Art Life - University for the Creative Arts

60The PartnersUniversity for the Creative Arts – UCAThe University for the CreativeArts at Canterbury, Epsom,Farnham, Maidstone &Rochester provides inspiringcourses in art, design,architecture, media andcommunication. Formedthrough the union of The SurreyInstitute of Art & Design,University College and theKent Institute of Art & Design,it has an outstanding heritagespanning 150 years.With around 6,500 studentsenrolled on more than 80different courses, the Universityis one of the UK’s leadingproviders of specialist art anddesign education. A thriving andvibrant community of students,staff and researchers, theUniversity plays a significant rolein the creative, economic andcultural life of the UK.All the students’ work was represented in Chairs at MargateSam Giles focussed on origami pigeons for A Pattern for Margate,inspired by EscherAs a specialist organisation,the University’s purposebuiltfacilities, its expandingprogramme of researchand development, and itsgrowing range of businessand professional links are allfocused on the promotionof the creative arts. TheUniversity enables talentedindividuals to progress fromfurther education throughto undergraduate andpostgraduate study and onto employment or creativepractice. Many staff arecreative practitioners as