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A painting on the wall features a monk with a woven basket over his head; a length of rope lies over the top of the painting and coils down to the floor. On shelves, and on the floor, are similar woven baskets, some with small clay faces on the front. Straw sits around the baskets on the floor. Further clay faces also sit on the shelves.

Emilie Fielding, The Bees Were Here, 2025. Installation view. Courtesy Talbot Rice Gallery, the University of Edinburgh

Sally Jubb

Trading Zone 2025 - from endometriosis to medieval re-enactment

The exhibition of student work at the Talbot Rice Gallery shows an exciting breadth of inspiration.

A close up image of a painted landscape. There are two rocky monoliths with swirling clouds behind. The colours are of a red and pinkish hue. Text reads Version Galore All Art comes from other Art

Close up from Cailleach (after James Giles) - by Lyndsay McColl

Version Galore returns to the RSA, showcasing ECA students’ work

Third year students are exhibiting their responses to items from the RSA's collection.

A close up of a dark frame sitting on a light box. Highly coloured transparencies are inside the frame. Storm Gallery by METIS (Mark Dorrian + Adrian Hawker) with Richard Collins

ECA staff exhibit in New York

Mark Dorrian and Adrian Hawker’s work in collaboration with technical services’ Richard Collins will be on display until 21 March 2025.

Catriona Kane, the winner of the Tovey Memorial prize, stands in front of a black Steinway and Sons grand piano, holding a bunch of flowers and smiling.

Clarsach player Catriona Kane wins the 2025 Tovey Memorial Prize Competition

The prize is awarded annually to the Undergraduate Music student who shows the greatest promise in composition or instrumental/vocal performance.

The poster for Edinburgh Meets Munich - the words are arranged in block capitals in a step-style down the poster

Edinburgh Meets Munich - poster

Edinburgh Meets Munich – Jewellery & Silversmithing staff and students to exhibit in Germany

A team of 17 will travel to take part in the event.

A large scale painting by Hattie Quigley. A sculpture of a cake sits to the bottom right beside the painting. Work by Hattie Quigley

Final year Painting student wins solo exhibition at Summerhall Arts venue

Hattie Quigley’s work encompasses themes of femininity, food, female desire, and engages with weight loss jabs and right-wing politics.

Thomas, wearing a black jumper, stands in his studio, looking at the camera. The white walls are adorned with paintings on sheets of various sizes. Behind him is a table, with a typewriter on it.

Thomas in the studio

‘So motivating’ – Painting student Thomas describes how Supporting Act creative bursary helped his practice

Final year student say the award granted him a final year free of financial pressures.

The front cover of Building Modern Scotland - a photograph of mid century new build houses, and young people with bicycles outside

Building Modern Scotland - new book available via Open Access

The book chronicles the history of Scotland’s twentieth-century new towns.

Council flats. The flats take up the entire image.

Council flats. Image: Leigh Coppin for Getty Images

ESALA academic secures £540k UKRI funding as part of five-year Net Zero challenge project

Dr Kate Carter’s research will take a place-centred approach to achieving a just transition for people and communities.

Final year fashion student Ealish Withington with her prize winning portfolio.

Ealish Withington with her prize winning portfolio. Image credit: Berenice Guzzo 2025

©Berenice Guzzo 2025

Final year Fashion student wins £3,000 coveted prize

A fourth-year student from ECA’s BA (Hons) Fashion programme has won the top prize of £3,000 in a competition set by the British Fashion Council, the British Library and fashion brand LABRUM London.

A pink and blue poster advertising the summer school. There's a University of Edinburgh logo at the top of the page. Text reads: Apply Now Sutton Trust summer school University of Edinburgh 14-19 July 2025 Stay in read student halls. Fully funded!! Study subjects you love. Exciting social activities.

The Sutton Trust Summer School offers art and design for first time

School pupils are offered the chance to experience life as a University student with this fully-funded summer programme.

Chiara and Katie standing side by side, smiling at the camera. They are each holding a piece of work from their competition entry. Chiara holds a photo of a tea towel with the words 'What the f*ck is gluten?' on it, Katie holds a black sheet with white lettering, reading 'This bingo game may contain unsolicited comments'.

Chaira Watt and Katie Marsden with some of the work from their competition entry

Katie and Chiara are INTL finalists with tongue-in-cheek 'dietary restriction bingo'

Final year graphic design students see success with their designs poking fun at the thoughtless comments often directed at them.