UAL is excited to take part in Art Toronto 2020 in collaboration with OCAD University. Our communities come together to present an online student exhibition and virtual studio visits with key programme staff and alumni.

An online Summer School as part of the Shared Campus project. Exploring the theme ‘Pop Cultures’, students and staff from 5 partner institutions came together in June/July to Hack the global pop icon, Greta Thunberg.

UAL’s Centre for Circular Design is part of a Horizon 2020 research project called HEREWEAR. Working with a consortium of partners, work has begun to create bio-based circular textiles and to develop an EU market for locally-produced textiles and

We are excited to announce that Shades of Noir is now formally part of University of the Arts London, joining the institution as its Centre for Race and Practice Based Social Justice.

UAL warmly welcomes pioneering designer, computer scientist and business leader Dr Vali Lalioti in the role of Programme Director, UAL Creative Computing Institute. Her latest innovation is a ground-breaking VR tool to help performers and live

TrAIN has been awarded an international grant for our new research project Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation.

New researchers and Associates working with TrAIN in 2020: Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja, Athanasios Velios and Deidre Osborne.

Dress is autobiographical, not only when it is worn, but also when it is designed, documented and exhibited over time. We look at research that celebrates the role that fashion and dress play in expressing identity, especially when communicating

Highlighting UAL research that focuses on the displacement of individuals and populations due to climate-related disasters, as well as devastating, often co-existing factors such as politics, war and conflict and global pandemics.