Dan Doddington
BA (Hons) Film Studies, 2010

Dan graduated with a degree in Film Studies in 2010, and in the summer of 2010 worked as Assistant Propmaker and on-set Production Assistant on feature film Dimensions, Written and Produced by Ant Neely (Musings of Hubbub; Sprookjesboom; Nowhere; The London Debate; The Last Time I Had Sex), and Directed and Produced by Sloane U'Ren (Batman Begins; The Good Shepherd; Being John Malkovich; Mission: Impossible II; Six Feet Under). Dan is currently working in the Special Effects Department on Ridley Scott's Alien Prequel Prometheus, starring Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender.

Lee Smith
BA (Hons) Creative Writing, 2010

Lee's collection of poems, Away from the City, was published by Salt Publishing in 2010. The poems were originally written for Lee's third year Major Writing Project. His idea was to explore the relationship between poetry and photography, and attempt to create poetic images in both media. He also exhibited them as part of the Changing Spaces project in Cambridge, and as a one-night exhibition at the Ruskin Gallery.

Salt have published the collection as a chapbook for their new Modern Voices series, a platform designed to provide an alternative format to full-length collections, and a good way to introduce people to new work. For more information about Away in the City and to view a sample of the book, please visit the Salt Publishing website.

Beth Jones
MA Publishing, 2010

Beth won the Cambridge University Press (CUP) Best Dissertation Award for her business plan to start a magazine for English Language students living in Cambridge, and turned her ambition into reality by releasing The International Student Times.

Beth said: "It was a wonderful feeling to receive the CUP Dissertation Award and it was great to receive such enthusiasm for my plan and ideas. The business plan contained different things that I've learnt from my MA Publishing and to receive this from CUP is fantastic as it means that other people also see merit in my idea."

Nicole Davidow
BA (Hons) Film Studies, 2009

Since graduating, Nicole has worked with producer Doug Lyman (The Bourne Identity) on the short film Camelthorns, based on a screenplay that she co-wrote. She also starred in the film. The film was included in the market at Rotterdam Film Festival and at Berlinale, where they were able to secure funding for the feature, which is scheduled for 2012 release.

Penny Hancock
MA Creative Writing, 2009

Penny Hancock, one of our first MA Creative Writing graduates, secured a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster, following an intense bidding war. The first of the two novels, Tideline, has drawn comparisons with the writing of Belinda Bauer, Sophie Hannah, Minette Walters and Nicci French.

Francesca Main, commissioning editor, said: "This is a masterfully controlled, beautifully written and utterly mesmerising novel with a darkly evocative setting. I'm delighted that we'll be publishing Penny, who no doubt has a glittering future ahead of her."

Simon & Schuster will publish Tideline in trade paperback and bespoke limited edition hardback in Spring 2012. The novel was the subject of substantial foreign rights interest at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Dominic De Vere
BA (Hons) Communication and Film Studies, 2006

Dominic graduated with a degree in Communication and Film Studies in 2006, and went on to complete his postgraduate degree in Artists' Film, Video and Photography at University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone in 2009. His practice combines elements of film, photography, sculpture and sound and his work has been exhibited at a number of events around the world. He currently helps run The Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival in London.

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