Student Affairs

Undergraduate Language & Writing Support Centre
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-04-22 12:30 - 15:30, 2025-04-17 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-04-15 12:30 - 15:30, 2025-04-11 11:30 - 13:00, 2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-04-08 12:30 - 15:30 UTC

Business School Senior Project Poster Exhibition
2025-04-23 13:15 - 14:30
Business School Senior Project Poster Exhibition

Wednesday 23 April
1:15-2:30pm
Lobby

Please join our Richmond Business School students and experience their senior project work.

Here are some of the senior projects that will be presented:

Elena Forghieri, a senior majoring in Digital Marketing (Minor in Fashion Marketing and Management), is using qualitative data gathered on social media to explore the role of User Generated Content (UGC) among three industries: Beauty, Fashion and Food.

Kiara Garcia, a senior majoring in International Business, is conducting qualitative research to examine how the shift from conspicuous to inconspicuous has influenced social media users’ perceptions across platforms in the context of quiet luxury.

Nitya Joshi, a senior majoring in International Business (minor in Mathematics), is using regression analysis to examine the impact of ESG performance on company growth across emerging and non-emerging markets. His study analyses the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of stock prices from 2021 to 2025 and revenues from 2021 to 2024, respectively, exploring how market classification moderates the relationship between ESG scores and financial performance.

Colin Kariuki, a senior majoring in Digital Marketing, is conducting content analysis of social media, i.e., social media posts, captions, hashtags, and engagement styles of 15 local companies and 15 international companies based in Kenya.

Lauryn Kariuki, a senior majoring in International Business, is conducting quantitative research to evaluate how consumer preferences differ between fast fashion and luxury brands based on price perception, sustainability concerns, and brand loyalty.

Tim Link, a senior majoring in Economics and minoring in Maths, is employing a suite of quantitative econometric tests to explore the relationship between Gold prices and Macro variables to forecast Gold Futures (GC = F) prices using ML models, LSTIM, XGBoost and Meta Prophet. This may improve the Central Bank’s announcement policies and provide insights into the viability of RNN ML models to forecast financial time-series data.

Carolina de Oliveira Pinto, a senior majoring in Fashion Management and Marketing (minor in Digital Studies), is working on qualitative research to explore whether there are differences in web design across cultures, analysing specifically visual elements, structure, navigation, language and mobile adaptation of fashion companies from eight different countries.

Sofia Popovic, a senior majoring in International Business (minor in Fashion Management and Marketing), is conducting interviews with students from a range of universities, including Richmond American University London, UCL, the University of Bath, and Imperial College London to understand perceptions of the transition from traditional to technology-driven recruitment methods and how this is affecting candidate experience.

Femke Veenstra, a senior majoring in Fashion Management and Marketing, is using a mixed-methods approach to explore the influence of packaging on Gen Z women’s purchase decisions for luxury and drugstore cosmetics.

Peace Conference
2025-04-23 12:30 - 14:30

Book Launch: Dr Eric Golson
2025-04-23 12:30 - 13:30
The Well-being Research Centre (WRC) will host a book launch and talk by our Adjunct Professor of Economics, Dr Eric Golson on his newly released co-written book, Economics (13th edition) published by McGraw Hill Education.
The event will take place in Classroom 6 on Wednesday, 23th April at 12:30pm. Attendees are invited to stay for refreshments and informal discussion after the talk.
Economics (13th Edition)
Written alongside David Begg, Gianluigi Vernasca, and Bridget Kauma, this new edition provides an in-depth exploration of contemporary economic issues, blending foundational principles with modern topics such as AI’s role in the labour market, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on consumer behaviour, and the global implications of climate change.

Some key features of this latest edition include:
· Fully updated with the latest insights on global economics, including the effects of macro-inflation and international trade.
· Engaging content with real-world case studies, interactive activities, and flexible learning options.
· Expert authors with extensive academic and practical experience in the field.

Link to the book:
https://www.mheducation.co.uk/economics-13e-9781526850232-emea-group

Biography
Dr. Eric Golson is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Richmond, the American International University in London. A multi-award-winning teacher, he has previously worked in University leadership to improve student experience, particularly for neurodiverse students. As an economist with expertise in economic and trade warfare, he has travelled the world exploring complex questions issues for governments and businesses.
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Health and Wellbeing Week
2025-04-22 - 2025-04-25

Green Week
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-25
Which out the Green Project’s Instagram page @greenproject_clubriu to learn more.

Easter Holiday: Easter Monday
2025-04-21
The University is closed today.

Easter Holiday: Good Friday
2025-04-18

Last day to confirm your place at Graduation 2025
2025-04-18
If you have been invited to participate in the graduation ceremony on 28 June 2025 at Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington, please confirm your attendance by today at the very latest.
Complete the Graduation Information Form HERE
Pay your £100 Graduation fee HERE
Extra guest tickets will be released on 28 April–please book no later than 16 May.
Please book your academic dress and your studio photography no later than 1 June.

Maths Advice Centre
2025-04-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-14 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-07 14:00 - 17:00

Award-winning Mira Costa Choir Performance
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00
https://artsed.co.uk/whats-on/artsed-introduces-the-mira-costa-choir/

Senior Film and Photography Exhibition
2025-04-16 18:00 - 20:00
Please join us at the Chiswick Cinema

Reflections on the First 100 Days of Trump's 2nd Presidential Term
2025-04-16 12:30 - 14:00

University Cultural Fair
2025-04-14 - 2025-04-17
We’ll be hosting events all week to celebrate culture in its many forms.
A full programme will come out shortly, but if you’d like to participate, please contact us at studentaffairs@richmond.ac.uk

Cambridge Spring Day Trip
2025-04-12

Giorgia Cecconi: Director of the West London Film Festival
2025-04-11 17:00 - 18:00
Giorgia Cecconi, Director of the West London Film Festival – Friday 11 April at 5pm (Classroom 7)

Giorgia Cecconi, Director of the West London Film Festival, will be sharing insights on the curational and organisational process for the West London Film Festival (which is in the heart of London’s creative landscape, celebrating the magic of storytelling through the lens of film, connecting audiences with diverse and innovative films from around the world, supporting independent filmmakers and fostering a local community in London – Bio: https://www.wlff.co.uk).

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Faculty's Role in Student Well-being
2025-04-11 12:30 - 13:30
The Well-being Research Centre (WRC) will host a talk on Faculty’s role in student well-being by Dr Afsane Riazi, Associate Professor in Psychology.
All faculty and staff are invited to this online talk on Wednesday 23 April April 12:30
While student well-being is an increasing priority in higher education, the role of faculty in shaping students’ academic and psychological experiences has received little empirical attention. This talk will draw on recent findings from a focus group study conducted on Richmond students on how faculty impact their well-being.
Focus groups were conducted with undergraduate and postgraduate students at Richmond from diverse cultural backgrounds, representing multiple nationalities and academic disciplines. Thematic analysis identified key factors in faculty-student interactions that students associated with academic confidence, emotional resilience, and a sense of belonging.
Although the findings are situated within a single institutional context, they raise important questions about how faculty-student interactions can contribute to student well-being. The session will outline emerging themes from the study and provide an opportunity for reflection of these findings and their implications.
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Friday Careers Cafe
2025-04-11 12:00 - 12:30

Guest Lecture with Meg McConville
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:00
Meg McConville
Guest Lecture
Thursday 10th April, 4pm
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We are excited to welcome back Richmond graduate Meg McConville for a guest lecture on Thursday.

Meg graduated in 2018 from our Communication department and has since gone on to build a highly successful career as a commercial photographer specialising in fashion and beauty.

Meg works between New York and Paris but is making a trip to London especially to speak to our students!

Meg’s talk will focus on her experiences as a recent Richmond graduate and the steps she has taken to make her mark and forge her career in commercial and editorial photography.

Not to be missed!

Check out examples of Megs work on her WEBSITE

Decolonisation and Museums: Creating the ‘Endeavour’ Galleries
2025-04-09 12:30 - 13:30
Decolonisation and Museums: Creating the ‘Endeavour’ Galleries
Wednesday 9th April, 12:30pm, Classroom 1
Dr Claire Warrior, Senior Curator, Royal Museums Greenwich
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, founded in 1936, attracts over a million visitors a year and has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain and the sea. In 2018, four new galleries opened at the Museum as part of a major refurbishment, the ‘Endeavour’ project.
The galleries marked a sea-change for the Museum, emphasising increased access, relevance and representation, augmenting the available permanent gallery space by 40%, and telling maritime histories anew. Their development was underpinned by an extensive programme of community engagement, consultation and collaboration, which is visible in the galleries themselves.
In this talk, Dr Claire Warrior will discuss some of the challenges and considerations involved in creating the new galleries. How can a museum so deeply embedded in histories of colonialism and imperialism represent their complexities? What are the opportunities and limitations of collections? And what kind of legacy does a project like this create?
This guest talk is presented by The Centre for International Visual Arts and Cultures (IVAC).

The Challenges of Sustaining Peace: Kurdish Conflict in Turkey
2025-04-08 14:00 - 15:20
The Challenges of Sustaining Peace: Kurdish Conflict in Turkey
Classroom F01, 2-3:20pm

Dr Recep Onursal, University of Kent

This lecture offers a critical examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, one of the world’s most enduring political conflicts. Situating the conflict within its broader historical and socio-political contexts, the lecture interrogates the reasons behind its persistence and the barriers that have kept it unresolved for decades. Drawing on core theories of conflict resolution and transformation, we will dissect the interplay of state policies, hegemonic struggles, and identity-based grievances that have shaped this protracted struggle. Participants will gain insights into how previous peace initiatives have failed—ranging from challenges in negotiation processes to the broader regional dynamics—and explore potential pathways toward its resolution and transformation.
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