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By 2030, we will have taken major steps towards our vision of the RCA at 200.
By 2030, we will have taken major steps towards our vision of the RCA at 200, by:
- Maintaining our annual position in the QS Rankings as the world’s number 1 art and design university.
- Attracting an annual student body of 2,600–2,800 students that is geographically, ethnically and socially diverse.
- Ensuring finance is not a barrier to postgraduate art and design study through:
- Supporting 80% of UK students in financial need through scholarships and bursaries by 2030.
- Growing externally funded scholarships for international students by 30% by 2030.
- Increasing the number of doctoral students supported by external funding by 10% by 2030.
- Increasing global engagement through:
- The creation of three international RCA Hubs by 2030.
- The trialling of two progression agreements with world-leading international education partners by 2030.
- Continuing to increase student satisfaction as monitored by PTES and PRES surveys.
- Increasing research quality, with the number of outputs scoring 3 and 4 stars in REF 2029 rising by 10%.
- 70% of staff recommending the RCA as a good place to work by 2030.
- Continuing to create an inclusive, equitable and welcoming work and study environment through the achievement of Bronze in the Advance HE Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident Level 3.
- Reducing core student fees as a proportion of our overall budget by 2030, through:
- Increasing research funding.
- Significantly increasing Knowledge Exchange, Executive Education and Consultancy funding.
- Increasing philanthropic funding annually.
- Supporting ongoing financial stability by growing our endowment.
- Supporting our alumni community by increasing the number of graduates reached through activities and events year-on-year.
- Supporting start-up success and the UK creative industries by increasing the proportion of InnovationRCA start-ups benefiting from the RCA’s Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund by 2030.
- Completing the exit of White City, and the first phase of works at RCA Kensington by 2027.
- Broadening community engagement by increasing the number of people reached by RCA art and design activity by 20% by 2030.
- Improving our social and environmental footprint through increasing our People & Planet score by 10% by 2030.
Terra Carta Design Lab exhibition. Photo: Chris Lee.
