Post-Grad interest groups
UAL’s Post-Grad Community supports a growing number of issue-specific, cross-disciplinary interest groups led by postgraduate students and academics.
UAL's Post-Grad Interest Groups bring together students and alumni from across colleges, disciplines and creative practices. Each group is shaped by its members around shared interests, research themes, identities, experiences or social connections.
Whether you're looking for discussion, collaboration, peer support, creative exchange, new friendships or simply a space to explore an idea, our student-led groups offer opportunities to connect with others who share your curiosity.
Post-Grad Interest Group Directory
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The JAA Club
The JAA club is for designers and other practitioners who are interested in radical design approaches and investigate how to change the fashion system.
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'Streetstyle: from sidewalk to catwalk', a seminal fashion exhibition staged at the Victoria & Albert Museum in November 1994
Subcultures
What are the functions and meanings of subcultures historically and contemporarily?
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Remi Rana-Allen,
BLAME
Brown Leaders and Makers Exist - With aims to 'make the brown feminist maker visible’.
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Natasha Frater dance painting Ⓒ William Rowsell 2022, Natasha Frater dance painting Ⓒ William Rowsell 2022
Neurodivergent Creatives
Exploring neurodivergent art practices and lived experiences while challenging institutional barriers through creative methodologies and inclusive community building.
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Left: Moss universe (loupe), Lucy Jane MacAllister Dukes & Bryophyte, digital image, 2025. Right: Mushroom Resisters, Sara Vanore Rewkiewicz & Tuber Borchii, chemigram, 2022.
More than human
A global network of researchers exploring more-than-human ways of worlding
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Post-Grad Interest Group - PhD Tea and Chat, hybrid attendance option
PhD Tea and Chat
A place for PhD students to come together as a community, to socialise or to study and help each other through their PhD journey.
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Lucy Stapylton-Smith and Guillaume Choquard, 2018 M ARCH: Architecture, Central Saint Martins, UAL | Photograph: Lucy Stapylton-Smith and Guillaume Choquard
Preparing For Publication, Peer Review
PhD student only group, for members to share and discuss texts and other material intended for publication.
Participation is flexible
There are no prerequisites for joining and no expectations about how often you participate.
Some members attend every event, others join occasional discussions, share resources, collaborate on projects or simply stay connected to the community. All forms of participation are welcome.
Our groups recognise that postgraduate students and alumni balance study, work and personal commitments. You can engage in ways that work for you and return whenever the time feels right.
Want to start an Interest Group?
Once you have completed your proposal with the help of the Post-Grad Interest Group Set Up Guide (PDF 65KB). Please book into a Post-Grad Interest Group Surgery to discuss your idea with a member of the Post-Grad Community Team.
Alternatively, email your proposal to pgcommunity@arts.ac.uk. Or enquire about the next scheduled Post-Grad Interest Group Surgery.
Interest group stories
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Image courtesy of Andy Martin Q&A with designer Andy Martin
Central Saint Martins PhD Researcher and member of the Post-Grad Interest Group Subcultures Kevin Quinn interviews the graphic designer Andy Martin (also known as On-U Sound's art director) whose retro collage-style aesthetic has been seen on album
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Group photo of postgraduate students, who are members of the Post-Grad Interest Group 'More than human' More-than-human Group Trip to the Design Museum
Post-Grad Interest Group More than Human gathered at the Design Museum to visit More-than-human - an exhibiiton and symposium with the same name. The group leaders report back on their trip.
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Barbican Walk, 2025, UAL , Photographer: Ana Flavia Fernandes Post-Grad Interest Groups: BrickByBite explore the Barbican Estate
Post-Grad Community Ambassador Ankita Dhal (MA Global Collaborative Design Practice, Camberwell College of Arts) and the BrickByBite interest group report back on their their first group gathering, a guided walk from the Barbican to East London.
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Bluebell woods walk, 2025, UAL ,Lucy Jane MacAllister Dukes, Cece Westphalen, Michael Clark & Yehong Wei Bluebell Woods Walk – More-than-human group trip
Post-Grad Ambassadors Lucy Jane MacAllister Dukes, Cece Westphalen, Michael Clark & Yehong Wei join the more than human interest group for a walk in the Bluebell Woods.