ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

Costume graduate Eileesh Lightowler showcased her Catherine Parr costume at our Made By degree show back in June. Now the showstopping costume is displayed at Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire to portray the wears of King Henry VIII's 6th wife. "Blackwork, I've done a tonne of it, but none more on one project than I did for my Final Major […]

Zoe Widdowfield studied Production Design for Stage and Screen and recently graduated in the summer. She came to study at degree-level from our Green Lane campus where she left with triple distinction in Level 3 Art and Design. Zoe's final project was shown at our Degree show in the summer and received lots of praise! She has now decided to […]

We grabbed a chat with alumni student Jessica Langford who studied Applied Arts with us here at The Northern School of Art. Since graduating, Jess has gone on to become a contemporary applied artist creating jewelry, ceramics, illustrations and glass work. Hi Jess, your work is beautiful, can you tell us where you get your inspiration from? Oh thank you! […]

Over Freshers’ Week the tutors from Production Design for Stage and Screen & Visual Effects and Model Making invited recent graduates to come in and share their experiences, past and present, with the new Level 4 students. The first couple of weeks, as we all know, are pretty daunting. A brand new course to get stuck into, a whole new […]

Today at our Middlesbrough Campus we have an exciting talk happening at 1pm. Alumni, Daniel Mclaren has just completed his degree in Production Design at the Glasgow School of Art after completing his BTEC with us at The Northern School of of Art. Upon graduating, Daniel has been headhunted by a Indesign, a company based in London. We are thrilled […]

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Why not head to see Final Score which is showing in cinemas at the moment? Dave Bautista stars as an ex-soldier forced into action when armed terrorists take control of a packed football stadium. The film is directed by Scott Mann, co-written by Jonathan Franks and Nick Rowntree stars in it. Each of […]

The Festival of Thrift has teamed up with a Tees Valley-based design agency to revamp and revitalise its website. Brainbox Studios, located in Skelton in Redcar and Cleveland, has created a fresh new look for the website of the hugely popular event that is the UK’s national celebration of sustainability, attracting over 45,000 visitors last year. Emma Tweddle and Vik […]

Below is the latest alumni update, which has been sent out to the alumni we have on our database by Uzma Khan, Events Manager at CCAD. If you didn't receive this update direct to your inbox and you would like to, please contact Uzma at alumni@ccad.ac.uk or telephone directly on 01429 85 8463. DATE FOR YOUR DIARY // AN EVENING […]

Adele Catchpole is an exciting new designer to watch for the future. Throughout her time with us she studied Textiles and Surface Design BA(Hons) and was a diverse and talented student who we knew would go on to great projects upon graduation. Adele attended New Designers last year with a selection of the other textiles students and was asked back […]

Once again we are amongst the top of all HE providers in the UK and ahead of all regional universities when figures from the Destination of Leavers HE Survey are compared. The 2017 results were released on 5th July 2018 for those who graduated from their higher education courses in 2017. As you can see from the table below, we […]