“A revolution is on the way, and it's partly because we no longer take our standards from the tweedy top.” — Pauline Boty Spotlighting three 'Hidden Women' from the RCA's history: Kathleen Mary Easmon, Ulla Goodman, and Pauline Boty. Read their stories: https://bit.ly/4laaKKh #IWD2026

🌎 How can immersive tech support communities to tackle global issues? The RCA's two-day symposium will explore how immersive practice can reframe our response to planetary and societal challenges. 🎟 Free, booking essential 📍 RCA Battersea 📅 12–13 Mar Register: https://bit.ly/4rPbtTX

We are pleased to be continuing the Sir Frank Bowling PhD Studentship for 2026/27 entry. The Studentship is open to UK candidates from Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage, or from mixed Black African and Caribbean diaspora heritage. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4aYD1yZ

Looking for weekend plans? 👀 HIDDEN is an annual tradition celebrating the artistic talent of our technical and professional services staff! It's back for another year at our Battersea campus today (27 February) and tomorrow (28 February). Book a free ticket 👇 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

It's finally back and it's never going away ☀️ Thanks to the RCA Robotics Lab for the dancing 🙌

"Is the office dead or should it be repurposed?" 🏢 The focus of industry should shift from where we work to how we work argues our Professor Emeritus Jeremy Myerson. Read more: www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Brilliant day visiting a #project #birminghamuniversity we are funding through #ukri #ecologicalcitizens @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social @sei.org & @wrexhamuni.bsky.social network +

We've had an incredible start 🤖 at the RCA AI Festival! There are still lots of free events all week at RCA Battersea 👇 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

A wonderful time this afternoon: Charlie Porter came in to the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social to talk with our Writing students about his books, how he researches, and the physicality of writing. Such a thoughtful and generous person.

How two MA Textiles graduates weave ancestry into healing futures. Jasmine Dhika and Tyreis Holder – shaped by Indonesia and the Caribbean diaspora respectively – tell us about their practice 👇 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Not just what AI can do. But what it should do. The RCA AI Festival brings together thinkers, artists, leaders, and critics shaping artificial intelligence in art and design from 16 to 20 February. https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/rca-ai-festival-where-intelligence-meets-imagination/

Interesting 📜 There's more than you expect in the RCA Library 📚

If you know any young people (13–19 years old) please encourage them to do this — it's a great programme. I'm one of the judges and those shortlisted will come to the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social for a day of workshops!

Our Head of MA Writing @jeremymillar.bsky.social is a judge on this year's Write for Art for 13 to 19 year olds from @artukdotorg.bsky.social ✍️ Shortlisted writers will come to the RCA for a day of workshops! Find out how to apply 👇

Get an insight on our entry requirements and what to put in your application and portfolio by joining our free Online Portfolio Week from 2 to 6 February 👀 Book a free ticket ⬇️ https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/online-portfolio-week-february-2026/

We stopped by the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social in London during VIVERSE Spark for a hackathon session. Students teamed up across disciplines, mapped their world creation workflows, and brought bold 3D ideas to life inside VIVERSE 🔗 viverse.link/Spark #VIVERSE #HTCVIVE #EarnOnVIVERSE #Creatortool

What's the future of architecture? See work from our MA Architecture students as it takes shape at RCA Battersea from this Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 January. www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Applying for our Master’s, MPhil and PhD programmes for September 2026? Round 1 closes at 12 noon on Monday 19 January! And Round 2 opens the next day on Tuesday 20 January. More information on application key dates ⬇️ https://www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-to-study/eligibility-and-key-dates/

💡 Meet the architects and designers of the future at the MA Architecture Work in Progress Show 2026 in the Studio Building at RCA Battersea from 22 to 24 January... ...and take a peek behind the doors of the world's #1 university for art and design! Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/49Ht2hP

🥲 Our incredible art and design students let you know what it's like to graduate from the Royal College of Art... So could 2026 be the year you start your RCA journey?

🤩 2025 was an incredible year at the RCA of awards, research, new partnerships, new scholarships, exhibitions and student success across art and design. Here are our highlights👇 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Best designs of 2025 from @dezeen.com featuring a carbon-negative compostable polystyrene alternative from our MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering grads at Carbon Cell 👇 www.dezeen.com/2025/12/16/b...

We've all been there...

Last week of term!

💡 What makes an MDes Design Futures student different? Thinking beyond the present 👀 looking at the big picture 🌍 and using design as a tool to understand complex systems 🔧 Find out more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3L3txcH

From ballroom dancing to an MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art. This is how Maki Takato combines performance and digital technology in her art ⬇️ https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/from-ballroom-dancing-to-boundaries-of-light-inside-the-practice-of-maki-takato/

From the Royal College of Art archives... In the workshops with Claire Boyd's (MA Textile Design, 1971) designs. Courtesy of Royal College of Art archive, photographer unknown

⭐ ⭐ Two Royal College of Art graduates have been names as new Royal Designers for Industry: Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (MA and PhD Design Interactions, 2017) and Frith Kerr (MA Visual Communication, 1997)!

1965, Royal College of Art student Ian Robins Dury. He graduated in 1966 with an MA in Painting

'Emerging artists are the most daring...' 👍 🎨 Meet the RCA graduates Jaguar picked in their first Arts Awards in @wallpapermag.bsky.social ⬇️ https://www.wallpaper.com/art/jaguar-arts-awards-2025-winners

The new Jaguar Arts Awards in partnership with London’s Royal College of Art embody a shared drive to nurture new talent; meet the 2025 winners https://www.wallpaper.com/art/jaguar-arts-awards-2025-winners

Beautiful work from one of our graduates @sonjaseidl.bsky.social 🤩

Bobs Gogill Haworth River and Road n.d., Watercolour 20" x 24" South African born Canadian painter Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900-1988) co-founded the Canadian Group of Painters with members of the Group of 7. She studied at the Royal College of Art in London, before she emigrated to Toronto in 1923.

A plastic free polystyrene alternative from our MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering graduates that sequesters carbon dioxide featured in @dezeen.com 👇

We asked our graduates' friends and family what their art and design degree was in... Let's see how they did 😋

Celebrating the creative in-between...✏️ A new online journal from our School of Arts & Humanities, 'draught' seeks to honour the creative process by documenting works that are in progress. Contributors to the first issue include @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social... www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

There's something missing in this photo from the Royal College of Art archive... From 6 January 1960 we can see the beginnings of our Kensington campus here with @royalalberthall.bsky.social in the background 🫶 Follow us to see more from our archives 👀

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 👇 www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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

🚽👍 #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 👇 www.ft.com/content/a68d...

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! 📥 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 👇 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. 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. 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. 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-...

So humbled to be part of this consortium #phd #epsrc @ukri.org #funding #ecologicalcitizens #funded #phdchat