21 Feb 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.

22 Apr 2026
Open Event, Postgraduate
Postgraduate Information Evening
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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 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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Before the Vote: A Student’s Perspective on US Politics

Living in London has drastically shaped my political views as I engage with people worldwide and hear broader perspectives outside the common ones I hear in the US.

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Meet Gwen, Our New Digital Student Ambassador

I love interacting with the community and being a part of it, and I am so excited to bring light to everything that we do here! 

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Halloween in the US vs the UK

Halloween and its associated autumn celebrations vary across the US and the UK, with similarities from numerous cultures.

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A Weekend to Remember: The West London Film Festival

My experience at the West London Film Festival: a celebration of cinema, culture, and creativity in the heart of London.

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Discovering Mayan Heritage: My Eye-Opening Study Abroad Experience in Mexico

I found the two weeks to be very grounding and, within that, very freeing.

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Celebrating Korean Hangeul Day

As we celebrated Hangeul Day, an occasion organized by London Sejong Institute to honour the invention and proclamation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet, the Richmond campus was thriving with [...]

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Meet Serena, Richmond’s New Digital Student Ambassador 

I want people to feel welcomed and I am eager to help the university continue to promote inclusivity.

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AI, Soft Skills, and Global Opportunities: Pedram Parhizkari’s Lecture on Career Growth

Our Student Ambassador Serena shares her insights from Pedram's guest lecture.

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

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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.

Hadi Enayat
Areas of expertise – religion and international relations, the sociology of law and secularism studies.

Dr Eunice Goes
Areas of expertise – British party politics, British political thought and Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Dr Michael F. Keating
Areas of expertise – 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 Identity

Professor Dominic Alessio
Areas of expertise – theories of empire (especially South Pacific related), science fiction film, radical right politics

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

Dr Ira Konstantinou
Areas of expertise – psychology, cognitive processes of memory and awareness, critical thinking

Nicola Mann
Areas of expertise – visual culture, popular culture, urban regeneration, cultural studies, the social value of the arts, museum education

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

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

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