Royal Holloway academic’s Describing Diversity report influences ITV’s new audio-description policy

02 Dec 2020

Broadcaster ITV has credited research by a Royal Holloway academic for directly influencing its new audio-description policy.

Dive into the minds of XR innovators and discover immersive storytelling with brand new podcast

30 Nov 2020

Get ready to dive into the minds of XR innovators creating new ways of storytelling and making the virtual a reality with a brand new podcast.

Academics win prestigious award for Blood Bricks research

27 Nov 2020

Two of Royal Holloway’s academics have won a prestigious award for their incredible research into modern slavery and climate change in Cambodia.

Participants announced for UK-Canadian Programme for Immersive Storytelling

26 Nov 2020

Participants for the UK-Canada Immersive Exchange, a new talent development and co-production programme for UK and Canadian immersive technology creatives and producers, have been selected.

Royal Holloway to offer asymptomatic Covid-19 testing for students and staff

25 Nov 2020

Royal Holloway, University of London, will be offering its students and staff asymptomatic Covid-19 testing in partnership with both the NHS and the Department for Health and Social Care.

University students from across the world to take part in international cyber security competition

24 Nov 2020

The Information Security Group (ISG), at Royal Holloway, will be hosting the inaugural Capture the Flag (CTF) competition of the International Cyber Security Centre of Excellence on 6 Dec.

StoryFutures Academy shortlisted for Festival UK* 2022 R&D Project

17 Nov 2020

StoryFutures Academy, led by Royal Holloway and the National Film and Television School, has been shortlisted as one of 30 Creative Teams to take part in the R&D Project of Festival UK* 2022.

Redressing the poverty of women’s political representation

13 Nov 2020

A new book on women in politics sets out to redress women's poverty in political representation with a new feminist account of democratic representation.

Royal Holloway academic wins prestigious Celebrating Impact prize

12 Nov 2020

Professor Kathy Rastle from the Department of Psychology and her colleagues have won the Economic and Social Research Council Outstanding Impact Prize 2020 for their work on ending the Reading Wars.

StoryFutures calls on creative companies to join them in new venture with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children’s Charity

06 Nov 2020

StoryFutures and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children’s Charity, which provides specialist nurses and support to seriously ill children, are excited to announce a new £40,000 StoryLab commission called ‘t

Academic becomes Future Leaders Fellow

02 Nov 2020

Dr Zubin Kanga from Royal Holloway has been announced as one of the 101 Future Leaders Fellow by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Ground breaking research finds ‘Cinderella’ of the medicinal plant world could be the answer to better breast cancer treatment

30 Oct 2020

A plant previously dismissed as not being medically useful, could prove to be a hero in disguise, after scientists discovered it stops the growth of breast cancer cells.