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NTU to open 2023 art and design Student Showcase

An art and design showcase - with a prestigious history of featuring award-winning works by graduating students - is set to open at Nottingham Trent University as a public exhibition.

Fashion Design by Olivia Hayward
Fashion Design by Olivia Hayward

NTU to open 2023 art and design student showcase

An art and design showcase - with a prestigious history of featuring award-winning works by graduating students - is set to open at Nottingham Trent University as a public exhibition.

The 2023 Student Showcase will take place at the University’s City Campus and is completely free to the public. It will feature creative works from undergraduates in the Nottingham School of Art & Design and the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment.

The event will feature subjects spanning fashion, knitwear and textile design; fashion management, marketing and communication; visual arts, photography and graphic design; theatre, media, film and costume design; product and furniture design; architecture, interior architecture and architectural technology.

Furniture Design by Joe Cassidy
Furniture Design by Joe Cassidy

External competitions and exhibitions nationally will also feature NTU student work, including fashion and knitwear design at Graduate Fashion Week, photography at Free Range in London, various course areas at New Designers including product and furniture design, and fine art galleries and other spaces local to Nottingham.

Online exhibitions will also take place, with works by students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design available on www.wearecreativesntu.art; while students in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment will be on featured www.ntudesignindustries.com and www.architecture-ntu.com.

The shows start tonight (16 May) with an external Costume Design and Construction exhibition at Nottingham Playhouse.

Michael Marsden, Executive Dean of the Nottingham School of Art & Design, said: “Design and creativity shapes the world around us, and our annual Student Showcase gives the public the chance to come onto our campus and get a glimpse of the future.

“The shows are the culmination of the hard work by our graduating students and the dedication of our colleagues who work tirelessly to support them. It’s a chance for people to see leading works by the next generation of creative professionals, meet with them and talk to them about their work.”

Graphic Design by Jack Bowler
Graphic Design by Jack Bowler

Dr Andrew Knight, Executive Dean of the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, said: “Our annual Student Showcase makes for an exciting event during which we get the chance to exhibit our amazing students’ work. We are extremely proud of their achievements and look forward to opening our doors to the public.

“Not only will people be able to see an imaginative array of creative products and architectural designs, but the painstaking and detailed research behind their work will be showcased to give the full-scale of their creativity.”

Different course areas will exhibit at different times for the in-person shows. Please visit ntu.ac.uk/c/student-showcase and/or ntu.ac.uk/c/adbe-student-showcase for full details and to book your place.

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    Nottingham Trent University (NTU) received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2021 for cultural heritage science research. It is the second time that NTU has been bestowed the honour of receiving a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its research, the first being in 2015 for leading-edge research on the safety and security of global citizens.

    The Research Excellence Framework (2021) classed 83% of NTU’s research activity as either world-leading or internationally excellent. 86% of NTU’s research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent.

    NTU was awarded The Times and The Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2023 and ranked University of the Year in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023. It was awarded Outstanding Support for Students 2020 (Times Higher Education Awards), University of the Year 2019 (Guardian University Awards, UK Social Mobility Awards), Modern University of the Year 2018 (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide) and University of the Year 2017 (Times Higher Education Awards).

    NTU is the 5th largest UK institution by student numbers, with approximately 40,000 students and more than 4,400 staff located across five campuses. It has an international student population of 7,000 and an NTU community representing over 160 countries.

    Since 2000, NTU has invested £570 million in tools, technology, buildings and facilities.

    NTU is in the UK’s top 10 for number of applications and ranked first for accepted offers (2021 UCAS UG acceptance data). It is also among the UK’s top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and was the first UK university to sign the Social Mobility Pledge.

    NTU is ranked 2nd most sustainable university in the world in the 2022 UI Green Metric University World Rankings (out of more than 900 participating universities).

Published on 16 May 2023
  • Category: Press office; School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment; School of Art & Design