Confetti Students Win Big at Nottingham Young Creative Awards
https://vimeo.com/167249279 Confetti students took home a haul of Nottingham Young Creative Awards at last night's award ceremony. Hundreds of people attended the 8th Nottingham Young Creative Awards, which aim to give people aged 13 to 24 who live, study or work in Nottingham the chance to show off their creative work, network with future employers and gain valuable industry experience and mentoring. This year a record 350 young creatives submitted their work in 10 different categories to meet the ‘Goals and Dreams’ theme. Confetti students dominated the Animation & Media category taking away all three awards. There were also winners in …
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Confetti students are the new ‘voice of the network’
Nottingham City Transport has enlisted the help of our students to become the voices of its new on-board audio announcements. And it was their sense of humour as well as their vocal skills the city’s award-winning bus operator was after... With 75% of the buses across the fleet having on-board announcements – NCT have decided to add a touch of humour to their recordings. Students from the Level 3 Acting and Presenting course have written and recorded the new announcements in their in-house studio. ‘We are so grateful to be given this opportunity – it’s crazy that we’ll be able …
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Nottingham Trent becomes parent of Confetti Media Group
Great news! It is with great excitement we announce that Nottingham Trent University has become the parent company of Confetti Media Group (CMG). NTU brings a wealth of experience and we’re excited about our students benefiting from the University’s excellence and success in education - locally, nationally and internationally. You might have some questions about what this means for you as a current or future student, so see below for answers to some more commonly asked questions. If you have a specific query, please get in touch. Will anything change? Day-to-day, no. You’ll still be a student of Confetti and …
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Professor Green at #IW15 “All it takes is one song.”
Concluding an incredible Industry Week at Confetti, Professor Green took students through his music industry career, offering insights into his success and passing on the advice learned through his years as a musician. Stephen Paul Manderson, better known by his stage name Professor Green, is an English rapper and singer-songwriter. He rose to success upon winning the inaugural JumpOff MySpace £50,000 battle rap tournament in July 2008. In the year that followed he worked with Lily Allen on her 2009 concert tour. After touring with Lily Allen, Green was signed to Virgin Records and released I Need You Tonight featuring Ed …
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Kagoule to support Sleaford Mods at Rescue Rooms
Punk-hop ranters Sleaford Mods are hitting up Rescue Rooms in Nottingham next Tuesday (27th Jan) before their appearance at Confetti's Industry Week, and we've just heard that rising stars Kagoule will be supporting them too! That gives the already sold-out crowd the perfect combination of indie rock, grunge and punk hip-hop. Hurrah! Confetti's sister brand Denizen Artists manage the three-piece group from Nottingham and critics are already predicting they are heading for the top. Kagoule appeared on the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury last year and have a massive year ahead in 2015 with their debut album due to drop …
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Industry Week 2015 – The Takeover Is Coming!
With just six weeks to go, there’s no wonder everyone is getting hyped for Industry Week 2015 at Confetti! We just thought we would make sure you're preparing yourself for another week packed full of the biggest names from the worlds of music, games TV and film! Who’s coming? It’s still early but we’ve already confirmed some massive names! Sleaford Mods frontman, Jason Williamson will be gracing Confetti students with an appearance on opening day. Music fans will be treated to a talk from Jason on his own experiences in the industry. Game fans can get all the top tips …
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Confetti students celebrate win at the Nottingham Young Creative Awards
The Young Creative Awards took place at the Nottingham Playhouse on Monday evening and Confetti students were amongst the winners. The winning entry for the 19-24 bracket for Animation and Digital Media was from Confetti HE Games Technology students, Tom Russell, Barry Martin and Josh Chaplin. All 3 students are studying a Foundation Degree at Confetti ICT. The Young Creative Awards were launched in 2009 to attract up and coming creative talent in the city and put young people in Nottingham on the creative map. Sponsors included OneNottingham, Dance4, Maber and our very own Spool. The categories were: Animation & …
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visits Confetti
Students at Confetti welcomed a special visitor yesterday in the shape of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. He was in Nottingham looking at how Government City Deal money of £60m could benefit creative businesses and young people. He was taken on a tour of Confetti and the Antenna Creative Business Centre by Confetti Media Group boss Craig Chettle. The Deputy Prime Minister met students on the Games Technology, Music Technology and TV and Film courses and observed their lessons. Head of Further Education Phil Myers commented on the visit: “It’s not every day the Deputy Prime Minister gets to experience …
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