Media, Culture, Heritage Facilities
Our facilities include Culture Lab, a hub for digital media and film practice at Newcastle University.
Film facilities
Students on our BA in Film Practices and BA in Film and Media use our Culture Lab, a hub for digital media and film practice at Newcastle University.
Culture Lab employs two film technicians and a dedicated loans coordinator. They help students gain access to equipment.
It has open-plan research spaces and a performance space.
You can gain access to dedicated electronics, workshop, multimedia and sound spaces. It also has a dedicated film suite.
The Assembly Room is a practice-based teaching space, supporting film-making teaching at all levels.
The teaching space supports practice teaching with up to 36 4K editing machines equipped with Adobe CC. The flexible space supports filmmaking teaching, collaborative workshops and practice-led experimentation.
Connected to the main Assembly Room teaching space is the student editing area with a further 18 4K editing computers for open student use.
The Ballroom is a cinema, lecture, performance and events space used for a variety of teaching across the film programmes. The room is a flexible space used for:
- screenings-led teaching
- creative experimentation
- collaborative workshops
Further to the student editing areas, we have six high quality multiscreen 4k video editing systems.
Their quiet, comfortable environments are specifically designed for group editing. All are ready with state-of-the-art film editing systems.
You'll also have access to Adobe Creative Cloud, and a variety of open-source sound mixing, colour grading, and film-making tools.
Culture Lab houses an industry-standard recording studio facility. It is suitable for film-related audio and radio broadcast-style recording sessions.. The room includes:
- a dead ‘live room’
- an attached Protools, Cubase, and Adobe CC based control room
- latest control surface technologies
- industry-standard stereo monitoring options
- high-end outboard processing equipment
Professional and other cultural resources in the region
Journalism
The journalism team at Newcastle have forged strong teaching links with leading media organisations in the North East.
Jesmond Local is a digital news hub serving a vibrant city suburb. It started out as an entrepreneurial hyper-local news project offering continuing real-world work experience. It still is, but it has also become a widely renowned laboratory of inquiry where our students can develop and explore new models of journalism.
Galleries
The region is particularly famous for its galleries. These include large, internationally renowned institutions such as:
- Hatton Gallery - based at Newcastle University
- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art - the biggest gallery of its kind in the world
- Laing Art Gallery
- Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art
- National Glass Centre
- Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art
In Newcastle-Gateshead there is a thriving art scene and a plethora of smaller, independent galleries with vibrant exhibition programmes.
Newcastle hosts internationally significant arts events, including the biennial Audio-Visual Festival and the annual Northern Design Festival.
Heritage
The region has important World Heritage sites, including:
There are numerous historic castles, monasteries and Ancient Roman sites, as well as areas of outstanding natural beauty.
They include the North Pennines in Northumberland National Park and the Northumberland coast. The Northumberland countryside is also home to large quantities of prehistoric rock art.
The urban heritage of the region is also significant, in particular in the 18th century heart of Newcastle and the medieval buildings of Newcastle and nearby Durham City. Additionally, the region has strong intangible heritage traditions relating to music, dance, agriculture and sport.
Museums
Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums operates several museums across the region. We have especially strong links with: