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Pale, gauzey, ruffled creamy pink fabric is rouched up to form multiple little bubbles and waves.

Thea Moston - Goose Skin, polyester, emulsion, upholstery fabric, 200 x 180 cm, 2025

Thea Moston

Eighteen graduates exhibit at New Contemporaries 2026

Artists and architects were selected from the 2025 Graduate Show to take part in the annual RSA exhibition.

A photograph of a bright blue car parked in the street. Behind it are two buildings - the left is bright green, the right is bright pink. The dividing line between the two houses lines up exactly with the line between the car's front and rear side windows. A bright blue sky is above, the grey road below.

Colour Divides by Robby Ogilvie

Awards for ECA photographers

Alumnus Robby Ogilvie is one of the winners of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards, while current fourth year student Emily Shade has won the student category in the Wex Photo Video Human Impact Awards.

The brightly coloured sign of the Chaplaincy building at 1 Bristo Square.

University Chaplaincy offers a place to reflect and connect in challenging times

University’s Mindfulness chaplain Kitty Wheater outlines the services on offer, including her weekly email ‘MindLetter’.

The musicians on stage, playing; the audience watching and listening

The performance at Home Bar

Student improvisers’ performance released on Bandcamp

The recording was shared after 13 students from the ‘Improvisation as Social Process’ course performed at Home Bar in Tollcross, as part of the Flux Gigs series.

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