ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

Students studying on our BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree have teamed up with Middlesbrough FC to create original cover artwork for each programme home-match publication this season to celebrate the club’s 150th anniversary. The collaboration kicked off with covers designed by students Ace Edwards and Amelie Smith. This collaboration between the two Teesside institutions is aimed at giving […]

MA Design Practice Alumnus Lily Rose Cockfield was welcomed to campus this month to speak to our students about her creative business. Since graduation Lily has worked on a wealth of community projects and briefs and describes herself as a multidisciplinary practitioner specialising in, “transforming ideas into bespoke murals, creative workshops, and original artwork, always involving my clients in the […]

Alumni Spotlight on BA (Hons) Graphic Design alumni (2022) Jem Solley, age 25, who has built an impressive freelance career creating work for West End and Broadway productions recently finishing up work for Jamie Lloyd’s Evita and completing projects for Shakespeare’s Tempest, and Much Ado About Nothing. We spoke to them to get an understanding of how they built their […]

BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production alumni Robbie Tweedale, who graduated in 2022, offers interesting insight into life post-degree and a look behind the scenes of working for one of Britain’s most well loved television soaps  ITV’s Emmerdale, where he works as an Editorial Assistant. If you are interested in a career in film & TV read on to […]

BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design alumni Charlotte-Louise Jarps from Darlington has created a unique business showcasing the various ways in which graduates can cultivate fulfilling careers from textiles skills. Since graduating in 2014 Charlotte moved to London completing internships with international brands like Alexander McQueen before building her own business in the North East cantered around customising shoes, working […]

An ambitious and visually experimental final-year film, which took BA (Hons) Animation graduate Dan Michael over five months to create, went on to win the Animation category at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Awards for the North East and the Borders. Dan, who studied at the School’s Hartlepool campus from 2022 to 2025, received the accolade for his […]

Amy Hastings is an artist, business owner and successful social media marketeer who, since graduating BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design in 2020, has developed her career incredibly over the last six years. Amy has an expanding product line that ranges from custom made rugs and throws to hair clips, clothing, original paintings and more. Through building a successful Etsy […]

Alumni Rachel Deakin who completed a diploma in graphics (2013) and BA (Hons) Photography in (2016) is featured in Always Seen But Overlooked alongside fellow alumni Sam Blackwood, C-DYER, Silas Field, Harry Garrens, David Maughan and Adam Shaw and other contemporary artists in a new group exhibition curated by C-Dyer at Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery which runs until March this […]

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 Democratic Republic of Congo. Now based in Teesside, and a graduate of our BA (Hons) Fine Art degree, Charly’s […]

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 where we can go that saw her featured in video ads and billboards across Belfast as well as […]