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The results of the 2026 National Student Survey (NSS) have revealed the strengths of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies for the study of media studies and music.

Two student projects from the School of Arts and Creative Technologies have been recognised at the prestigious Royal Television Society Yorkshire Student Awards this year.

York is ranked 6th in the UK for Drama, Dance and Cinematics in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2027).

York placed =14th in the UK and in the world top-100 for the study of Performing Arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026.

Three student projects from the School of Arts and Creative Technologies have been nominated for the 2026 RTS Yorkshire Student Awards.

We are immensely proud to celebrate Dr Lesley Schatzberger, a long-standing clarinet tutor within the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York, who has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).

We are delighted to celebrate Kate Pearson, visiting lecturer on our MA Community Music programme, who has recently been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).

Last month we celebrated the release of Instrumental Music Education with Bloomsbury — a groundbreaking new book created by our own staff and students at the University of York.