Goldsmiths' Alumni Blog
What You Do Matters! A baby-faced 18-year-old entering Goldsmiths, ready for the next three years to study BSc Psychology! I clearly remember being recommended Goldsmiths by my former tutor in College, who raved on that he was once a student there and that I would love it. I remember days sitting on the big field… Read more Guest Post: WYDM
Goldsmiths Reunite: Around The World In 7 Days showcases the scale of our global community and provides a collective experience for all those taking part – from Alumni Ambassadors who plan the events locally to all those who attend and extend their local network with like-minded alumni. On Saturday, 21 April the Warden, Patrick Loughrey,… Read more Around The World In 7 Days
You may have recently received a call from one of our students as part of this year’s Telephone Campaign, which has proved to be the most successful year on record. Between 27 February and 20 March Goldsmiths alumni generously donated £120,000 in pledged donations. Every penny goes to the Annual Fund, which has provided our students… Read more Thank You to our Donors
Beirut by way of Goldsmiths Goldsmiths opened my eyes to the world. And I wanted to do something to change it. Sam Gough is a Communications Officer at INARA and previously at Goldsmiths, University of London. Former staff are members of our alumni community and can keep in touch by updating their details online or joining Goldsmiths… Read more Guest Post: Beirut by way of Goldsmiths
The MA in Fashion is the youngest of our Design MAs: its first students came to Goldsmiths in 2013. Ruth Jacob was part of this inaugural group of Fashion students, and now she’s sent word to us on what her studies at Goldsmiths meant to her, and what she’s been up to since graduation: “Since… Read more Life After Goldsmiths: MA Fashion alumna Ruth Jacob
Out of the frying pan into the fire? – A tale of two 1960’s halls of residence – I arrived at Bennett Park, Blackheath, as a very green Goldsmiths’ fresher in the late 1960’s, having never lived away from home, let alone having experienced the delights of the Big Smoke. At the time Bennett Park… Read more Guest Post: Out of the frying pan into the fire?
Why I’d like to see more alumni return to campus Since the start of the new academic year, the events staff at the Goldsmiths Students’ Union have been incredibly excited about the prospect of members of the alumni community holding talks or events of their own in the Stretch, our newly refurbished, award-winning space at the… Read more Guest Post: Alumni on campus
Ngapartji Ngapartji 2005. Lee traces the story in the sand outlining the different moiety and kinship groups explaining to us the complex Anangu lores and relationships. The Sydney city high school girls listen with respect and intrigue … A few days later, we are sitting in the red dirt with Mildred and her sister as… Read more Guest Post: Ngapartji Ngapartji
It is with great sadness that I must report that Bart Moore-Gilbert, Professor of Postcolonial Studies and English, passed away on 2 December 2015, after a shockingly swift illness. Anna Hartnell, Bart’s wife, sent the following message to his close colleagues in the Department of English and Comparative Literature and the wider College community: “As… Read more In Memoriam: Bart Moore-Gilbert
The Quipu Project, developed by a collective formed by filmmakers Maria Court (MA Screen Documentary, 2011), Rosemarie Lerner (MA Screen Documentary, 2011) and Sebastian Melo (MA Digital Media: Technology and Cultural Form, 2011) along with creative technologist Ewan Cass-Kavanagh (MA Creating Social Media, 2012), officially launched on Thursday, 10 December 2015 on International Human Rights’… Read more Official launch of the Quipu Project
