School of Creative Industries (SOCI)

SAVE THE DATE! Festival X is back for 2021 🎉 [5th - 7th of November] More to come...

Congratulations to our students who have taken home three awards with their movie "The Rite of Writing" at the IndieX Fest - Hollywood. The movie won Best Student Comedy, Outstanding Achievement Award for Student Director, and Best Student Parody! bit.ly/3krCQTR

Do you ever wonder if mindfulness could work in tandem with virtual reality technology? SOCI lecturer, Dr Zi Siang See, answers some questions on the latest RAPID project out of FASTLAB, Mindspace XR. #xr #technology #mindfulness bit.ly/3yU2VyR

Today we ask those we care about if they're *really* okay. A conversation could change and save a life. Everyday is a great day to ask someone or yourself "R U OK?". Shine a light on mental health. #ruokday #ruokeveryday #mentalhealth #wellbeing @ruokday

Incredible work coming out of #FASTLAB from some very talented SOCI researchers! bit.ly/38f9Fw8 #vr #stopmotionanimation #innovation

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a competition held annually for HDR candidates at UoN. In three minutes, using only a static slide, students present their research – the what, how and why. SOCI PhD Candidate Divya Seengal has made it through to the finals! bit.ly/3gv3QiX

Grab your copy: doi.org/10.18848/978-1…

Over three years of hard work by 22 SOCI staff at the #universityofnewcastle. 22 chapters of human innovation, making, doing and thinking brought together in this hardback edition to shed a little light on the value and importance of the Creative Industries.

The School of Creative Industries (SOCI) is now part of the College of Human and Social Futures. Exciting times ahead 🎉🎉 youtube.com/watch?v=-kSYp4…

With the opening of Q Building just around the corner - we thought we would open up our DMs for questions! Is there anything we haven't answered that you'd like to know? Shoot us a message and we'll get back to you ASAP! 🙂

Some pics from the opening night of Immersion! Congratulations to all the students who exhibited their work! 🎉👏🏻 #creativeindustries #exhibition #design #event

Looking for something to do this evening? Head to Watt Space Gallery for the launch of SIGN/NATURE - the latest exhibition from our talent Visual Communication Design students. See you there from 6pm! 👏👏👏

Great tour of the new rooms and studios @Uni_Newcastle ‘Q’ building at Honeysuckle for @uonsoci Lecturers and Technical Staff. #animation #film #illustration #makerspace #design can see the water from teaching spaces! @HansenYuncken

REMINDER TO REGISTER 😊 bit.ly/3fj0T4C

It's almost time to move into Q!🎉🎉 bit.ly/3vDND05

Show your support for Reconciliation by taking action and participating in some of our activities taking place at NUSpace next week. #community #support #education fb.me/e/2Gc4Itcd6

SOCI researchers Ralph Kenke and Luke O'Donnell have been working hard at some installations as part of Singleton's Living Laneways project. It's a surprise but here is a sneak peak 🤫🤫 see this and many other installations at the Firelight Festival! bit.ly/3hO7AgT

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘘 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨?⁣ Q Building is within walking distance of Honeysuckle/Civic Light Rail stops. There is also a UoN shuttle bus stop located at Q and a bikehub onsite to facilitate travel to and from campus via bicycle.

Delve into the School of Creative Industries! Immersion showcases our creativity including documentary film, music compositions, apps/video games, graphic design, PR and journalism, photography, interactive art and more. Free but registration is essential. bit.ly/3bCfuWq