Rca.ac.uk - SEO Checker

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Link structure
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Media files
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Royal College of Art | Home
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The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.
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H1 heading
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RCA Summer Schools
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Headings
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Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 RCA Summer Schools
H2 Look inside
H2 Where will the RCA take you?
H2 Learnings that last a lifetime
H2 Collaborations & partnerships
H3 Learn more about the RCA; watch videos about our Schools, programmes and facilities at your own pace.
H3 Learn more about the RCA; watch videos about our Schools, programmes and facilities at your own pace. Duplicate text
H3 IFF (International Flavours and Fragrances) Prize
H3 100% Optical Eyewear Design Competition
H3 Terra Carta Design Lab
H3 RCA collaborate with Sodexo to design sustainable solutions for digitising food
H3 CHANEL Next Prize award designed by Royal College of Art Sculpture student
H3 RCA x Snap Inc.
H3 NEMO and UNESCO Ocean Decade Partnership
H3 RCA x Outernet
H3 RCA and University College London tackle antibiotic resistance
H3 Developing AI banking apps for vulnerable customers
H3 Design for Good: RCA students collaborate with industry to create solutions for clean water and sanitation
H3 Hyundai and Kia Renew Partnership with Royal College of Art
H3 What's happening at the RCA
H4 How the LoveFrom, Scholarship is helping Monder Haraga achieve his ambitions as a designer
H4 RCA Animation at 40: A Legacy of Innovation, Imagination and Impact
H4 RCA alumna’s futuristic lesbian rescue service making space to party
H4 Meet the RCA alumni harnessing the power of Service Design
H4 How Arts & Humanities MFA helps our students bring their art to real audiences
H4 Exploring nationhood and literature with Writing MA graduate Gazelle Mba
H4 Royal College of Art publishes Graduate Careers Report 2024
H4 New international research project to explore history of graphic design for street protest
H4 RCA2025 School of Communication: Festival of Communication
H4 Snap Lens Lab 2025
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/contact-us/about-this-website...Visit our accessibility page
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https://www.rca.ac.uk/No Text
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https://www.rca.ac.uk/alumni/Alumni
https://www.rca.ac.uk/showcase/Showcase
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https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/About the RCA
/study/the-rca-experience/our-...Our campus
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https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/Staff
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/contact-us/about-this-website/About this website
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/data-protection-privacy-cookies/Data protection, privacy & cookies
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/news-and-events/news/rca-anim...Stories RCA Animation at 40: A Legacy of Innovation, Imagination and Impact The RCA Animation course celebrates 40 years shaping not only the independent fil...
/news-and-events/news/futurist...Alumni story RCA alumna’s futuristic lesbian rescue service making space to party Meet Lucy Nurnberg, the Interior Design MA graduate who transformed her RCA...
/news-and-events/news/meet-rca...Alumni story Meet the RCA alumni harnessing the power of Service Design Four graduates of the RCA’s Service Design MA share the impact the programme has had ...
/news-and-events/news/how-our-...Stories How Arts & Humanities MFA helps our students bring their art to real audiences Every year our Arts & Humanities MFA students create collectives to wo...
/news-and-events/news/explorin...Alumni story Exploring nationhood and literature with Writing MA graduate Gazelle Mba Read an extract of writing and interview with Gazelle Mba, the Royal Co...
/news-and-events/news/rca-publ...News Royal College of Art publishes Graduate Careers Report 2024 Discover 10 insights from the RCA’s most recent survey of graduate career outcomes, and read...
/business/case-studies/interna...PROJECT IFF (International Flavours and Fragrances) Prize The IFF (International Flavours & Fragrances) Prize has been inspiring students to imagine the futu...
IMG-ALT Liszu Tan dances in winning project, Scensorium.
/business/case-studies/100-opt...PROJECT 100% Optical Eyewear Design Competition Since 2014 students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) have taken part in an annual Eyewear Design Competiti...
IMG-ALT 100% Optical Competition 2024
/business/terra-carta-design-lab/GUIDE Terra Carta Design Lab Following on from the global success of the inaugural edition, the Royal College of Art (RCA) partnered for a second time with t...
IMG-ALT BlueNose, Terra Carta
/news-and-events/news/rca-coll...RCA collaborate with Sodexo to design sustainable solutions for digitising food The RCA and Sodexo collaborate on Eats and Algorithms, an innovative new proj...
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/news-and-events/news/chanel-n...CHANEL Next Prize award designed by Royal College of Art Sculpture student Royal College of Art (RCA) studio project with CHANEL offered Sculpture MA student...
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/business/case-studies/rca-x-s...PROJECT RCA x Snap Inc. A year-long programme bringing Royal College of Art students together with leading artists, researchers and XR professionals to explo...
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/research-innovation/projects/...PROJECT NEMO and UNESCO Ocean Decade Partnership The Royal College of Art and UNESCO embark on a unique partnership using design and innovation to help deliv...
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IMG-ALT RCA students partner with Rainbird and EY to develop AI banking apps that help vulnerable customers
/news-and-events/news/design-f...Design for Good: RCA students collaborate with industry to create solutions for clean water and sanitation Five RCA students share their experience of using ...
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IMG-ALT Hyundai Innovation Laboratory
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/news-and-events/events/snap-l...Event Snap Lens Lab 2025 28 July - 15 August 2025
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