Student Careers
Careers and Employability empowers UAL students and graduates to make a living doing what they love.
Our range of services can help you to build a successful career, whether you want to be an employee, freelancer, entrepreneur or creative practitioner.
We provide:
- Job opportunities
- Career resources
- One-to-one advice (email careers-support@arts.ac.uk)
- Awards, funding and mentoring
- Events and workshops
- Freelance and business support
- Opportunities to exhibit and sell your work
Support is free and accessible to all UAL students and graduates (up to 5 years after graduation).
We don't have a student-facing office, but you can email us anytime with any questions: careers-support@arts.ac.uk, or for graduates, you can email gradsupport@arts.ac.uk
Get Involved
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Catarina Morais, Image courtesy of UAL
UAL Career Toolkit
Access support and guidance through your Moodle account with UAL Career Toolkit.
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not just a shop products 2021. Photo by Yeshen Venema
not just a shop
Apply to sell your products in not just a shop for our open call.
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Take part in our Enterprise Survey 2025
Help us understand what’s working, what’s not and how we can better support people like you who’ve taken the leap into self-employment by taking our annual survey
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Gabriele Lorusso, MA Material Futures, 2020. Lauren Vaughan, 2017 BA Graphic and Media Design, London College of Communications., Graphics designed by Gabriele Lorusso feature here with icons showing different creative roles.
Careers and Employability Fair
UAL students, graduates, and alumni, join us for the Careers and Employability Fair to explore exciting career opportunities in the creative industry!
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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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| Photograph: Yeshen Venema, Set Design: Emma ShipleyDesign a notebook for not just a shop
Are you an international student at UAL? Take part in this exciting opportunity to showcase your work. Arts SU, in collaboration with not just a shop, invites you to design an A5 notebook to be sold in the shop at High Holborn and online.
Key resources
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Image by Gracie Dahl
Find a job
UAL can help you to find paid employment during or after your studies through Arts Temps and Creative Opportunities.
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Illustration by Gracie Dahl
Explore our career resources
Our range of online tools and learning guides are designed to help you with your portfolio, interview skills and more.
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Image by Tasia Graham
Opportunities for underrepresented students
Learn more about Creative Shift, our programme of opportunities and events designed to help you kick start your career.
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Networking by Catarina Fonseca Chaica
Come to our events
Our free events, training sessions and one-to-ones will help you to learn practical skills, gain advice and meet creative professionals.
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(c) Dave George Come to our Careers Fair!
Curious about where your creative degree could lead? Whether you're just starting out, nearing the finish line, or have recently graduated, gaining hands-on experience is the best way to turn what you love into what you do.
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