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Please note that we have both on-campus and online Taster Days. Please check before booking.
Taster Days consist of an hour-long lecture or workshop, including information about the courses we offer and a Q&A (or campus tour for on-campus events) with a current student (where possible, this will be a student from the relevant department).
You can find out more about all of our upcoming Taster Days below. Online sessions will be recorded and the link sent to those registered. On-campus Taster Days will not be recorded.
Tour of Goldsmiths BA Fine Art Degree show
Date: 27 June 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London
Join one of our current students for a guided tour around Goldsmiths' word-famous BA Fine Art degree show. Find out what it's like to study Fine Art at Goldsmiths and discover the next generation of artistic talent.
Tour of Goldsmiths BA Design Degree show
Taught by: Dash Macdonald
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Copeland Gallery
Join Dash Macdonald, part of the design action group Dash n' Dem, Lecturer in Design and lead for the BA Design course at Goldsmiths, for a guided tour around Goldsmiths' word-famous BA Design degree show. Find out what makes Design at Goldsmiths unique and discover the next generation of designers. Please note: this Taster Day will take place at the Copeland Gallery. For directions to the Copeland Gallery, please see here.
Why does the economy grow or shrink?
Taught by: Dr Tomas Rota
Date: 29 June 2022
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Online
In this taster lecture, Dr Tomas Rotta will explain what makes the economy grow, why the money multiplier does not exist, and how banks create money and credit to finance the expansion of the economy.
The Sociology of Early Years Education: Is It Sexist?
Taught by: Sheryl Clark
Date: 04 July 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Venue: Online
Session details: There are many issues relating to gender stereotyping to consider when it comes to early years education. For example, do two and three year old boys and girls naturally like to play with different toys or wear different clothes from the dressing up box, or do we push them in specific directions?
Are boys automatically going to be later readers and talkers, or do we socialise them in this way? Should more men train to teach in the early years? And if a child lives with their dad, who should they make a card for on Mother's Day?
We will be thinking about these issues and more in this session. Bring your ideas and questions and be ready for a good discussion!
How do we use social media for marketing?
Taught by: Dr Ratna Khanijou
Date: 8 July 2022
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Online
In this taster session, Dr Ratna Khanijou will discuss what is the value of marketing for organisations and society, and how can you develop a successful social media marketing campaign.
The Psychology of Art
Taught by: Dr Rebecca Chamberlain
Date: 12 July 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London
Session details: The psychology of art: In this brief taster lecture we’ll be discussing why humans make art and how art works, delving into psychological and neuroscientific research on this fascinating topic.
What's the point of politics?
Taught by: Paul Gunn
Date: 29 June 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London
Politics takes up more of our time and attention now than at any point in the last thirty years. Following a succession of crises and scandals, more people devote more of their time to considering the decisions taken by government and the question of what, if anything, could be done differently.
However, while many keen observers of and participants in politics might think this is a good thing, it is not obvious that today’s hyper-politics is beneficial. If people engage only when they believe that politicians are corrupt or incompetent, or when they think that national or international problems are being ignored, their contributions will by nature be destabilising (as we saw in the Brexit vote).
In this talk, I consider why this is the case—that is, what conception of politics most people have, and why this makes anger and disappointment inevitable—and I ask what, if anything, could be done differently. Is there another version of politics available? What would this mean for all those people who only pay attention when (they think) things are going wrong? And what, if anything, does this all mean for the study of politics?