• Congratulations to all Graduating Animation Students 2024

    Congratulations to all Graduating Animation Students 2024

    Congratulations to all our third year Animation students who Graduated last week on Friday 19, July. Who will be missed not having them around next academic year but looking forward to seeing what everyone gets up to over the next year and future years. Such a talented year with so much potential. Proud to see…

  • Animation End of Year Show June 2023

    Animation End of Year Show June 2023

    Students introduce the screening before it begins. The Animation End of Year Show in June at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Manchester is where the third year students put on a screening of their work. And where animation industry professionals were invited to the screening. It is also a chance for family and friends…

  • Fastrack students Enjoying Stop Motion

    Fastrack students Enjoying Stop Motion earlier this Summer in June. Fastrack is a short, intensive and free course, the Fastrack programme at Edge Hill University has been specifically designed to support progression on to a range of undergraduate degrees at Edge Hill. Aimed at mature learners who have been out of study for at least…

  • First Year Animation Student part of an exhibition called Slice of Working Life

    First Year Animation Student part of an exhibition called Slice of Working Life

    First Year Animation student Viktoriia had her photograph taken in early June for an exhibition called Slice of Working Life which was a photographic exhibition celebrating refugee contributions to the West Lancashire community. The photograph in the exhibition focused on showing Viktoriia in her student working environment. The exhibition was at the busy Concourse shopping…

  • “The support is above and beyond” – Lily-Joy’s Story at Edge Hill University

    “The support is above and beyond” – Lily-Joy’s Story at Edge Hill University

    Great to see Second-year (BA) Hons Animation student Lily-Joy share her experience of Edge Hill University as a member of the Care Leavers, Care Experienced and Estranged Student Community. See Lilly discussing her progress in the video below.

  • Animation Students undertake schools workshop at chapel gallery

    Last week saw a school workshop happen that was connected to the animation installation in the Chapel Gallery. With the current exhibition/installation FLAT, being by Alex Jukes. Level 5 and Level 6 animation students helped Year 5 pupils from a local school in Ormskirk to design and build a city space from the ground up…

  • PAST STUDENTS FROM Litmos heroes come to teach CURRENT STUDENTS

    Ex Animation students Alex and Chris now working at Litmos Heroes came to Edge Hill the other week to give an afternoon’s workshop in preparation for interviews to happen the following week. The interviews were to offer three current students the opportunity to undertake three month internship placements at Litmos Heroes. It was great to…

  • Visisting Litmos heroes

    A group of our students selected from all three years of the BA Programme visited the company Litmos Heroes in Warrington las week. There were a number of reasons for the visit firstly to see the company, also for the group to undertake a workshop and lastly to hear about the opportunity for a fully…

  • Trying Out the Centriphone technique

    With just a GoPro camera, a coat hanger, and some string the first year animation students tried out the centriphone technique. Which involves attaching a GoPro camera to a coathanger that has string attached to it and then swinging the GoPro camera above your head which becomes a cross between a lasso and a boomerang.…

  • Students look after stranded seal on blustery beach during Llandudno trip

    Last week saw the first and second year Animation students going on the annual trip to Wales staying in Llandudno with a day out trip to Betws y Coed where the students got into drawing and capturing audio. The idea of having the trip at the beginning of the year is for it to be…