Digital spaces and practices are evident in almost all creative and learning journeys. This is reflected in students’ experience of Higher Education and in the Creative Industries’ increasing emphasis on online collaboration.

However, fully online creative education remains difficult to imagine as it appears to contradict key characteristics inherent in ‘residential’ provision in various ways.

In conversation with experts, we will explore the challenges and opportunities for fully online and digital creative education, the implications for the identity of our subjects and institutions.

For more information, and to watch recordings of past seminars, visit our UALO CEO website.

Upcoming events

Ticket sales for online events close 2 hours prior to the start.

CEO Seminar series 3 (ONLINE VIA TEAMS)

Friday 13 June 2025, 12 noon – 1pm BST – Playful learningwith Nic Whitton,Professor of Digital Learning and Play at Northumbria University – ONLINE VIA TEAMS

Where could we be more playful in how we teach and how does this fit with the highly scaffolded nature of most fully online courses?

There are many aspects of playful learning woven through creative education. Risk taking, experimentation, divergent thinking, collaboration, uncertainty, roleplay… the list goes on.

Nic will discuss the relationship between play, creativity and online education. The latter often becoming the location for playful pedagogic approaches because it is not bound by the histories and traditions of the physical university.

We will also talk about the aims and approach of Nic’s new ERSC funded RE:PLAY project which is gathering an evidence base for playful learning in partnership with UAL, Sussex, Durham, Coventry and Anglia Ruskin.

Future dates (speakers to be confirmed)

Friday 26 September 2025, 12 noon – 1pm BST.

Friday 10 October 2025, 12 noon – 1pm BST.

Extra information

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Where

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We reserve the right to cancel this event if we do not get enough numbers, or due to other circumstances outside of our control. You will be notified via email if this happens.

Accessibility

UAL Online strives to make both our physical and online events accessible for all our participants. If you would like to discuss your needs prior to booking please contact us: ualonline@arts.ac.uk.

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Image: Yui Yamamoto, 2021 MA Performance: Design and Practice, Central Saint Martins, UAL | Photograph: Alys Tomlinson