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:
- One-to-one advice (email careers-support@arts.ac.uk)
- Career resources
- Events and workshops
- Awards, funding and mentoring
- Job opportunities
- Freelance and business advice
- 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
Get involved
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Creative Opportunities Unlocked
Register now for Creative Opportunities Unlocked, a free online careers event (1-3 February 2022).
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not just a shop. Photo by Damian Griffiths.
Sell your products in not just a shop
Apply by 31 January 2022 for the chance to get your design products sold in UAL’s award-winning retail space.
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Manage your intellectual property (IP)
Take our IP module and read our advice on how best to manage and benefit from the value of your IP.
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Learn new skills online
UAL students can access 16,000+ LinkedIn courses for free. Subjects include: UX, marketing, networking, Adobe CS and more…
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 guides
Get guidance and tips on how to build effective CVs, portfolios, cover letters 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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Networking by Catarina Fonseca Chaica
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.
What are you looking for?
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Money by Gabriele Lorusso
Careers advice for students
Explore the full range of ways we can support you with your career, from making money while you study to preparing for the world of work.
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Collaboration by Gracie Dahl
Careers advice for graduates
Explore the full range of ways we can support you with your career, from making money while you study to preparing for the world of work.
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Starting A Business by Gracie Dahl
Freelance and business guidance
Our enterprise team can support you with many aspects of setting up and running a successful business or freelance practice.
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Mohammed Adel painting in the studio. Photo Alys Tomlinson
Support for visual artists
Artquest provides the professional information, advice and projects that visual artists need to understand the art world.
Latest stories
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2021 Mead Fellowship awards
In June 2021, eight finalists made presentations to the Judges online who awarded a total of £33,800 to seven applicants. Find out more about these projects.
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Five tips for finding a mentor
The careers team offer five tips for finding a mentor to celebrate mentoring month.
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Agnes Moricz How to get a job with UAL Arts Temps
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Cem Hamlacibasi during his Internship at Narrative Projects, © Alys Tomlinson Starting a Creative Business: International Graduate Insights
On Monday 8 November, Careers and Employability hosted a talk as part of Global Enterprise Week. Starting a Creative Business: International Graduate Insights was one of the first events.