Royal College of Art
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The world’s leading Art & Design University.
For information on our programmes and to apply visit http://rca.ac.uk
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For information on our programmes and to apply visit http://rca.ac.uk
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For the last 10 years the RCA has partnered with Chelsea + Westminster NHS Trust to provide digital artworks for their waiting rooms like this one by Paola Estrella.
We're celebrating the partnership at our Battersea campus on Thursday 27 November 👇
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We're celebrating the partnership at our Battersea campus on Thursday 27 November 👇
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November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For the last 10 years the RCA has partnered with Chelsea + Westminster NHS Trust to provide digital artworks for their waiting rooms like this one by Paola Estrella.
We're celebrating the partnership at our Battersea campus on Thursday 27 November 👇
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We're celebrating the partnership at our Battersea campus on Thursday 27 November 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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An excellent piece in @vittles.bsky.social by one of our recent @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Writing graduates, Mariam Abdel-Razek.
The Myth of Sisyphus
Mariam Abdel-Razek asks: why are chefs expected to love what they do? Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An excellent piece in @vittles.bsky.social by one of our recent @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Writing graduates, Mariam Abdel-Razek.
'Photography does not pick a side' our MA Curating Contemporary Art graduate, Harriet Zhang tells us.
Harriet recently co-curated 'From Allegory to Algorithm' for our MA Photography’s participation at Jimei × Arles, featuring around 20 Chinese RCA alumni artists.
Read our interview: bit.ly/4pn35Jz
Harriet recently co-curated 'From Allegory to Algorithm' for our MA Photography’s participation at Jimei × Arles, featuring around 20 Chinese RCA alumni artists.
Read our interview: bit.ly/4pn35Jz
How the RCA shaped Harriet Zhang’s ethical and political approach to curation
The Curating Contemporary Art graduate recently co-curated 'From Allegory to Algorithm' for RCA Photography’s participation at Jimei × Arles, featuring around 20 Chinese RCA alumni artists
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November 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
'Photography does not pick a side' our MA Curating Contemporary Art graduate, Harriet Zhang tells us.
Harriet recently co-curated 'From Allegory to Algorithm' for our MA Photography’s participation at Jimei × Arles, featuring around 20 Chinese RCA alumni artists.
Read our interview: bit.ly/4pn35Jz
Harriet recently co-curated 'From Allegory to Algorithm' for our MA Photography’s participation at Jimei × Arles, featuring around 20 Chinese RCA alumni artists.
Read our interview: bit.ly/4pn35Jz
🚽👍 #WorldToiletDay with @gaillyk.bsky.social from our Helen Hamlyn Centre for inclusive design...
This #WorldToiletDay, the London Loo Alliance (pictured) @londonlooalliance.bsky.social are checking, one year on, on TfL's commitment to improve toilet access on their network. I joined other members at Seven Sisters Overground Station.
So, how's the loo looking? 🧵
So, how's the loo looking? 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚽👍 #WorldToiletDay with @gaillyk.bsky.social from our Helen Hamlyn Centre for inclusive design...
"He wants us not only to pay greater attention to the world...but also to attend to his methods of presentation." 📸
Our Head of MA Writing, @jeremymillar.bsky.social writes in the @financialtimes.com on Christopher Williams new exhibition 👇
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Our Head of MA Writing, @jeremymillar.bsky.social writes in the @financialtimes.com on Christopher Williams new exhibition 👇
www.ft.com/content/a68d...
The captivating, revelatory world of Christopher Williams
He may be the epitome of an artist’s artist, but his work is — or seems to be — all around us
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"He wants us not only to pay greater attention to the world...but also to attend to his methods of presentation." 📸
Our Head of MA Writing, @jeremymillar.bsky.social writes in the @financialtimes.com on Christopher Williams new exhibition 👇
www.ft.com/content/a68d...
Our Head of MA Writing, @jeremymillar.bsky.social writes in the @financialtimes.com on Christopher Williams new exhibition 👇
www.ft.com/content/a68d...
What would it be like to study at the Royal College of Art 💭
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What would it be like to study at the Royal College of Art 💭
"I see research as something that must connect ideas to action" 💡➡️👩🔧
Professor Hala Mansour (Head of Doctoral Programmes) leads a global research community making real impact.
We are accepting applications for PhDs on animation, fashion, textiles for January 2026! 📥
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Professor Hala Mansour (Head of Doctoral Programmes) leads a global research community making real impact.
We are accepting applications for PhDs on animation, fashion, textiles for January 2026! 📥
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Where ideas shape the future: PhD study at the RCA
Join a global community of artists, designers and researchers redefining the role of creativity in tackling today’s biggest challenges. In this Q&A, Professor Hala Mansour, Head of Doctoral Programmes...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"I see research as something that must connect ideas to action" 💡➡️👩🔧
Professor Hala Mansour (Head of Doctoral Programmes) leads a global research community making real impact.
We are accepting applications for PhDs on animation, fashion, textiles for January 2026! 📥
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Professor Hala Mansour (Head of Doctoral Programmes) leads a global research community making real impact.
We are accepting applications for PhDs on animation, fashion, textiles for January 2026! 📥
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
For decades our MA Animation graduates have been helping to build the worlds of Aardman Animation which brought us Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run.
Today, five RCA alumni hold senior creative roles shaping everything from commercials to their Aardman Academy 👇
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Today, five RCA alumni hold senior creative roles shaping everything from commercials to their Aardman Academy 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
a cartoon character is clapping his hands in front of a wooden wall
Alt: Wallace from Wallace and Gromit is clapping his hands in front of a wooden wall.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For decades our MA Animation graduates have been helping to build the worlds of Aardman Animation which brought us Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run.
Today, five RCA alumni hold senior creative roles shaping everything from commercials to their Aardman Academy 👇
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Today, five RCA alumni hold senior creative roles shaping everything from commercials to their Aardman Academy 👇
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Harold Offeh, Head of our MA Contemporary Art Practice is an artist engaging with the world through the possibilities of play.
In his first solo retrospective, Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet at Kettle's Yard, Offeh looks back at 20 years of work.
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In his first solo retrospective, Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet at Kettle's Yard, Offeh looks back at 20 years of work.
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It Could Be Sweet: Harold Offeh on art, play and possibility
Harold Offeh, artist and Head of Programme for the RCA's Contemporary Art Practice MA, is making waves; with major shows, new commissions, and a prolific practice that deeply engages with the world ar...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Harold Offeh, Head of our MA Contemporary Art Practice is an artist engaging with the world through the possibilities of play.
In his first solo retrospective, Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet at Kettle's Yard, Offeh looks back at 20 years of work.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
In his first solo retrospective, Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet at Kettle's Yard, Offeh looks back at 20 years of work.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
📥 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: How can immersive experiences shape a more equitable world? 🌎
Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives is a Royal College of Art symposium inviting contributions on how immersive technologies can be leveraged for good.
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Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives is a Royal College of Art symposium inviting contributions on how immersive technologies can be leveraged for good.
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Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives
How can immersive experiences and technologies support communities to develop shared practices and shape more just and equitable worlds?
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October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📥 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: How can immersive experiences shape a more equitable world? 🌎
Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives is a Royal College of Art symposium inviting contributions on how immersive technologies can be leveraged for good.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Immersive Acts: Disrupting the Frame by Otherwise Narratives is a Royal College of Art symposium inviting contributions on how immersive technologies can be leveraged for good.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
🏅 We are delighted that Lady Helen Hamlyn CBE has been awarded the 2025 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education!
A close RCA ally, she founded DesignAge which became our Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a global leader in inclusive design.
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A close RCA ally, she founded DesignAge which became our Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a global leader in inclusive design.
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Lady Helen Hamlyn CBE Receives the 2025 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education
The Royal College of Art is delighted to announce that Lady Helen Hamlyn CBE has been awarded the 2025 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education, one of the highest honours ...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🏅 We are delighted that Lady Helen Hamlyn CBE has been awarded the 2025 Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education!
A close RCA ally, she founded DesignAge which became our Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a global leader in inclusive design.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
A close RCA ally, she founded DesignAge which became our Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a global leader in inclusive design.
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
🎓 New PhD Studentship Opportunity! 🎓
The Royal College of Art Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) delivers an experience-led, cultural, interdisciplinary and inclusive space for doctoral research in design and humanities.
Apply now ⬇️
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
The Royal College of Art Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) delivers an experience-led, cultural, interdisciplinary and inclusive space for doctoral research in design and humanities.
Apply now ⬇️
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🎓 New PhD Studentship Opportunity! 🎓
The Royal College of Art Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) delivers an experience-led, cultural, interdisciplinary and inclusive space for doctoral research in design and humanities.
Apply now ⬇️
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
The Royal College of Art Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) delivers an experience-led, cultural, interdisciplinary and inclusive space for doctoral research in design and humanities.
Apply now ⬇️
www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
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So humbled to be part of this consortium #phd #epsrc @ukri.org #funding #ecologicalcitizens #funded #phdchat
🍃 Are you a interested in a PhD in NetZero Futures?
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Studentship: NetZero Futures
NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape Award is a Fully funded EPSRC scholarship with the RCA.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🍃 Are you a interested in a PhD in NetZero Futures?
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Studentship: NetZero Futures
NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape Award is a Fully funded EPSRC scholarship with the RCA.
www.rca.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🍃 Are you a interested in a PhD in NetZero Futures?
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
The NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape are offering fully funded EPSRC studentships for Royal College of Art PhD students starting in September 2026 and September 2027.
How to apply ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-...
👋 Interested in the world's no. 1 art and design university?
Open Days are a chance to learn more about our programmes, meet with tutors and staff and see our facilities.
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Open Days are a chance to learn more about our programmes, meet with tutors and staff and see our facilities.
Book here: bit.ly/3WtBwSq
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
👋 Interested in the world's no. 1 art and design university?
Open Days are a chance to learn more about our programmes, meet with tutors and staff and see our facilities.
Book here: bit.ly/3WtBwSq
Open Days are a chance to learn more about our programmes, meet with tutors and staff and see our facilities.
Book here: bit.ly/3WtBwSq
📣 Announcing the winners of Pokémon scholarship, Zachary Miller-Waugh (MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering) and Aileen Gavonel (MA Ceramics & Glass).
The Pokémon Scholarship provides support to two pioneering RCA students breaking new ground.
Find out more 👉 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The Pokémon Scholarship provides support to two pioneering RCA students breaking new ground.
Find out more 👉 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣 Announcing the winners of Pokémon scholarship, Zachary Miller-Waugh (MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering) and Aileen Gavonel (MA Ceramics & Glass).
The Pokémon Scholarship provides support to two pioneering RCA students breaking new ground.
Find out more 👉 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The Pokémon Scholarship provides support to two pioneering RCA students breaking new ground.
Find out more 👉 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
This is what it feels like to graduate from the Royal College of Art 🎓
Our graduation ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London last month was an amazing chance to celebrate our 2025 graduates!
We can’t wait to see them forge their unique paths in art and design 👏
Our graduation ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London last month was an amazing chance to celebrate our 2025 graduates!
We can’t wait to see them forge their unique paths in art and design 👏
October 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is what it feels like to graduate from the Royal College of Art 🎓
Our graduation ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London last month was an amazing chance to celebrate our 2025 graduates!
We can’t wait to see them forge their unique paths in art and design 👏
Our graduation ceremony @southbankcentre.bsky.social in London last month was an amazing chance to celebrate our 2025 graduates!
We can’t wait to see them forge their unique paths in art and design 👏
♻️ How is personal wellbeing connected to sustainable consumption?
A new @natureportfolio.nature.com article from our Materials Science Research Centre argues they might be more connected than you think...
Read the article 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new @natureportfolio.nature.com article from our Materials Science Research Centre argues they might be more connected than you think...
Read the article 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The wellbeing framework for consumer experiences in the circular economy of the textile industry - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The wellbeing framework for consumer experiences in the circular economy of the textile industry
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October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
♻️ How is personal wellbeing connected to sustainable consumption?
A new @natureportfolio.nature.com article from our Materials Science Research Centre argues they might be more connected than you think...
Read the article 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new @natureportfolio.nature.com article from our Materials Science Research Centre argues they might be more connected than you think...
Read the article 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Today we launch a #book #engaging #design www.epflpress.org/produit/1606... #download #openaccess #design @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social @epfllibrary.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate
Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate
The ceremony is set to be held on September 23rd.
The post Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate
Our Doctoral Researchers have been busy.
From a visit by His Majesty The King, to Damien Roach’s Grounding at SXSW London, and preparations for SPACEX (Coventry Biennial, November 2025), there’s plenty to celebrate.
Discover the latest from our research community: bit.ly/46nF2CD
From a visit by His Majesty The King, to Damien Roach’s Grounding at SXSW London, and preparations for SPACEX (Coventry Biennial, November 2025), there’s plenty to celebrate.
Discover the latest from our research community: bit.ly/46nF2CD
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our Doctoral Researchers have been busy.
From a visit by His Majesty The King, to Damien Roach’s Grounding at SXSW London, and preparations for SPACEX (Coventry Biennial, November 2025), there’s plenty to celebrate.
Discover the latest from our research community: bit.ly/46nF2CD
From a visit by His Majesty The King, to Damien Roach’s Grounding at SXSW London, and preparations for SPACEX (Coventry Biennial, November 2025), there’s plenty to celebrate.
Discover the latest from our research community: bit.ly/46nF2CD
Congratulations to this year's winners of the RCA's third annual Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/4lMUrBN
#Sustainability #Design #ProductDesign
Learn more: bit.ly/4lMUrBN
#Sustainability #Design #ProductDesign
Royal College of Art announces the winners of the third annual Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice
Soil Memory, winner of the Inspiration Award by Ramaa Rajesh Sahasrabuddhe
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August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to this year's winners of the RCA's third annual Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice!
Learn more: bit.ly/4lMUrBN
#Sustainability #Design #ProductDesign
Learn more: bit.ly/4lMUrBN
#Sustainability #Design #ProductDesign
📣 We're pleased to announce Professor Hua Dong as Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design!
Our longest-running research centre specialises in inclusive design for population ageing, disability, health and social care with impact across society.
Find out more ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Our longest-running research centre specialises in inclusive design for population ageing, disability, health and social care with impact across society.
Find out more ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Professor Hua Dong appointed Director of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
Professor Hua Dong appointed Director of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design
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August 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📣 We're pleased to announce Professor Hua Dong as Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design!
Our longest-running research centre specialises in inclusive design for population ageing, disability, health and social care with impact across society.
Find out more ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Our longest-running research centre specialises in inclusive design for population ageing, disability, health and social care with impact across society.
Find out more ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
We're 'fluent in disruption' at the Royal College of Art!
i-D on our MA Fashion graduating students #RCA2025 exhibition 'where garments are treated as vessels for critique as well as craft.'
Find out more 👉 i-d.co/article/roya...
i-D on our MA Fashion graduating students #RCA2025 exhibition 'where garments are treated as vessels for critique as well as craft.'
Find out more 👉 i-d.co/article/roya...
RCA’s MA Fashion Class of 2025 Refuses to Dress Quietly
From collaged hats to reengineered uniforms, this year’s class is fluent in disruption.
i-d.co
August 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We're 'fluent in disruption' at the Royal College of Art!
i-D on our MA Fashion graduating students #RCA2025 exhibition 'where garments are treated as vessels for critique as well as craft.'
Find out more 👉 i-d.co/article/roya...
i-D on our MA Fashion graduating students #RCA2025 exhibition 'where garments are treated as vessels for critique as well as craft.'
Find out more 👉 i-d.co/article/roya...
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Motivational advice at the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social last night
August 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Motivational advice at the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social last night