Welcome to the UAL Black Creative Hub opportunities page.
Here, you'll find a curated selection of the latest internal and external opportunities designed to support and elevate Black creatives across various fields.
Whether you're looking for funding, workshops, internships, or collaboration projects, this is your go-to resource for unlocking new possibilities and advancing your creative journey.
External Opportunities for Black Creatives
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Image credit: NO TRACE
NO TRACE BAME Initiative
No Trace run an initiative to support and develop BAME careers in the advertising production industry.
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The 2025 Black Creative Trailblazers showcase
Register your interest in joining the Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase – a celebration of Black creativity and a platform for connection and collaboration.
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Black British Artist Grant
Dr. Samuel Ross MBE’s Black British Artist Grants Programme by SR_A
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Image credit: The Black Artists Grant (BAG) offered by Creative Debuts
Black Artist Grant (BAG): Creative Debuts
The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.
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10,000 Interns Network
Learn more about how to join the 10,000 Black Interns programme where students and graduates can receive paid internships across a range of UK industries.
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Artist's Development Scheme
Learn how the Bernie Grant Arts Centre can support you as a Black artist, in your Black-led creative projects.
Internal opportunities for Black Creatives
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Join Creative Shift
Access diverse creative communities, industry contacts and exciting opportunities to best support your creative journeys and progression within the creative industries.
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Credit: Chaoting Wang, 2022 MA Fashion Design Technology (Menswear), London College of Fashion, UAL | Photograph: Chaoting Wang
Joe Casely-Hayford MA Scholarship
The Joe Casely-Hayford MA scholarship provides funding to students from a Black or Mixed Heritage background, who is currently studying for an MA at a British Fashion Council (BFC) Colleges member university.
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Arts Temps
We provide UAL students and alumni with exciting paid job opportunities at UAL and in London's creative industries.
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Zain Kwabi-Gibson, 2025 BA Film Practice, London College of Communication, UAL
Want to be interviewed about your work for the UAL Summer Shows 2025?
The Content Team are looking for students to take part in a video series where we film and interview BA graduating students exhibiting their work.
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Thansheela Abdul Kabeer, 2022 BA Fashion Textiles embroidery, London College of Fashion, UAL | Photograph: Ben Turner
Contribute to our 2025 Black History Month exhibition
This year for Black History Month, we are curating a collaborative exhibition to showcase the creative voices of Black students, staff and alumni at UAL. Whether it’s photography, illustration, zines, poetry or film — we’d love to hear from you.