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Major Survey into Mental Health in the Indian Music Industry ‘It’s Time to Talk’ - one of the biggest surveys into mental health in the music industry, and the first such survey in India - launched on 10 November at the Soundscapes of India Fe...

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...

Goldsmiths Professor elected to prestigious Italian academy Ragupathy Venkatachalam, Professor of Economics at Goldsmiths, University of London, has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.

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/

Towards a Decolonised Journalism: Lessons from the Black Radical Tradition

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...

Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

We’re also asking people to share their Goldsmiths stories so we can include them in our celebration.

Share your story: www.gold.ac.uk/celebrating-...

Join us as we celebrate 120 years of knowledge in action: www.gold.ac.uk/celebrating-...

Rapper and poet Omar Elsaaidi is an Equity Awards scholar who grew up near our campus in New Cross.

He’s filmed performing Foundations of Gold, capturing the energy of our students and the achievements of some high-profile alumni.

Watch the video: www.gold.ac.uk/celebrating-120

From today we’re rolling out a year of 120th anniversary celebrations, events and initiatives which mark how our community has shaped culture and society.

We’re kicking things off with a specially-commissioned spoken-word piece by one of our students.

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...

Rush-Hour concert: The Bow and the Brush – Peter Sheppard Skaerved Peter Sheppard Skærved returns to the George Wood Theatre with a typically inventive programme of works by his collaborating composers and meet the composer Nigel Clarke.

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...

A young man is interviewed on camera in a modern flat.

"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.

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@mitpress.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

A giant blue figure in a glass casket, with a visitor looking in.

👉Read more about the project: www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/th...

📷The Spell or The Dream by Tai Shani © David Parry, PA Media Assignments

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👇

Economic Espionage, Q&A with Dr Nicola Searle New research by Dr Nicola Searle provides the first evidence based understanding of the sectors at risk to knowledge leakage and the trade offs between openess and increased security.

"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...

Students and graduate in competition for UX Design Awards Projects created by Goldsmiths MSc User Experience Engineering students and a graduate have been nominated for the New Talent category.

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...

Computing researchers partners on responsible AI projects Professor Marco Gillies and Dr Dan McQuillan from the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths are partners on two of the three BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divide) demonstrator projects.

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/

Impact of watching live performance on the brain revealed A new study has revealed that watching live performances in a group setting impacts brain activity, with performers breaking the fourth wall especially causing synchrony.

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...

Goldsmiths celebrates launch of intergenerational living scheme Goldsmiths and Phoenix Community Housing launch Melfield Gardens – an award-winning, intergenerational housing scheme in Lewisham that brings together students and residents aged 55+ in a new mo...

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 uses ‘victimcould’ to further agenda President Donald Trump casts himself as the victim of imagined future injustices to create a sense of ‘victimcould’ and further his agenda, a new paper from a Goldsmiths academic argues.

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...

From victimhood to victimcould: Hypothetical injury and the ‘criminalization’ of Donald Trump - Kathryn Claire Higgins, 2025 This article theorizes how far-right cultural politics leverage hypothetical injuries and imaginary futures, often through media, to justify agendas of social v...

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...

Open Book participants create Medway history film A new film chronicling the history of Medway’s working-class community marks Goldsmiths' based Open Book’s ambitions for accessible filmmaking.

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...

Dr Ivan Zupic wins Sage’s 10-Year Impact Award Dr Zupic has received the award for his paper ‘Bibliometric Methods in Management and Organization.’ The 10-Year Impact Awards recognise research in Sage journals with lasting influence.

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

€2.5 million project examines use of AI and platform providers in the datafied welfare state A Goldsmiths academic has been awarded a €2.5 million grant to investigate the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies by public bodies across welfare states i...

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...

Exhibition marks multi-year collaboration with prestigious Shanghai gallery A joint exhibition by Goldsmiths and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai marks the first output of a multi-year collaboration between the creative powerhouses which is aimed at exploring th...

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...

AI threats ‘significant’ to UK screen sector, report warns Using artificial intelligence (AI) within the UK screen sector raises “significant legal, ethical and practical challenges”, a new report from one of Goldsmiths’ flagship research pr...

“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...