Phase One of the Construction of our Digital Media Hub is Complete

The demolition of our old building and associated works are now complete and we’re ready to move onto the next stage.
Contemporary Music Hub – A New Home For Music & Events at Confetti

The Contemporary Music Hub is the new home for Music & Events and will be fully operational early 2018.
You voted for your favourite #IW17 image, and the winner is…
Throughout Industry Week we asked you to enter our photo competition, to win a £50 PMT voucher, by tagging your pics with #IW17. With so many cool images to choose from we couldn't pick a clear winner, so we handed it over to you. Winner: Acting and Film Production student Benjamin Margett! Want to be part of Industry Week 2018? Find out more about our creative college courses and degree courses and book an open day.
Your Top Tweets From Industry Week
Throughout Industry Week many of you took to Twitter to share your thoughts and pics with us. So without further ado, let's have a look at some of your best tweets! 1. None of you struggled to get out of bed on Monday with Industry Week to look forward to A good first day of #iw17 hearing from some successful former students & hearing the story of @justcause community manager @NeilGortz :) pic.twitter.com/6RRDLA5pX7— garnc (@Garnc2) March 6, 2017 2. Our students had an amazing view in the gallery for world-reowned filmmaker Philip Bloom's talk The best view in the house! Fantastic talk by …

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Our Industry Week 2017 Highlights
Well what a week that was! From 6 – 10 March we welcomed over 70 guests from across Film, TV, Music and Games for Industry Week 2017! Timetables were replaced with insightful workshops, lectures and masterclasses giving you tips, tricks and insider knowledge of the industries you aspire to join. Check out our highlights from the week... Acting with Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward For many of you, Industry Week started early as we welcomed Emmerdale favourites Roxy Shahidi & Sammy Winward on Friday 3 March. Not only did they hold a Q&A session on getting into acting, but they also …

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Industry Week 17 – Ellie’s Highlights
With five days full of acting workshops, lectures and networking events, it’s safe to say that Industry Week 2017 has been a busy one for Acting & Film Production student Ellie Kemp. Let's hear about her experiences and highlights of the week... Industry Week started early! Juggling my duties as a college student while attending Industry Week lectures and reporting on all the action has been pretty hectic, but definitely worth it! A definite highlight was getting to hear from, and perform for Emmerdale actresses Roxy Shahidi and Sammy Winward, when Industry Week started early for us acting students on …

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Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 5

All of the action from Day 5 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 5
Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 4

All of the action from Day 4 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 4
International Women’s Day
Today is all about celebrating and honouring influential and inspiring women and where better to start than with our very own Industry Week guests! This week we’ve gathered the most successful names in the creative industries to inspire our students into their careers. Whilst some may say the creative industries are dominated by males, we’ve got some influential female guests to prove otherwise! Hollie Bennett Hollie Bennett was still at university when she got involved with gaming blog Destructoid. She was named EU Community Manager for the website, creating European-specific content. Hollie is now the PlayStation Access Channel Manager at …

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#IW17 – Live Illustration with Jo Thomas

Follow to see Jo Thomas create a live illustration in the HE reception throughout the day! IW17 – Live Illustration
Industry Week LIVE Blog – Day 3

All of the action from Day 3 of Industry Week 2017! Want your tweet featured? Tweet using the hashtag #IW17 #IW17 – Day 3
Exciting new partnership with Access to Music
We are pleased to announce a new, national partnership with further education provider Access to Music (AtM). From September 2017, we will be running our further education courses in collaboration with Access to Music – a national college offering creative courses for school leavers in nine major cities across the country. We count musician Jake Bugg and actor Vicky McClure amongst our ambassadors and we'll soon celebrate a quarter of a century as a leading creative industry educator. Similarly, AtM, now in its 25th year, has seen thousands of young people access its training, including patrons Ed Sheeran and Jess …

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