Goldsmiths' Alumni Blog
Book Launch: Learning and Teaching British Values by Sadia Habib Date: Thursday, 30 November 2017 Time: 4.30-6.30pm Location: Rooms 109 & 110, Ground Floor, Margaret McMillan Building On Thursday 30 November, Sadia Habib will be speaking about her book, ‘Learning and Teaching British Values’ at a joint event with her esteemed colleague from the Department of… Read more Guest Post: Book Launch by Sadia Habib
The Female Voice @ BAFTA Los Angeles Julia Dos Santos (BA Media and Communications, 2016) was nominated to win one of four top prizes at the BAFTA Los Angeles Student Film Awards in the documentary category for “The Female Voice”. The documentary was made in collaboration with Minji Kim (BA Media and Communications, 2016) and Jeanette Lee… Read more Guest Post: The Female Voice
Dr Margaret Mallett (1941-2017) Emeritus Fellow of the English Association After teaching in Northumberland, Kent and south London, Margaret came to Goldsmiths in 1970 as one of two Research Officers on the Schools Council English in Middle Years project. When the project ended she took up a part-time post in the English department and was… Read more In memoriam: Dr Margaret Mallett
It was 20 years ago today… that Wired Radio came out to play Julian Lorkin completed his MA Radio at Goldsmiths in 1997 and was the first licence holder for Wired Radio, Goldsmiths’ digital radio station run by students. He worked at BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and the Financial World Tonight for a decade before… Read more Guest Post: Wired Radio
Anti-Discriminatory Practices Explored by a Team of Academics Matt Broadway-Horner (MSc Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2005) is currently a doctoral student at Kings College London. He is a clinician and has worked in NHS, voluntary and private sectors for many years since 2001. Matt tells us more about his chapter ‘Ageing, Sexual Orientation and Mental Health:… Read more Guest Post: Anti-Discriminatory Practices Explored by a Team of Academics
Art therapy and The Altemus Leadership Programme Paula Boyle (MA Art Psychotherapy, 2015) is an HCPC registered health care practitioner who practices full-time as an art therapist at Demelza Hospice Care for Children, Kent. She is also a committee member of the British Association of Art Therapists group called ‘The Creative Response’, a special interest… Read more Guest post: Art Therapy
Abstract Figures in the Windows of the Leeds City Museum Dan Crooks (BA Fine Art, 2015) is from Sheffield and has lived in Leeds, London and Huddersfield. He currently lives and works in South Yorkshire. He tells us about his time studying at Goldsmiths and the Window Frame Project, a gallery space in the windows of… Read more Guest Post: Abstract Figures
Theatre for Children in Hospital. The Gift of Compassion. My book “Theatre for Children in Hospital. The Gift of Compassion” (15 December 2016) brings to the reader experience of over ten years practice and evaluation of bedside theatre performances for children in hospital wards in the U.K. and abroad. It makes an argument for the… Read more Guest Post: Theatre for Children in Hospital
The British Council Alumni Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of alumni and showcase the impact and value of a UK higher education. Award winners and finalists are leaders in their fields who have used their experience of studying at a UK university to make a positive contribution to their communities, professions and countries. Over 1,200… Read more Winner and shortlist for British Council Alumni Awards 2017
Unrest, a documentary produced by Lindsey Dryden (BA Media and Communications, 2003) and directed by Jennifer Brea, has been selected as one of the highly anticipated narrative documentaries to receive a world premiere. About Sundance Film Festival Founded by Robert Redford in 1978, the Sundance Film Festival celebrates creativity and independence in cinema. This year,… Read more Alumna’s documentary premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2017
