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To access Graduate Support Hub and a range of other benefits available to UAL Graduates, you will need to opt-in to extend your access to key UAL services.

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After agreeing to the short-term access policy in the UAL Portal, you will have access to the Graduate Support Hub and associated services for 12 months.

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Introduction to the Graduate Employability team and offer

About the Graduate Support Hub

This careers platform is dedicated to supporting you during the first year after leaving UAL. You can find guidance, resources and insights to support your career goals.

Whether you are unsure of your goals, currently looking for work, starting your own business or a freelancer, we aim to provide you with an opportunity to manage your career development.

About us

Our team of Graduate Employability Specialists offer tailored support for up to 5 years after graduation.

Contact us

Gradsupport@arts.ac.uk

Access self-guided resources on the UAL Career Toolkit

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Access the Support for Graduates course

What support do I need?

  • I am unclear about my future career path

  • I am clear about my career path, but need help to find work

  • I want to freelance/set up my own business

  • I am considering further study/self development

  • I have secured a job that I love, how do I manage my career next steps?

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Graduate Outcomes Survey

Make your vote count. Take 10 minutes to shape the future. Thousands of graduate voices, one survey.At UAL we're always interested to hear what our graduates go on to do when you leave us.

An important part of this is Graduate Outcomes, a UK-wide survey that takes place 15 months after you complete your studies and is carried out by a third party.

It’s important to us that you complete this survey as it helps to inform the work of our careers team and shapes the type of support we offer future graduates.

This short video explains this important record of your next steps after leaving university.

Find out more about Graduate Outcomes

Your contact details

Please check that the contact details you provided before you joined UAL as a student are up to date, as you could miss out on useful careers opportunities and events.

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Graduate one-to-ones

Book a 20 minute appointment to discuss your next steps in your professional practice

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Live Opportunities

The Graduate team have identified a selection of opportunities to help get you started:

  • UAL career events, workshops, and opportunities
  • featured events such as gallery PVs, networking, panel discussions
  • jobs and opportunities in UAL and beyond
  • Training, courses, workshops and mentorships
  • funding, open calls, and residencies

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Resources

Access comprehensive resources to support your career next steps, including:

  • job hunting materials
  • workshop recordings and slides, covering CVs and Cover letters, networking, hidden jobs market, and more!
  • sector insights, industry guides
  • career wellbeing help
  • Help and advice on applying for funding and finding opportunities
  • free online learning providers
  • managing your intellectual property

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Read about UAL Graduates and their stories

Stories

Find a vast collection of stories from students and graduates, helping to be inspired, consider your career next steps and plan your own story by hearing how others have done similar:

  • UAL podcasts including Gradcast: real stories from UAL grads, and LCF Careers
  • career advice podcasts and blogs
  • looking back to get ahead series
  • Starting Out video series
  • UAL Alumni success stories including competition winners

Gradcast Alumni Stories
  • Interview 360
  • CV 360
  • Creative Opportunities
  • Art Temps
  • Events & Workshops
  • Enterprise
  • IP
  • CV Library
  • Alumni Team
  • Library Resources
  • Degree certificates  transcripts
  • Graduation Ceremonies
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Mentoring Schemes: 

 

Break the Wall

The Creative Mentor Network is offering a paid training programme for mid to senior-level professionals who want to develop their inclusive leadership, managing and coaching skills while supporting young talent from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to thrive.

External Events: 

Building The Kusp Hub -

 a market network for employers to find vetted, diverse creative talent and share upskilling/network building opportunities. Might be useful for some of your students to register for free if they're looking for jobs?

Career Pathways tool -

an AI tool that uses CVs to determine what transferable skills are best suits to specific roles within film, television and advertising. More industries to be added.

Hosting Community Meet-ups -

we're casual networking meet-ups across the UK this year. Particularly in Brighton, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London. If any region is especially of interest, I can share more info. Again, free for creatives to join

Workshops / training programmes: 

Get Ready For Business Growth.

British Library’s free scale-up programme offers online workshops, one-to-one guidance from top business experts and bespoke research for your business. Businesses must have been trading for at least one year, with annual turnover over £100,000 in London or £80,000 outside of London.

Funding: 

BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.

Funding for innovative audience-facing screen activity (BFI). Apply by 9 April.

Design Generators.

Up to £200,000 for design-led interventions with arts and humanities methodologies to support the green transition. Apply by 9 April.

Endangered Crafts Fund.

Craft practitioners and organisations in the UK are invited to apply to Heritage Crafts for small grants to support endangered crafts. Apply by 8 May.

 
Rabih Hage Bursary.

Emerging designers and makers can apply for this £5,000 bursary, which also includes mentorship and access to a network of collectors, patrons, and industry professionals. Apply by 30 March.

 
International Showcase Fund.

Grants of up to £5,500 for international export opportunities for UK-based artists, bands, songwriters and producers who have been invited to perform or create new music at international industry-facing showcasing festivals, songwriting camps or conferences. Rolling deadline.

Residencies: 

https://artopps.co.uk/opportunities/jerwoodartistsoane-2026

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Opportunities to Apply For: 

 

COAL Prize 2026: Open Call

This prize is dedicated to the theme of night — not as absence, but as something to protect and reclaim. Artists are invited to defend the night as a common good.

Each year, 10 projects are shortlisted, and the winner of the COAL Prize receives €12,000 along with a creative residency. Defend the night, reclaim the dark and ace this opportunity! 

Deadline: 24 April 2026⁠

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Liberty Art Award

The Liberty Speciality Markets Art Award is now open! A unique, fully funded, two-year programme designed to support talented UK artists as they transition into professional practice.
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Selected artists will receive a £1,000 participation fee, professional mentoring, and the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work at Liberty’s London office in the iconic Walkie Talkie building. Alongside the exhibition, artists will take part in an in-depth development programme led by leading figures across the art world, culminating in an awards ceremony in Spring 2028 with £7,500 in prizes available.

Deadline: 5 pm, 29 July 2026⁠

Apply here



Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship

This is a three-month creative residency offering room and board, a €1,200 monthly stipend, and a €480 materials grant. Applicants with completed or ongoing academic/artistic study are welcome to apply!

Deadline: 12 Apr 2026

Apply here



Black Artist Grant

The Black Artists Grant offers £1,500 each month to 3 Black artists in the UK as no-strings-attached support for anything from making work to covering living costs, with recipients selected on a rolling basis and the option to put yourself forward for consideration.

Apply here



Palazzo Monti: Artist Residency

Palazzo Monti is an artist residency in a 13th-century palazzo in Brescia, offering artists an apartment, studio, and gallery space within a historic, fresco-filled setting, while providing opportunities for inspiration, collaboration, and easy access to nearby cultural hubs such as Milan, Venice, and Florence.

Apply here

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