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A cut out of a group of students looking at work set against and orange and yellow background.
A cut out of a group of students looking at work set against and orange and yellow background.
Insights Summer School banner 2024, designed by Bond & Coyne featuring photography by Aleks Faustov.

Find out how your interests and identity can be the force behind your creative expression, future study and career.

Take part

Come to our Colleges for creative activities and pre-university advice:

  • make work across art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts
  • experiment with a variety of traditional and innovative equipment or techniques
  • get honest advice from our students and graduates; find out about their creative journeys
  • discover how different each of our College campuses are and what they could offer you.

Activities are free to attend, materials and lunch is provided.

Please check our eligibility criteria before applying.

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Architecture and product design day, Insights Spring Schools, 2024. Photograph: Thai Mahendrakumar.

Aged 16 years+?

Join our Spring, Summer and Autumn-Winter Schools.

Build your portfolio, get advice on applying and preparing for interviews at UAL.

Download the timeline of activities (PDF 1.7MB): our guide to what's on when across the year.

Apply below.

3 students stand together talking in their vibrantly printed garments that they made at the Saturday Club
Urban Garden project, Insights Saturday Club, 2024. Photograph: Aleks Faustov.

Aged 13-16 years?

Join our Saturday Clubs.

Choose from 4 subject area clubs. Work towards an exhibition of your creativity at Somerset House.

Find out more about our Saturday Clubs.

Eligibility criteria

All students must meet 1 or more of the following criteria to apply:

  • students whose parent(s) or guardian(s) have not completed a university degree
  • students who live in a priority postcode area (using the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), areas in deciles 1 to 4)
  • students or their families who receive benefits for living costs (including Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit, Free School Meals, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Income-based Job Seekers Allowance and Pupil Premium)
  • looked after children and care leavers.

16+ years:

  • students studying A Levels and Level 3 Diplomas at school or college in Greater London are eligible.
  • we also recognise that there are other courses, clubs and life experiences that provide excellent equivalent experience.

Students on the UAL Foundation programmes (Camberwell College of Arts and Central Saint Martins) are not eligible but are supported by UAL's Academic Support Teams.

Get in touch

We're here to help. Contact us for any questions about the criteria or other circumstances we should consider.

Our downloadable documents may not be fully accessible. If you need content in an alternative format, please get in touch by email: outreach@arts.ac.uk

Apply now for Summer Schools

16 years +? Download our application guide (PDF 4.8MB) to find out what's on at each of our Colleges.

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This notice sets out how UAL’s Outreach programme, UAL Insights, uses your personal information. Your information is collected when you register for one our programmes using our online forms.

University of the Arts London (UAL) will process the information you provide on this form and personal data collected or created as part of our relationship with you.

We will also process your health or other sensitive data under GDPR 9(2)(a) ‘explicit consent of the data subject’ (you, the student), where you wish to tell us of special requirements.