David Puttnam Media Centre

Just a handful of tickets remaining for Puttnam at 80(+)
Be sure to book now or you will be devestated!

To mark a recent significant birthday, acclaimed film producer and educator David Puttnam looks back over his career in movies, with particular emphasis on the music in his films, and upon his life in west Cork.

In conversation with Flor MacCarthy.

Admission includes live music + barbeque from the award-winning team at Liss Ard Estate’s Garden Restaurant.

Full Details and booking info at www.skibbereenartsfestival.com

Arts Council Ireland Cork County Council Liss Ard Estate Ludgate Hub Skibbereen Fastnet Film Festival Cork International Film Festival

We're delighted to announce that this year, supported by University of Sunderland, we are offering 3 cash prizes along with our genre awards! 🎬

£300 - Young, Emerging & Student Filmmaker Award

£300 - Judges Recognition Award

£300 - Audience Favourite Award

🎞️ Filmfreeway.com/SunderlandShorts

Due to the current situation with covid-19 the David Puttnam Media Centre is closed along with the whole of St. Peters Campus. We'll update you if we have any further notices on this. If you would like to stay in touch or just want to hang out we've set up a social group on discord. Feel free to use the following invite

Join the UOS Media Discord Server! Check out the UOS Media community on Discord - hang out with 16 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Sunderland graduates on a roll with their new film about the first World Cup winners

Filmmakers behind New Monkey documentary to release film on the history of football club and a mystery stolen trophy A documentary team has a North East football team’s history lined up as their next filmmaking goal.

Post-production visual upgrade

Every year the Mediacentre staff and students compete for glory in a Fantasy Premier League. If you want to beat the current champion (Dan Ward) then head over to the official site, create a team and use the code below in the league section.

All staff/students (past and present) are welcome.

The league join code is: 1028-184776

Fantasy Premier League, Official Fantasy Football Game of the Premier League Official Fantasy Premier League 2018/19. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.

We are inviting you to a careers event, Spotlight on Careers in the Media, taking place from 1 - 3 pm on Wednesday 2nd May in The Cinema, David Puttnam Media Centre.

The aim of the event is to give you an overview of career opportunities in the media sector. It will consist of a panel of speakers who will talk about their role and their career journey, with an opportunity to ask questions. The panel will consist of a range of speakers from TV, Film and Radio including:
• Gayle Woodruff, Northern Film and Media
• Jonny Chambers, Metro Radio
• Jamie Scott, ITV
• Ed Barratt, Hook Pictures
• Jemma Hetherington, MCC Media

This is a great opportunity to find out more about career opportunities related to your subject and the media industry. We strongly encourage you to attend.

To book a place, go to https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/futures/students/skills/events/ or email [email protected] with the event title in the subject line.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 2nd May.

Skills Events

A good reminder

For better learning in college lectures, lay down the laptop and pick up a pen Do computers help or hinder classroom learning in college? Step into any college lecture and you’ll find a sea of students with laptops and tablets open, typing as the professor speaks.