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Improving Lives Plymouth runs information, advice and support services for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

Improving Lives

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Street Factory CIC is a Plymouth-based hip-hop company who are investing in young people across the South West.

Street Factory

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Next Steps South West (NSSW) aims to raise the aspirations of young people studying in local and regional schools and make them aware of the opportunities in Higher Education.

Next Steps South West

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Plymouth Arts Cinema often collaborates with MIRROR at Arts University Plymouth to bring large scale and high profile exhibitions to the city.

Plymouth Arts Cinema

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We are proud to be working in partnership with Jeremiah's Journey, a local charity that offers support to children and their families who have experienced or are anticipating the death of someone special.

Jeremiah’s Journey

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The Sorrell Foundation aims to inspire creativity in young people and improve quality of life through good design. They also founded the National Art & Design Saturday Club programme.

The Sorrell Foundation

In recent years, Arts University Plymouth has considerably developed its activity, presence and profile in European-funded partnership projects. We are proud to work alongside a number of leading creative institutions across Europe and further afield.

During 2017-2018, the university secured over £600,000 of funding from a range of EU programmes, including the European Structural and Investment Funds (European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund), Erasmus+, INTERREG Atlantic Area and Creative Europe.
Our Projects and Partnerships team work with other areas of the university to drive innovative artistic practice, increase business-facing activity, facilitating knowledge exchange and SME support, start-up incubators, and new kinds of creative and design-led entrepreneurial interventions in youth settings.
Read on to discover more about the Projects and Partnerships that the university is involved in leading and supporting.

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Charles Cross Building at night. Floor to ceiling windows are lit from the inside, allowing passers-by a peer into the Crafts Studios where glassblowing, pottery, jewellery-making and more take place.

Arts University Plymouth is home to over 13,000 square metres of studios and ﻿workshops across four buildings, filled ﻿with professional workspaces and state-of-the-art facilities. Home to our 2,000 strong ﻿community of student artists, designers ﻿and makers, our city-centre campus is ﻿a thriving creative hub of collaboration and ﻿innovation, thinking and making.

Our Campus

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Our Schools & Outreach team raise aspirations and awareness of arts education at college and degree study level. From careers fairs to online workshops, and employability talks to portfolio support - find out how we can connect your students with meaningful HE and industry encounters.

Outreach & Schools

In recent years, Arts University Plymouth has considerably developed its activity, presence and profile in European-funded partnership projects. We are proud to work alongside a number of leading creative institutions across Europe and further afield.

Projects and Partnerships

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Honorary Fellowships are awarded by Arts University Plymouth to those who have made a significant contribution to the arts, education or public cultural life, particularly for those who have or have had links to the university or the region.

Honorary Fellows

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Our Saturday Arts Clubs offer weeks of fun, inspiring and challenging activity for young people.

Young Arts

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Find inspiration in our exciting programme of Short Courses and Masterclasses.

Short Courses

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At Arts University Plymouth, we recognise sustainability as a core principle in everything we deliver - read all about our sustainable practices and ambitions.