Arts University Bournemouth

Arts University Bournemouth

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Established	1885
Principal	Professor Stuart Bartholomew
Students	2,500+
Location	Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom 50°44′29.2″N 1°53′52.1″W
Campus	Wallisdown Campus
Website	www.aub.ac.uk

The Arts University Bournemouth (formerly The Arts University College at Bournemouth and The Arts Institute at Bournemouth) is a further and higher education university college based in Poole, United Kingdom specialising in arts, performance, design, and media. Students are based within one campus which is located in Poole, next to Bournemouth University and Wallisdown.

History

In 1964, Bournemouth and Poole College of Art was formed through the merger of Bournemouth Municipal College of Art and Poole College of Art. The name was changed to Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design in 1980, and the first new building on the present campus was opened in 1984, built at a cost of £2.3 million.

In 1998, the name was changed to The Arts Institute at Bournemouth (AIB) and in 2001 the AIB became a higher education institution.. The AIB was one of only a few HEIs that focused exclusively on creative work in contemporary art, design, media and performance.

In 2009 the Arts Institute changed its name to the Arts University College at Bournemouth following the acquisition of Taught Degree Awarding Powers in 2008.

Bournemouth Screen Academy

Due to the growing reputation, both nationally and internationally, the AIB, in partnership with Bournemouth University, successfully bid to be a Screen Academy in 2005. The film, costume and performance courses at AIB being a central component of the Screen Academy offer. These designations from Skillset were designed to recognise excellence in film and the broader screen-based media. The 7 or so institutions with Screen Academy status were able to access bursaries and draw down revenue funding (supported by the UK Film Council).

Bournemouth Skillset Media Academy

In 2007 Skillset introduced Media Academies and the AIB and BU applied successfully to become additionally a Media Academy in 2007.

In May 2010 the BA (Hons) Film Production at AUCB received trailblazer accreditation, in 2011 there are only 2 undergraduate film courses in the UK with accreditation by Skillset. The AUCB now operates two Skillset accredited courses, BA (Hons) Animation Production and BA (Hons) Film Production. The AUCB with Bournemouth University is committed to re applying for Skillset Media Academy license in 2011.

Courses

Preparation for Higher Education courses

• Foundation Diploma in Art and Design / Media
• Extended Diploma in Art and Design
• Diploma in Photography

Honours Degree courses (BA (Hons))

*[[Acting]] *[[Animation]] Production *[[Architecture]] *Arts and Event Management *[[Commercial Photography]] *[[Costume]] with Performance Design *[[Digital Media]] Production *[[Fashion]] Design and Technology *[[Fashion]] Studies *[[Film]] Production *[[Fine Art]] *[[Graphic Design]] *[[Illustration]] *[[Interior Architecture]] and Design *Make-Up for Media and Performance *[[Modelmaking]] *[[Photography]] *[[Textiles]] *[[Visual Communication]]

Postgraduate courses (MA)

*[[Animation]] *[[Architecture]] *[[Costume Sceneography]] *[[Fashion]] *[[Fine Art]] *[[Photography]] *[[Interactive Media]] *[[Graphic Design]] *Contemporary Performance *[[Illustration]] *[[M.Arch]] *[[MPhil]]/[[PhD]]

Other

• Short Courses
• Specialist Summer Courses
• Study Abroad (non UK students)
• Saturday Art School

Notable alumni

• Simon Beaufoy, screenwriter of Slumdog Millionnaire, 127 Hours and The Full Monty
• Paul Campion, visual effects on Clash of the Titans and X-Men: The Last Stand
• Joe Cornish, writer/director of Attack the Block, writer of The Adventures of Tintin
• Chris Dickens, editor of Slumdog Millionaire, Paul and Submarine
• Jonathan English, producer of Shoot 'Em Up, writer/director of Ironclad and director of Minotaur
• Mel Giedroyc, writer of French and Saunders
• Chris Jones, director of White Angel, Gone Fishing and writer of The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook
• Oliver Irving, writer/director of How to Be
• Nick Knight, renowned fashion photographer
• Suri Krishnamma, director of A Man of No Importance
• Nick Love, writer/director/producer of The Football Factory, Outlaw and The Business
• Duncan Roy, director of AKA, Method
• Sara Sugarman, director of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and "Waking the Dead (TV series)"
• Wolfgang Tillmans, critically acclaimed photographer, Turner Prize Winner
• Tony Weare, comics artist best known for drawing the Matt Marriott western strip in The Evening News, as well as Illustration for "V for Vendetta"
• Edgar Wright, director of TV series Spaced, writer/director of films Shaun of the dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and executive producer of Attack the Block and The Sightseers

Reginald Johnson founder of the Film School in 1964 .Famous British Cinematographer .Films included early British Hitchcock Films.Also one of the Early teachers at The Royal Collage of Art in 1962 .

External links

• The Arts University College at Bournemouth website
• Bournemouth Skillset Media Academy website