Royal College of Art news and archive

RCA College of Design to allegedly let go of associate lecturers, students launch petition

The College of Design at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, one of the leading art and design schools around the world, is allegedly cutting the jobs of the majority of its Associate Lecturers (ALs), industry professionals that give lectures at higher education institutions in the UK. The students and staff of the fashion department at...

Fashion

Head of fashion at Royal College of Art awarded honorary fellowship

The head of fashion at UK postgraduate art school the Royal College of Arts (RCA) in London has been recognised with an honorary fellowship by Arts University Plymouth, a new university specialising in the arts in the country. The RCA announced the news via a news article on their website. The Royal College of Art in London, which was recently...

Fashion

QS World University Rankings reveal the best universities to study fashion

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a higher education data platform, has unveiled its annual ranking of the world's best universities. In the field of art and design, the Royal College of Art in London takes the top position. The QS World University Rankings 2023 includes a total of 1,594 institutions, including 103 new ones. Each institution's ranking...

Business

RCA and Max Mara announce MA fashion scholarships

The Royal College of Art (RCA) has announced new scholarships, funded by Italian luxury fashion label Max Mara, will be offered to two students on the MA Fashion programme annually over the next three years. The scholarships, totalling 30,000 pounds per person, will be offered to students who “face financial hardship,” explains the RCA, and will...

Fashion

Royal College of Art launches Virgil Abloh Scholarship

The Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has announced its RCA Virgil Abloh Scholarship, a new scholarship for disadvantaged Black British students, as per a press release sent out by the school. From the next academic year, every academic year a selected Black British student will receive a full tuition fee scholarship with a total value of...

Fashion Featured

Westfield London launches sustainable design competition

Westfield London is collaborating with the Royal College of Art to launch a sustainable design competition to promote local talent. The ‘Future Fashion’ competition is looking to discover emerging creatives in London who are prioritising sustainability to be featured in an exhibition celebrating sustainable fashion and design in the shopping...

Fashion Featured

Westfield London launches sustainable design competition

Business

Burberry to support the next generation of creative leaders

Burberry has expanded its creative arts scholarships, to support underrepresented students. The new scholarships include: Central Saint Martins in London (fashion design, textile design, jewellery design, fashion communication and graphic communication), Institut Français de la Mode in Paris (fashion design) and The New School’s Parsons School...

Fashion Featured

International Talent Support announces 2019 finalists

The International Talent Support (ITS), the Trieste-based design competition dedicated to supporting emerging fashion, accessories and jewellery talents, has named the finalists for the 2019 edition taking place in July, featuring designers from 15 countries including the UK. The design competition received more than 800 entries from more than...

Fashion

Burberry Foundation awards 3 million pound grant to Royal College of Art

London - The Burberry Foundation has awarded 3 million pounds to the Royal College of Art in order to establish a new research group, namely the Burberry Material Futures Research Group. The grant sees the British heritage fashion house expanding on its Design Scholarship Fund, a move which is in line with Burberry's new five-year responsibility...

People

London’s Royal College of Art names new Chancellor

The Royal College of Art in London has named Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, as its new Chancellor. The university confirmed that Ive will take up the role in July and it will be a five-year term. Ive succeeds Sir James Dyson, the British inventor, who served as the Provost of the College from 2011 until this year. The new honorary...

Culture

Moncler to kick off Freeze for Frieze project in London

Outerwear luxury label Moncler is set to kick off its latest project, Moncler Freeze for Frieze this Friday in support of creative talent. For its latest project, the Italian label teamed up with The Royal College of Arts and asked artists, fashion designers, musicians, performers, as well a number of the college's alumni and current...