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. Read the full story 👇 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/qs...

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.

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. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/pa...

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. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/in...

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. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/ac...

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. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

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. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/in...

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. 👇 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/v2...

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.

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 ❤️

How does music work, and what can it tell us about the human mind, body, and society? Manuel Anglada-Tort reflects on the enduring importance of music science in a new blog for the School of Mind, Body and Society. sites.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-so...

We look back at the AI and Games Conference 2025, which saw nearly 400 attendees come together at Goldsmiths to hear from academics and professionals from major studios and developers. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...

Ahead of the UN’s International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable of Development in 2026, Dr Chris Millora, Lecturer in Education Studies supported the development of a global Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering. Read the full story 👇 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/ca...

An album celebrating the centenary of electronic music trailblazer Daphne Oram features a track by the School of Computing's Dr Eleonora Oreggia, who will perform with her REBUS instrument using electromagnetic waves at the Barbican this Thursday. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/da...

We're the national delivery partner for Artsmark, empowering teachers to embed arts, creativity and culture across the whole curriculum. In this blog, Prof Tara Page explains how the programme works and shares her observations on the power of collaboration👇 www.artsmark.org.uk/blog/power-c...

A pioneering piece of research into the mental health of people working in the Indian music industry will be the first of its kind in India. It builds on Dr George Musgrave's previous research into musicians’ mental health and wellbeing. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/it...

Congratulations to Professor Ragupathy Venkatachalam, who has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Istituto Lombardo. Read the full story 👇https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/professor-venkatachalam-istituto-lombardo/

Join @mediacomgold.bsky.social for the start of the Media Forum series. 'Towards a Decolonised Journalism: Lessons from the Black Radical Tradition' with Dr Omega Douglas and Dr Marcela Pizarro Coloma. 📍 8 Oct, 6pm-8pm, Goldsmiths Cinema 🔗 www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist. Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists! Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Today is a special day in our history, marking exactly 120 years since we opened our doors as a university on 29 September 1905. Now as then, we're recognising the contribution our students and staff make to society by turning knowledge into action.

Our '25 judges, @simonokotie.bsky.social Amy Sackville (Chair) & Mark Haddon together @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social to decide this year's shortlist! Megan Nolan joining virtually. Announcement next Thursday, 2nd October around 9pm! 🔥

Congratulations to Dr Akshi Kumar, Senior Lecturer in Computing, awarded the Florence R. Sabin award for research excellence by Graduate Women in Science. Read more on our website 👉 gold.ac.uk/news/2025/fl...

For your diary @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social - Luke Lewis, Nigel Clarke & David Matthews at the George Wood Theatre And it's free - thanks to Imogen Burman-Mitchell for the collaboration ! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

"I feel very grateful to be in this space and to hear from people I perhaps normally wouldn’t interact with.” Goldsmiths student Morley shares his experience of living in Melfield Gardens, a new intergenerational housing scheme, on BBC Radio London. 📻Listen from 1hr17: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Do you speak virus? This October we are publishing “Virus is a Language” by Chris Hables Gray, this book shows how Generative AI and cults such as QAnon spread digitally, and culturally follow the same rules as biological viruses. 🦠🦠🦠 @mitpress.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

How do you bring a sculpture to life? Computing technicians Nicky Donald and Mirko Febbo worked with studio Art and Assembly on a major commission at Somerset House, making the slumbering sculpture central to Tai Shani’s The Spell or The Dream gently breathe.

In a new review of a 2022 report about menopause in the workplace, Professor Catherine Rottenberg @mediacomgold.bsky.social and colleagues at LSE call into question the report's stand-out statistic👇

"We are talking about research security a lot more than we used to just a few years ago." Dr Nicola Searle discusses her work on economic espionage and the balance between openness and security in research and innovation www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/ec...

Projects by students and a graduate from MSc User Experience Engineering have been nominated for the Autumn 2025 UX Design Awards. Their work includes an AI-powered pet adoption platform and a project which helps locate missing people by mobilising volunteers. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/ux...

Goldsmiths computing academics are partners on two of three @braiduk.bsky.social responsible AI demonstrator projects. They're exploring creating immersive art experiences through AI and sustainable AI futures. Read the full story👇https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/braid-demonstrator-projects/

Watching live performances in a group setting impacts brain activity, with performers breaking the fourth wall especially causing synchrony, a new study has revealed. 💃Read the full story www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/ne...

This week we celebrated the launch of a new intergenerational housing scheme for Lewisham. Melfield Gardens, which has been built to Passivhaus standards, brings together students and residents aged 55+ in a new model for community living. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/me...

Trump casts himself as the victim of imagined future injustices to create a sense of ‘victimcould’ and further his agenda, a new paper by @kat-hig.bsky.social argues. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/vi...

How did a man of seemingly limitless wealth, power and impunity style himself as a victim du jour of America's prevailing political order? My new article in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social about Trump, criminalization and "victimcould" tries to figure it out. doi.org/10.1177/1367...

A new film chronicling post-war working class history in Medway in Kent has been produced by participants in Goldsmiths' Open Book initiative. Open Book works to remove barriers to higher education, providing free, open access classes and support. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/op...

Congratulations to Dr Ivan Zupic, whose paper has won a @sagepub.com 10-Year Impact Award, which recognises the most-cited articles over the past decade. Full story 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/sage-10-year-impact-award

Congratulations to @linadencik.bsky.social on her @erc.europa.eu project investigating the uses of AI and data-driven technologies by public bodies across welfare states in Europe. Prof Dencik is our University Research Leader in AI Justice @mediacomgold.bsky.social. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/er...

Books from Goldsmiths Press will be shared on an innovative open access platform run by The MIT Press, one of the world’s leading university presses. Story on our website 👉 www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/go...

A new exhibition marks the beginning of a multi-year collaboration between Goldsmiths and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai, exploring the link between art and science. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/go...

“The report acknowledges that while AI offers powerful tools to enhance creativity… it also raises urgent questions.” CoSTAR Foresight Lab director Jonny Freeman contributes to a report on generative AI from partners BFI. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/co...

A 5-star review for a wide-ranging retrospective of the work of alumnus Hamad Butt at The Whitechapel Gallwery. . Part of the Young British Artist generation, he studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths in the late 1980s www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Student researchers are supporting lawyers in a case at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Students taking part in the Immigration Law Clinic are working with a lawyer on a case that challenges the way migrant claims are dealt with in Italy. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/im...