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Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.
Congrats to all our Writing Prizes winners and runners-up for 2025! If you’d like to see our winners read their pieces, you can reserve a free ticket to the Creative Writing Conference on Eventbrite. Please note that the writers will be reading at the Inspace section of the conference, so you should reserve a ticket […]
RUNNER-UP OF THE 2025 GRIERSON VERSE PRIZE Kaja Kubickova: ‘I like a lot of things in life. I like fridge poetry, home-cooked dinners with loved ones, climbing rocks and jumping fences, crochet, planting trees, sunny days in the Meadows, running really fast down a hill. I’m a neuroscience student by early mornings and an […]
Empowering nurses through research and leadership The International Council of Nurses (ICN) theme for 2026 reminds us that empowered nurses save lives not only through direct clinical care, but also through leadership, innovation, advocacy and research. This project demonstrated the vital contribution nurses can make in coordinating complex rehabilitation, supporting psychosocial recovery, and ensuring continuity […]
In After Virtue, MacIntyre distinguishes between the internal and external goods of a practice. Internal goods are intrinsic to a specific practice: they can only be achieved by participating in it according to its standards (for example, among the goods of chess are the development of a certain tactical awareness and a particular strategic imagination). […]
Poppy, from the UK, studying Arabic and History Year of Study: second year undergraduate Accommodation Type: Private Part-time job: Student Ambassador Day one I like to spend my Sundays meal prepping and getting ready for the week ahead. Usually in the morning I’ll spend my time at church catching up with friends, plus they offer a free meal for […]