Student Clubs and Activities Fair
2026-01-28 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join us for a showcase of student clubs and societies at Richmond in the main reception area, Chiswick Campus.

London's Great Mental Health Day
2026-01-30

New Postgraduate Student Orientation
2026-01-30 09:30 - 16:00
Please see https://students.richmond.ac.uk/new-student-orientation-for-postgraduates-2026/ for more information

In conversation with Abe Adeyemi
2026-01-30 11:00 - 12:00
Everyone is welcome to join our first FILM guest lecture of the year, online this Friday.

We are super excited to welcome British filmmaker Abe Adeyemi @abeislegend for an online Guest Lecture about his own filmmaking processes to our From Script to Screen class.

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Abraham Adeyemi is a multi-award-winning writer-director from South London. His directorial debut ‘No More Wings’ world premiered and won best narrative short at Tribeca.

He has since shadow directed on Netflix’s Top Boy, contributed to several writers rooms on BBC and Netflix series and is developing a number of original projects for film and television, including a feature with Film 4, and TV series with House Productions, Federation Stories and another under the mentorship of Jesse Armstrong (Succession).
His feature script ‘Chasing the Night’ – the follow-up to the award-winning short film of the same name – was listed on The Brit List 2025 showcasing the best unproduced scripts in the UK as selected by industry professionals.

Abraham strives to tell stories that explore the multiple facets of human condition, the range of perspectives we carry and the complex dichotomies of life that exist within that, sans condemnation.

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Abe Adeyemi – Writer Director – 30th January 11am -12pm
The Filmmaking Process

Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/31662975664540?p=uWtCzaOyPUYcBrVUtv
Meeting ID: 316 629 756 645 40
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Classes start for Postgraduate Students
2026-02-02

David Watts Guest Lecture - Fashion and Luxury Brand Management
2026-02-04 09:30 - 10:30
David M. Watts is an accomplished Creative Director, Consultant, Lecturer, and Podcaster based in London, with over 35 years of experience in Fashion, Media, Licensing, Digital Strategy, and Branding. Known for his deep expertise and passion for the fashion industry, Watts has built a distinguished career mentoring some of Britain’s leading fashion designers and pioneering high-profile projects in luxury, couture, and commercial fashion sectors.

Fashion Society Club Event
2026-02-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Main Lobby Chiswick

SGA PUB QUIZ NIGHT
2026-02-04 20:00 - 23:00 | THE UNION PUB CHISWICK, Building 5, 566 Chiswick Park, Chiswick High Rd., London W4 5YA, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
🎉 PUB QUIZ NIGHT 🎉
Organised by SGA
Join us for a fun and competitive Pub Quiz Night filled with great questions, good vibes, and exciting prizes! Gather your friends, test your knowledge, and enjoy an evening of laughs and friendly competition.
📍 Venue:Building 5, 566 Chiswick ParkChiswick High Road, London W4 5YA, United Kingdom
💷 Entry Fee: £1 per person
Whether you’re a trivia master or just in it for fun, everyone is welcome. Don’t miss out , come along and prove your quiz skills! 🧠✨

Time to Talk Day
2026-02-05

Careers Cafe
2026-02-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-19 12:00 - 13:00
Meet members of the career services team to hear about how we can help you navigate our services, programmes and opportunities related to career development.

Baking Society Club Event
2026-02-11 12:30 - 14:00 | Main Lobby Chiswick

Sticky Business: The Inersection of Transnational Gangs and Counterfeit Goods
2026-02-12 15:30 - 16:30
Sticky Business: The Intersection of Transnational Gangs and Counterfeit Goods
Dr. Andy Bain, Westminster College, Pennsylvania
Thursday 12th February, 3.30-4.30pm, Classroom 10

The growth of interest shown by transnational crime groups and the production of fraudulent and counterfeit goods has been variously noted (see for instance, Marine, 2006; Phillips, 2007; UNODC, 2011; Zehra, 2022). However, the reach of transnational organized crime goes much deeper than designer clothing and counterfeit medicines.
In this short presentation Dr. Andy Bain discusses the ways in which transnational organized crime has sought to diversify its industry to look for new and inventive ways to increase revenue, which has led to new partnerships and the restitution of illicit trade routes as they expand their reach to new global markets.
Who is Dr. Andy Bain?

Dr. Andy Bain is a leading academic researcher with more than 20 years’ experience examining policing and gangs in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
He is among a handful of individuals that have twice been the recipient of the Frederic Milton Thrasher Award. In 2016 he received the award for his work examining the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, and most recently (2024) Dr. Bain was recognised for his continued Superior Accomplishments in Gang Research.
He is a member of the Academy of Experts (London, UK) and in 2025 he accepted the position of academic advisor to ONGIA (Organization for National Gang Information and Awareness), a national organisation providing education, training, and awareness on gang-related issues across Canada.
His current research interests include gangs and their membership; international and transnational gangs; policing social groups; the social psychology of risk-taking behaviour; and the psychology of crime and behaviour.

National Student Pride
2026-02-13 - 2026-02-14

Undergraduate Year 1 Orientation
2026-02-13 09:30 - 17:00
New student joining us in February?
Come to our on-site new student orientation on Friday, 13 February

Classes start for Y1 Undergraduate Students
2026-02-16

A talk with Anisa Sabiri
2026-02-16 10:45 - 11:30
Everyone is invited to attend our latest online Film guest lecture next Monday morning.

Anisa Sabiri is a London-based Tajik writer-director whose short films and moving image works have been screened at A-list and BAFTA-qualifying festivals, as well as international platforms including Venice Biennale, Documenta 15 and the National Museum of Qatar. Her upcoming short drama, ZERO SUM, produced as part of the Locarno Basecamp talent lab, will premiere at the 79th Locarno International Film Festival in 2026. In 2025, she began her collaboration with ZDF Arte, producing the Track East Series.
Anisa is an alumna of industry talent schemes, including Sheffield Future Producers (DocFest 2023), Basecamp Locarno (2025), BAFA & CHANEL (Busan International Film Festival, 2023), PSVI Film Festival (British Film Institute, 2018) and Docmonde, among others. Her slate of projects has been selected at Edinburgh Pitch Forum, Berlinale EFM Doc Toolbox, Ji.hlava, goEast and Docmonde. In 2023, her projects won the Ji.hlava Co-Pro Market award and the CineDoc Tbilisi Film Mentorship award.
In 2021, her graduating feature screenplay received the Outstanding Screenwriter Award from Final Draft and the London Film School, where she obtained an MA fully covered by the UK government Chevening scholarship. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Central Asia and is one of the contributors to the Independence Project by Doc Society and DISCO Network. In 2025, she received the Arts Council England DYCP award for her work in the field of experimental moving image.

Anisa will be speaking about her journey as a filmmaker and giving practical advice on next steps for graduates who would like to develop a career as a filmmaker.

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Anisa Sabiri
Monday 16th Feb
10:45-11:30

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Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse
2026-02-17

Ramadan
2026-02-17 - 2026-03-18
Our Muslim community members will be observing Ramadan. Please be respectful of those who are fasting during this period.

Pancake Day!
2026-02-17 12:30 - 13:30
Join us for pancakes and toppings in the main reception area.

Black Student Union: Vision Board Workshop
2026-02-18 12:30 - 13:30

Research in Progress: Gaming World War III
2026-02-18 12:30 - 13:30
Join Professor Martin Brown, 12:30-13:30, CR 7

Screening of "The Extremist and Me" Documentary
2026-02-18 17:00 - 19:30
The Extremist and Me
A former neo-Nazi and a former Islamist extremist sit down for a single conversation to uncover the surprising and uncomfortable truths they have in common.
The documentary was produced as an impact part of the ESRC-funded research project “Everyday transnationalism of the right. An interdisciplinary study of Polish immigrants’ engagement with groups on the right-wing spectrum in the UK” conducted at London Metropolitan University. Producer: Dr Anna Jochymek (LMU), Executive Producers: Prof. Michal P. Garapich (LMU) and Prof. Rafal Soborski (Richmond). This is their second film produced as part of this research project; the first one, That Boy, was premiered in April 2025 at the European Parliament.

Please join the screening of this documentary and a discussion with Dr Anna Jochymek and Prof. Rafal Soborski
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 17:00, Classroom 3

The film brings Mirek and Sohail together not to debate politics, but to confront the haunting parallels of their pasts. By reducing the frame to nothing but their dialogue, the film creates an intense, unshielded space where neither they, nor the audience can retreat from hard truths. What emerges is not a clash of ideologies, but a revelation of the shared human vulnerabilities such as identity, belonging, and purpose, that can be twisted by trauma into violence and hate. What emerges is not a simple story of redemption, but a complex portrait of two men forced to confront their shared trauma, acknowledgment of the harm they caused and reconciliation with a monstrous past. It is a testament to the power of direct dialogue and an urgent antidote to the dehumanization that defines our time (Adam Janisch, Director of The Extremist and Me)

London Fashion Week SS26
2026-02-19 - 2026-02-23

Introduction to Filmmaking Guest Speaker: Jon Hammond
2026-02-20 13:30 - 14:30
Jon Hammond Editor & Film Educator
The Editing Process
Friday 20th February 1.30-2.30pm
In-person in the Video Studio.
All Welcome!
Jon Hammond is a filmmaker of thirty years’ experience and a film educator of more than twenty.
Starting at the BBC, he progressed from there to graduate from the U.K.’s National Film & Television School. Since then he has been a freelance editor working in the U.K. and internationally on fiction and documentaries, in TV, and features. Recent credits include the features Our Sister Mambo (2015) for Singapore’s Cathay films, directed by Golden Horse winner Ho Widing, and Remittance (2015), a low-budget film exploring the lives of Filipina domestic workers, directed by Joel Fendelman and anthropologist Patrick Daly.
Concurrent with his editing, Jon has taught at a variety of film schools and institutions in the U.K. and around the world including the NFTS, the LFS, the LFA and Royal Holloway in London, the Internationale Filmschule in Köln, Germany, and the Cinemalaya Institute in Manila, Philippines. Jon has previously taught in Cuba at L’Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión, in San Antonio de los Baños, where he ran an annual editing workshop from 1999 to 2009. Most recently Jon was head of editing at the U.K.’s Northern Film School in Leeds from 2016-2018.
From 2008 to 2015, Jon was a full-time Assistant Arts Professor in the Graduate Film department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Asia. He was Interim Chair in 2010 and Head of Editing from 2011. He taught every student who passed through the school. During this time, student films won prizes at Cannes, Sundance, Slamdance, Tribeca, Busan, and three Directors Guild of America awards.

Burberry Watch Party
2026-02-23 06:00 - 20:00
Join the Fashion Society for a watch party during London Fashion Week.
Please book ahead: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burberry-watch-party-richmond-fashion-society-tickets-1982468370262?aff=oddtdtcreator

SGA Student Forum
2026-02-24 13:00 - 14:00

Art Society Club Event
2026-02-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Main Lobby Chiswick

Research in Progress: Rewilding Peace
2026-02-25 12:30 - 13:30
Dr Noga Glucksam
Rewilding Peace: Grassroots Reconciliation Activism in a Comparative Perspective, Classroom 7 & Online

Careers Fair
2026-02-25 12:30 - 14:00
