Teaching and Learning events

We run a programme of events and seminars about teaching and learning throughout the year, most of which take place online.
- Browse the staff development sessions on offer and book your place.
- Learn more about UAL's annual Learning and Teaching Conference, for UAL staff.
- Digitally Engaged Learning (DEL) is an international conference, open to all, which explores the use of technology in art and design higher education.
Sign up to the Exchange newsletter to get all our teaching and learning events, funding and opportunities straight to your inbox.
Monthly sessions
-
Image: Courtesy of UAL
Inquilab/Ink-lab (monthly)
Join a reading group for staff and students (last Wednesday of each month, 2 hours)
-
Kehkashan Khalid, 2019 MA Visual Arts: Fine Art Digital, Camberwell College of Arts. Photo: David Poultney
Thinking Learning (monthly)
Explore a learning theory and how to put it into practice (monthly, micro-session 15 minutes)
-
Stephanie, BA (Hons) 3D Effects for Performance and Fashion, London College of Fashion. Photo: David Poultney
Staff development: climate justice
Find information, help and training available for UAL staff (multiple dates, UAL login needed)
-
Maria Ardila, around the college and studio, MA Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation, London College of Fashion,
-
Maria Ardila, around the college and studio, MA Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation, London College of Fashion,
Autumn term 2023/24
-
Emma Berardi, BA Furniture and product design, Chelsea College of Arts,
Photograph: Ben TurnerTeaching for retention
4 practical areas of focus to support your students' retention and continuation (18 October 2023, 55 minutes)
-
Nikitah Patel, painting in the Studio, 2017, BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Alys Tomlinson
Assessment design for inclusive practice
Join us to discuss ideas on how to harness assessment to support attainment at unit level ( 1 November 2023, 55 minutes)
-
Ellen Russell, 2021, BA Textile Design, Chelsea College of Arts. Photo: Ellen Russell
Belonging and compassion: practice sharing
Join us to share and ask questions about practices that foster belonging and compassion (15 November 2023, 1 hour)
-
Pots by Elena Gomez de Valcarcel, 2017 BA (Hons) Ceramic Design, UAL | John Sturrock
Is this the end of tough love in teaching? Compassionate approaches to assessment at UAL
Join us to discuss compassionate approaches to assessment (6 December 2023, 55 minutes)
-
Painting by Jean-Baptiste Langadec, 2016 BA (Hons) Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins, UAL | John Sturrock
Positionality Wheels Workshop
Join us to gain a better understanding of what positionality means, and how it can be used to enhance our sense community (6 December 2023, 2 hours)
-
Work by Ying Cai, 2021, BA (Hons) Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
Decolonising Curriculum
Join us to explore what is understood by decolonising the curriculum and look at how to approach this contested term (7 December 2023, 2 hours)
Curriculum design and validation
-
Image courtesy of UAL
Course Designer: introduction to course and curriculum design
Learn about different models to help you construct your curriculum
-
Image courtesy of UAL
Creative Attributes Framework
Explore embedding enterprise and employability into your teaching and learning
-
Image courtesy of UAL
Digital Creative Attributes Framework
Support the development of creative and collaborative practices in the digital environment

Course Reapproval
Sessions for your UAL course team or programme area about the UAL course reapproval process are available on request. Contact teachingexchange@arts.ac.uk for more information.

Course Validation
If you are starting to develop a course curriculum for validation at UAL, we offer training on request. Contact teachingexchange@arts.ac.uk to find out more.

Teaching Online
Visit Teaching Online for guidance and training to help you provide high quality teaching online.
Conferences
-
Education Conference
Find out more about UAL's learning and teaching conference, open to all staff who teach or support student learning.
-
Courtesy of DEL Conference
Digitally Engaged Learning (DEL) Conference
The international conference exploring the use of technology in art and design Higher Education.
Don't Miss
-
Sound Arts Studio, MA Sound Arts, London College of Communication. Image courtesy of UAL.
-
Carine Cheu and Alexander Chan at Central Saint Martins. Photo: Vic Phillips
-
From idea to industry: valuing your creative rights
(UAL login required)