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Why Everyone Should Take At Least One Liberal Arts Course (Yes, Even You)

Everyone should take at least one liberal arts course. Why? Because even you are at risk of becoming butter-less toast.

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Building a Global Career: Iman’s Journey Through Fashion Management and Luxury Brand Leadership

Iman’s Richmond journey, blending academic excellence and industry experience, paved the way for her global career in fashion and luxury.

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Alumni Stories: Natalija von Gaisberg

Born in Liechtenstein, Natalija graduated from our International Relations programmes (both BA and MA), completing her MA in 2020.

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Reflections from Richmond: The US Election, Global Politics, and What’s Next

It is clear that America's election results reflect deep polarisations in US politics.

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How can I improve my chances of getting hired after graduation? 

Here are some tips from Dr Maria Theodosopoulou, our Careers Support Officer, to help our students and graduates to stand out in a competitive job market.

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“Education abroad is a path to recapture what has been lost in America”

How can higher education play a role in addressing a tribal divisiveness that threatens our society?

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The Business of Luxury Summer Programme

Two of our students, Christian and Patricia, on the MA Luxury Brand Management programme have had a unique educational experience in the south of France. 

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Richmond member of staff attends UK-Ukraine conference in Warsaw

Jelena Pivovarova, programme support manager and course leader for our Russian history and politics class, recently attended the second UK-Ukraine International Twinning Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

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What are The WURI Awards? 

Why are we talking about them? For the first time, it’s just been announced that Richmond American University London has won awards in three categories in The World University Rankings for [...]

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How our liberal arts programme explores identity and relationships through literature

Dr Attree explains, ‘Within our Liberal Arts programme, in the Narratives of Change course, we read novels and poetry which deal with social issues such as gender, race, class, technology and the [...]

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Protecting diversity is more important than ever 

Held every year on 21 May, UNESCO leads the celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, highlighting not only the richness of the world’s cultures, but also the [...]

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Reclaiming the Original Intentions of a Distinctively ‘Useful’ U.S. Liberal Education

William G. Durden, Ph.D., Chair, Board of Directors at Richmond American University London, highlights what makes a U.S. Liberal Arts education system unique, as it was intended in its inception.

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Exploring African Literature with Dr Lizzy Attree

We spoke to Dr. Lizzy Attree, a faculty member at RAUL who teaches on our first-year liberal arts module, Narratives of Change, about her research and the importance of African literature.

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Renowned academic urges UK to consider US-style majors system

An internationally renowned academic is urging UK universities to adopt a US-style majors system of teaching, which is very in keeping with Richmond American University London’s liberal arts [...]

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Student Podcast – Part two – Liberal Arts at Richmond

Andrew Harford, one of our BA (Hons) Communications: Advertising & PR students at Richmond, led a podcast series recently with several of our students to explore their thoughts on studying at [...]

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Life During Covid explored through our Tried and True campaign

Over the last 49 years, our alumni have played a pivotal role for Richmond, helping share our fantastic sense of community and tradition around the globe. We celebrated this role last year with a [...]

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New chapter of Her Campus launches today at Richmond

Exciting news!  A new chapter site for Richmond will be launched today (Tuesday 23 March) on Her Campus which will provide female students at Richmond with the opportunity to publish their own news [...]

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Total Recall

There it was, on my nightstand, presumably placed there by my Mum in anticipation of my visit. The Yearbook! A closer inspection revealed its title: “The year ’93: Total Recall” and sure [...]


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