BA (Hons) Fine Art Alumnni Charly Mupenga opens The Factory Window with new exhibition!

by Natassia Lee | Feb 26, 2026 | Alumni, Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News

BA (Hons) Fine Art Alumni Charly Mupenga opened the first exhibition at The Factory Window on 46 Linthorpe Road this February with a solo show of his original pieces. Charly is an extraordinary contemporary impressionist painter and muralist hailing from the...

BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen student Faye Atkinson wins the Arc Solo Show Award 2026!

by Natassia Lee | Feb 23, 2026 | Acting, Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News

BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen student Faye Atkinson, 20 years old, is the winner of this year’s Arc Solo Show Award! The prestigious prize open exclusively to our final year acting students sees them perform original solo performances to an industry...

MA student Ell Hockney hosts first Hartlepool Animation Meet-up – HAM this February!

by Natassia Lee | Feb 12, 2026 | Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News

MA Design Practice student Ell Hockney is hosting a new animation meet-up and social group in our degree-campus home town Hartlepool! The Hartlepool Animation Meet-up (HAM) was created to help animators connect with other animators over projects, ideas, and celebrate...

Tees Valley Artist of the Year Umar Butt talks teaching our students, the importance of creative education and his new project!

by Natassia Lee | Feb 9, 2026 | Acting, Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News

Tees Valley Artists of the Year Umar Butt joined our BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen faculty at the beginning of the academic year, to teach Acting, Movement and Industry Theory across our first, second and third year classes for the term. Umar is an...

Alumni spotlight on actor Ruby Allen: from graduation to international film sets!

by Natassia Lee | Feb 2, 2026 | Acting, Alumni, Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News, Middlesbrough Latest News

Alumni spotlight on 23 year old Ruby Allen who recently wrapped on a her first over-seas production horror fantasy film The Elder Scrolls: Morrorwind in Hong Kong. The opportunity followed her working on The Belfast Grand Central Station national ad campaign Imagine...

Model Making and Props degree student Molly helps to bring children’s train designs to life

by Rachel Smith | Jan 26, 2026 | Hartlepool Latest News, Latest News, MODEL MAKING & PROPS

Second year BA (Hons) Model Making and Props degree students have used their creative skills to bring sketches of children’s ‘dream trains’ to life. The group was working on a live brief project with north east high tech prop specialists Orbital FX...