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School of Communication

With the chance to work on live briefs while you study, the opportunity to collaborate across the creative sector and industry-leading guest speakers and Writers in Residence, the School of Communication gives tomorrow’s storytellers the insights, skills and confidence to succeed across an exciting range of professions.  

From advertising, marketing and graphic design to creative writing, publishing and journalism – studying with us means you’ll work on live briefs and learn from industry experts like Rory Sutherland and Simon Armitage, as well as Writers in Residence including Alice Oswald and Lionel Shriver. Through access to industry contacts like these, incredible facilities and opportunities for placements with the likes of the BBC, Condé Nast and global advertising agencies, you’ll be challenged, inspired and raring to begin your career.

Courses

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Comedy Writing MA (online)

Gain the writing skills and industry know-how to develop an impressive writing portfolio for your comedy writing career.

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Communication Design MA

Carve your path in a rapidly changing media world, where creating and communicating meaningful and effective ideas is paramount. You’ll benefit from...

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Creative Advertising BA(Hons)

As part of this hands-on, CIM-accredited course, you’ll make ads from day one and become adept at communicating ideas. You'll work in creative teams...

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Creative Advertising MA

Build your capabilities as a strategically minded advertising creative. You’ll enter an intensive environment replicating a full- service advertising...

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Creative Writing BA(Hons)

Join our thriving writing community. Experiment with all forms of writing to find your passion and develop your writing voice. Explore audiences in...

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Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online)

Whether you dream of penning novels, writing for games, creating compelling digital campaigns or writing award-winning screenplays, fast-track your...

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English and Creative Writing BA(Hons)

Join a celebration of literature and writing. You’ll read critically and widely, learning about historic and current literature and integrating this...

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Graphic Design BA(Hons)

With an emphasis on design thinking and crafting big ideas beautifully, this course is your springboard to a career in the creative industries. You’...

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Graphic Design MA/PGDip (online)

Whether building upon traditional fields or responding to new or emergent media, audiences and markets, the course accelerates, motivates and...

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Journalism and Creative Writing BA(Hons)

Kick-start your career as a writer, learning how to analyse, practise and publish all forms of digital journalism while also stretching your creative...

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Journalism MA (online)

Learn to adapt and exploit new forms of news media and be fluent with key creative tools used to produce compelling news content.

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Marketing and Digital Communications MA (online)

This course will equip you with the confidence and strategic planning skills needed to work in the rapidly evolving marketing, branding and digital...

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Marketing Communications BA(Hons)

Define the future of the communications industry: with new technologies constantly emerging, always-on audiences, and businesses increasingly focused...

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Professional Writing MA

Develop the skills to forge a successful career in writing. You’ll learn to craft fiction, script and non-fiction, as well as magazine features and...

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Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

Get ahead in the vibrant, ever-evolving field of visual communications with this exciting online course. Working across moving image, graphic design...

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Writing for Script & Screen MA/PGDip (online)

This course is designed to equip you with the writing skills, industry knowhow, professional skills and experience of collaborative working that the...

"One of the best things about the course is its focus on ideas-led thinking. It’s this commitment to ideas that sets Falmouth graduates apart and gives us the best possible chance of making it in the industry."

Rebecca Low

BA(Hons) Graphic Design graduate and Designer, Supple Studio

Writers in Residence

Falmouth's Writers in Residence programme offers students the opportunity to work with leading writers in both prose and poetry. 

"I believe it is places like this - Falmouth - and people like its students, connected and interested, skilled and passionate, who are the future of journalism."

Emily Bell

Former Director of Digital Content, Guardian News and Media

News

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Graphic Design: Professional Practice Week

12 January 2021
Second year Graphic Design students were given a unique insight into the design industry as twelve...
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Adland: Creative Advertising students create in-house newspaper

12 January 2021
First year students studying Creative Advertising came together to create the first edition of...
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Creative Collaboration: Jessica Kielstra & Nina Forbes

17 December 2020
Jessica Kielstra and Nina Forbes graduated in Creative Advertising in 2020. They've formed a...
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Real-world journalism collaboration between Falmouth University and the Rory Peck Trust

18 November 2020
Falmouth journalism students were invited by the Rory Peck Trust (RPT) to gain real-world...
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English lecturer releases two new books

17 November 2020
Dr Ruth Heholt, Senior Lecturer in English, has recently published two new books that explore...
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Poems Singing About Melons

4 November 2020
Luke Thompson, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader at the School of Communication, recently had a new...
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All Things CAST

7 October 2020
Falmouth University’s Journalism school has collaborated with the CAST arts centre in Helston,...
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Waad Al-Kateab speaks to Falmouth MA Journalism

24 September 2020
Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning documentary director Waad Al-Kateab spoke to MA Journalism Course...
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Emerging Talent Celebrated at Global Awards

14 July 2020
Falmouth University Graphic Design, Advertising and Illustration undergraduates and postgraduates...
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Students Storm The South West Digital Design Awards

9 July 2020
Graphic design students from Falmouth have scored a hat trick of wins at the South West Digital...
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Students Explore Place and Identity

7 July 2020
In March 2020, NowHere was about to commence in London; Graphic Design students would enjoy a...
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Student Wins Prestigious Design Award

3 July 2020
Graphic Design student, Rachel Davies has won a Royal Society of Art (RSA) Student Design Award and...
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Students Publish Insect Love Songs

25 June 2020
Earlier this year Forward Prize-winning poet Fiona Benson visited Falmouth to lead a poetry...
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Filming on the Frontline

11 June 2020
Albina described how being a woman in a war zone meant she was able to bring calm into tense...
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Falmouth’s Speaking Machine, It’s Nice That

5 June 2020
Recently featured on creative website It’s Nice That, Falmouth’s CCC Challenge ‘Speaking Machine’...
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Grads Second in Young Lions Comp

20 May 2020
Congratulations to Creative Advertising graduates Max Simmance and Jake Smith who came second in...
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New podcast for The Script Department

30 April 2020
“I know why you are in Italy”. Italia Noir: Murder on the Amalfi Coast is coming on Sunday, 3 May...
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Students Meet ‘Hashtag Our Stories’ Mobile News Pioneers

2 April 2020
Sumaiya Omar, co-founder of pioneering mobile journalism site ‘Hashtag Our Stories’ came along to...
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Students Spread Lockdown Positivity via the Airwaves

31 March 2020
Falmouth Journalism students have teamed up with Cornish radio station Source FM to provide daily...
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Alumni earn key roles at BBC

27 March 2020
Falmouth Journalism Alumni joined BBC Spotlight and BBC Radio Cornwall recently. Both Emma Clements...
Hands holding a recycled piece of paper with the words this is rubbish on.

Work by Lucy Bristow, BA(Hons) Graphic Design

People wandering and looking at work in the graphic design studio.

Summer Show 2017 - School of Communication Design

Student in mixing room.
Through the window of the newsroom with lecturer talking to journalism students.
Students sat on sofas and discussing in the writers room.

The Writers Room

Kate Adie having photograph taken with a group of journalism students.

Students with renowned war reporter, Kate Adie

Creative advertising students discussing in front of an ideas wall.
Lot's of badges with handwritten writing on in different colours.

Work by Caitlin Westgate

Girl smiling and looking at notebook in hand at the Eden Project.
Students looking through a book, design work hanging from a line in front of them.
Graduate interviewing racing driver in leathers and Red Bull cap.
Student filming in the newsroom on smartphone.
Girl reading from paper in hands in front of audience in pub.
View of students working through gaps in white book shelves.
Model with star tattooed on chest and piercings on lips and stretched circles in ears.

Accidental Artist - Fiona Davies

Lecturer discussing with student and gesticulating with hand.
A group sat in a circle with fire in the middle listening to writer, Wyl Menmuir, give a talk.

Wyl Menmuir launches In Dark Places at the South West Outdoor Festival. Image: James Dobson.

Student leaning on lectern and talking into microphones.
Students discussing in front of bookshelves.
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