Student successes
World Expo in Shanghai
Five animations made by University of Hertfordshire students were on show at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010. With ca 70 million visitors, the World Expo is possibly one of the largest exhibition in the world.
The student animations were on show in the Madrid Pavillion as part of a programme of animation, film and multimedia artworks called Open This End being displayed in a structure called the Air Tree. Other (non University of Hertfordshire) works included films by Peter Greenaway and animations by artists working for Pixar.
The University of Hertfordshire was the only UK university represented in the programme.
Watch the animations
The following University of Hertfordshire animations were on show:
More about the Madrid Pavillion, World Expo in Shanghai
Our students win awards
We encourage our students to enter national competitions and in recent years many students have won awards.
Product design
Our product design student Tom Abbott was awarded The Lighting Associations Student Lighting Designer of the Year.
Tom’s award winning entry was called 'Bamboo' and was comprised of a table and ceiling light made from sustainable bamboo.
Fine Art
Our Fine Art student Erika Oye was named winner of the headline category in the Focus i10 Student Photography competition.
Her winning entry was an image of a blue marble digitally altered to contain skyscrapers, aerials and cranes in order to show what the earth might look like from the air.
Other successes
We've also had several other student successes:
- four Graphic Design and Illustration students included in the Design and Art Direction Global Students Award Annual publication
- student commended in the Young Creatives Network Awards for Advertising
- student finalist in the Howard Smith Paper Student Design Awards
- finalist in the Lloyds TSB Student Illustration Awards
- three students commended in the Chartered Society of Designers Student Awards
- Applied Arts graduate 'One Year On' award at New Designers
- First prize to Product Design students in the D&AD Student Awards for 3 years running
- Students invited to show in national fine and applied arts exhibitions