9-704: NCCA may refer to: National Centre for Computer Animation , part of the Media School at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom National Centre for Contemporary Arts , a museum, exhibition and research organization in Moscow, Russia National Center for Credibility Assessment , a part of Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), USA National Championship of College A Cappella, former name of International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella ,
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27-547: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . NESTA Nesta (formerly NESTA , National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts ) is a British foundation, registered as a charity, which supports innovation. Nesta was originally funded by a £250 million endowment from the UK National Lottery . The endowment is managed through a trust, and Nesta uses the interest from the trust to meet its charitable objects and to fund and support its projects. NESTA
36-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Centre for Computer Animation The National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) is part of the Media School at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom . Founded in 1989, it is often regarded as one of the best UK institutions available for study in the field of computer graphics, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. Its first director
45-649: The Next Gen. report, which singles out the NCCA for 'excellence in visual effects education', placing it 'at the forefront of education for the visual effects and animation industries'. In 2011 the work of the NCCA at Bournemouth University was further recognised through the award of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for 'world-class computer animation teaching with wide scientific and creative applications'. This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article
54-797: The appointment of chief executive Geoff Mulgan , the body became an independent charity, shortening its name to Nesta. With this change, Nesta shifted its focus to innovation for public benefit. In 2016, Nesta received a $ 300,000 grant from the Global Innovation Fund to carry out research on market failures in aquaculture in Bangladesh and India. Following the arrival of Nesta's new chief executive Ravi Gurumurthy in December 2019, Nesta announced their new 10-year strategy in March 2021 which focuses on three core missions: sustainability, health inequalities and
63-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NCCA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NCCA&oldid=1229899933 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-476: Was Peter Comninos. The interdisciplinary centre, operating under the motto 'Science in the service of the Arts', enjoys strong links with industry, with much of it consisting of NCCA graduates. In the 2001 national Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the NCCA was awarded the maximum possible mark of 5 and performed similarly well in the 2008 RAE. NESTA's 'Livingstone-Hope Skills Review of Video Games and Visual Effects', launched in 2010, published its result in
81-493: Was set up in 1998 by an independent endowment established by an Act of Parliament , the National Lottery Act 1998 . It had been a Labour Party manifesto promise. Lord Puttnam was the first Chair. In 2002 it was awarded £95 million. In October 2010, the government announced that it would transfer NESTA's status from an executive non-departmental public body to a new charitable body. In April 2012, following
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