Further Education Successes

ND Design Crafts
• Two students had their work exhibited in the Cleveland Arts Society Award

ND Fashion and Clothing
• Two teams in the finals of the UK Skills Challenge 2008
• Work exhibited at the Clothes Show Live Design Awards 2007 – with one finalist shown at the catwalk show
• One team in the final of the "Make Your Mark in Fashion" awards
• Winning entry and second place in the "Make Your Mark Tees Valley" – Both teams have the opportunity to work with a visual merchandiser at Psyche and have their work displayed in one of the shop’s windows

ND Fine Art
• Two students successfully qualified for national final of Lloyds TSB Art of Nurture with Katie Ramsdale coming 2nd and winning £2,000
• Six pieces of artwork selected for display at Panfoods headquarters in London
• Winning the Peter Mandelson Award 2007
• Two award nominees in the regional FE+ Awards

ND Interactive Media
• Winners at the "First Light Animation" competition
• Award nominee in the regional FE+

ND Photography
• Came 1st 2nd and 3rd in the Tees Valley NHS Trust "Show Me Happy" competition
• Laura Wood reached the final of the Tetley Tea competition
• Finalists in the World Skills Competition

ND Textiles
• Three students in the final of the UK Skills Challenge
• One winner and two runners up in the "Move up to Degree" Textiles Awards

ND Graphic Design
• Ten students through to the regional finals of the Lloyds TSB Art of Nurture competition, with three going through to the national final

Higher Education Successes

BA (Hons) Fashion Enterprise and FdA Fashion Design & Production
• Winner of the FE+ Award for Higher Education
• Five winners in the "You Trade2" online business competition
• Winner and a further two shortlisted for the "University of Teesside Blueprint Awards for Business Planning"

FdA Applied Arts
• Winner of the FE+ Award for Creative Arts

BA (Hons) Entertainment Design Crafts and FdA Costume Construction for Stage & Screen
• Finalists in the MAD UK (Made and Designed in the UK) Costume Competition
• Finalists in the BBC Design Training Award

FdA Graphic Design
• Student Matthew Stillwell won the Middlesbrough Mature Learner of the Year 2008
• National Finalists in the UK Skills Challenge Competition

BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design and FdA Contemporary Textiles Practice
• Third Place and three commendations in the Bradford Textile Society Competition 2007-2008
• Two students received awards of £250 and offers of work experience as part of a live assignment with Tigerprint
• Students sold work to companies from Germany, France and Spain at the Indigo International Fashion Fabrics Trade Show in Paris
• Two students were selected for paid work placements with Hallmark
• Three students received sponsorship of £100 each from Maderia Threads
• One student received £500 bursary from the Embroiders’ Guild
• Five Level 3 students nominated for Texprint 2008 award
• One student nominated for a paid work placement at Nordstrom in Seattle
• Five students reached the final of the International Hand & Lock Embroidery Prize
• Two students won cash awards from a Live Assignment set by St Teresa’s Hospice

FdA TV and Film Production
• Winners of the BBC, Best British Short Film Award
• Winners of the ITV Cobra Vision Award
• Student work shown on Sky Channel 195 propeller
• Second place in the Royal Television Society Award for Student Drama
• Students’ work commissioned and broadcast on Turkish Television

BA (Hons) Photography / FdA Commercial Photography
• Student Nominated for the New York Photo Awards
• Third place winner and multiple finalists at the Tetley Awards 2008
• Two Finalists in the Association of Photographers Awards