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Students experience Antarctica to explore fire impact on global climate

Students experience Antarctica to explore fire impact on global climate
May 20, 2013 No Comments »

Share Two Curtin University PhD students have ventured to Antarctica under Curtin’s ice core program to determine if fire has an effect on global climate. Led by Dr Ross Edwards, senior researcher at Curtin’s Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, ... Read More »

Double success as UWE nurse and midwife win Student Nursing Times Awards 2013

Double success as UWE nurse and midwife win Student Nursing Times Awards 2013
May 15, 2013 No Comments »

Share UWE Bristol-trained nurses have won two out of seventeen categories at the recent Student Nursing Times Awards 2013.  Rachel Pass, who is studying for a BSc honours degree in midwifery at UWE, has won the Nursing Times Student Midwife of the Year award. ... Read More »

Trent University’s first journalism students welcomed at Loyalist College

Trent University’s first journalism students welcomed at Loyalist College
May 14, 2013 No Comments »

Share Trent-Loyalist Journalism Institute kicks-off in the newsroom Trent University students in the new Trent-Loyalist Journalism program are welcomed to Loyalist College by Dean of the School of Media, Arts and Design, Jane Harrison. The students have completed their first ... Read More »

World Press Photographer of the Year to Speak at Langara

World Press Photographer of the Year to Speak at Langara
May 9, 2013 No Comments »

Share Samuel Aranda, winner of the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award, will be speaking at Langara this month as part of the Photography Masters Series. The acclaimed photojournalist is best known for his work in North Africa ... Read More »

UCA launches first smartphone app

UCA launches first smartphone app
May 8, 2013 No Comments »

Share The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) has launched its first official smartphone app to give students and staff a new digital experience. The free app, which has been developed with help from students, University departments and the Students’ ... Read More »

International Typography awards for students

International Typography awards for students
May 6, 2013 Comments Off

Share Two Graphic Communication students from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) at Farnham have won awards from the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD). Giorgio Del Buono received a Commendation and Sam Sammut won a Merit for their ... Read More »

Student volunteers raise £6,500 for charity in ‘Big Give’ campaign

Student volunteers raise £6,500 for charity in ‘Big Give’ campaign
May 2, 2013 Comments Off

Share A group of University of Southampton Students’ Union volunteers have raised approximately £6,500 for charity as part of their ‘Big Give’ campaign. The final sum will be donated jointly to three charities, nominated via student voting. From the 22 ... Read More »

Vuntut Gwitchin student wins scholarship to join Arctic expedition this summer

Vuntut Gwitchin student wins scholarship to join Arctic expedition this summer
May 1, 2013 Comments Off

Share Fourteen-year-old Myles Rumley-Nukon will join this summer’s 2013 Students on Ice Arctic expedition thanks to a scholarship funded by the Government of Yukon and Yukon College. Rumley-Nukon is a Vuntut Gwitchin student currently in Grade 8 at Porter Creek ... Read More »

Royal course nominated for award

Royal course nominated for award
April 30, 2013 Comments Off

Share The home of the University for the Creative Arts’ degree in Hand Embroidery has been nominated for a top prize at the inaugural Craft Skills Awards. The Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace, is shortlisted in ... Read More »

Student creates winning logo for EU project

Student creates winning logo for EU project
April 26, 2013 Comments Off

Share A Graphic Design student from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) at Maidstone has created a logo for a European Union project. BA (Hons) Graphic Media students were set the task of designing a logo for Recreate, a cultural ... Read More »