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Faculty of the Creative Industries and Society (FCIS)

Welcome Message from The Dean

Firstly can I extend a very warm welcome to all visiting this site. These pages give you an insight into the life of the Faculty of the Creative Industries and Society, an unusually rich grouping of staff and students.

The aim of these web pages is to cover as much information as possible in the space available: we hope you find them useful. Finally, my very best wishes for your coming year.

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MEET THE FCIS INTERNS

Following a successful run of Internship placement's the Faculty of the Creative Industries and Society were able to offer four Graduates employment during 2012-13. Find out more about two of them here:

Chrissa VasiliadouChrissa Vasiliadou

Chrissa from sunny Greece graduated with a BA (Hons) Magazine Journalism and Feature Writing as well as a MA in Media.

Chrissa's speciality is Social Media and she was excited to hear that a Communications Internship was offered. Read more 

Jessica ArthurJessica Arthur

Jessica 22, from Bournemouth graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) in Journalism.

Jessica’s internship role is that of Employability whilst continuing her studies here at Solent on a PR MA course. Read more

INCREASING EMPLOYABILITY

We encourage our students to increase their employability by undertaking credit-bearing work placements and by utilising the opportunities offered to gain valuable work experience.

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  STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES
will-baggs-thumbWill Baggs
After completing a BA (Hons) Advertising degree will is now gaining valuable hands on work experience working for Solent Creatives, the University's own advertising agency.
chris-martin-thumbChris Martin 
Chris worked with an Animation studio called Nexus Productions and his adverts were directed by the highly acclaimed Oscar nominated duo Smith & Foulkes.
james-whatley-thumbJames Whately 
Now employed by ACRO, Criminology student James is working in a police environment and getting the experience and knowledge that will take him forward in his planned career.

STAFF OPPORTUNITIES

Staff development in the Faculty is intended to share good practice and emphasise strategic priorities, as well as to facilitate discussion of cross-Faculty pedagogical issues.

This year we are hosting 14 staff development workshops on a range of subjects from Peer Observation to Making the National Student Survey (NSS) useful, from Ethics to Partnership Working. All staff in the Faculty are invited.

  STAFF SUCCESS STORIES
cathrine-sweet-thumbDr Cathrine Sweet
Cathrine has 30 years in the UK and overseas, specialising in strategic communication consulting, public affairs advocacy, crisis management and change management.
guy-morton-thumbGuy Moreton
Guy won an international guest artist residency in Rotterdam, Netherlands and was Scottish Arts Council Research Fellow in Photography in Edinburgh.
john-may-thumbJohn May
John has 30 years experience in the industry, covering sport at the highest level (including several Olympics Games) with regional and national newspapers and with BBC Sport.