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    Painting on metal board of 2 sets of legs sitting in a wheelchair on a wooden floor board

    BA (Hons) Fine Art student shortlisted in the Freelands Painting Prize 2022

    Third year BA (Hons) Fine Art student Molly Jackson has been nominated for this year’s prize.
    Illustration of a colourful explosion of purples, greens and oranges. There is 2 silhouettes of people in the foreground.

    Success for graduate shortlisted in global Art Directors Club (ADC) Awards

    BA (Hons) Illustration graduate Ollie Hirst has been shortlisted in this year’s global awards.
    Square calico material with the words 'I like to think that the artist teacher is or can be a role that puts equal weighting on both' repeated on it overlayed on purple material

    PhD Research Assistant nominated in the Nexus Education Awards 2022

    Abbie Cairns has been nominated in the NQT/ECT Inspiration Award category.
    person placing abstract canvas painting onto side of library shelf holding books

    MA Fine Art students curate exhibition takeover at NUA Library

    The exhibition ‘Bibliotheca Interpellations’ showcased multi-disciplinary works by MA Fine Art.

    Image of two people shown working taken looking at the front of the shops. The first person is working in a hari salon cutting a clients hair and the second is preparing food.

    Beyond the Frame 2022 winners announced

    The competition invited entries from students aged 11 – 19 worldwide on the theme of 'Curiosity'.
    Image showing render of a grey plinth with sword and gong placed upon it. The gong has a star motif

    Student nominated in Grads in Games Awards 2022

    BA (Hons) Games Art and Design student Anna Constable has been nominated for the Student Hero Award.
    An old sailor sits in a rowing boat with a short grey beard. The boat is being hand rocked by students who crouch out of shot, in front of a large painted backdrop of stormy skies and seas. The sailors short peaked hat, jacket, and fingerless gloves have been drybrushed with white paint around the edges and details which makes him look slightly like he is a painting, and a beam of harsh warm light obscures some details in the photo.

    Students nominated for the Royal Television Society East Student Awards

    Nine third-year students nominated in regional East student awards.
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    Norwich Research Park hosts MA students for creative sprint on the future of sustainable farming

    MA students worked as creative thinking consultants at the Nuffield Farming International Conference
    A front facing image of the next UK book cover design for Carl Sagan's contact, designed by BA Design for Publishing student Emily Shields. A majority white cover, with black lettering in capitals, spelling 'contact' over two lines. A thin, teal coloured crescent shape runs through the typography. The book cover is on a teal background.

    Emily Shields’ book cover design taken into production by Orbit Books

    Emily's design was chosen for the next reissue of the UK version of the international bestseller.

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    Top 10 for
    Teaching Quality

    by the Times and Sunday Times 2022

    Top Two UK
    Creative Arts
    University

    by The Complete University Guide 2023

    Uni of
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    for Student Retention -
    The Times and Sunday Times 2020

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