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Spirit Studios opening hours over the Winter break
17 December, 2025

Spirit Studios opening hours over the Winter break

A reminder of Spirit's opening times over the Christmas break.
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Facilities updates 2025
17 September, 2025

Facilities updates 2025

Charlie Jones Live Venue We’ve spent quite a bit of this summer in our Charlie Jones Live Venue making a number of tweaks and changes that, combined, should make the space a much better space in which to learn and practice: Stage area: Mic, stand and cable storage area: Monitor world: Front of house: Digital ...
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Tuition fee rises
15 January, 2025

Tuition fee rises

An important update on the rise in tuition fees from 1 August 2025.
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Spirit Studios opening hours over the Winter Break
11 December, 2024

Spirit Studios opening hours over the Winter Break

A reminder of Spirit's opening hours over the Winter Break.
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Things you need to know (and do) before you finish your studies
29 April, 2024

Things you need to know (and do) before you finish your studies

If your final degree year at Spirit Studios is coming to an end there are some important things that you need to know (or do) before you finish to make your transition out of undergraduate student life as easy as possible. Here to help is our finalist check-list!
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Degree Show 2024
16 April, 2024

Degree Show 2024

Look back at the highlights of our Degree Show featuring all sorts of performances and presentations from some of our final year students.
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Degree Show 2024
19 February, 2024

Degree Show 2024

Come and join us to celebrate our final year students as they showcase their creativity and talent at our 2024 Degree Show.
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Changes to studios and credit values
22 January, 2024

Changes to studios and credit values

Read about updates to the facilities and changes to credit values of some studios that have been made over the winter break.
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Future Known As
10 October, 2023

Future Known As

Be inspired by new perspectives on music-making and the creative process.
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Exclusive discounts for students
10 October, 2023

Exclusive discounts for students

This October we have some exclusive deals for Spirit Studios students, on plug-ins, sound libraries and more.
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Ableton Live User Group
27 September, 2023

Ableton Live User Group

A monthly meet-up for Ableton Users of any level in Manchester.
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Upcoming changes to Spirit Studio
23 May, 2023

Upcoming changes to Spirit Studio

Every year at Spirit Studios, we carry out essential maintenance and any upgrades to our facilities throughout the summer months, with the aim to improve performance, accessibility and efficiency. Following feedback and discussions with tutors and staff, we’ll be making some changes to Spirit Studio between 30 May and 13 June.
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Spirit Studios opening hours over the summer
10 May, 2023

Spirit Studios opening hours over the summer

Here's a reminder of the studios opening hours over the summer months.
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Manchester Ableton User Group are back
03 April, 2023

Manchester Ableton User Group are back

Come to their next meeting to hear all about the new Discord chat, network and more.
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Degree Show 2023
01 March, 2023

Degree Show 2023

Come and join us to celebrate the work of our graduating class of 2023.
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Ableton User Group is coming to Spirit
10 February, 2023

Ableton User Group is coming to Spirit

Meet, collaborate and network with other Ableton enthusiasts, as well as official Ableton reps.
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Welcome to Spirit Student News
06 January, 2023

Welcome to Spirit Student News

A new year, new Semester and brand new Spirit Student News site. Here you'll find all things related to student life.
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Meet Lewis Jones, your Creative Industries Advisor
06 January, 2023

Meet Lewis Jones, your Creative Industries Advisor

We caught up with Lewis to find out more about his new job role and how it will benefit you as you prepare for life after university.
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Former student, Zakk, has big win at DJ Mag’s ‘Best of British’ Awards 2022
16 December, 2022

Former student, Zakk, has big win at DJ Mag’s ‘Best of British’ Awards 2022

Zakk, AKA Interplanetary Criminal, won Best Producer and Best Track for his work on 'Baddest Of Them All'.
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