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UAL is "the world’s biggest factory for making trouble" (Grayson Perry, UAL Chancellor). We are 1 university, made up of 6 Colleges and 19,000+ students from everywhere.

And we are top 2 in the world for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings 2022).

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Stories

  • Video screenshot of 3 pages of a zine on white and yellow paper, with handwriting, small illustrations and an image of a person in the centre
    Material by Dr Nina Trivedi her 2021 Decolonising Archives project: Lost Noise: Exclusions and Gaps in the Her Noise Archive.

    Decolonising residencies: discover a rich body of work from the 2021 researchers

    Outputs from Decolonising Arts Institute's 2021 researchers in residence: Dr Alice Correia, Dr Nina Trivedi, Dr Michelle Williams Gamaker, Harvey Dimond, Marenka Thompson-Odlum and Maybelle Peters.

  • Hands holding a mobile phone showing an interactive sculpture on screen and the word 'Explore', against a parquet floor
    Phoebe Kirkland, Mobile Phone, BA (Hons) Product and Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL

    New Design Value Framework measures the environmental, social and economic impact of design

    Design Council has launched The Design Value Framework: a tool that designers and commissioners of design can use to measure and evaluate their work. Developed with UAL Social Design Institute and BOP Consulting, it’s the first time a single framework covers all design sectors, and goes beyond economics to include the social, environmental and democratic impact of design.

  • A museum with ornate ceiling and artworks on the walls and on screen. There is a reflective black floor with white garden chairs place in front of the screen. A large metal chain runs along the floor between the chairs
    Installation shot of Revisiting the Work of Black Artists in Scotland through New Collecting in GoMA, Glasgow with collection works by Alberta Whittle, Maud Sulter and Barby Asante (2021). Courtesy Glasgow Museums

    20/20: Open call for artists’ expressions of interest

    The Decolonising Arts Institute has launched the first of 2 open calls for artists across the UK to take part in the 20/20 project. The programme will bring together 20 emerging or mid-career ethnically diverse artists who may identify as black, brown, or as people of colour, with 20 public art collections – leading to 20 new permanent acquisitions in museums and galleries across the UK.

  • Sonia Boyce standing in front of artwork. Behind her is a colourful tapestry of geometric shapes.
    Artist Sonia Boyce standing in room 5 at the British Pavilion, 2022, Image Credit – Cristiano Corte © British Council

    Sonia Boyce OBE RA wins Golden Lion Award

    Sonia Boyce OBE RA, Professor at UAL and inaugural Chair in Black Art and Design, has won the prestigious Golden Lion award for Best National Participation at La Biennale di Venezia 2022 for her exhibition ‘Feeling Her Way’ at the British Pavilion.

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6 Colleges, 1 University

Camberwell
College of Arts
Central
Saint Martins
Chelsea
College of Arts
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of Fashion
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College of Arts

6 Colleges,
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