Student Careers
Careers and Employability empowers UAL students and graduates to make a living doing what they love.
Our range of services can help you to build a successful career, whether you want to be an employee, freelancer, entrepreneur or creative practitioner.
We provide:
- Job opportunities
- Career resources
- One-to-one advice (email careers-support@arts.ac.uk)
- Awards, funding and mentoring
- Events and workshops
- Freelance and business support
- Opportunities to exhibit and sell your work
Support is free and accessible to all UAL students and graduates (up to 5 years after graduation).
We don't have a student-facing office, but you can email us anytime with any questions: careers-support@arts.ac.uk, or for graduates, you can email gradsupport@arts.ac.uk
Get involved
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Creative Opportunities Unlocked: Career Fair
Join us for UAL's industry jobs and careers event on 23 October 2024 at Central Saint Martins.
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Mentoring
A mentor/mentee relationship can support you in building your network, boost your confidence, and help you define a clearer path to achieving goals.
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Support for visual artists
Artquest provides the professional information, advice and projects that visual artists need to understand the art world.
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UAL Career Toolkit
Access support and guidance through your Moodle account with UAL Career Toolkit.
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CV and interview simulator tools
Need a quick CV check or have an interview to prepare for? Use our AI powered tools for immediate feedback.
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not just a shop
Apply to sell your products in not just a shop for our open call.
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Join our Founders and Freelancers network
Work for yourself or want to in the future? Sign up to be part of our Founders and Freelancers group on The Dots!
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Competitions and live briefs
We run competitions throughout the year to provide students with opportunities to sell and showcase their work in not just a shop.
Key resources
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Find a job
UAL can help you to find paid employment during or after your studies through Arts Temps and Creative Opportunities.
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Explore our career resources
Our range of online tools and learning guides are designed to help you with your portfolio, interview skills and more.
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Opportunities for underrepresented students
Learn more about Creative Shift, our programme of opportunities and events designed to help you kick start your career.
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Come to our events
Our free events, training sessions and one-to-ones will help you to learn practical skills, gain advice and meet creative professionals.