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Study Abroad to Stay Abroad: How Richmond Became My Perfect Fit

Richmond was the perfect place to grow and develop academically, personally, and professionally. From studying abroad to staying abroad, how Richmond became my home.  

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Behind the Screens: Visit to the BBC HQ

In the last week of classes, we visited the BBC Headquarters located in Central London.

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My Journey to Richmond and Media Studies: Finding My Path

Jomana shares her experience and why she chose to study at the Richmond American University London.

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Student Film Showcase: Kate Joyce’s “Swallowing Frogs”

This past week, the university featured student Kate Joyce’s senior project, "Swallowing Frogs," which explores the theme of feminine rage.

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Meet Our New Digital Student Ambassador: Bridging Media, Community, and Connection

As a Media Studies major student in my second semester second year, I’ve always been passionate about journalism, media, communication and community engagement

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All Things Media, Fashion, and Culture with Digital Student Ambassador Isha 

The ways of media and its power to shape audience perceptions has inspired me to contribute positively to the field. 

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How business schools can address gender inequality in leadership

Dr Theano Lianidou, Associate Dean - Research and Professional Engagement, presented her paper at the 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium in Milan recently.

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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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Why Do Governments Lose Elections? PART 3 

Part three of a three part series in which Dr. Mike F. Keating. Professor of International Political Economy and Head of Department: Humanities, Social Sciences and Psychology discusses how and why [...]

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Why Do Governments Lose Elections? PART 2 

Part two of a three part series in which Dr. Mike F. Keating. Professor of International Political Economy and Head of Department: Humanities, Social Sciences and Psychology discusses how and why [...]

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Why Do Governments Lose Elections? PART 1 

Part one of a three part series in which Dr. Mike F. Keating. Professor of International Political Economy and Head of Department: Humanities, Social Sciences and Psychology discusses how and why [...]

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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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The Married Rocks of Fulani-No-Ura

We spoke to Richard Bevan, Programme Director for Film & Photography at Richmond, about his new book, The ‘Married’ Rocks of Fulani-No-Ura, a collection of postcards of the internationally [...]

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It’s a wrap! Students report on guest lecture and film screening

With thanks to Daina and Lauren, studying BA Film Studies and BA Film and Photography, for their report on a Guest Lecture

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What an incredible opportunity for us Film and Photography students!

We were invited to the US Embassy to meet none other than our favorite female photographer, Carrie Mae Weems! Her words were truly inspiring as she delved into the questions that shape our time and [...]

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Everyone has the potential  

Michiel is an online marketing and branding entrepreneur, who is, ‘Passionate about everything related to social media, online marketing and all types of creative campaigns that make you go [...]

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Exploring Van Gogh

“My name is Piola Massarotto and I teach a number of art history courses at Richmond American University London.  I was recently featured in the newsletter of Van Gogh House, London, where I went [...]

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‘How to make culture change real’ with guest speaker from PA Consulting

You’re invited to the second event to be held at Richmond with guest speaker, Ashley Harshak, on Wednesday 6 December, classroom 6/7.

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Students in Focus: Andrew Hardford

Andrew Harford graduated in December with a BA (Hons) Communications: Advertising & PR, with a minor in Digital Studies.

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Students in Focus: Tega Oke

Tega Oke is graduating on Saturday from our MA Advertising & PR programme, he says:

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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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Here are my favorite things to do in NYC

It’s Michela with another study abroad blog from New York! NYC is such a lively city full of exciting things to do and discover, but these are my absolute favorites!

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My first blog! Michela

Hi! My name is Michela and I’m a second-year Advertising & PR student. I am originally from Rome, Italy and I moved to London last year to attend Richmond University.

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Student Podcast – Part one – Why choose Richmond?

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

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Ideas for staying on track

Hello All! Happy New Year to everyone and I hope everyone has had a good start to the year. My name is Shivani Govindia and I’ve recently completed an MA Advertising & PR (part-time) at Richmond.

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‘Good things come to those that wait!’

Hello to all new and continuing Richmond students! It’s been one long summer for me with writing my Professional Research Project for MA Advertising and PR and I am happy to say I got an A- in it, [...]

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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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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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Lockdown in London

My first year at Richmond was really interesting and I learnt a lot about the practical side of public relations such as writing press releases and taking part in interesting group projects like [...]

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How to survive as a working student

Being a student requires mental strength, patience and having goals that you are determined to achieve, no matter what.

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The choices we make: How I decided to study at Richmond

Studying is a difficult, and at the same time, exciting process. It’s difficult because you need to study hard but also exciting because of all the new experiences you gain along the way.

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Finding My Confidence at Richmond University in London

Hi! I'm Kalyn, aka www.girlgonelondon.com, and I was a student at the University of Pittsburgh studying Communications when I studied abroad in 2012 at Richmond, The American International University [...]


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