Venice Biennale and the British Council Fellowship and LSA

“The Venice Fellows are a vital part of what we do at the Venice Biennale each year.​ The Fellows bring the British Pavilion to life – through mediating the exhibition for visitors, stimulating dialogue through their own research and ideas, and sharing the project and experience of Venice with UK audiences. We are excited to see how the research has evolved, and will continue​ to be carried forwards into their academic and creative practice.”

Genevieve Marciniak​
Venice Fellowships Programme Manager​, 2018-19
British Council

Since 2018 Liverpool School of Architecture has partnered the British Council in support of its Venice Fellowship Programme. Two to three students are sponsored and supported each year to spend one month in Venice during the Venice Art or Architecture Biennale on a guided research residency.  During  this time, as Fellows ,they will assist the public programme at the British Pavilion and research a related subject of their choice.

This opportunity is offered to MArch4 students so they can travel between years MArch4 and MArch5 and have the option to use the research opportunity to feed into Dissertation or Thesis research.​​

The opportunity is also offered to PHD students as an opportunity to supplement their research and travel.​​ All our fellows attest to this fantastic opportunity and its lasting and multifaceted impact on their lives.​​ Please see the testimonials for a list of LSA Fellows and a short statement about each of their experiences ​​

For more information on Fellow’s work and other fellowship outputs visit the showcase.

​2025 Fellowship and Venice Architecture Biennale ​

For more details on this unique and exciting opportunity together with information on sponsorship and roles download the Programme 2025 for more details. ​​

The application period for 2025 will go live ​in October and a link will be provided at that time here.​

Development of programme and partnership for LSA has been looked after since 2018 by Architecture Senior Lecturer and former SOTA Internationalisation Lead Sandy Britton. Sandy sits on the panel Community of Practice and Venice Fellowship Programme Partners committee working with partner institutions and British Council to help shape the programme.​​

For further details on any aspect of the programme or information on these pages please contact her at sandy.britton@liverpool.ac.uk ​​

​Opportunity supported by the Liverpool School of Architecture and School of The Arts ​