Freelance Week
Freelance Week is hosted by Careers and Employability. It’s perfect if you're considering freelancing as a career option or are interested in further developing your freelance portfolio and career. Get advice directly from industry experts and skilled freelancers on their experiences and resources to support your freelance journey.
The programme
Freelance Week will take place 2 - 6 June 2025. Freelance Week will cover a range of key topics, including:
- career development workshops,
- marketing yourself as a freelancer,
- intellectual property insights for freelancers,
- pricing and knowing your value,
- freelance career wellbeing,
- panel discussions,
- networking.
As well as freelance career discussion one-to-ones.
Who can attend?
Freelance Week is open to students and graduates from all UAL Colleges and events will take place online and in-person.
Key resources
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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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Starting A Business by Gracie Dahl
Freelance and business support
Our enterprise team can support you with many aspects of setting up and running a successful business or freelance practice.
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not just a shop products 2021. Photo by Yeshen Venema
Apply to sell your work in not just a shop
not just a shop sells design products and artwork created by UAL students and alumni to the public. Find out more and apply online.