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28 November 2023

A new educational game, Play your way into production, which explores working in the TV and film industry, launched today and is available to play as a free PC download.

23 November 2023

New report on sexual harassment in the UK film & television industry launched at 'Safe to Speak Up?' event in London

22 November 2023

Experts at the University of York are redefining live events with the CoSTAR LiveLAB, a brand new state-of-the-art research and development facility at Production Park in Wakefield.

16 November 2023

Professor Jo Wainwright, on being awarded the American Musicological Society's prestigious Claude V. Palisca award for his three-part edition of music by Angelo Notari.

2 November 2023

'Black Fell' is a new way to hear music, says composer Martin Suckling.

20 October 2023

Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Production, Lorianne Hall, is due to appear on BBC Radio Yorkshire over the next few months.

19 October 2023

IM graduate has final project published in the BCS - Human Computer Interaction Conference 2023

18 October 2023

IM students prepare to be part of Aesthetica Games Lab, which is an opportunity to engage with the best and brightest new talent

16 October 2023

Professor Jenna Ng wins The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology, and the Practice Based Research of the Year Achievement Award.

9 October 2023

Dr Hasmik Gasparyan, lecturer in Directing for Film and Television, has published a chapter in the book, ‘The Place of Poetics within Documentary Filmmaking: The Art of Fact’.

2 October 2023

Dr Nick Jones, Senior lecturer in Film, Television and Digital Culture has published a new book, Gooey Media: Screen Entertainment and the Graphic User Interface.

2 October 2023

New network membership to support the University’s leading research in safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

19 September 2023

The School of Arts and Creative Technologies has placed Joint 8th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for the subject of Drama, Dance and Cinematics.

22 August 2023

The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the School of Arts and Creative Technologies is home to some of the happiest cinematics and photography students in the UK. Hear what our BSc Film and Television Production students have to say.

22 August 2023

The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the School of Arts and Creative Technologies is home to some of the happiest drama students in the UK.

8 June 2023

Drama, Dance and Cinematics at York ranked joint 1st in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).

8 June 2023

A video essay made by a team from School of ACT has won the Special Jury Award at the Learning on Screen Awards in a ceremony which took place at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London.

8 June 2023

Two students who are currently studying on our BSc Interactive Media programme recently won awards for their work at the Immerse UK awards. The Immerse UK awards is a competition for UK students to showcase innovative experiences or projects for the XR industry.

11 May 2023

Dr Jenna Ng's most recent book receives Honourable Mention award by the British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS)

1 August 2022

Today sees the formal launch of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies (ACT), which combines the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media.