Creative Manchester : News Archive

School of Art wins UK award for innovation_

The Manchester School of Art has been awarded the 2012 Sir Misha Black prize for Innovation in Design Education. It will be presented to Professor David Crow, Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design, at the Royal College of Art, London in March. ...

Fashion students off to flying start_

Fashion students Emily Craven and Elena King are starting their careers in style after being snapped up by Abercrombie and Fitch – before they have even graduated. The final year students will be leaving Oxford Road for Ohio to start work at the f...

Northern Soho Launches MentorMatch scheme_

Following extensive consultation with its members, Northern Soho has officially launched its innovative Mentor Match scheme. The scheme will give members the unique opportunity to work with experienced mentors working in the creative industries, w...

Fashion graduate gets big break_

A Manchester School of Art graduate has been chosen by fashion giants to show her collection at the world’s most prestigious tradeshow in Paris this week. Toni Stott who graduated from BA Fashion in June 2011, competed with graduates from over 50 ...

Student designers wanted!_

Creative Times is looking for articulate and ambitious student designers to take part in a series of five design features, devised and coordinated by Manchester-based graphic designer Dan Shannon, to be published on the site in the first half of 2012...

Rising-star Adam O’Riordan joins Manchester Writing School _

AWARD-WINNING poet Adam O’Riordan has been appointed Lecturer in Poetry Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester-born Adam read English at Oxford University and in 2008 became the youngest ever Poet-in-Residence at the Wordsworth ...

Smashing success! Trio of awards at New Designers_

Ceramicist Jill Shaddock has wowed judges and journalists alike at New Designers in London, with The Independent hailing her a ‘star of tomorrow’. The Three Dimensional Design graduate has scooped THREE awards at the annual showcase of new design ...

Manchester Masters Returns_

Manchester Masters, the initiative set up to attract and keep the country’s best graduate talent in Manchester, today launched its search for the region’s top graduates to work in the thriving creative sector. Students from Greater Manchester univ...

Innospace Entrepreneurs - Top businessman pledges support_

GRADUATES with creative and business ideas will become the bedrock of Britain’s economic recovery and deserve greater support, according to one of Manchester’s most successful businessmen. The 120 young entrepreneurs in the University incubator In...

Minister praises the “excellence” of Manchester Met’s enterprise culture_

CABINET Minister Baroness Hanham praised the “excellence” of Manchester Met’s enterprise culture on a visit to the University in January. New ventures and graduate business are on the rise due to a coordinated push by the University on business sk...

FlyingStart Creative Industries Programme_

FlyingStart is dedicated to getting student and graduate businesses started Whether it's just an idea, an international hi tech venture, a social enterprise or a small consultancy FlyingStart is geared up to support graduates, up to five years out...

Fancy a career in journalism?_

New MEN-backed course A NEW postgraduate course in Multimedia Journalism – backed by MEN Media – is being launched in February 2011. Journalism is consistently one of the most sought-after careers for graduates, but many existing courses are na...

Open Data, Open Minds, Open Hearts_

A collaborative creative project produced by CING In partnership with FutureEverything & Salford University In response to FutureEverything’s open challenge, Creative Industries Networking Group (CING) has devised an opportunity to promote the sk...

Innospace helps creative web design company to thrive_

Innospace, MMUs graduate business incubator, brings new enterprises and entrepreneurs attractive and affordable office space. This success orientated environment is brimming with entrepreneurial spirit and boasts state of the art technology, givi...

MMU Graduate Joins The PR Elite_

MMU graduate Sarah Gormley, Head of PR and Marketing for Made in Manchester is one of four partners in this highly successful company. Sarah graduated with a degree in Business Studies from MMU Business School, specialising in Internation...

McCann-Erickson Communications House_

McCann-Erickson is one of the most successful global marketing and advertising agencies. A dramatic increase in digital marketing prompted the organisation to seek to differentiate themselves amongst key players in this field. It was quickly realised...

Connect2Media (formerly Hands-on Mobile). Industry Collaboration at MMU games and Usability Lab_

The Computer Games Technology group at MMU provides leadership in games software development, games usability and games technology research. Connect2Media has provided the industry leadership and input for the various undergraduate students through r...