Creative Industries Hub
Welcome to the Arts and Creative Industries at LSBU. Discover more about our teaching staff, see our facilities and get your questions answered!
We are 4th in the UK for graduate prospects in Art and Design
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View our facilities from robots to VR pods where game worlds come alive. Meet students who mix coding with creative artistry, see Game Jam prototypes in action, and hear lecturers explain how industry-linked projects fast-track your portfolio.
Unlock your creativity and access our digital facilities
Join our inclusive creative community, which is breaking boundaries and embracing challenges. Discover our multi-million pound studio facilities, from soundstages, film and photographic studios, to editing suites. Join us to turn your passion into a profession, and begin a career in an exciting and dynamic industry.
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The academic team has put together a list of recommended activities, reading materials, and resources to prepare you for your studies.
EXPLORE STUDENT LIFE
Our student stories
“Arts-based approach” shows promise for reint…
An arts-based approach to Transformative Justice can improve social cohesion and shows promise for reintegrating women with convictions into their com...
David Oyelowo OBE, as Coriolanus at the Natio…
LSBU honorary doctor and BA (Hons) Acting and Performance Associate Artist David Oyelowo OBE is currently starring as Coriolanus in Shakespeare’s play...
Acting & Performance lecturers represent…
Acting and Performance lecturers Jon Lee, Tom Davis and Aiden Condron recently returned from -15c temperatures, 4 feet of snow, frozen lake bathing, s...
LSBU STUDENT THEATRE COMPANY
The London South Bank University Student Theatre Company is delighted to be welcoming audiences back into our spaces again.
LSBU graduates win at RTS London Student TV A…
Four LSBU BA (Hons) Film Practice graduates, Frankie Gommon (writer/director), Jenny Richards (producer), Jamie Oliver Lai (cinematographer) and Josep...
Five LSBU graduates shortlisted for Royal Tel…
Five former London South Bank University (LSBU) students will find out at 7.30pm on 14 March whether they have won two Royal Television Society (RTS) ...
LSBU students star in gripping reimagining of…
11 students from London South Bank University (LSBU) will make their professional debut this week, performing as the chorus in a reimagining of the lo...
LSBU stars at Bill Vinten University Awards
LSBU Film Practice Degree (now Film and Television Practice) graduate, Jamie-Oliver Lai won second place at the prestigious Guild of Television Camera...
LSBU recognised as world leaders in Film and…
London South Bank University (LSBU) are new full members of the prestigious the International Association of Film and Television Schools (Centre Inter...
LSBU graduates star at Out of the Blue Festiv…
London South Bank University (LSBU) graduates were rewarded with rapturous applause as the curtain closed on the Out of the Blue Festival.
LSBU students to recreate parts of missing an…
This July, students from the London South Bank University (LSBU) School of Performance Arts will form part of a research project with renowned creativ...
Dr Natalie Garrett Brown appointed as LSBU’s…
London South Bank University (LSBU) is delighted to announce that Dr Natalie Garrett Brown has been appointed as the new of the Dean of the School of ...
A look into agency life: Guest talk by Net Na…
LSBU Business School welcomed media agency Net Natives at the Creative Advertising with Marketing class, to address students on the reality of agency ...
Without major behavioural change fast fashion…
A new approach is urgently needed to tackle the problems created by fast fashion’s environmental impact using a ‘psycho-social approach’ to change con...
Hat trick for LSBU Film Professor
Lucy Brown, Head of Division for Film and an Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at LSBU is enjoying success on the glob...
Creative festival celebrates students' pandem…
Acknowledging the huge challenges faced by their students this year and to make up for opportunities missed during lockdown, the School of Arts and Cr...
LSBU Screen Student Films at the BFI Southban…
LSBU Film Practice students have attended their final year screening. Students had the opportunity to see their final major films screen at the Britis...
Graduate and Final Year Showcase - School of…
Discover the next generation of creative talent from the School of Arts and Creative Industries (ACI) at the Festival of Creativity which will be laun...
LSBU students win Royal Television Society aw…
London South Bank University (LSBU) Film Practice students have distinguished themselves at the Royal Television Society (RTS) London Student Televisi...
LSBU students produce videos with the Rio Fer…
LSBU students from BA Film Practice and BA Journalism were involved in front of and behind the camera with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, a charity set...
LSBU awarded £6.1 million to develop Film, TV…
London South Bank University (LSBU) has been awarded £6.1 million to support the development and growth of creative businesses in London and the South...
LSBU alumnus, Simon Smith, wins Editing: Fict…
Editor and LSBU alumnus, Simon Smith, already has established himself working on several BBC series, including National Treasure, Electric Dreams, Vic...
Post production industry gets welcome boost f…
The apprenticeship is being launched by UK Screen Alliance (15 April 2020) in partnership with LSBU and award-winning post production house, Clear Cut...
LSBU film technician volunteers to help deliv…
Since the pandemic started, Stephanie Bless Cleall has been helping to deliver vital food and medical supplies to vulnerable people.
LSBU Film Practice students win best Short Fo…
Hinterland, produced by second year Film Practice students Robert Hill and Marcin Sehn, won the category of Short Form.
Post-production film industry apprenticeships…
UK Screen Alliance launches ground-breaking post production apprenticeship scheme with film industry
LSBU team runners up in UK wide game design c…
The team, PB&J Studios, came a very close second in the Green Game Jam, for their game Pollution Panic.
Dynamic New York theatre workshop company in…
Dynamic theatre company, New York theatre Workshop visits London to collaborate with drama students at LSBU and the Elders Company from Southwark Play...
LSBU drama alumna, Anna Leckey, profiled by T…
First-class honours graduate Anna was interviewed by The Times about her life and work in Belfast, including new play Now for the North.
LSBU hosts British Journalism Training Counci…
London South Bank University (lsbu) hosts British Journalism Training Council conference to consider the likely impact of Artificial Intelligence on n...
LSBU Journalism students launch 'Paint London…
LSBU BA journalism students launch 'Paint London Green' anti-air pollution film and campaign
Chris Skidmore, Minister of State for Univers…
This week, LSBU staff and students welcomed a visit by Chris Skidmore MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (UKRI) ...
LSBU Journalism students to team up with inno…
LSBU graduate wins RTS Student Television Awa…
Hollywood actor David Oyelowo awarded honorar…
Hollywood star David Oyelowo OBE is presented with an Honorary Doctorate by London South Bank University (LSBU)
LSBU hosts first Media Communications and Cul…
London South Bank University (LSBU) hosted the annual Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSa) conference in January.
LSBU loans Dorothy Mead’s Reclining Nude pain…
London South Bank University (LSBU) is lending a distinctive 'Reclining Nude' oil painting by post-World War Two artist, Dorothy Mead, to Tate Britain...
New York Theatre Workshop works with LSBU for…
LSBU students have had the opportunity to work with the New York Theatre Workshop in its first ever UK Mind the Gap workshop
LSBU Head of Games set to receive Women in Ga…
LSBU Head of Games, Siobhán Thomas, set to receive Women in Games Award 2016 for ground-breaking work in games; including her work to help create gam...
Dynamic partnership with London South Bank Un…
A dynamic two-year partnership between London South Bank University’s (LSBU) Centre for Digital Storymaking and the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum’s D...
Thomas’ success proves Asperger’s is no barri…
LSBU leads by example in tackling sustainabil…
Mayor of London certifies LSBU a healthy plac…
Discover the Changing Face of Elephant &…
LSBU awards six honorary graduates and fellow…
LSBU celebrates 125 year Anniversary with Par…
London South Bank University (lsbu) celebrates its 125 year anniversary with a reception at the House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster on 11 Oc...
LSBU joins global collaborative media network
LSBU humanitarian gaming initiative shortlist…
LSBU awarded £49k HEFCE grant to boost ‘Stop…
A £49K grant has this month been awarded to London South Bank University (LSBU) by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), to boost ...
London South Bank University celebrates achie…
Experts debate the future of public service m…
A panel of international media experts came together at London South Bank University (LSBU) to debate how the public service media needs to adapt to s...
Generation Z have their say on how public ser…
Live Portal brings London and Toronto togethe…
Drama students enjoy theatre residency in sou…
Success after success as film student teams u…
LSBU and Ryerson celebrate one year of transa…
Lecturer receives international accolades for…
Performance piece takes a literal drive down…
International recognition for short film refo…
Top names in games industry come to LSBU
LSBU launches new partnership with IPSE
LSBU joins IPSE to extend its support to students looking to become freelancers within the arts and creative industries.
LSBU Lecturer’s short film to screen at Toron…
LSBU partners with Lyric Hammersmith on Creat…
LSBU School of Arts and Creative Industries has joined forces with the Lyric Hammersmith to launch a new Creative Performance Practice Masters degree
Entrepreneurial former students get business…
Founders of start-up Falcon DHQ, Thomas Williams and Benjamin Weld, secure place on Property Innovation Labs Accelerator (Pi Labs)
Global Entrepreneurship Week comes to LSBU
Students, staff and alumni mark Global Entrepreneurship Week with a packed week of events to celebrate enterprise.
LSBU's first artist in residence to host 'Ope…
Importance of ‘outsider art’ in health and social care education is at the heart of the latest installation by LSBU's first artist in resident, Xavier...
LSBU triumphs at the games industry's TIGA Aw…
LSBU's Enable Gaming project has been named the Best Educational Initiative and Talent Development programme at the TIGA Awards 2016
LSBU to commemorate life of C. L. R. James du…
London South Bank University (LSBU) to commemorate life of C. L. R. James during Black History Month.
Film lecturer shortlisted for BFI’s Best Shor…
LSBU’s film lecturer shortlisted for BFI’s Best Short Film Award for his documentary, The Trembling Giant.
Brand new microsite for Elephant Studios now…
LSBU's brand new microsite for Elephant Studios is now live.
Journalism at Rio Olympics 2016: challenges a…
Laura-Jane Filotrani, Course Director of BA (Hons) Journalism, discusses journalistic coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Comment: David Phoenix on the EU Referendum R…
David Phoenix, London South Bank University's (LSBU) Vice Chancellor, discusses the EU Referendum result.
LSBU lecturer has sculpture selected for Roya…
An LSBU lecturer has had a sculpture selected for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016.
Symposium on Post-Screen Cultures and Practic…
LSBU welcomed artists and academics from the UK and abroad to join them for symposium discussing Post-Screen Cultures and Practices.
LSBU's Artist in Residence announces exhibiti…
LSBU’s first Artist in Residence, Xavier White, is set to launch an exhibition exploring resilience and compassion to help health and social care stud...
LSBU Lecturer gets backing on short film
LSBU Lecturer gets backing on short film to help young people to deal with bullying.
Move over Soho! Multi-million pound interlink…
LSBU to host GameCamp 8
LSBU welcomes all game-lovers to join them to take part in talks, games and networking opportunities at GameCamp 8.
LSBU team up with Ryerson University to deliv…
London South Bank University (LSBU) has partnered up with Ryerson University in Canada to deliver borderless research and education opportunities.