film Academy programme. Open to young people from anywhere in the UK and from any background, the BFI Film Academy offers a real chance for talented 16-19-year-olds to be part of our future film industry.