Enterprising students raise money for charity

A team of design students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) presented a cheque to local charity, University Hospital North Staffs (UHNS).

The student design team, called ‘16 Degrees’, raised over £500 in 3 months by designing, producing and selling a range of limited edition t-shirts, bags and screen-prints with quirky slogans, such as ‘better late than never’ and ‘every cloud has a silver lining’.

16 Degrees comprises of a group of 16 students, ranging from ages 20 to 35, on the Foundation degree (Fd) in Graphics and Digital Design at NULC.

16 degrees team member, Charlotte McIntyre aged 20 said “The project has been such a success, we are so pleased to have been able to raise awareness and money for a great, local cause.”

Pictured: Members of the 16 Degrees design team

Local college awards young film-makers with an OSCAR winner

Young film-makers were given the opportunity to have their films screened in front of an OSCAR winner at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC).

The Heat Wave Film Festival organised by NULC was set up to promote film making amongst young people.  The Film Festival had 6 categories and was open to all local high school pupils and current NULC students.

OSCAR winning computer imagery artist and former NULC student Pete Bebb, who recently won an Academy Award for his work on the Leonardo Di Caprio blockbuster Inception, spent the day at NULC where he conducted a question and answer session with current NULC students before judging the film entries and awarding the winning young film makers alongside local independent film maker and another former student Chris Stone.

Reflecting on the day Pete Bebb said “The film festival has been brilliant, it has been a real inspiration to meet such enthusiastic students.  The quality of students at the College is great and I expect to see some great things from these students in the future.”

Pictured: Pete Bebb during his Q&A session

“The facilities at the College are amazing and have certainly been designed to encourage the next generation of film makers.” continued Pete.

Charlotte McIntyre aged 20, a current NULC student studying the Foundation degree in Graphics and Digital Design won the award for Best Overall Film for her film Bianco.  Charlotte said “The film festival has been amazing, getting the chance to meet an OSCAR winner is a once in a life time opportunity.  We had a questions and answer session with Pete in the morning which gave us a real insight into film making and then to win the Best Overall Film award for my film Bianco as well.  It has just been a brilliant day. ”

Pictured: Chris Stone, Pete Bebb and Charlotte McIntyre

Year 11 students Joe Bickley, Joe Porter and Vincenzo Sinaguglia from Endon High School won the Local High School Film Award.  Other winners included Jasper Khadjenouri who won best Experimental Film and Best Cinematography and Adam Pearson won Best Screenplay.

To view entries from the Heat Wave Film Festival visit www.youtube.com/NewcastleuLymeCol.

Visit our Facebook page to view images from the day: www.facebook.com/NewcastleULymeCol.

Students ‘Represent’ at award winning museum

Students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) have been invited to exhibit their work at the award winning Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.

Five talented students from the College’s National Diploma in Art and Design were invited to represent young local artists by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.  The Represent exhibition is organised by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to promote the creative talents of young people in Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding areas. 

The NULC students will be accompanied by students from various schools and colleges across the county as part of the Represent exhibition which launched at the museum on Saturday 2 July.

Lorna Housley-Tatton, Curriculum Manager for Art and Creative studies says “The Represent exhibition is a brilliant platform for our students to have their work viewed by the residents of Stoke-on-Trent.  As a College we are always pleased to support local art projects and the students were delighted to be invited to take part in this particular project.”

The exhibition is free to attend and open to public from Saturday 2 July – Sunday 4 September 2011.

Pictured: Students Jason Garner and Jasmine Simpson with their work from the NULC Art Exhibtion.