University for the Creative Arts
Established	2005 (as the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester)[1]
Type	Public
Vice-Chancellor	Dr Simon Ofield-Kerr[2]
Chair of the Board of Governors	Robert Taylor
Location	Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester, England, UK
Website	http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/

The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England.

History [edit]

The university was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester, through the merger of the Kent Institute of Art & Design and Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College. It was granted full university status by the Privy Council in May 2008 and adopted its current name officially in September 2008. The origin of the university lies in a number of independent public art and design colleges in the counties of Kent and Surrey, almost all of which had origins in the Victorian period. In the 1990s these merged to form multi-campus art and design institutes in their respective counties, before merging into one organisation in 2005.

In its previous forms and current form, alumni of the UCA as well as students have achieved artistic excellence with very considerable commerciality and critical merit of certain alumni's work such as Tracey Emin, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Chris Shepherd, Zandra Rhodes and Karen Millen

Following the election of a Coalition government, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills introduced legislation to increase tuition fees while reducing government spending on Higher Education in real terms^[3] and the University for the Creative Arts was revealed to be the fourth most-cut university in England with a cut of 7.8% (10.2% in real terms).^[4]

The University for the Creative Arts announced in February 2011 that it was discussing designating part of its Maidstone campus for use by MidKent College.^[5] Further to this, MidKent College expressed its willingness to buy the Maidstone campus from 2012 and phase out the UCA presence at the campus by 2014.^[6]

Campuses [edit]

It has campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester.

Organisation and academic life [edit]

It is a large art and design institution, by UK standards, with around 7,000 students, and offers courses in a very wide range of art, design, fashion and architecture subjects. These are at non-degree further education such as diploma and BTEC, degree and doctorate level.

Notable alumni [edit]

Where known, alumni are listed by the component institution at which they studied.

• Martin Lambie-Nairn, graphic designer
• Roger Oates, textile designer
• Humphrey Ocean, artist

Kent Institute of Art and Design (comprising the three Kent campuses)

• Karen Millen, fashion designer
• Christopher A. Beckwith, Graphic designer, 3D Digital Designer, Media Analyst
• Wendy Dagworthy, fashion designer
• Jayne Parker, artist
• Zandra Rhodes, fashion designer
• Sean Malone, filmmaker, artist

Canterbury College of Art

• Roger Dean, artist
• Marjory Wiltcombe, interpretive dancer
• Davie Pedicure, graphic designer
• Mary Tourtel, illustrator and creator of Rupert Bear
• James Burgess^{[disambiguation needed]}, Ministry of Sound DJ and Sound Engineer

Maidstone College of Art

• Tracey Emin, 1999 Turner Prize nominee
• Tony Hart, TV presenter
• Bob Holness, TV and radio presenter
• Robin Young, artist
• James Swain, filmmaker, artist
• Sam Alberg, filmmaker, artist
• Gareth Polmeer, filmmaker, artist
• James Mayhew, writer and illustrator of children's books
• Gordon Frickers, marine artist
• Martin Handford, creator of Where's Wally?
• Edd Gould, animator, creator of Eddsworld
• Michael Edward Banks, artist
• Richard Spare, artist

Medway College of Design (Rochester)

• Tracey Emin, 1999 Turner Prize nominee
• Zandra Rhodes, fashion designer
• Karen Millen, fashion designer

Surrey Institute of Art and Design

• Natascha "IsnotKool" Aguilera, fashion editor
• Linda Barker, TV presenter
• Jonathan N. Chapple, freelance writer and editor of the Enpsychlopaedia Britannica
• Davide Cinzi, cinematographer
• Joey Francis Dean, Entertainments Officer 2008.
• Michaël Dudok de Wit, Academy Award-winning animator
• Owen Gaster, fashion designer
• Daniel Greaves, Academy Award-winning animator
• Thompson Okuku, animator
• Sean Parker, singer-songwriter of Istanbul-based Sean Parker Band
• Dick Powell, product designer
• Giuliano Riosa, graphic designer, union representative.
• Chris Shepherd, animator and film director
• Vanja Strok, fashion designer (of Gharani Strok)
• Suzie Templeton, director of BAFTA and Academy Award winning animated films
• Andrei Toma, architectural designer, Founder of ICDS Architecture.
• Jun Yoshino, Game Producer, SEGA.
• Robert Morgan^{[disambiguation needed]}. filmmaker. and award-winning animator.
• Simon Bor Animation Producer / director Wolves Witches & Giants
• Sara Bor (née Hirst) Painter, Animation Producer / Director
• Sam P. Green, freelance Assistant Director

University for the Creative Arts

• Myrto Stamou, River Island Graduate Fashion Week 2009 Gold Award Winner

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• University for the Creative Arts – official website

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