Bringing together expertise from across Design and Creative Arts disciplines, the School is committed to facilitating societal change and providing viable solutions to contemporary challenges at national and international levels. We pride ourselves on the real-world context behind our teaching, enterprise, and research initiatives. Our blend of creativity, ethics and rigour for real-world benefit is at the heart of who are – a hands-on, creative, and industrious community of staff and students who are passionate about using design and arts for universal benefit. A top 5 UK university for Art and Design, our purpose is to create physical and digital experiences and interactions which benefit people, society, culture, the economy, and the environment.