Category: News

Goldsmiths ranks 4th for design and crafts in the Guardian University Guide 2015

While we’re not usually ones to blow our own trumpet, we couldn’t omit to let you know about this bit of great news: Goldsmiths, University of London was ranked fourth in the UK in the league table for design and crafts by the Guardian’s new University Guide 2015, published on Tuesday. Goldsmiths scored an amazing 97 out of 100 for satisfaction with teaching quality, as well as 93.5 for satisfaction with the course studied. We’re very happy that students are placing their confidence in us, and we hope to continue meeting their expectations. You can find the full table here.

Goldsmiths Design Undergraduate show “Matter” opening today

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The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived: the 2014 Undergraduate show “Matter” is about to open. The press and industry view is tonight, and from tomorrow until June 2nd, the show is ready to welcome the public. The exhibition takes place as Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane (postcode E1 6QL), as part of Free Range graduate shows; entrance is free. You can read a full press release on the event here.

If you’ve been following the show and/or Goldsmiths Design on social media lately, you may have already caught a few glimpses of the varied and innovative student projects that will be exhibited at Matter. But if you haven’t done so yet, there’s still time to have a look at the Matter Facebook and Twitter and at the previews offered on the Degree Shows page on the Goldsmiths website. In addition, you can also (re)read a few of our interviews with students from the class of 2014: Emily Gardner, Belen Palacios, Justin Ramsden.

In any case, MATTER is not to be missed!

BADCL students design Orwell Prize trophy

Three Goldsmiths Design students, Hannah Swingler, Keir Middleton and Shanaz Begum, BADCL year 2, worked on designing this year’s trophy for the Orwell prize, a prestigious award for political writing.

The winner of the award for 2014 was Alan Johnson for his memoir “This Boy”, an account of his impoverished childhood spent in London’s north Kensington area, known today as Notting Hill. Journalism prizes were awarded to Guardian journalists Jonathan Freedland and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. The winners were announced on May 21st.

Other BADCL students have been just as busy: course leader Rose Sinclair informed us that Glynn Webster and Jemma O’Sullivan were in charge of designing the new library bag for the Goldsmiths library, which you will be able to see in the new academic year.