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Insights: what’s on

A group of students working together on a photoshoot. The models are styled in neutral floral/ romantic garments. There are plants in shot.
A group of students working together on a photoshoot. The models are styled in neutral floral/ romantic garments. There are plants in shot.
Insights Summer Schools fashion styling and photography photoshoot, London College of Fashion, UAL | Photograph: Aleks Faust

Keep up to date with all our opportunities for students and teachers.

All Insights activities are free to attend.

Please check our eligibility criteria before applying.

All applicants must be:


Studying at a UAL Outreach partner school or college in London.

We also recognise that there are other informal education courses, clubs and life experiences that provide excellent equivalent experience outside of schools and colleges. We'll consider applicants from these backgrounds on a case-by-case basis.

We'll consider your application if you meet more than 1 of following criteria:

  • you are currently in or have been in care
  • you live in a priority postcode area (using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), areas in deciles 1 to 4)
  • you live in a household that receives benefits for living costs, including: Universal Credit; Child Tax Credit; Free School Meals; Housing Benefit; Income Support; Income-based Job Seekers Allowance.
  • have no parent or guardian that has completed a university degree.
A series of images of students taking part in drawing workshops, in the print studio and painting
Insights workshops 2025, Chelsea and Camberwell College of Arts, UAL | Photographs: Thai Mahendrakumar, Aleks Faust, UAL Outreach team.

For year 10 and 11 students

3 Day Creative Studio: drawing, printmaking, painting

Open to students studying art and design or design and technology at our South London partner schools.

  • immerse yourself in 3 days of study with specialist tutors and technicians from Camberwell College of Arts
  • meet and collaborate with like-minded young creative people from local schools.
  • build knowledge through short talks about contemporary artists
  • show your work in an informal group exhibition to celebrate what you've achieved.

Choose from the subject area options below:

Drawing: February 2026

Dates: 18, 19, 20 February, 10.30am–4.30pm

Location: University of the Arts London, The Hub, 42 Bonar Road, London, SE15 5FB

Explore different ways of drawing in 2 and 3 dimensions. Experiment with a range of traditional and unconventional materials and methods.

Apply for the drawing studio.

Painting: April 2026

Dates: 8, 9, 10 April, 10.30am–4.30pm

Location: University of the Arts London, The Hub, 42 Bonar Road, London, SE15 5FB

Learn about surface, materiality, figuration and abstraction. Try out different painting processes and techniques.

Apply for the painting studio.

Printmaking: July 2026

Dates: 27,28,29 July, 10.30am–4.30pm

Location: Camberwell College of Arts, 45 - 65 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF

Discover and practice different print-making techniques including mono-printing, etching and relief printing.

Apply for the printing studio.

You can also take part in our Saturday Clubs

Find our more and apply

For 16+ year olds

  • A collage of students working in the print studio and styling one another.
    Insights activities 2025, University of the Arts London | Photographs: Ana Flores and Thai Mahendrakumar.

    Insights Spring Schools

    Week of 30 March. Apply now!

  • A student using a stepping stool in the LCC library
    Student browsing in Library, 2022, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: John Sturrock

    UAL Libraries work experience programme

    Find out more

For teachers

  • Tutors looking at experimental textile pieces they've created
    Teachers workshop 2025, Central Saint Martins, UAL | Photograph: Thai Mahendrakumar

    Skills based workshops

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