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{{Short description|Constituent university in London, England}}
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 | name                   = Goldsmiths, University of London
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]] [[Member institutions of the University of London|constituent college]]
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 | former_names           = The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute<br />(1891–1904)
 | established            = 1891 – [[Tertiary education|Tertiary college]]<br /> 1904 – [[Member institutions of the University of London|Constituent college]]
 | endowment              = [[£]]15.0&nbsp;million (2023)<ref name="Goldsmiths23">{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 July 2023 |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media/docs/public-information/annual-reports/financial_statements_2022-23.pdf |publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
 | budget                 = [[£]]141.5&nbsp;million (2022/23)<ref name="Goldsmiths23"/>
 | parent                 = [[University of London]]
 | chancellor             = [[Anne, Princess Royal|The Princess Royal]]<br />(as Chancellor of the [[University of London]])
 | head_label             = [[Warden (college)|Warden]]
 | head                   = [[Frances Corner]]
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 | address                = 8 Lewisham Way
 | city                   = London
 | country                = England
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 | campus_type            = Urban
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 | website                = {{URL|gold.ac.uk}}
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'''Goldsmiths, University of London''', formerly '''Goldsmiths College, University of London''', is a [[Member institutions of the University of London|constituent]] [[research university]] of the [[University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of London members {{!}} HESA |url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/providers/uol-members |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Higher Education Statistics Agency}}</ref> It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the [[Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths]] in [[New Cross]], London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-29 |title=AIM25 collection description |url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5499&inst_id=29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629105639/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5499&inst_id=29 |archive-date=2017-06-29 |access-date=2017-06-29 |website=AIM25}}</ref> It was renamed Goldsmiths' College after being acquired by the University of London in 1904, and specialises in the arts, design, computing, humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/rebrand/faq.php |title=Rebranding FAQs |access-date=6 March 2007 |publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London |quote=it is now known as Goldsmiths, University of London.|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070225110856/http://www.gold.ac.uk/rebrand/faq.php |archive-date = 25 February 2007}}</ref> The main building on campus, known as the Richard Hoggart Building, was originally opened in 1844 and is the site of the former [[Royal Naval School]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1d5fa650-f545-4c46-ab6a-99988d2aba0d |title=ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND |date=1831–1967 |others=Royal Naval College, Greenwich |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Firth |first=Anthony E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WcvAQAAIAAJ |title=Goldsmiths' College: A Centenary Account |date=1991 |publisher=Athlone Press |isbn=978-0-485-11384-6 |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[QS World University Rankings|Quacquarelli Symonds]] (2021), Goldsmiths ranks 12th in Communication and Media Studies, 15th in Art & Design and is ranked in the top 50 in the areas of Anthropology, Sociology and the Performing Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldsmiths, University of London |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/goldsmiths-university-london |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the university enrolled over 10,000 students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> 37% of students come from outside the United Kingdom and 52% of all undergraduates are mature students (aged 21 or over at the start of their studies).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=Goldsmiths, University of London |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/goldsmiths-university-london |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, around a third of students at Goldsmiths are postgraduate students.<ref name="HESA citation"/>

==History==
===Founding===
[[File:Goldsmiths Main Building.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Richard Hoggart]] Building]]
In 1891, the [[Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths]], one of the [[Livery Companies]] of the [[City of London]], founded ''The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute'' (more commonly referred to simply as the "Goldsmiths' Institute"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5499&inst_id=29 |title=Goldsmiths' College archives |publisher=Aim25.ac.uk |date=29 September 1905 |access-date=26 April 2010 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629105639/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5499&inst_id=29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>). The Goldsmiths' Company was established in the 12th century as a medieval guild for goldsmiths, silversmiths, and jewellers. The Livery Company dedicated the foundation of its new Institute to "the promotion of technical skill, knowledge, health and general well-being among men and women of the industrial, working and artisan classes". The original Institute was based in [[New Cross]] at the site of the former [[Royal Naval School]]; the building, now known as the ''Richard Hoggart Building'', remains the main building of the campus today.

===20th century===
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[[File:From the Services To Schoolmastering- Re-training at Goldsmith's College, London University, Nottingham, England, 1944 D22754.jpg|thumbnail|left|Goldsmiths College students at the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1944]]
In 1904, the institute was merged with the University of London and was re-established as Goldsmiths' College (the apostrophe was removed in 1993, and the word "College" dropped in a rebranding in 2006). At this point Goldsmiths was the largest teacher training institution in the country. Training functions were later expanded to include refresher courses for teachers, the University Postgraduate Certificate in Education and an Art teacher's Certificate course. The college also ran its own Nursery School.

Shortly after the merger, in 1907, Goldsmiths added a new Arts building, designed by Sir [[Reginald Blomfield]], at the back of the main building. During the Second World War it was decided to evacuate the faculty and students of the college to [[University of Nottingham|University College, Nottingham]], a decision which proved wise both at the time and in hindsight, since the main building was struck by an [[incendiary bomb]] and gutted in 1940 (and not finally repaired until 1947).

During the 1960s, Goldsmiths experienced a rapid expansion in student numbers. It is during this period that Goldsmiths began to establish its reputation in the arts and [[social science]] fields, as well as offering a number of new teacher training qualifications. The original main building was expanded, and the Lockwood Building, Whitehead Building, Education Building, Warmington Tower and St James's Hall were all built to accommodate the influx of new students. The university also acquired a number of historic buildings in the surrounding area, including the splendid former [[Deptford Town Hall]] and Laurie Grove Baths buildings. The Richard Hoggart Building, Deptford Town Hall and the Laurie Grove Baths all retain [[Grade II listed]]-building status.

In 1988, Goldsmiths became a full College of the University of London and in 1990 received its [[Royal Charter]].

===21st century===
In 2018, the former boiler house and public laundry of Laurie Grove Baths was refurbished and opened as [[Goldsmiths CCA]].

In August 2019, Goldsmiths announced that it would be removing all beef products from sale and would be charging a 10p levy on bottled water and single-use plastic cups. The changes were introduced as part of the university's efforts to become carbon neutral by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-49321560|title=University bans hamburgers 'to help environment'|last=Sellgren|first=Katherine|date=2019-08-12|access-date=2019-08-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Financial difficulties and restructuring===
In 2019, Goldsmiths ran a deficit and [[Frances Corner]] became Warden;<ref name="novara_2021-11-26">{{cite web |author=Goldsmiths UCU Finance Working Group |title=We, Goldsmiths Staff, Are Striking for the Future of Our Universities |url=https://novaramedia.com/2021/11/26/we-goldsmiths-staff-are-striking-for-the-future-of-our-universities/ |website=Novara Media |date=26 November 2021 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> Corner's administration was regularly opposed by faculty and students over governance and financial strategy.

In January 2020, Goldsmiths proposed to cut costs by 15% over two years in the "Evolving Goldsmiths" plan by reducing faculty and centralizing administration.<ref>{{cite web |title="Evolving Goldsmiths" initial Goldsmiths UCU response |url=https://goldsmithsucu.org/2020/01/28/evolving-goldsmiths-initial-goldsmiths-ucu-response/ |website=Goldsmiths University and College Union |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> According to the Goldsmiths University and College Union (UCU), the plan did not address the causes of the deficit, which it attributed in part to overoptimistic enrolment forecasts and excessive capital expenditures. Furthermore, UCU warned that cuts to faculty would increase the deficit by reducing the income stream of tuition fees,<ref>{{cite web |title=FINAL NOTE ON FINANCES 8 March 2020-2 |url=https://goldsmithsucu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FINAL-NOTE-ON-FINANCES-8-March-2020-2-2.pdf |website=Goldsmiths University and College Union |date=March 2020 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> which accounted for 77% of the College's revenue in the 2019-2020 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goldsmiths, University of London has today published its annual reports and financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2020. |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/annual-report-2019-20/ |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> "Evolving Goldsmiths" was "closed" in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full statement by Goldsmiths UCU on the "closure" of Evolving Goldsmiths |url=https://goldsmithsucu.org/2020/04/23/full-statement-by-goldsmiths-ucu-on-the-closure-of-evolving-goldsmiths/ |website=Goldsmiths University and College Union |date=23 April 2020 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> In summer 2020, the UCU proposed selling "underused" property to build cash reserves; this was not done. Goldsmiths consolidated and refinanced its loans through [[NatWest]] and [[Lloyds Bank]]; the banks required the College to consult [[KPMG]] to discover cost saving opportunities.<ref name="novara_2021-11-26"/>

The 2021 "recovery plan" included elimination of 52 faculty and staff positions. Goldsmiths identified additional costs from [[COVID-19]] and over-staffing caused increased competition for student applications following the removal of limits on student numbers by the government.<ref name="guardian_fazackerley_2021-10-24">{{cite web |last1=Fazackerley |first1=Anna |title=New university job cuts fuel rising outrage on campuses |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/24/new-university-job-cuts-fuel-rising-outrage-on-campuses |website=The Guardian |date=24 October 2021 |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024072030/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/24/new-university-job-cuts-fuel-rising-outrage-on-campuses |archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> According to the UCU in March 2022, the College refused to stop layoffs although savings from voluntary resignations and maintaining vacancies exceeded the requirements of the banks.<ref>{{cite web |title=GUCU Response to the Warden's Recent Communications |url=https://goldsmithsucu.org/2022/03/17/gucu-response-to-the-wardens-recent-communications/ |website=Goldsmiths University and College Union |date=17 March 2022 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> Administrative was concentrated into a central hub in 2021-2022; the resulting "chaos" reduced the number of enrolments by international students; international students are a critical revenue steam.<ref name="guardian_zoe_2024-04-11">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Zoe |author-link=Zoe Williams (writer)|title=The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/11/the-goldsmiths-crisis-how-cuts-and-culture-wars-sent-universities-into-a-death-spiral |website=The Guardian |date=11 April 2024 |access-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411092346/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/11/the-goldsmiths-crisis-how-cuts-and-culture-wars-sent-universities-into-a-death-spiral |archive-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> Through 2021, Corner also charged the College nearly {{GBP|20000}} for taxi fares, with {{GBP|9000}} being for personal use.<ref name="TheTab">{{cite news |title=Goldsmiths warden claimed nearly £20k from the uni for taxi money over a two year period |url=https://thetab.com/uk/london/2022/06/15/goldsmiths-warden-claimed-nearly-20k-for-taxi-money-over-a-two-year-period-46386|first=Suzanna |last=Chen|access-date=22 June 2022 |website=The Tab |date=15 June 2022}}</ref>

The "Transformation Programme", announced in early 2024, included the elimination of 132 full-time, or equivalent, positions, or 17% of all staff, with some departments being reduced by 50%. The plan was expected to be completed by September. According to ''The Guardian'', the extent of the cuts would radically change the university's culture.<ref name="guardian_zoe_2024-04-11"/>

In August 2024, the UCU announced that it had prevented compulsory redundancies for the 2024/25 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCU beats back Goldsmiths compulsory redundancies |url=https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13708/UCU-beats-back-Goldsmiths-compulsory-redundancies |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.ucu.org.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Campus and location==
[[File:Deptford Town Hall from the Northwest (01).jpg|thumb|right|[[Deptford Town Hall]] building]]
Goldsmiths is situated in [[New Cross]], a highly populated area of [[List of sub-regions used in the London Plan|south-east]] [[London]].

The main building, the Richard Hoggart Building, was originally designed as a school (opened in 1844) by the architect [[John Shaw, Jr]] (1803–1870). The former Deptford Town Hall building, designed by [[Henry Vaughan Lanchester]] and [[Edwin Alfred Rickards]], acquired in 1998, is used for academic seminars and conferences. In addition to this Goldsmiths has built several more modern buildings to develop the campus, including the [[RIBA]] award-winning Rutherford Building completed in 1997, the ''Ben Pimlott Building'' designed by [[Will Alsop]] and completed in 2005, and the ''Professor Stuart Hall Building'' (formerly the ''New Academic Building''), which was completed in 2010.

The library, or the Rutherford Building', has three floors and gives students access to an extensive range of printed and electronic resources. Goldsmiths' students, like all other students in the University of London, have full access to the collections at [[Senate House (University of London)|Senate House]] Library at [[Bloomsbury]] in central London.

[[File:The Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College - geograph.org.uk - 337212.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Ben Pimlott]] Building]]
The seven-storey ''Ben Pimlott Building'' on New Cross Road, complete with its distinctive "scribble in the sky" (made from 229 separate pieces of metal) has become a signature of modern Goldsmiths. It contains studio and teaching space for the Department of Art, as well as housing the Goldsmiths Digital Studios<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/gds/ |title=Goldsmiths Digital Studios, Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618070849/http://www.gold.ac.uk/gds/ |archive-date=18 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/cccc/ |title=Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516013559/http://www.gold.ac.uk/cccc/ |archive-date=16 May 2011 }}</ref>

The ''Professor Stuart Hall Building'', situated next to the green, is home to the Media and Communications Department and the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/icce/|title=Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship|website=Gold.ac.uk}}</ref> Formerly the ''New Academic Building)'', in 2014 it was renamed after cultural theorist [[Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)|Stuart Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |date=11 December 2014 |title=Goldsmiths Renames Academic Building After Professor Stuart Hall |url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/news/professor-stuart-hall-roundup/ |location=London |publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 December 2014 |title=Goldsmiths Honour Stuart Hall by Naming Building After Him |url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/goldsmiths-honour-stuart-hall-naming-building-after-him |work=The Voice |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184405/http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/goldsmiths-honour-stuart-hall-naming-building-after-him |archive-date=8 November 2018 |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref> Facilities include a 250-seat lecture theatre, seminar and teaching rooms, as well as a cafe with outdoor seating.

==Academic profile==
[[File:RISB.JPG|thumb|right|The Library]]

===Faculties and departments===
====Art====
The Head of Department is Richard Noble. Notable alumni include [[Damien Hirst]], [[Sarah Lucas]], [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], [[Gillian Wearing]], [[Fiona Banner]], [[Angela Bulloch]], [[Hamad Butt]], and [[Graham Coxon]].
The university is also a member of the [[Screen Studies Group, London]].

====Design====
The Department of Design's approach to design practice grew from a concern for ethical and environmentalist design. This developed alongside research by [[John Wood (design theorist)|John Wood]], [[Julia Lockheart]], and others, which informs their research into [[metadesign]]. TERU, the Technology Education Research Unit, has been instrumental in understanding how design and technology work in schools, how to encourage learners towards creative interventions that improve the made world, and how to help teachers to support that process. The Writing Purposefully in Art and Design Network (Writing-PAD) has its main Centre at Goldsmiths. The Network now spans about 70 institutions across the art and design sector with 6 national and 2 International Writing PAD Centres.

====Computing====
The Department of Computing lets students develop their creative potential while learning solid computing skills with programs focused on Computer Science, Computer Games Art & Design, Computational Technology, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Games Programming, Computational Linguistics, Data Science, User Experience Engineering, and Virtual & Augmented Reality.

==== Sociology ====
The [[Sociology]] Department include [[Nirmal Puwar]], [[Les Back]], and [[David Hirsh]].

==== Cultural studies ====
The Media and Communications Department, as well as the Centre for Cultural Studies, include [[Matthew Fuller (author)|Matthew Fuller]], [[Scott Lash]], [[Angela McRobbie]], [[Nirmal Puwar]] and (formerly) [[Sara Ahmed]].

====Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship====
The Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship delivers entrepreneurship, cultural management and policy education to the creative and cultural sectors.

====Anthropology====
The Department of Anthropology teaching staff include [[Keith Hart (anthropologist)|Keith Hart]] and (formerly) [[David Graeber]]. The department is known for its focus on visual anthropology. The realm of continental philosophy is represented with academics such as [[Saul Newman]], as well as Visiting Professors [[Andrew Benjamin]] and [[Bernard Stiegler]]. In the area of Psychology there is [[Chris French]] who specialises in the psychology of [[paranormal]] beliefs and experiences, cognition and emotion.<ref name= "work at">{{cite news |title= What it's like to work at... ...Goldsmiths College, University of London |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jan/18/news.goldsmiths |date= 18 January 2005 |last= Wignall |first= Alice |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |access-date= 24 July 2013}}</ref> [[Saul Newman]] – notable for developing the concept of [[post-anarchism]] – is currently leading the department of politics.

====English and comparative literature====
The English & Comparative Literature Department covers English, comparative literature, American literature, creative writing and linguistics. Current academics include [[Blake Morrison]] and [[Chris Baldick]].

==== Music ====
The [[Research Centre for Russian Music]], convened by [[Alexander Ivashkin]] until his death in 2014, is internationally renowned for its archives devoted to [[Prokofiev]] and [[Schnittke]], and unique collections including of music by [[Stravinsky]], and first editions of Russian Piano Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/the-centre-for-russian-music-inside-the-collections |website=Barbican |access-date=1 June 2023 |title=The Centre for Russian Music: Inside the Collections &#124; Barbican |date=12 January 2018 }}</ref> 

Other research centres at the department include the Unit for Sound Practice Research co-founded and co-directed by John Levack Drever,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ORCID |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-5345 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=orcid.org}}</ref> Contemporary Music Research Group, Asian Music Unit, Afghanistan Music Unit, Fringe and Underground Music Group, and the Centre for Music and Ethnographic Film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/music/research/units/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |title=Research Units and Centres in the Music Department }}</ref>
The Sonic Scope Journal of Audiovisual Studies is based in the department.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonicscope.org/|title=Homepage |access-date=1 June 2023}}{{nonspecific|date=February 2024}}</ref>

The department curates the annual PureGold festival, which takes place during May and June in venues across South-East London including the Albany Theatre, Deptford. It continues with PureGold [REDUX], which showcases postgraduate students in September, with a final MMus show in November, with work from Creative Practice, Composition, Sonic Arts, Performance & Related Studies and Popular Music students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.puregoldfestival.com/ |title=Homepage|access-date=1 June 2023}}{{nonspecific|date=February 2024}}</ref>
The department houses two recording studios: Goldsmiths Music Studios,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-music-studios/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |title=Goldsmiths Music Studios }}</ref> and the [[Stanley Glasser]] Electronic Music Studios, established in 1968 by the composer, instrument maker, and musicologist Hugh Davies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/ems/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |title=Electronic Music Studios }}</ref>

NX Records, an independent record label, is a collaboration between [[Matthew Herbert]]'s Accidental Records and the Department of Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nxrecords.co.uk/about |access-date=1 June 2023 |title=About }}</ref>

====Educational studies====
The Department of Educational Studies teaches undergraduate, masters and doctoral courses, and is home to a large programme of initial teacher education (primary and secondary), based on partnership arrangements with over 1500 schools and colleges.

====Additional academic programmes====
Goldsmiths paired with [[Tungsten Network]] in 2015 to develop a research programme that explores advanced artificial intelligence techniques for [[Big data|Big Data]] and business practices. Known as Tungsten Centre for Intelligent Data Analytics, the programme is based in the company's London office.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Goldsmiths University of London. Tungsten Corporation and Goldsmiths announce artificial intelligence venture.|url = http://www.gold.ac.uk/news/tungsten-goldsmiths-ai/|access-date = 15 February 2017|publisher = Goldsmiths University of London.|date = 28 April 2015}}</ref>

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_N =
| ARWU_W =
| QS_N = 
| QS_W = 711–720
| THE_N = 49
| THE_W = 501–600
| US_W = 1192
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 71
| The_Guardian = 67
| Times/Sunday_Times = 87=
| TEF = Bronze
}}
QS World University Rankings ranked Goldsmiths' media and communications offerings as second in the UK and eighth worldwide in 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/communication-media-studies |title=Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017: Communication & Media Studies. |date=2017-03-02|website=QS Top Universities |access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> and second and eleventh respectively in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/communication-media-studies/2023|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: Communication & Media Studies |website=QS Top Universities |access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref>

=== Open access to research by Goldsmiths academics ===
Goldsmiths Research Online (GRO) is a repository of research publications and other research outputs conducted by academics at Goldsmiths. The repository also holds Goldsmiths' collection of doctoral theses. GRO is part of Goldsmiths Online Research Collections (ORC) which also includes Goldsmiths Journals Online (GOJO), a hosting platform for [[open access]] journals and conference proceedings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://research.gold.ac.uk/information.html|title=About – Goldsmiths Research Online|website=research.gold.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>

==Student life==
===Sports, clubs and traditions===
Sports teams and societies are organised by the [[Goldsmiths Students' Union]]. The Union runs multiple sports clubs which compete in [[British Universities & Colleges Sport|BUCS]] leagues. The Students' Union also runs numerous societies.

===Student media===
{{anchor|The_Leopard}}
Goldsmiths has a long history of student-led media platforms, including ''Smiths Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.smithsmagazine.co.uk/ |title=Smiths Magazine |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021053700/http://www.smithsmagazine.co.uk/ |archive-date=21 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Leopard'' newspaper,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldsmithssu.org/login/?redirect=/theleopard/|title=Login|website=Goldsmithssu.org}}</ref> and Wired radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiredradio.co.uk/ |title=Wired: Student radio for Goldsmiths College |publisher=Wired.gold.ac.uk |access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> The student media is run independently by students at the college.

===Student housing===
Accommodation Services offers accommodation within seven halls:
* Loring Hall<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loring Hall |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/loring-hall/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Ewen Henderson Court<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ewen Henderson Court |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/ewan-henderson-court/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Quantum Court<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quantum Court |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/quantum-court/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Town Hall Camberwell<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town Hall Camberwell |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/town-hall-camberwell/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Surrey House<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey House |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/surrey-house/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Chesterman House<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chesterman House - Student Accommodation |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/chesterman-house/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>
* Raymont Hall<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raymont Hall - Student Accommodation |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/accommodation/halls/raymont-hall/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>

Electricity, internet and gas bills are included in the rent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paying for accommodation and insurance |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/students/accommodation/paying-for-accommodation/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref>

===Students' Union===
The Goldsmiths Students' Union (GSU) is the union of student representatives from the Goldsmiths University of London. It is a registered charity independent of the university which advocates for students in academic, social, and welfare dimensions. The GSU is also responsible for organizing social events, workshops, and lobbying for improvement to campus facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Goldsmith Student Union |url=https://www.goldsmithssu.org/about-us/about-goldsmiths-su/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Goldsmiths Students' Union! |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldsmiths Students' Union |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/governance/students-union/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Goldsmiths, University of London |language=en}}</ref> Elected officers run the GSU. Elections typically occur in the spring when students vote for their representatives. Officer positions include four full-time [[Remuneration|remunerated]], and fourteen part-time positions. The elections are independently verified by a returning officer from the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections - Student Government Association |url=https://engagement.gsu.edu/sga/elections |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Student Engagement |language=en-US}}</ref> Each year the GSU publishes its Annual Impact Report which outlines the organization's work, campaigns, and achievements. The document is designed in-house, presented to the college management board, then made available to students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.goldsmithsstudents.com/export/sites/Goldsmiths/upload_gallery/ar2009proof.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711104829/http://www.goldsmithsstudents.com/export/sites/Goldsmiths/upload_gallery/ar2009proof.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-11 |access-date=2009-06-16}}</ref> The union provides academic representation for students through elected [[Sabbatical officer|sabbatical officers]]. It also provides an advice service on academic issues and a provision of sports clubs and societies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldsmithssu.org/about-us/about-goldsmiths-su/|title=Goldsmiths Students' Union}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{main|List of people associated with Goldsmiths, University of London}}

==See also==
* [[Armorial of UK universities]]
* [[E-scape]]
* [[Forensic Architecture]]
* [[Goldsmiths CCA]]
* [[List of Goldsmiths College people]]
* [[List of universities in the UK]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://gold.ac.uk}}
* [http://www.goldsmithssu.org/ The official Goldsmiths Students' Union website]
* [http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/archives-manuscripts/university-of-london-students-1836-1934 Goldsmiths, University of London lists of students]
* [http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/archives-manuscripts/university-of-london-military-service-1914-1945 Goldsmiths, University of London military personnel, 1914–1918]

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