22 Apr 2026
Open Event, Postgraduate
Postgraduate event for students, alumni and professionals
4:00 pm - 7:00 am

Join us for an evening where you can learn more about master’s degrees. This is your chance to ask real questions, hear from the academics who’ll teach you, and get a feel for what it means to study your master’s at Richmond.

06 May 2026
Open Event, Postgraduate
Master degrees online webinar
May 6, 2026 @ 5:00 pm , more

Join us online to talk with Programme Directors, current students, professionals who will share their experience and insights on select programmes.

06 Jun 2026
Open Event, Undergraduate
Undergraduate Open Day
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Book now for our next Open Day at our campus in Chiswick Park, west London.

‘I am Richmond’ blog

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This blog was created to provide an insight into what life at Richmond, American University London is really like. It’s written by the people who know it best: our students.

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Athens > London

I decided to write this post in order to share my experience with you and inform you about the situation in the UK right now if you are thinking of coming to London.

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I hope you’re feeling more positive now that normal life is coming soon!

After the recent announcement I hope you’re feeling more positive now that normal life is coming soon!

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Undergraduate Symposium: The Post-Pandemic World

IVAC are organising an Undergraduate Symposium (a conference to discuss a particular subject) for Fall 21 that will explore the impact and aftermath of the pandemic, Covid and national [...]

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Street art and street artists in London

London is one of the biggest cities in the world, not just for its size, but also for the people who live there.

A person in a pink hoodie photographs a snowy garden with palm trees, benches, and large plants. No recognizable landmarks are present.

Getting there with my assignments!

I hope you’re all settling into classes; we probably all have some deadlines over the next few weeks as we get closer to midterms.

A person with long hair takes a selfie in a cozy, warmly-lit café with wooden floors and patterned benches.

Things to do in London: the day I decided to become a YouTuber

Sometimes moving to a new city can make you feel weird.

A person smiles and points to a sign reading “Anne Frank Huis.” They stand in front of a dark green door.

Little joys in life and my role model (Anne Frank)

Looking at the photos here reminds me of the little joys in life we can all have.

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Travelling is part of your soul

Travelling is one of the most unique experiences that a person can have.

Media Enquiries

Press enquiries

If you’re a journalist and you’d like to get in touch with any of our experts, or find out more, please get in touch with Rebecca Pearce in the PR and Communications team, [email protected].

General enquiries

For general enquiries (non-journalist) email [email protected].

Find an expert

Richmond American University London, has a broad range of expertise across a number of areas, including the liberal arts, international relations, international history, business management, communications, arts and social sciences.

Dr Jane Norris
Areas of expertise – design theory, specifically luxury product future trends.

Professor George Zhang
Areas of expertise – Chinese language learning and teaching, intercultural communications and cross-cultural business management, language policy, language competence, language standards and assessment, teacher training and professional development.

Dr. Dina Awad 
Areas of expertise – Teaching Methodology, Second Language acquisition, Teacher Training

Dr Eunice Goes
Areas of expertise – British party politics and electoral competition, British political thought and Britain’s relationship with Europe and wider foreign policy; Portuguese party politics

Dr Michael F. Keating
Areas of expertise – tarriffs and trade, global best practices, Neo-liberalism, energy and infrastructure, financial sector reform, knowledge economies and innovation systems, tertiary education, politics in sub-Saharan Africa and East/South-East Asia.

Dr Kandida Purnell
Areas of expertise – War, Conflict, COVID-19 Pandemic, Commemoration, Body Politics, Gender and Global Politics/Security. Also research and professional enagement as Head of at Richmond.

Dr. Rafal Soborski 
Areas of expertise – Far-right politics; political ideologies; social movements; globalization.

Dr Martin D. Brown
Areas of expertise – international history, the Cold War, European diplomatic history, James Bond

Dr Sue Pell
Areas of expertise – activist archives, DIY archives, social housing activism, anti-gentrification campaigns, urban social movements, social movement communication, public sphere and democracy

Piola Massarotto
Areas of expertise – Art History, Visual Culture, Museum Studies.

James Peaty
Areas of expertise – Political communication, media and pop culture.

Dr. Alex Seago 
Areas of expertise – US politics and culture, Popular culture, Contemporary art & design

Carola Hieker 
Areas of expertise – Coaching, leadership

Isabelle Knight
Areas of expertise – PR & Publicity for creatives & businesses, Marketing and Brands, Self Publishing & Authors

Danny Graydon
Areas of Expertise – Superheroes, Film, Comics, Pop Culture, Animation, James Bond, Science Fiction

Dr. Ian Taylor
Areas of expertise – Media coverage of protests and social movements, Social movement engagement with New Media

Professor Dr. Carola Hieker
Areas of expertise – organizational behavior, leadership, coaching & mentoring, diversity

Associate Professor Inma Ramos
Areas of expertise – international investment banking and international corporate finance law, compliance and regulation, with a particular emphasis on Corporate Governance in Financial Markets

Professor Sabine Spangenberg
Areas of expertise – history of economic thought, welfare economics, public economics

Vanessa Carreras 
Areas of expertise – Finance in Education, System implementations and Change Management, Operations in Education

Sohil Majmudar
Areas of expertise – Data Analysis, Health Statistics, Mathematics

Birzo Ismael 
Areas of expertise – Web, Mobile and Game Applications, Software Engineering

Dr. Lucia Morawska
Areas of expertise – History of Football, Holocaust Studies, Jewish Art

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