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Animation graduate Ciara Kerr wins FAFF Best Student Film

UCA Games courses get sought-after global industry certification

RSN students win key needlework awards

UCA’s Crafts Study Centre publishes new research on craft in Surrey

Public art commission set to bring creativity to Kent village park

Dr Simon Dancey joins UCA as Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor

UCA pioneers new digital course for architecture Part 3

New show for UCA Chancellor Magdalene Odundo

UCA joins Farnham Craft Month

Remodelling: catch the new design lecture series

Out of Isolation UCA’s creative response to lockdown

UCA’s VADS image resource launches new website

GFF Awards glory for UCA graduate Jasmine

UCA launches Institute of Creativity and Innovation

Sir Terence Conran dies at 88

Top textiles prize for UCA's Shelly Goldsmith

UCA academics curate earthly delights for Ars Electronica 2020

UCA foursome need your votes for Global Design Graduates Show

Photography graduate launches Lightwork magazine and exhibition

Business School for the Creative Industries names new Director

Embroidery students and graduates earn Hand & Lock award nominations

Dr Agnieszka Piotrowska joins UCA

Architecture students nominated for AJ Student Prize 2020

The University for the Creative Arts appoints Jeremy Sandelson as Chair

Graduate wins Surface Design’s Outstanding Student Award 2020

Researcher longlisted for Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2020

Illustration and Animation student wins mural design project

Source magazine selects graduates' 'brave' work

Fashion graduates win TikTok merchandise residency

UCA researchers help develop a toolkit for virtual haptic sculpting

Graduates win D&AD Pencil for Durex inclusivity campaign

Graphic design graduate awarded inaugural Vaughan Oliver Prize

Eight fashion students announced as GFF Awards Finalists

Sanitation Box longlisted for RIBA’s Rethink 2025 Design Competition

2019 graduates win industry acclaim from Design Week and The Drum

Essay wins The Textile Society Critical Writing Award 2020

Graduate magazine helps break the stigma of men's mental health

A global collection of masks become self-portraits of the lockdown

Photography student wins EIZO Student Award 2020

Tim Savage joins first Policy Commission to investigate technicians in HE

Farnham is awarded prestigious World Craft City Status

'A Flea in a Jar' graduate animation receives film festival acclaim

RSN collaborate with British couture house to create Ascot-inspired outfit

PhD student develops international collaboration project with partner university

Fashion students shortlisted for GFF Awards 2020

The Complete University Guide 2021 names UCA the country's top creative specialist

Photography students shortlisted for EIZO Student Award 2020

Makers' Tale online exhibition presents new insights in craft and making

Online Sustainability Innovation Conference 2021 Call for Papers

Film student named runner-up in Bertha DocHouse Competition

Design alumna named in Campaign's Creative Faces to Watch 2020

Design student Commended for Pets at Home store concept

UCA study predicts creative industries to grow faster than national economy post-COVID19

SWEDISH FALL awards students’ fashion collections

Student used his free time to help make face visors for NHS

Lecturer launches initiative to tackle care home isolation

Student wins at the Bradford Textiles Society Competition

Students launch free service to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19

UCA appoints new Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Farnham Repair Cafe and UCA launch free-to-use Carbon Calculator

Student is shortlisted for her Churchill inspired collection

UCA helps the NHS battle Coronavirus

Vogue Italia features self-portraits by photography student

UCA welcomes two new visiting professors to Business School

Student enters The Drum's Chip Shop Awards with "The Realeast Whopper"

Creative lessons from HK as Covid-19 ushers fashion design into an increasingly digital future

Tracing routes to HE: The contribution of creative arts outreach

'How to Make' UCA alumna fronts new BBC show

Once Upon a Town: UCA Takeover

UCA appointment new Head of School for Fashion

UCA scoops awards at SDC International Design Competition

Lecturer nominated for AAH Postgraduate Dissertation Prize

UCA Alumna wins Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2020

The Other Art Fair offers an opportunity for emerging talent

Photography students curate Medway Photo Festival 2020

Professor Lesley Millar curates new exhibition that explores fabric and the body

Advertising graduates achieve success with Vauxhall adverts

Senior textiles lecturer celebrates solo exhibition: Traces in Cloth

Hellcats celebrate win at Legacy University National Championships

UCA Farnham hosts Repair Cafe Conference

Student illustrations of Farnham win local competition

Graduates in the running to be the next Rising Star 2020

New exhibition at UCA Canterbury explores the 'Curator's Cupboard'

Graduate animation nominated for Royal Television Society Student Award

Atelier students showcase rich history of garment construction

CoppaFeel! collaboration to raise breast cancer awareness

UCA students and alumni dominate at the British Animations Awards

Swiss composer Marie-Cécile Reber performs live-streamed concert at UCA

New exhibition invites artists to beg, steal, and borrow

'So Far' exhibition showcases latest graphic design work

UCA Professors win prestigious animation book award

UCA technician's join global art schools network

Graduate exhibits her collection at LFW with GFW Presents…

Alumna starred in Alexa Chung-fronted Netflix show ‘Next in Fashion’

UCA Farnham hosts new exhibition Bob Godfrey: A Collaborative Act

FE Showcase at UCA Canterbury

Professors exhibit photographic works at new Barbican exhibition: Masculinities

Graduates showcase new talent at Surface Design Show

PhD student wins inaugural Womxn of Colour Art Award

Student reaches final of the British Library x Charles Jeffrey Competition

Vice-Chancellor Professor Makhoul accepts Special Recognition Award

UCA's emerging artists showcase work at London's Bargehouse

UCA alumnus Charles Williams reaches semi-final of Portrait Artist of the Year 2020

Hand embroidery students join forces with menswear label at LFWM

Photography students showcase diverse range of themes in new exhibition

UCA appoints Professor Catherine Harper as Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Architecture lecturer appointed to realise communal garden in Dover to realise communal garden in Dover

Exhibition uses hand embroidery to explore epilepsy

New works by Professor Bashir Makhoul explore identity and nationhood

MA student awarded Study Bursary

Animation alumnus ‘flabbergasted’ as Missing Link movie beats Disney at Golden Globes

UCA to launch Institute of Creativity and Innovation in Xiamen, China

Graduate creates virtual reality simulation for Farnham’s new retail development Graduate creates virtual reality simulation for Farnham’s new retail development

UCA Chancellor Magdalene Odundo made a dame UCA Chancellor Magdalene Odundo made a dame

UCA mourns the passing of visiting professor and celebrated designer Vaughan Oliver UCA mourns the passing of visiting professor and celebrated designer Vaughan Oliver

Professor offers expert opinion on global waste fishing gear initiative Professor offers expert opinion on global waste fishing gear initiative