RSNO appoints Edinburgh alumnus as new Assistant Conductor

Edinburgh College of Art BMus (Hons) Music alumnus, Derrick Morgan has been announced as the new Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Talented artists selected for University of Edinburgh purchase prize

The 2023 University of Edinburgh Art Collection Graduate Show Purchase Prize has been awarded to Edinburgh College of Art graduating students Ammna Sheikh, Ffion Williams, and Tanatsei Gambura.

Edinburgh art historian helps build new Assassin’s Creed video game

An Edinburgh College of Art historian has helped build the immersive digital world of ninth century Baghdad for the latest installment in popular video game franchise Assassin’s Creed.

Archive voices offer a renewed sense of Scotland’s past

A new exhibition, which includes work by artist and ECA MMus Composition alum Carla Sayer, takes gallery-goers on a sensory journey around cities and towns, countryside and coasts.

International competition success for ESALA students

Students in ECA’s Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) have recently been recognised for their work in Buildner’s Gaudi La Coma Artists’ Residence Competition and the Berlin-Brandenburg AIV Schinkel Competition.

Edinburgh alumnus writes music for BBC drama Mayflies

Congratulations to ECA alumnus Joseph Stevenson, who co-composed the score for BBC drama Mayflies which aired earlier this year. We spoke to Joseph about the project, his career and his advice for current students.

Significant bequest from former ECA lecturers will fund new opportunities for painting students

A new bequest from the estate of ECA alumni and former lecturers Dame Elizabeth Blackadder RSA and John Houston RSA OBE will fund an extensive programme of support for artists in Scotland, including new funding awards for ECA students.

Student composer Paloma Leon wins the 2023 Tovey Memorial Prize

Congratulations to third year BMus Music student Paloma Leon who was awarded first place in the Reid School of Music's Tovey Memorial Prize Competition 2023.

Funding boost for music project supporting people with Long COVID

Scottish Opera’s Breath Cycle II project led by ECA’s Dr Gareth Williams will continue to support people with Long COVID through singing and songwriting workshops, thanks to new Scottish Government health and social care funding.

ESALA graduate wins multiple awards for project reimagining Leith’s New Kirkgate

MA (Hons) Architecture graduate Inka Eismar has been recognised with multiple awards for her 2022 project, Common Ground, which reimagines Leith’s New Kirkgate as a ‘thriving civic space’.

Winning illustration promotes book collecting competition across the University

Congratulations to Edinburgh College of Art BA (Hons) Illustration student Aner Wang, whose illustration has been selected to appear on promotional materials for a University-wide book collecting competition.

Travelling exhibition highlights campaigns for fair housing conditions in Scotland

Four postgraduate students on ECA's MSc by Research in Collections and Curating Practices programme have collaborated with the Travelling Gallery and the University of Edinburgh Art Collection on a new mobile art exhibition about community-led struggles for safe, affordable housing in Scotland.