ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

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 […]

Much to our pleasure, a new life-size sculpture in recognition of our alumni Ridley and Tony Scott was officially unveiled today at 1pm, just a stone’s throw from our Hartlepool campus. The statue called, ‘Boy and Bicycle’ is situated beside the railway station and originates from a still from Ridley Scott’s first short film, A Boy (1962). The film was […]

Northern View - the 2018 degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design's Church Street Campus was one for the history books as it was the final degree show where the College would be known as CCAD. As from 1st September 2018 the institution will be known as The Northern School of Art, therefore the next cohort of graduates […]

Gifted artists and designers have put their talents on show at the opening night of the annual degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) and are now taking up opportunities for careers in the creative industry. Students exhibited works from ten degree courses as part of the ‘Northern View’ exhibition at the northern art school’s university-level campus […]