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Journalism and Media Week

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Journalism newsdays

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RTS careers fair

RTS future careers fair

Brownberrie gallery launch

Brownberrie gallery

Writers' festival

A picture of Alice Young holding her National Newsreader of the Year Award.

Alice's IRN award

Alice's award win

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Praise at RTS awards

Oz's national poetry prize

Poetry prize

Student projects

We believe collaboration is the catalyst for innovation and cultivating successful careers. That’s why we place an emphasis on working with peers - often across disciplines - and embed industry partners into our courses. You’ll step into our studios, armed with the latest equipment, surrounded by like-minded people eager to collaborate and innovate alongside you, whether that’s working on a news report, designing a game or recording a podcast. Think about collaborating with students with a range of knowledge and skills on a creative writing project, news report or computer game. Exciting and relevant learning are what we are all about!

Here are just some of the projects that our students have been involved in over the past year.

Working with Actors Workshop

Leeds Trinity University welcomed acclaimed director Debbie Howard for a one-day Working with Actors workshop in partnership with Screen Yorkshire’s Connected Campus. Students from Film, Television Production, and Digital Media Production gained practical experience in directing performance, learning to communicate with actors, shape emotional beats, and build creative trust.

Using scenes from Debbie Howard’s award-winning short film Safe, students observed Debbie’s approach in real time, then stepped into the director’s role themselves, experimenting with blocking, motivation, emotional transitions, and constructive feedback. This structure allowed them to see how performances evolve across multiple takes and how directors refine their vision collaboratively. The workshop offered students industry-aligned insight into the realities of working with talent. It strengthened their skills in communication, preparation, and directing actors, all of which are essential for careers in film, television, and digital production.

This special workshop reflects Leeds Trinity University’s commitment to providing authentic, high-value learning experiences that connect students directly with leading professionals in the screen industries.

Credit: BA (Hons) Photography student, Lucy Moules.

English and Creative Writing staff and students involved in global art project

Congratulations to our Creative Writing academics and students who are featured in the global art project TELEPHONE – a digital, creative reimagining of the children’s game of whispers, where a message is passed on via diverse art forms, including poetry, painting, music and film.

Now at its third and most ambitious edition, TELEPHONE connects 1,395 artists from 65 countries, creating one of the largest collaborative contemporary artworks in history.

Representing Leeds Trinity are academics, Oz Hardwick, Professor of Creative Writing, and Dr Amina Alyal, Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, as well as MA Creative Writing student William Coniston, and PhD student Gill Connors. Their poetic responses – inspired by paintings, sculptures, music and film – demonstrate the power of creativity to transcend borders and connect people worldwide.

We’re delighted to see our academics and students contributing to a project that celebrates global collaboration, artistic innovation, and storytelling through multiple forms of art.

Academics and students among 1395 artists featured in global art project TELEPHONE

The home page of the global art project TELEPHONE, a black background with a rectangle in the middle, in the centre of which there is a circle made of symbols for different art forms. The colour accents are yellow and white and the title text reads TELEPHONE, whispering a message among art forms.

Photography: UNVEILED

'Unveiled', a photography exhibition created and curated by our Level 6 Photography students.

The exhibition explores emotional honesty and expressive depth, looking introspectively and creating connections between the photographer and the viewer. Find out more about our Level 6 Undergraduate Photography exhibition from our Photography Technical Demonstrator, Adam Mitchinson.

Watch the video

Image of Level 6 Photography Exhibition.

Faculty of Business, Computing and Digital Industries end of year degree show

In April, Leeds Trinity University hosted its third annual Faculty of Business, Computing and Digital Industries Degree Show, held to celebrate the hard work and varied projects of our students.

Friends, family and peers of the student exhibitors, as well as colleagues from across Leeds Trinity, came to our Main Campus to see final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students showcase their work. University offer holders were invited for the first time too, and I hope the evening left them feeling inspired to join us for the new academic year in September.

Watch more on tiktok.

A picture showing an exhibition of student projects at the Degree Show

LTYou: Ey Up Leeds

Our Level 4 Film, TV and Photography students recently spent 6 days preparing this live broadcast, all about the amazing things you can can do in Leeds on a budget. Have a watch and preview the sort of project you could be working on when you join Leeds Trinity.

Tungsten Media visit

Recently, our TV, Film and Digital Marketing students visited Tungsten Studios, one of the largest purpose-built film and photography studios in the heart of Leeds.

Our students were treated to a tour of the studios and took part in creating a TV advert for a new Crisp flavour to air during a World Cup Campaign, from scratch with the help of AI and virtual production. AI tools included an AI image generator and a full virtual production space.

Click here to find out more and to view the final advert

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