Welcome to Special & Visual Effects

Hi there, welcome to the first in a series of blogs from the School of Creative Technologies, Special and Visual Effects subject area.

The subject area is proud to be one of the leading providers of this level of education in the UK.

Linked with several major companies and individuals, we provide students with the opportunity to develop professionally focused skills and techniques in their chosen field.

Our highly talented, industry-focused staff constantly strive to push the courses forward, keep at the forefront of this fast-changing industry and offer their expertise to the students to enable them to become true creative problem-solving practitioners.

This year has seen several major developments for the subject area, including additional studio and teaching spaces, practitioners from the world of Make-Up, VFX and SFX coming to offer their insights, advice and praise and more live briefs than ever before. We will use this to keep you updated of things here at Bolton and the wider FX world.

Hope that you enjoy it!

Simon Wiggins (Head of School)

Creative Technologies