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Students on our BA (Hons) Textile & Surface Design degree programme have teamed up with our BA (Hons) Fashion students on a project that mirrors industry collaborations across departments. Textiles degree students were tasked with creating prints and then pitching their work to fashion students who then took their designs to create garments. Students used professional applications and techniques to […]

MA Student and BA (Hons) Fine Art Alumni Beth Hinde has been shortlisted on the extended longlist of the prestigious Jackson’s Art Prize 2025! The Jackson's Art Prize started in 2016 and is an annual open call to artists that has 23 prizes as well as a London exhibition. Winners gain valuable exposure and a prize of £1000 in art […]

A spectacular video wall installation at The Northern School of Art's Middlesbrough campus is creating a major talking point. The huge display, which celebrates the School's recent third successive Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ grade achievement and was created in a collaboration between the School and Teesside-based production company Artistic Solutions, is of a scale and format it is believed has never been […]

An exhibition of photographs that is a vibrant celebration of children with Down Syndrome is being staged at Metrocentre in Gateshead by The Northern School of Art photography and master's degree graduate Debbie Todd. Entitled 'Extra Ordinary', the display of 43 stunning fine-art style portraits of children from across the north east goes on show on World Down Syndrome Day […]

This years annual international research trip took students across our degree programmes (Fashion, Graphics, Illustration, Digital Design, Fine Art, Photography, Textiles and MA) to the European cultural capitals of Rome and Copenhagen. Students had the opportunity to take part in a number of activities including visiting cultural institutions, professional studios and take in the sights and sounds of the city. […]

Students on our BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree programme presented their design outcomes to International Publishing House Headline in an online feedback session. The work presented included responses to four briefs set out by the company that challenged students to create work spanning the different genres they represent. Headline was founded in 1986 and has spent over 'three […]

Learning Technologist Katherine McDonagh has been selected as a UN Women UK Delegate for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)! The CSW is one of the most influential global forums dedicated to gender equality. This year’s theme is “For all women and girls - Equality. Rights. Empowerment,” which specifically focuses on key global challenges related to […]

Last year our BA (Hons) Animation degree programme welcomed award-winning animation director, storyboard artist, animator and writer Steve Lawson to its lecturer team, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from his roles working on a diverse portfolio of projects with companies and institutions such as Nickelodeon, Disney, Channel 4, BBC Studios and more to our degree students. Read on to find out more […]

MA Design Practice student Jenni Lloyd has launched a new project that explores the queer history of flowers and their connection to the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking of the Queer Gardens Project created for her Extended Practice Module she said, "my response was to create and design a community focused project on planting your pride, exploring the queer history of flowers, […]

The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus is celebrating achieving a hat-trick of ‘Outstanding’ ratings from Ofsted. Following an inspection in January 2025, the School’s further education (FE) provision in Newport Road has once again retained the top rating it has held since 2009, reaffirming its position as a leading specialist provider of creative education. The Ofsted report praises the […]

This week we launch an exciting collaboration with The Young Women’s Film Academy (YWFA), a Newcastle-based charity dedicated to empowering girls and young women through filmmaking. This partnership aims to enhance efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within the screen industries. We are holding a dedicated taster workshop event on 7th March at our Newport Road campus, to celebrate International Women’s […]

This year our Middlesbrough Campus launched it's first Skills Builder week, an exclusive week-long array of activities for college-level students that aim to support their professional development and well-being. The busy schedule of events focused on range of activities including basic DIY, budgeting & financing, focusing on wellbeing, preparing for university, CV writing, self-defence, yoga and more. The purpose of […]

Students from the BA(Hons) Film & TV Production, BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen and BA (Hons) Model Making & Visual FX programmes had the fantastic opportunity to visit facilities at PROTO in Gateshead. Providing access to previously unattainable leading-edge facilities and expertise. PROTO is a space to support educators, practitioners and innovators to define the future of […]

Students on our BA (Hons) Model Making & Visual FX degree had the exciting opportunity to attend a workshop with creator of Orbital FX Luke Daley! Luke brings 15 years of engineering and manufacturing expertise to the world of Film & TV and his unique skill set has been used to create props and costumes for blockbuster TV shows like […]

UAL Extended Diploma in Acting for Stage & Screen student Rubie Riach, 17 from Norton, had the exciting opportunity to perform at His Majesty's theatre in the West End in 2024! She took a part in Across the Line and secured the role through the Pauline Quirke Academy which sees one of its academies perform in London every four years. […]