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The School of
Arts and Creative
Industries
Image: Melissa Kasilian, BA (Hons) Photography
The creative industries lie at the crossroads between creativity, business, and technology. Our
School effectively bridges the gap between creativity and enterprise, blending creative, cultural,
management and business skills to prepare employment-ready graduates who are creative
and business-savvy, dynamic and resilient, and who can survive and thrive within the highly
competitive environment of the creative economy.
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the forefront of creative and critical
LSBU is the UKs thinking. (Creative Advertising, Digital Design, Drama, Film, Cinematography, Editing and Post
top Entrepreneurial Production, VFX, Game Design and Development, Journalism, Photography, Theatre Technologies).
Our students are taught by leading practitioners, actively engaged in industry. We specialise in
University the maker economy with hundreds of SMEs and major companies as commercial and research
partners. The School is second in research intensity amongst London Mordern universities.
2016 Times Higher
Education Awards LSBU is the UKs top Entrepreneurial University (2016 Times Higher Education Awards) We
supported 220 student start-ups last year, and more than one in five LSBU alumni run their own
businesses. Our Creative Enterprise Hub aggregates, curates and connects academics, industry
and students. We provide assistance to the micro companies hosting networks, partnerships and
conversations. The South Bank Collective is our own enterprise incubator, a registered creative
agency giving students commercial experience across a range of creative practices.
Our curriculum is underpinned by outstanding facilities including our new multi-million pound
Elephant Studios. This professionally equipped environment offers students and enterprise
partners Arri Cameras, Dolby Atmos, professional screening facilities, grading suites, news room,
games design centre, digital design suites, and film and photographic studios Our Edric Theatre
complex offers a dedicated theatre, as well as seven studio theatres and rehearsal spaces.
Our students are part of an innovative academic environment that not only delivers excellent
entrepreneurship education, but is enterprising in its own right. Working directly with industry
partners, creative businesses and other academic providers across the world. We empower
students to actively engage and experiment with creative challenges.
We help our students achieve their creative potential through practical experience and an
entrepreneurial spirit.
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LSBU was recently award
silver in the Teaching
Excellence Framework
Our courses
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Case study
Otavio Pliger BA / BSc (Hons) Games Design and Development
Our location and industry focus encouraged Otavio to pursue his love of
Game Design.
I already knew how to code, but wanted a course that was based on game
design, says Otavio. Unfortunately, there were none in Italy so I knew I would
have to move to the UK if I was to follow my dreams.
The location is just fantastic, he says. Being in London, I knew it would give
me access to many events in the games industry, and the course was just what
I was looking for.
Its through immersing himself in the gaming community that Otavio has
already begun to make a name for him and has been noticed by some of the
biggest names in that industry.
Most recently, Otavio worked on the Italian translation for the Cosmic Star
Heroine store page. The game made it into the top 25 on Steam, he says proudly.
It was only a little bit of work, and I did it for free, but I enjoyed contributing to
such a successful project.
Otavio hopes to open his own game studio in the future, and feels that LSBU
has given him all the skills he needs to make it a reality. The lecturers are really
passionate and involved, and the course has taught me how the industry works
and what it needs, he says. Im always getting advice on how to make connections
in the industry, and it is bringing out the best in me. The facilities are superb, and
having a game studio to work from has been an immense help.
No. 1 London
Modern
generated every hour or
University of our Drama students
84.1 Billion per year by the
for graduate were in employment creative industries to
prospects or full time study six the UK economy
(Sunday Times League
months after graduating (Department for Media,
Table 2017) Culture & Sport, 2016)
turnover for
On campus, student Southbank Collective,
focused Edric Theatre, our student
seven studio theatres, run registered
Elephant Studios at LSBU, rehearsal and backstage creative agency, in
our multi-million pound facilities its first year
new media facility.
FILM MAKERS
jobs in the creative sector, Our lecturers have attended for graduate
1 in 11 jobs is in the creative and won awards at salaries 5 years
sector and the creative sector international fi lm festivals. after graduating
makes up 9.0% of all jobs in Our students produce award
winning music videos, short
in Creative Arts
the UK
(DCMS Statistics, 2016) fi lms, features and more. and Design
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Elephant Studios
The Film Studio and Soundstage The Grading Suites have neutral wall colours and lighting
is a double-height room with a lighting grid, DMX lighting to provide optimal conditions for the colourist. The premium suite
control, green screen backdrop, air conditioning, green room (Grading Suite 1) includes a Dolby calibrated screen to ensure
(for make-up and wardrobe) and sound isolation for use ideal conditions. Our Editing Suites are all air-conditioned
as a soundstage. and acoustically treated, ideal for use in film practice: editing
video and audio, and recording quick sound files.
The Sound Studio features a control and live room, ideal The 36 seat cinema features a 4K projector and Dolby 5.1
for post-production work, mixing and recording small bands. playback, and is ideal to preview production work before it goes
Both rooms are acoustically treated and isolated. Mixing out to the public. Playback and lighting is controlled by a bespoke
console is an SSL AWS 924 Delat, with Dynaudio AIR and iPad controller.
Genelec monitoring. Projects can be mixed from Stereo
through to 5.1 / 7.1 / 9.1 and Atmos.
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The Photography Studio is a double-height space with Our Radio Studio is built for four people, each with their
a photography lighting grid, air conditioning, green room (for own Cardiod condernser microphone feeding into a Radio
make-up and wardrobe) and two colourama separate systems control room with a set of mixer decks for five channels of audio
with a range of backdrop options (including vinyl and paper). playback, live broadcasting tools and on-air indicators.
The home of Journalism.London and the London base for The The Game Design and Development modules are predominantly
Global Campus Network, our dedicated newsroom is fitted taught in a specialist Games Studio which features custom-
with 42 displays, an audio mixer, 8 line inputs and 80 channel built high-spec PCs and game consoles. Students have access to
mix, News Synergy Workstation and 15 Macbook laptops. the Game Studio outside of teaching hours for playing games
and working on projects. Youll spend much of your production
time planning, designing and prototyping games using
applications such as: The Unity Game Enging, 3D Studio Max
and Maya, Zbrush, Adobe Photoshop, Motion Builder, The Unreal
Development Kit, Oculus Rift SDK, Leap Motion VR SDK, Cubase,
LSBUs technical facilities Logic, Sound Forge, Audacity, Audition and FMod.
are equivalent to those in
a modern production
company, with the video
Keyworth Media Centre
and editing equipment In addition to Elephant Studios, we have more edit suits, Mac Labs
constantly being updated. and Photography studios in our Keyworth building Media Centre.
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Case study
Amy Warwick BA (Hons) Photography
For Amy, the chance to study Blame Your Parents is a small press that Amy started in
photography surrounded by November 2016 as part of her third year major project. I wanted
to design and produce photozines containing my own work
iconic galleries and museums, and that of others for my project, she explains, so setting up
offered increased cultural a publishing house seemed to be the best way to go. I wasnt
opportunities and developments. expecting it to develop much, but my tutors were incredibly
supportive and it is turning into something Im really proud of.
The Tate Modern is just ten minutes walk away and you can get
to the brilliant galleries and photobook shops of central London
very easily indeed.
My degree has got me into the structure
of creating work, getting feedback, then
As part of her degree, Amy has been able to make use of Elephant using it to improve myself
Studios. Its a great place to work, she says.
Theres a good range of industry standard equipment, but it So far, Blame Your Parents has published two photozines, with
is also a quiet environment and theres lots of people from my at least one more planned before Amy graduates. The first, Oi
course, or related courses, to talk to. It means that if you need Punk, celebrated youth culture in London and Essex, focusing
help, you can learn alongside your peers and help each other to on rebellion but with elements of humour throughout. To
improve, as well as learning through lectures and workshops. Amys delight, it has been stocked by Foyles Bookshop, The
Photographers Gallery in London and Nowhere Fast Studios in
Another reason why the degree appealed to Amy was its
Canada as well as being on sale via her own website.
diversity. I looked at the course and saw that it is very varied,
which also appealed to me, as I was not entirely sure what area of The second photozine, Youth Is My Excuse, features work from
photography I wanted to focus on, she says. Ive since been able Amy and 25 other photographers from the UK, Europe and the
to focus some of my third year optional modules on photozines US. I put out a call via the Blame Your Parents Instagram account
and Ive been really able to explore publishing. In fact, I have even and was overwhelmed by the response, says Amy. Its available
set up my own business as part of my degree, which has been a from my website and Nowhere Fast Studios.
really enjoyable experience.
My degree has got me into the structure of creating work,
getting feedback, then using it to improve myself, she says.
Its something I want to carry on outside of university, and it
is a great grounding for what I hope will be a long and exciting
publishing career.
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Focus on Thomas Davis
BA (Hons) Film Practice Student
Thomass clip for RAT BOYs Get Over It was
nominated for Best Music Video, and now they
have collaborated again for the recent release
of Revolution.
Case study
Ellie-Louise Style BA (Hons) Journalism
Ellie-Louise hosted her own radio news bulletin show which ran
most Friday mornings into the early afternoon at the Elephant
studios at the university. I learned a lot from that experience,
including how to make content sound fresh and different even
when you are having to deliver the same news more than once,
she says.
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The Edric Theatre
and Studios
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Case study
Dima Sol BA (Hons) Drama and Performance
Dima came to London to follow his passion and with the benefit of
LSBUs professional facilities and academic support, he is now an
established actor. He has already appeared in a number of plays,
including The Idiot, by Dostoevsky, in which he was the lead.
Dima is quick to praise the structure of his degree. The schedule at LSBU is adapted
to improve students employability, so you have the opportunity to work outside the
university and gain some practical experience, he says. That helped me to develop
myself as an actor.
Dimas development has been supported by the facilities at the Edric Theatre. Using
such professional facilities made a big difference, says Dima. It helped us all to prepare
for the performance we were staging there, and gained a better feeling of the space.
Dima put everything he learned at LSBU into action when he was called in to audition
for the theatre company, ART-Vic. The company specialises in classical texts such as
by Beckett, Chekhov, Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky, explains Dima. My success saw
me land a role in The Seagull by Chekhov, followed by Wife For Sale by Checkov, where
I appeared in five of the eight stories. Since then, Ive played in Lolita by Nabokov,
Morphine by Bulgakov.
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Collaborations and Partnerships
Research
Centre for the Study of the Networked Image Centre of Research in Digital Storymaking
Our Centre for the Study of the Networked Image, led by Our Centre of Research in Digital Storymaking focuses on making
Professor Andrew Dewdney, launched in 2015 in collaboration and studying stories across different digital media, with a focus
with The Photographers Gallery in central London. The Centre on digital storymaking.
supports studies connected with the understanding of the digital
image in computational culture. Attracting a new generation of The Centres core enquires are:
scholars as well as gaining affiliations from established experts
Impace of digital storymaking in real-world contexts
in the field, it encourages transdisciplinary approaches from
(in journalism, documentary, curation, public policy
both the arts and sciences, and collaborates with partners in
communications such as health);
the cultural industries on real world problems. The Centre aims
to be a world-leading research group for the generation of new Contextual distribution of story events (transmedia, social
knowledge in the field. media);
New forms in imaginative narrative media (games, interactive
fiction, immersive theatre)
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Focus on Meloni Poole
BA (Hons) Film Practice Lecturer
Meloni Poole was recognised with a Best Directing award at the
Womens Independent Film Festival for her anti-bullying short
film TRiGGA, as well as being selected for several prestigious
festivals around the world.
Game Plan
Head of Games Siobhn Thomas was named
as one of the Top 30 Women in Games in 2016
for her contribution to the industry and for her
work on Enable Gaming, which brings computer
gaming to disabled children in hospices.
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Student Experience
Halls of Residence
London South Bank University has four student residences My experience at LSBU as an international
located within 10 minutes walk of the Southwark campus. student has been incredibly easy. The best thing
Accommodation is provided within self-contained apartments, to me is being a student ambassador, where I am
with a choice of en-suite and standard rooms. exposed to different events and contacts, making
great friends and developing professional skills
The English language that I know it will be valuable in the real world.
The English language in higher education can be different from Shan Soo Ho, Arts and Creative Industries MA
the English learned at school or college. To help develop the student from Malaysia
academic English students need to study at a British university;
we offer courses and clinics throughout their time with us.
Alternatively, students can take a Pre-Sessional English Language
Programme in the months before you join your course. Student ambassadors scheme
All students are welcomed to apply to be a student ambassador.
Mental Health and Wellbeing The University has over 150 student ambassadors, who are
Our Student Mental Health and Wellbeing service offers offered the opportunity to work for the University in a number
support and advice to any student who is experiencing personal of roles. Student ambassadors are often the public face of the
difficulties, struggling to cope at university or just in need of institution, representing LSBU at education fairs, faculty open
someone to talk to. days and on the front desk in the Admissions and Recruitment
Centre.
Students Union
The Students Union is the centre of the student social scene. Its
Multi-Faith Centre
run for the benefit of students and is the focus for a wide range The Multi-Faith Centre offers confidential pastoral care to students
of sports teams and societies that cover cultural, political and irrespective of belief, while the Chaplaincy Service includes
social interests. The Union also has a team of advisers that can representatives from a diverse range of faith groups. We also have
assist you with a wide range of issues. For more information visit a number of student societies representing a range of religions
www.lsbsu.org and denominations at LSBU.
National Student
Survey 2017
Ranked No.1 in London for
academic support, Learning
Resources, community, teaching
and assessment and feedback for
Media Studies
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Central London Location
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, and an incredible place to study.
London South Bank University is based on an integrated campus just 10 minutes walk
from the citys cultural centres, as well as mainline rail stations Waterloo and London
Bridge. At LSBU you will be surrounded by Londons culture, and close to its major
attractions. These include The Southbank Centre, National Theatre, IMAX, Tate Modern,
Royal Festival Hall, The Old Vic Theatre, and the British Film Institute.
Euston
Old Street
Barbican
Moorgate
Museum Liverpool Street
Oxford Circus
of London
How to apply
You can apply for full-time undergraduate courses through ucas.com and postgraduate
and research courses through the UKPASS system.
International students should apply directly to LSBU. See lsbu.ac.uk for more details.
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