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A specialist art and design college is opening its doors to potential artists of the future as it hosts an open day on Saturday 19th September. Creative staff at Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) will be on hand to welcome potential students to the college’s university level campus in Hartlepool and provide information and advice on a wide […]

RESEARCH The North’s leading art and design academics have joined forces to share best practice and share the findings from their individual academic research. Academics from both Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) and Leeds College of Art took part in the second of such days to be hosted at CCAD’s Hartlepool campus on 8th September 2015. The research […]

Indigo Brussells has for the first time in 2015 opened the doors for emerging talent and CCAD were honoured to be only one of six organisations across the world who were invited to be involved . Headhunted by Trendease's Jennifer Castoldi, who was looking for the best and the strongest institutions, CCAD's textiles degrees were honoured to be approached for […]

A talented student from Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) has had a successful summer after exhibiting two pieces of illustrative art at a London show alongside 33 female artists from all over the world. 19-year old Lucy Snowdon from Hartlepool, who has just completed her first year of study on the BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application, was […]

In September 2014 it was announced that CCAD successfully had been allocated funds for new studio space as part of Local Growth Funding. The development is currently underway and you can keep up-to-date with progress through the various channels below! [View the story "New build @ Church Street, Hartlepool" on Storify]

Cleveland College of Art & Design in Middlesbrough has maintained its record of a 100 per cent BTEC pass rate for more than 10 successive years, and 63 percent of its BTEC Extended Diploma students gained a triple distinction(DDD) or above, which is the equivalent of three As at A-Level. Among the outstanding results for this year are the Extended […]

UCAS asked undergraduate and postgraduate students to bottle their enthusiasm for university and express it in the form of a 3,500 character essay or 30 second video for their Love Learning competition. CCAD BA (Hons) Graphic Communication graduate Owen Smith beat competition from almost 3700 others to secure first place in the essay part of the competition! Details of the competition can be found […]

The North East Culture Partnership (NECP) has launched the Case for Culture North East project, which will set out an ambitious vision for cultural development in the North East over the next 15 years, informed and shaped by people living, working and creating in the region. The Case for Culture will focus particularly on arts and heritage, also exploring important […]

Stockton International Riverside Festival is here! If you have never been before it is four days packed with street theatre, circus, dance and music. With the added benefit of providing the audiences of thousands a glimpse of the redevelopment work done in Stockton town centre, it is sure to be a great success. As there is so much to do, […]

Tees Valley 2025 UK City of Culture Bid Tees Valley declares its intent to bid to become 2025 UK City of Culture with a special announcement by a carefully selected Task and Finish Group. The Task and Finish Group made up of representatives from Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU), CCAD, the university, the five Tees Valley local authorities and Arts Council England […]

A specialist northern art and design college has proved that small can be beautiful, taking on some of the best education institutions in the country and outperforming them with a stunning graduate success rate - one of the best in UK for graduate employment. Employability statistics for  Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) have revealed the winning of a […]

Clearing 2015 If you haven't already secured your university place for September 2015, don't worry. Clearing 2015 is now open. We have a few vacancies available on degrees here at CCAD. We are committed to giving students fantastic value for money! Anyone who chooses to study at CCAD find themselves in the fortunate position of benefiting from our highly skilled courses which helped 96% […]

A fashion student from a The Northern School of Art is celebrating receiving a place at the prestigious Amsterdam Fashion Institute after graduating with a fashion and textiles diploma. Hannah Sutherland, 23 from Middlesbrough, has just completed her BTEC Extended Diploma in Fashion & Textiles course at the college's Green Lane campus in Middlesbrough. She is now planning to develop […]

Graduation 2015 Students from CCAD celebrated their academic success as the second graduation ceremony got underway at the Christ Church in Hartlepool. As the sun shone down, 120 students received their certificates in degrees ranging from Graphic Communications, Film, Textiles and Photography to Costume Interpretation with Design, Production Design for Stage and Screen and Fashion. With proud families and friends watching […]

alan vest An illustration student from CCAD has demonstrated his talent for design after scoring a hat trick of successes, including designing an illustration for a newly launched beer and seeing his work featured in an international magazine. 22-year old Alan Vest, from Eaglescliffe, has just completed the second year of his BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree and […]