Freelance Week
Freelance Week is hosted by Careers and Employability. It’s perfect if you're considering freelancing as a career option or are interested in further developing your freelance portfolio and career. Get advice directly from industry experts and skilled freelancers on their experiences and resources to support your freelance journey.
The programme
Freelance week will return in the summer term of 2024. Last year Freelance Week covered a range of key topics, including:
- Career development workshops
- marketing yourself as a freelancer,
- intellectual property insights for freelancers
- pricing and knowing your value
- freelance career wellbeing
- panel discussions,
- networking and more!
As well as freelance career discussion one-to-ones.
Who can attend?
Freelance Week is open to students and graduates from all UAL Colleges and events will take place online and in-person.
What's on
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Student Career One-to-Ones
Join us to explore how we can support you to make a living doing what you love.
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Grads: career one-to-ones
Book a 20 minute appointment to discuss your next steps in your professional practice
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International Futures: Working Abroad
This session is for Home and International students and graduates, who are looking to expand their knowledge of global working practices.
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Creative Business Accelerator – How to apply
Join this online session to find out about the Creative Business Accelerator programme, eligibility to apply and the application process.
Key resources
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Credit Illustration by Gracie Dahl
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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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.
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Starting A Business by Gracie Dahl
Freelance and business support
Our enterprise team can support you with many aspects of setting up and running a successful business or freelance practice.
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not just a shop products 2021. Photo by Yeshen Venema
Apply to sell your work in not just a shop
not just a shop sells design products and artwork created by UAL students and alumni to the public. Find out more and apply online.