Showcase: practical info for students
UAL's global platform Showcase is a space for you to share your work and make connections with future employers and creative collaborators.
Final year students from all Colleges and levels of study can upload projects in their final term. We strongly advise that you upload your work as soon as possible to ensure that it's ready for launch. The earlier you submit, the sooner teams can review your submission.
Here you will find everything you need to know about uploading your project, including guides on how to promote and sell your work.
Sign up to Portfolio to create your profile and get started.
Please read the UAL Showcase terms and conditions before uploading your work.
How to upload your work
Upload deadlines
The deadlines to upload work to Portfolio have now passed. New deadlines for postgraduate courses will be published soon.
Prepare your work
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How to present your work digitally
Read our top tips on how to capture your work through film, audio or photography for the UAL Showcase platform.
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Notebook of Rebecca Derine, BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins
How to write about your work
Find out how to write about your creative practice clearly for a broad international audience.
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Jang Lee in the studio, London College of Communication
How to make your work digitally accessible
Read our top tips for making your images, videos and text accessible to everyone.
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Common Room at Camberwell College of Arts, Image by Alys Tomlinson.
Check the file types you can upload
See the specific types and size of media file that you can share on the Graduate Showcase.
Promote and sell your work
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Purple hair braided pot by Shamiso Sithole. Photo by Alys Tomlinson
How to sell your work
Read our top tips on pricing, packing and shipping your work for sale.
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Ella Caton working on colourful fabrics. Photo by Alys Tomlinson.
How to protect your intellectual property
Understand the value of your intellectual property (IP) and the rights of others.
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How to communicate professionally with industry
Read our guidance for being professional in your communications with industry contacts.
UAL Showcase success stories
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Teo Burki © Alina Zum Hebel
Teo Burki, MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
“Not just a portfolio”: Teo Burki shares her experience of exhibiting on UAL Showcase
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Portrait of Shaila Ankolekar © Rebecca Lockhart
Shaila Ankolekar, MA Graphic Design Communication, Camberwell College of Arts
"You're in excellent company": LCF alum Shaila Ankolekar explains how UAL Showcase helped her at the start of her career
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Paul Chisholm
Paul Chisholm, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts
“They’d found my work on UAL Showcase and they wanted to offer me a solo show”. Chelsea graduate Paul Chisholm shares his experience.
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Bhargavi Mohan: | Photograph: Bhagyashree Mohan
Bhargavi Mohan, MA Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts
"So easy to share." Read how presenting her work digitally helped Bhargavi Mohan's practice to evolve.
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Photo of Ophelia Akande
Ophelia Akande, BA(Hons) Costume and Performance, London College of Fashion
"It’s about getting your foot in the door": read how exhibiting on UAL Showcase helped Ophelia Akande to land her first costume job
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Photo of Charlie Ann Buxton
Charlie Ann Buxton, BA (Hons) Textile Design, Central Saint Martins
A first sale via UAL Showcase gave CSM graduate Charlie the confidence to launch her own brand.
Industry curated collections
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Human Safari by Xin Feng, 2023 MA Commercial Photography, London College of Communication, UAL
Sadler's Wells Curates: Body Language
Every one of us is unique but there are mannerisms and postures that we share. This collection comprises performance and photography, fine art and costume design projects that speak through body language.
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If My Body Could Speak by Yao Lu, BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media, London College of Communication, UAL
Thames & Hudson Curates: Long Live Print!
Books have a permanence that is reassuring in our ephemeral world. Encompassing a dragon-scale-bound scroll, a pop-out theatre, AI images and intricate paper cutting, this collection considers publishing craft.
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Raging Women by Léna Rodrigues, BA (Hons) Hair and Make-up for Fashion, London College of Fashion, UAL. Models: Esther and Lia. Photographer: Jenna Andriani
Mother Design Curates: A Woman's Place
Expectations about what it means to be woman today are embedded within culture. This collection brings together projects reflecting on women’s lives via photography, illustration, design, fine art and film.
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Angela Hadrill, 2023 MA Art and Science, Central Saint Martins, UA
Earthrise Studio Curates: We Are Nature
Humans are not separate from nature. These projects advocate for harmony with our fellow organisms, the only route to a healthy, resilient, just planet for generations to come.
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