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University College Falmouth

Scores

Student satisfaction 3.9
Research assessment 2.20
Entry standards 264
Student/staff ratio 23.1
Academic services spend 1244
Facilities spend 344
Good honours 64%
Graduate prospects 54%
Completion 85.4

What do these scores mean?

History

  • Falmouth Art School was founded in 1902. There is a campus at Woodlane, Falmouth and a second campus at Tremough, Penryn shared with the University of Exeter.
  • The College was awarded taught degree awarding powers in 2004 and in 2005 changed its name to University College Falmouth.
  • In April 2008 the College merged with Dartington College of Arts, near Totnes, creating a third campus.

Location and transport

  • Set in Cornwall; a place of outstanding natural beauty with miles of unspoilt coastline, golden beaches and rugged moors.
  • Falmouth is easily accessible by rail, road and air.
  • There are good transport links between the two campuses in Cornwall.

Entry standards

  • Falmouth (incorporating Dartington) does not just think in terms of A levels - we welcome many qualifications, try us.
  • Your portfolio, interview, motivation and thirst for the subject help us to determine whether this is the place for you.
  • Many of our offers are unconditional (50%+), our conditional offers average 220 UCAS tariff points.
  • Visit the website for more information on entry standards at University College Falmouth.

Student mix

  • 2,900 students across the Falmouth, Tremough and Dartington campuses.
  • Female 60%, male 40% with some variation by course e.g. Textiles 97% female, Broadcasting 65% male.
  • 5% iInternational students, 3% from the EU, 92% from the UK (including 52% from the South West).
  • Applications to places ratios:  Arts (Routes A & B) 4:1; Design (Routes A & B) 2:1; Media (mostly Route A) 3:1; Performing Arts (Route A) 3:1.
  • Route B applicants are more successful as this guarantees an interview and another three months for portfolio preparation.
  • Not all universities are the same. Judge for yourself and visit us on an Open Day.

Course flexibility

  • Most of our degrees are single honours, e.g. on Graphic Design all your study is related to Graphic Design.
  • Our Performing Arts degrees allow you to combine Theatre, Fine Art, Music, Writing and Choreography.
  • Some degrees can be studied on a part-time basis.

Teaching standards

  • Art & Design courses achieved the maximum 24/24 rating from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.
  • Competing with over 100 other universities, the College has recently been awarded Skillset Academy status for their media courses.
  • The College runs and internal teaching qualification (PGCHE) for staff to ensure high a high teaching, learning and assessment quality.

Research standards

  • The College achieved 4 ratings in both History of Art, Architecture & Design and Music in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
  • 71% of academic staff submitted to the 2008 RAE in Music, Theatre, Choreography, Visual Performance and Performance Writing.
  • The College has hosted some 50 PhD completions, the majority involving practice-led research.

Academic strengths

  • The college specializes in Art, Design, Media and Performance.
  • Boundaries are there to be broken, so students are encouraged to push the limits of their creative thinking.

Student facilities, including library and computing

  • Film theatre, art and design studios, specialist workshops, media centre, photography centre, dance studio, music masterclasses.
  • Digital editing facilities, video conferencing, industry standard software such as Dreamweaver, Avid, Flash, AutoCAD.
  • Macs and PCs, Rapid Prototyping Machine, Moodle, three libraries, DVD collection, slide collection, electronic journals, specialist magazines and journals.

Students' Union

  • FXU is a unique union as it represents both University College Falmouth students as well as University of Exeter Cornwall Campus students.
  • Many water sports activities as the College is by the sea.
  • Making students' part of the community is imporantt and a range of original community action opportunities are available.
  • Find out more on the FXU website.

Sport

  • Sports Centre with gymnasium, exercise studio and Multi Use Games Area.
  • For more information on sport at University College Falmouth, visit the website.

Recent/prospective new builds

  • New Photographic Centre opened on Tremough Campus in autumn 2007, with an extension to the Media Centre. Also 400 more student residences shared with the University of Exeter.
  • Work starts in January 2009 on new Performance Centre that will open summer 2010.
  • Also new student residences.

Availability of part-time work

  • Tourist related work: hotels, bars, restaurants, beach lifeguard and guides in tourist venues like as the Maritime museum.
  • The College employs students as mentors (to help other students) and ambassadors (on Open Days and interview days).

For further information

Web
  • www.falmouth.ac.uk
Email
  • admissions@falmouth.ac.uk
Phone
  • +44 (0)1326 211077
Address
  • University College Falmouth,
    Woodlane,
    Falmouth,
    Cornwall
    TR11 4RH
UCAS Code F33
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