C&E Survey
Chance to win £50: help us make careers support work better for you
We’re working to improve the digital careers and employability experience at UAL – making it clearer, more connected, and easier to use. Your feedback on tools like the Graduate Support Hub, Creative Opportunities and more will help shape how these tools work together to better support your skills and future goals. The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete, and you’ll have the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 gift card.
UAL x Top Drawer
Top Drawer is the UK’s leading design-led trade show for gift and interior products, with over 30 years of experience.
UAL’s Careers and Employability team, along with Clarion Events, offers UAL students and graduates a discount to showcase their work at Top Drawer in a UAL-branded area. The selected exhibitors will get training and support to prepare for the event.
Apply now
Design an outfit for Henrie Kwushue
UAL’s Black Creatives Hub is offering students and recent graduates an exciting opportunity to showcase their creativity, talent and skills by designing and creating an outfit for DJ, Radio and TV Presenter, Henrie Kwushue to wear.
Deadline: Sunday 5 July, 5pm
Read more and apply here.
Looking for paid industry experience?
This is your chance to work with small creative businesses founded by UAL graduates. These short internships are a great way to build your CV, explore different career paths, grow your network, and gain insight into running a creative business.
See all internships here.
Do you dream of turning your craft into a career?
Our award–winning Business Incubation Team has developed a brand–new workshop programme especially for makers who are exploring whether to turn their creativity into a career or solo business.
Do you want to know what it takes?
Read more and apply here.
For independent performance makers and artists working in and across all creative practices - dance, music, theatre, circus, performance art, spoken word, writers, and visual practice.
Read more and apply here.
Project Grants of up to £30,000 fund substantial, collaborative projects between at least one GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) or Heritage organisation and one community group. These grants support in-depth research, skills development, and the creation of lasting resources that reflect diverse voices and experiences.
Read more and apply here.
Round 1 Deadline: 15 June 2026 at 6 PM.
Creative Research and Development in East Tilbury
This opportunity is open to creatives who share Start Thurrock’s values of enabling residents to step forward and shape creative activity that takes place in their community.
Deadline: Monday 15 June 2026 (Responses should be emailed to info@startthurrock.org no later than noon)
Read more here.
Are you a director with a burning idea for a family theatre project? If so, Tall Stories is encouraging you to apply for the Tall Stories Directors Award!
We are especially interested to hear from directors who live in Islington (and neighbouring boroughs).
Deadline: 9am, Monday 15 June 2026
Read more and apply here.
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.
Deadline: 5 pm, 29 July 2026
Apply here
Thames Path at 30: Photography Competition
We celebrate the opening of the Thames Tideway Tunnel and the 30th anniversary of the Thames Path with a special Thames Lens open-call photo competition.
Apply here.
