Norwich University College of the Arts

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Current courses include
  • 2.1 Undergraduate courses
  • 2.2 Postgraduate courses
• 3 Research
• 4 Location
• 5 University College status
• 6 People
  • 6.1 Notable alumni
  • 6.2 Headmasters
  • 6.3 Principals
• 7 External links
• 8 Notes and references

Undergraduate courses

• Animation
• Architecture
• Design for Publishing
• Fashion
• Film and Moving Image Production
• Fine Art
• Games Art and Design
• Graphic Communication
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Photography
• Surface Design
• Textiles
• Visual Studies

Postgraduate courses

• MA Communication Design
• MA Curation
• MA Fashion
• MA Fine Art
• MA Moving Image and Sound
• MA Textile Design
• MPhil/PhDs

Research

NUCA entered the national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 1996 with funding awarded to develop capability.

In the 2008 RAE submission 35% of NUCA’s submitted research was confirmed to be ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ and the Times Higher RAE ‘league table’ placed NUCA joint 34th out of 72 HEIs.

The RAE report complimented NUCA’s ‘good regional context for research’ and ‘the significant impact of international initiatives’. Additionally it noted NUCA's national contribution evidenced by ‘the programming of major festivals and exhibitions’, ‘addresses to, and chairs of, major conferences’ and ‘influence evidenced through Editorial Board and committee membership’.

Staff research groups are focused in five areas:

• Animation and Sound
• Art and Design Curation
• Art and Design Interpretation and Curation
• Fine Art
• Graphic Design

Location

The University College is located in Norwich city centre.

Francis House which is located on Redwell Street is the main reception for NUCA, while the academic buildings are a 2 minute walk from this point which offering a large Mac and Windows suite, A1 style printing rooms, animation studios, professional sound booths and academic studios.

There are 2 areas of accommodation for first year students: the Beechcroft complex off Sprowston Road; and Harvard Court.

University College status

In August 2008 Norwich School of Art and Design became Norwich University College of the Arts. This is by Order of the Privy Council, to reflect the granting of Taught Degree Awarding powers in November 2007. All students starting after September 2008 receive degrees from Norwich University College of the Arts.^[1]

People

Notable alumni

• Michael Andrews, artist
• Glenn Brown, Fine Artist, Turner Prize nominee
• Keith Chapman, creator of Bob the Builder
• Neil Innes, writer for Monty Python, and member of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
• Leafcutter John, jazz musician for Mercury Prize nominees Polar Bear
• Charles Mayes Wigg, landscape artist
• Bernard Meadows, Modernist Sculptor
• Alfred Munnings, artist and president of the Royal Academy
• Colin Self, pop artist
• Tim Stoner, winner of Beck's Futures Prize
• Horace Tuck, landscape artist
• Charles John Brooke, architect, Philadelphia, PA & Merchantville, NJ

Headmasters

• William Stewart (1845–48)
• George Stewart (1848–51)
• John Wilkin Heaviside (1851–54)
• Claude Lorraine Richard Wilson Nursey (1854–59)
• Robert Cochrane (1859–84)
• Joseph Woodhouse Stubbs (1884–87)
• Walter Scott (1888–1919)
• Charles Hobbis (1919–46)
• Noel Spencer (1946–63)

Principals

• Noel Spencer (1963–64)
• John Brinkley (1964–68)
• Robert Fox (1968–72)
• Bill English (1972–88)
• Professor Bruce Black (1988–2001)
• Susan Tuckett (2001–08)
• Professor John Last (since January 2009)

External links

• Norwich University College of the Arts website

Notes and references