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

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... Read More
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Introducing our Further Education Student Union Officers!

Introducing our college-level SU officers! This years team is made up of 8 students from different courses each with different responsibilities to represent New Port Roads student body including Sustainability Officer... Read More
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Acting student Katie enjoys masterclass on one of theatre’s most influential art forms, commedia dell’arte

Second year (BA) Hons Acting for Stage and Screen degree students enjoyed an expert insight into the colourful, comically anarchic world of commedia dell’arte at a recent workshop with MeeMee Theatre. The specialist c... Read More
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From graduating in a pandemic to creating work for the Foo Fighters: Alumni spotlight on Brandon Staniford!

BA (Hons) Graphic Design alumni Brandon Staniford, attended our degree programme during the Covid-19 pandemic, graduating into an unprecedented time, but five years on he has been able to achieve great successes in hi... Read More
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Alumni spotlight on film degree graduate and Company Manager for West End Irish Dance production Eireann Hannah Trafford!

Since graduating only last year BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production alumni 23 year old Hannah Trafford has gone from strength to strength working on a wide range of projects since graduating; from the circus t... Read More
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Head of Stage & Screen Stuart Drummond revisits our students recent PROTO experience!

by Stuart Drummond Revisiting the schools PROTO trip experience Earlier this year we were thrilled to deliver an opportunity for students from our Film & TV, Production Design, Model Making and Visual Effects degr... Read More
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Ensemble ’84 actor and Acting Degree & Postgraduate Degree alumnus Stephen Lister reflects on the group’s triple NE Culture Awards win

Theatre group Ensemble ’84 which counts BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen and MA Directing & Theatre Making alumni Stephen Lister as a part of its cast, won three awards at this year’s North East Cultu... Read More
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Why the future of Visual Effects has never looked brighter: Insights from the Head of Stage & Screen Stuart Drummond!

By Stuart Drummond As we grow closer to the start of our new BA (Hons) Visual Effects degree launching next year and welcoming a new cohort to campus, lecturers and partners have started preparing for our new students... Read More
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Illustration diploma student Libby Hughes creates Christmas Display for Mackenzie Thorpe’s Arthaus Gallery!

UAL extended diploma in Illustration & Animation student Libby Hughes won a live brief competition to create a festive Christmas Display for Mackenzie Thorpe’s Arthaus Gallery which was unveiled earlier this... Read More
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Costume design students Lola and Rhiannon’s festive work experience with Snow White panto

Second year BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design students enjoyed some festive work experience with AJ Theatrical Productions making the costumes for a production of Snow White. The pantomime at Hartlepool Tow... Read More