Goldsmiths is launching a new, strategic research institute, the Futures of Creativity and Innovation (FOCI) Institute. FOCI will shape positive futures for the creative industries, helping them to navigate rapid technological and social change.
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Dr Tamsin Alexander from the School of Music, English and Theatre provided expert advice for the @nationaltheatre.org.uk production of Maxim Gorky’s Summerfolk.
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MA Script Writing graduate Leaf Wang secured a place on the Women in Film and TV UK Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab, which offers emerging female writers the opportunity to develop a single script to pitch-ready standard.
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Listen to Professor Kat Jungnickel from the School of Global Change share how women used bicycles to rebel against the constraints of Victorian society on BBC Radio 4’s Puffed Up episode about the invention of the inflatable tyre.
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Wishing a Happy Vaisakhi to everybody celebrating today!
Goldsmiths has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Hellenic Mediterranean University in a move expected to significantly improve the way LGBTQIA+ people in Greece – and especially in Crete – experience health and social care services.
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Research from Professor Sylvia Xueni Pan shows that virtual reality won’t magically cure stigma by allowing people to experience other perspectives, but that it can be a powerful tool. Read more 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/vr...
New research led by Goldsmiths and @yorkstjohn.bsky.social will investigate how creative writing can improve wellbeing for disadvantaged communities and how ethically designed AI can widen access to creativity without undermining creative ownership.
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Wishing a very Happy Easter to everyone – and we hope the Easter bunny left some treats for you this morning!
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Wishing a happy Passover to all those in our community and beyond celebrating this moment of renewal. Chag Sameach!
10 of our subjects have been recognised as world-leading in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, including Communication and Media Studies at 18 and Art and Design at 26 globally.
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A collaboration with Skateboard GB and skatepark specialists Betongpark, the findings have now been revealed.
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Goldsmiths researchers collaborated on a year-long project to conduct the first-ever national audit of skateable spaces, providing insights into the UK’s skateboarding infrastructure.
MFA Fine Art graduate Raheel Khan curated an interfaith art exhibition as part of the Ramadan Lights London 2026 which was held across the capital’s West End.
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To all those in our community and beyond celebrating Eid al‑Fitr as the month of Ramadan comes to an end, we wish you peace and happiness. Eid Mubarak!
Congratulations to Sophie García Halliday, winner of the Pat Kavanagh Prize 2026. The annual award recognises the excellence of MA Creative and Life Writing students.
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A new, free therapy service led by Goldsmiths and supported by Lewisham Health and Care Partnership will offer sessions to vulnerable adults and people from marginalised communities.
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The BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund is awarding £350,000 to Goldsmiths to deliver ACES: AI, Carbon, Equity, Skills - a programme seeking to support equitable futures in screen.
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We are back in the Goldsmiths library next week selling books for a discount - be there or be square 🟥 @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
A new paper co-authored by Professor Jo Littler analyses TV comedy-dramas by and about working class women, arguing that these series express the absurdity of middle-class ideals of social mobility and meritocracy. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/so...
"A dazzling wartime fantasy", Francis Spufford's fourth novel, Nonesuch, is out this week, published by Faber and Faber.
Francis Spufford is Professor of Creative Writing at Goldsmiths and the Chair of Judges for the 2026 Goldsmiths Prize.
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Graduate Raheel Khan (MFA Fine Art) has curated an interfaith art exhibition as part of The Aziz Foundation’s Ramadan Lights London programme.
Wishing all of our community a very happy Lunar New Year, as we welcome the Year of the Horse.
The Goldsmiths Confucius Institute will be celebrating with a Chinese New Year Gala Show next week in the Great Hall on our campus – all are welcome!
Tickets & info 🔗 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Congratulations to PhD student Floriane Fo Misslin, who has been awarded the 2025 Emerging Scholar Award by the International Journal of Fashion Studies.
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Four Goldsmiths graduates are the recipients of the inaugural V22 x Goldsmiths Studio Scholarship Programme, granting them six months of free studio space at the crucial point of transition between graduation and embarking on professional practice.
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Established with a transformational £11.2 million grant from @oak-foundation.bsky.social, the MFI advances research, learning and public engagement on migration through the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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Professor Bridget Anderson has been appointed the inaugural Director of the Migrant Futures Institute (MFI), our groundbreaking centre focused on advancing migration research and dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by migrants.
The Goldsmiths Prize 2026 is here!
Meet our wonderful judges: writer and translator Kate Briggs, novelist Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social, journalist and former Evening Standard Literary Editor David Sexton and Chair of Judges, novelist Francis Spufford.
A group of students throw their hats in the air as they celebrate their graduation in front of Westminster Abbey.
Our Summer Graduation Ceremonies start today!
Over the next three days, we're celebrating the amazing achievements of our students with their friends, family and tutors.
Congratulations everyone ❤️
