School of Creative Technologies (CT)
Introduction
Are you are looking for a cost effective and flexible solution to your recruitment needs with no further commitment beyond a single placement year? If so the School of Creative Technologies student placement scheme could be the perfect solution.
Students from our school can offer skills and knowledge in the following areas:
- Web Design
- Graphics
- Animation
- Virtual Reality
- Video Production
- Audio
- Music
- Film
- Games
- Programming
Organisations can recruit one or more of our students every year arranging a period of overlap to ensure the continuity of the work carried out by their placement students. Students have also been placed with local SMEs (small and medium enterprises) which provide the organisation with extra capability.
About us
The School of Creative Technologies was created in 2002 as a focus for subject development in new areas where digital information and communication technologies were already having an increasing impact, for example, leisure, arts, education and social interactions.
We cover a very wide cross-disciplinary range of subjects from hardcore programming to investigations into the nature of creativity. There are strong art, music, film and games areas within the School, with a particular focus on supporting these areas with appropriate technologies and developing an enterprising attitude.
The continuing rapid change and growth of the media industries means that Creative Technologies is always at the forefront of technology, supporting this with its close ties with industry. Creative Technology students are frequently highly entrepreneurial and willing to work hard in their chosen areas.
Some of our successes
Students win Best Film at the Portsmouth News Guide Awards - two graduate students have won the award for Best Film at the Portsmouth News Awards for their film 'The Last Resort'.
Film and video editors one step ahead - film-making students at the University of Portsmouth are being given a flying start when it comes to job-hunting, thanks to the efforts of their tutors.
‘Keepy Uppy’ game designed by Portsmouth students - football fans at this weekend’s Glastonbury festival will be able to keep the World Cup excitement alive in between music by playing interactive ‘keepy uppy’ football game on one of the big screens.
Computer gamers to save the world - a lecturer from the University of Portsmouth is the only person in Europe with a lead role in a new online computer game aimed at solving some of the world’s most difficult problems such as poverty, hunger and disaster.
Students nominated for Royal Society Television Awards - three University of Portsmouth students have been short-listed for Best Factual Film at the South’s annual Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.
International recognition for University computer game – a computer game produced by a University of Portsmouth lecturer has won a top prize at the IndieCade2009 International Festival of Independent Games.
Knife crime film wins national award - a Film and TV Production student has won a national film competition for his powerful film about the effects of knife crime.
Students design computer game prototype at competition final – a team of Portsmouth students who have devised an idea for a computer game have beaten fierce international competition and survived industry scrutiny to secure their place in the final of a prestigious competition - where they will have the opportunity to make the prototype game.
Hard hitting film scoops first prize – a University of Portsmouth student filmmaker has won first prize for his film which portrays students finding out the hard way about the dangers of getting drunk.
Students win Royal Television Society Award - five University of Portsmouth students have won a Royal Television Society (RTS) Southern Award for their ten-minute-long documentary about a professional BMX rider who broke his back and then went on to win the world championships in Beijing.
Lecturer appointed Pompey artist in residence - Pompey football supporters might find they are no longer just spectators - but the subject of paintings by the first-ever Artist in Residence at Portsmouth Football Club.
Student slavery broadcast on Guildhall big screen – a student’s film which squeezes an entire year of events to celebrate the abolition of slavery into one ten-minute film has so impressed BBC bosses that it is now being aired on the big screen at Guildhall Square.