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The Cass news archive: December 2017

All news from The Cass during December 2017

Making a Living Week 2017

The Cass annual festival of employability and entrepreneurship.

London Met staff honoured at 2017 Annual Awards

Staff members recognised for outstanding contribution within the University.

Cass Alumnus wins London Festival of Architecture Modern Maypole competition

A Cass Architecture alumnus, Alex Scott-Whitby has been announced as the winner of the London Festival of Architecture’s Modern Maypole competition in the centre of London.

A picture of acclaimed actor and writer, Richard Katz, giving a talk to Students on The Cass’s Theatre Arts Programme.

Acclaimed actor and writer delivers insightful talk to Cass students

The acclaimed actor and writer, Richard Katz, visits Cass Theatre Arts students to discuss his experience of working in the performing arts industry.

chhristmas card type Image of Sir John Cass statue in Snow wearing a santa hat, to promote the cass christmas cracker open studios event

Cass Christmas Cracker 2017

Thursday, 14 December, 3-8pm

The twelfth annual open studios at Calcutta House features exhibition by Fine Art BA and Photography BA students and a pop up exhibition by first year architects.

Cass students make their art public in Window Wanderland

Students from The Cass recently participated in Window Wanderland, an international festive initiative developed by a Cass alumna.

Flashticine!

Foundation students at The Cass exhibit over 2000 sculptures in pop-up plasticine exhibition

Photo for Winter graduation 2017 web story

London Met’s graduates celebrated at the Barbican

The Winter Graduation ceremony saw hundreds of London Met graduands celebrate their academic achievements at London’s Barbican Centre.

London Met alumna to become Lorelei Press’s newest author

Sarah Jane Wilson, who studied Creative Writing at London Met, will have her debut novel published in 2018.

A Cass graduate has won the opportunity to have her curtain design used in volunteer's residential bedrooms in Toynbee Hall. This is a picture of her winning design.

Cass graduate wins prestigious curtain design competition

Denise Lewis, a recent Textile Design BA graduate, has won a competition to design curtain fabric for the anti-poverty and social action centre, Toynbee Hall.

Students ‘don’t believe’ they graduated with Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson OBE, aka Victor Meldrew, was awarded an honorary degree by London Metropolitan University at the 2017 Winter Graduation ceremony.

Each year, London Met creates an anthology that features the best student creative writing and the winners of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Prize and the Sandra Ashman Prizes.

Poetry, Prose and Stories to tell

An evening of celebration was held in order to launch Just Met 2017, an anthology featuring creative writing work from students at the University.

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New mural unveiled as part of London Met's collaboration with Arsenal FC and Lavazza

Dream team of London Met, Italian coffee brand, Lavazza, and Arsenal FC launched a new mural created to inspire young people in North London to dream big.

EVENT: Should size matter? Why we should work toward inclusivity in fashion

Tuesday 14 March at 5pm on our Holloway Campus

London Met grad commended by RIBA

Oliver Reynolds recognised for his innovative 'campus for flour'

Dr Torange Khonsari features on Design Council's podcast

Dr Khonsari one of the first guests on the Design for Planet Fellowship podcast.

London Met lecturer delivers keynote at Nobel Peace Center

Dr Anna Marazuela Kim addresses the theme of Culture as a Human Right to open Oslo World 2022, an international festival dedicated to showcasing global artistic and cultural expressions

Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Material Culture, Heritage and Now

London Met alumna Dr Ekua McMorris will develop a project focusing on material culture derived from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, in collaboration with CREATURE and the Liliesleaf Trust.

London Met Professor takes over the Tate Modern shop for winter

Associate Professor Patrick Brill, who goes by the pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith, has curated the Tate Edit shop space until 2023.

London Met graduate awarded Royal Photographic Society Women in Photography Bursary

Mina Boromond was awarded the £3,500 prize to support her work which explores her experience of aphastasia, memory and displacement.

Remembering Chris Jennings

The former Senior Lecturer at London Met Chris Jennings is remembered for his teaching, friendship, humour and inspirational ways.

London Met lecturer featured in Venice Design Week

Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso delivered a speech on his recent work and collaborations in the famous City of Bridges.

London Met students to plant over 400 trees

Each tree planted by students from the School of Art, Architecture and Design could offset one tonne of carbon over its lifetime.

Nourishing disruptions: new mural on London Met's Aldgate campus

The artwork on Pomell Way is part of the upcoming Petticoat Lane Art Trail.

Africa Fashion: shifting the geography of global fashion

London Met's Professor Wessie Ling will take part in a conference at the Victoria & Albert Museum, in conjunction with their Africa Fashion exhibition.

Major grant for London Met rewilding research

The research project, which seeks to increase urban biodiversity through transformative design for streets, has been granted over £58,000 by the Kusuma Trust.

London Met team hosts workshop at the acclaimed Design Museum

Thomas Aquilina and Beatrice De Carli led a workshop, ‘Silent and Speaking: A Workshop on Environmental Justice’ at the Design Museum last month.

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