Royal College of Art

What would it be like to study at the Royal College of Art 💭

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...

"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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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?

📥 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...

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 ...

🏅 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...

Student sits on chair in library.

🎓 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

Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Studentship: NetZero Futures NetZero Futures Doctoral Landscape Award is a Fully funded EPSRC scholarship with the RCA.

🍃 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-...

Two people holding a coffee cups, standing in front of a Royal College of Art promotional banner at an event, it read "world #1 art and design university".

👋 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

Left: Zacahry Miller-Waugh holding a small figurine, standing in front of shelves filled with colorful Pokemon dolls. Right: A close-up portrait Aileen Gavonel, wearing a necklace and a beige shirt, against a textured white background.

📣 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...

Student in graduation dress raises fist on stage.

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 👏

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

♻️ 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...

Today we launch a #book #engaging #design www.epflpress.org/produit/1606... #download #openaccess #design @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social @epfllibrary.bsky.social

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.

Royal College of Art to honour Nick Cave with honorary doctorate

King Charles converses with Damien Roach at SXSW Festival, with Mayor Sadiq Khan also present in the background.

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

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

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

Professor Hua Dong appointed Director of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Professor Hua Dong appointed Director of The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

📣 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...

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.

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...

Photograph of a A4 paper sign on a door. There is an arrow and then the text ‘Keep going’.

Motivational advice at the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social last night

Are public toilets being flushed away? - BBC Sounds The number of public toilets in England and Wales has declined by nearly 40% in 25 years.

Great @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social interview with London Loo Alliance member @gaillyk.bsky.social @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Graduate Prizes in the School of Architecture 2025

Congratulations to the winners of this year's School of Architecture prizes.

This year's winning projects span everything from queer temporal frameworks and speculative reuse to conflict-driven spatial justice, and historical landscape research.

Discover the award winners ➡️ bit.ly/459nZ6r

New international research project to explore history of graphic design for street protest

📣 A new three-year research project brings together universities in Brazil, South Africa and the UK including the RCA to explore the history of graphic design for street protests.

Funded by @ukri.org, @agenciafapesp.bsky.social and NRF.

Find out more ➡️ www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Mapping the user journey

Making sense of the options

Popped into the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Service Design MA show on the way back.

Some really good stuff.

The GOV•UK gang should check out the Shared Parental Leave demo which also uses learnings from UC. @joelanman.bsky.social @tomski.com

Sorted 🙃

#RCA2025 continues to showcase the work of our graduating students at the Royal College of Art campuses and venues across London on selected dates until 23 July…

Find out what’s coming up👇

www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

"We’re seeing a very expanded idea of photography, and disrupting the traditional notion that we need a camera at all." The Big Interview: James Coupe, Head of Photography at the Royal College of Art www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2025/05/the-... 💪
@RoyalCollegeofArt.bsky.social

Back cover of a book. Top line read 'This is a brilliantly accessible, engaging, essential and timely book on a subject...'

Thank you Bloomsbury @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, Royal College of Art @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design for supporting us, and of course Jo-Anne Bichard for suggesting we do this. Seemed like madness to me but we did it! 🏆 I'm delighted 😘

Visitor at RCA2025 wearing VR headset.

Exhibit from Yvann Zahui, MA Photography featuring three figures surrounded by photographic works.

Visitor with inflatable exhibit by Qinkeer Zu, MA Print.

🥳 #RCA2025: School of Arts & Humanities Show is open to the public for free from 19–22 June at RCA Battersea, 12 to 6pm daily!

Get the details: rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/rca2025-school-of-arts-humanities-show

And don't forget you can buy works from the show at rca-sales.com 🛒

Ecological Citizen(s) The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.

Involved in #CommunityEnergy? New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. Find out more 👇
www.sei.org/projects/eco...

@sei.org, @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social,

Been a pleasure & privilege to work with residents in Custom House & colleagues from @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social who created these beautiful outputs.

No change to a community done without them, is for them ✊❤️‍🔥