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'Take your ideas to the next level' with Creative Shift x The Kusp

A collage of 4 hosts for Kusp event. The image shows 4 headshots of smiling people.
  • Written byStudent Communications
  • Published date 29 November 2023
A collage of 4 hosts for Kusp event. The image shows 4 headshots of smiling people.
Credit: Kusp
I felt less alone connecting with other students who are like me. The thing I appreciated the most was the encouragement, honesty and support given by the industry experts.

— ‘Take your ideas to the next Level’ participant, 2022

Join our 6 week programme and bring your creative idea to life

Creative Shift have teamed up with The Kusp, a social enterprise dedicated to supporting creatives from underrepresented backgrounds to excel within the creative industries.

Our annual 6-week programme ‘Take your ideas to the next Level’ aims to help you to:

  • Identify where you’re at with your idea, where you want to get to and get support to make this happen.
  • Work through actions and next steps in a non-judgemental and supportive space.
  • Learn and share strategies to help you juggle life, work and other commitments with opportunities to put this into practice and review your progress.
  • Actively learn about your creative and cultural rights, intellectual property and how this can empower you and your ideas when creating, sharing or trying to change the world.
  • Get one-to-one feedback on your ideas from industry specialists, and get support with troubleshooting and problem solving.
  • Connect with students from across UAL and join a community of people who are interested in developing their enterprise know-how too.

This programme connects you with a compassionate community of UAL students, graduates and creative industry mentors that acknowledge the barriers you may face getting started on your entrepreneurial journey, and we will collectively provide you with support to help you take your idea to the next level – whatever that means to you.

Your creative idea could be a product, service, experience, part of your practice or anything else that you want to develop. There will be a mixture of group activities, guest industry talks and tailored independent tasks.

The project finishes up with a photoshoot to celebrate your growth on the project which is captured in our digital yearbook, followed by a social media campaign to promote you, your work and participation in the programme.

Have a look at last year’s “Class of 2023” yearbook and find out more about the students and staff involved, and what they got up to.

Apply now!

Find out who our creative industry mentors are for this year and Apply now!

Deadline to apply: Sunday 3 December 2023 (Midnight)

Don’t worry the application is short and sweet, simply asking you what your idea is and how we can best support on the project.

The project starts 31 January 2024 and runs until 13 March 2024.

Missed the deadline to apply for this year?

Sign up to Creative Shift’s mailing list to be the first to hear when the applications for next year’s programme opens.

Follow Creative Shift’s student-led creative network @Connect2network on Instagram for more information and other exciting opportunities, jobs, events, giveaways and more!

Creative Shift aims to shape diversity in the creative industries and strives for more equitable futures for all. We focus on working with students from underrepresented backgrounds and deliver a programme of opportunities to enhance students’ experience and professional development, working closely with industry partners.

Get in touch with us at creativeshift@arts.ac.uk

I really appreciated how accommodating the team were. I had a lot of personal stuff and work commitments going on during the program and found the sessions I was able to make, really insightful and non-judgemental. Thank you all!

— 'Take your ideas to the next Level’ participant, 2023